Blizzard reportedly partnering with Arc Raiders owner Nexon to revive StarCraft as a shooter

Not at all! I think StarCraft: Ghost is a reinforcement of what I said in my response to Makhno.

I thought Ghost was a great idea, but the context surrounding it was fundamentally different. Ghost was a spin-off alongside an active RTS series. Starcraft was still a core Blizzard product, and StarCraft II was already an expected continuation. Nobody thought Ghost was replacing the genre identity of the franchise.

You’re arguing against a position nobody stated. My criticism isn’t that an IP ever appears in another genre. It is the pattern of publishers repurposing established strategy franchises into monetization-friendly live-service shooters because that market is larger and more predictable.

Warhammer is a poor comparison. Games like Vermintide didn’t replace or redefine Warhammer; they existed alongside a still-supported core genre identity. The RTS space around StarCraft has effectively been abandoned for years. So when the first meaningful revival rumor turns out to be a shooter, I read it less as expansion and more as substitution.

If Blizzard announced a new RTS and also a shooter spin-off, I would not be critical. The reaction is about genre displacement, not genre diversification.

But will it be good?

FPS shooter

First Person Shooter shooter

You think you do but you don't

People, myself included disliked the star crossed lover turn 2 went with following Brood War. Sharp shift from Raynor pledging to kill Karrigan to then being a depressed drunk wanting to save her. That added to the tone being way lighter. Protoss became maybe too high elfy

Terrans, I feel like they flanderized around a basic cowboy western aesthetic rather than anything the confederacy or UED were like in Brood War. A lot more competitive politics for the Terrans in the first game. A bit off that the UED didn't return.

Zerg became a lot less interesting in my opinion. Kerrigan was redeemed. No overmind or cerebrate intrigue. I think many had way higher expectations for a hybrid/xel'naga faction

I remember a lot of complaints about the first 2 games story being long treks to make kerrigan not Zerg and then Zerg again. I don't mind the end or what the Xel Naga ended up being, just the journey not having the weight of the first game. A lack of anger. Faction politics didn't match up the anger of the first game. Felt more high fantasy to me than sci-fi

You're in for one hell of a good time, my friend. The scene revived after SC1 Remastered and waning interest in SC2.

Here is Artosis' daily cast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0ynO5nqkPq_7Xn-973d2w

Here is the most recent ASL (season 21 will be on this same page): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK5eBtuoj_HkdXKHNmBLAXg

There very much is still a scene and it's pretty popular! The meta continues to change which is insane for such an old and allegedly "figured out" game. I see pros using units in matchups that I thought were completely unplayable. There's a new funky half-island map (Roaring Currents aka Screaming Seas) that has shown some really wild games. I'm rambling, please check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/@SOOPesports_EN

I play Starcraft 2 today, but freely admit that Brood War is way more entertaining to watch!

ZeroSpace is to Starcraft the same way Tempest Rising is to Command & Conquer.