[adamkittelson]

The fact that Diablo 3 needed to be "fixed" supports the narrative. Also the fact that executives didn't realize it had been fixed and cancelled the 2nd Diablo 3 expansion. The Warcraft III remaster was a disaster. Three out of the last four World of Warcraft expansions have been poorly received. There does seem to be a pattern of decline.

[brailsafe]

Which 3 of the last 4? Legion, BfA, and now SL have all been received quite well I think.

[blibble]

BfA and WoD were universally panned

and SL is hardly loved (it's now being compared to WoD)

[blacktriangle]

of the last 4, (ie WoD, Legion, BfA, and SL), Legion was the only one that you could call well received. WoD, BfA, and SL are all utter shit.

WoD deserves a special place in game design hell for choosing to implement garrisons over another tier of raid content.