actually....red alert was the biggest contribution to RTS ever, it cemented the genre into place before starcraft was even farted out. All blizzard did was take warcraft 2 and jazz it up in space...really, thats no achievement by itself. 3 races? already done, cut scenes? Beaten to it by Command & Conquer. Free online gaming area? done as well.
The difference was that it had a more appealing story and multiplayer and battle.net worked extremely well.
Blizzard used thier brains though when it came to utilising other aspects from other games.
Battle.net was brought forward by Diablo 1
Diablo also influenced Warcraft 3 in adding a 'hero' that could be upgraded like an RPG
which also made way for WoW
WoW will contribute in technology towards Battle.net 2 and also the way they structure any other game play wise!
I cant wait to see diablo 3 in multiplayer as it will probably be like a persistant online world too but fucking FRREEEEE!
Trae only thinks they are cunts cos they took his life away with diablo and starcraft and he is like a reformed junkie. Curses them but secretly wants another hit! lol
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Desecrator IS the right way to spell it but it looks so SHIT!