Warcraft Two: Beyond the Dark Portal was the last. Those who say they are tired of Blizzard's RTS, I challenge you with this fact: Blizzard hasn't even released a RTS in eight years.

I agree they fell short in the 'Strategy' element, but to say that Starcraft will fail because WC3 wasn't a RTS? Please, your logic does not make sense. The purpose of Role Playing Strategy, as the name suggests, is to blend 'Role Playing' elements with a 'Strategy' element, thus the huge emphasis on Hero building and Micromanagement. This break is the fact that Warcraft Three is a RPS - Role Playing Strategy, an entirely new genre (at least in the perspective of successful large-scale gaming). Warcraft Three was a break from Blizzard tradition (that is, the tradition of making blockbuster Real-Time-Strategy games, or RTS' for those who forget what it stands for, which is a HUGE part of this point). The success or failure of one franchise can not be mirrored on to any of the other two. This company is subdivided in to three companies, each one responsible for a different highly successful Blizzard title, namely the Diablo, Starcraft, and Warcraft franchises. Okay, I do not want to insult you or turn you off from my logic, but most of you 'bashing' Starcraft and Blizzard ('bashing' if you will) are wrong.

Why did starcraft 2 fail