The Anatomy of WoW: Seven games that inspired BlizzardFiled under:
World of Warcraft,
Fantasy,
Game mechanics
Blizzard is one of the most prestigious and succesful developers in the world for good reason -- it takes the best ideas from all over the industry (even ones that don't quite work right... yet) and refines them, forcing them to succeed in ways they never did before.
Millions of people are playing
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King today, so we decided this would be the perfect time to dive into
WoW's mechanics and see what other games inspired
Blizzard when it was creating this monumental phenomenon. We'll look at seven critical predecessors to which Blizzard paid homage with its own design decisions. Join us and learn a bit more about why
WoW is the enthralling experience it is today.
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Publish Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST
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