Recently, overseas game website MMORPG selected the game of the year awards, of which "World of Warcraft" was named the most disappointing game of the year in 2021. As soon as the news came out, it also attracted the attention of many Warcraft players, some people think that the selection is reasonable, and some people think it is not appropriate, so what is the reason that "World of Warcraft" is rated as the most disappointing game?
According to the MMORPG website, "World of Warcraft" was rated as the most disappointing game of the year, which has little to do with the content of the game itself, but is directly related to the turmoil within Blizzard. Since July this year, Blizzard has experienced a series of events such as internal scandal exposure, layoffs, strikes and so on.
A few months ago, Activision Blizzard's local agency sued Blizzard for gender discrimination and unequal treatment of male and female employees within it. Allen Brack has retorted that the indictments are "very unprofessional." But not long after the prosecution, Blizzard's internal employees held a general strike.
Including the World of Warcraft project team, many of Blizzard's internal employees participated in the strike at the end of July this year, and since then, Blizzard's internal scandal has been completely exposed. Affected by the strike, in the months that followed, including Blizzard President J. Bush, who had refuted the indictment, Blizzard. Several executives, including Allen Brack, were forced to leave, including some World of Warcraft designers.
In October, Blizzard published an internal open letter, saying that more than 20 employees have left the company because of suspected sexism, and the entire company's management has almost undergone a major change of blood, since then, Blizzard's internal turmoil has come to an end. However, the personnel is stable, but the impact on the product is far-reaching.
For example, due to internal turmoil, the online Blizzard Carnival that was originally planned to be held was suspended, and sequels such as Diablo: Immortal and Overwatch 2 have been affected by some. And now World of Warcraft has been rated as the most disappointing game by the MMORPG website, and it is not a consequence of this impact.
Of course, in the face of the selection of the MMORPG website, there are still some players who think that it is "inappropriate", they feel that the current World of Warcraft game itself, even if it is not because of the internal turmoil of Blizzard, is also very disappointing, the plot repeatedly eats books, the game content is also cookie-cutter and has no novelty, and the playability is lacking.
I don't know what you think, but what about the fact that World of Warcraft was named the most disappointing game of 2021?