Yoyoyo! Why is this normally Tuesday article a day late? Because last week’sDiablo IIversusStarCraftbattle was epic! Before reading the brutal Blizzard battle below, verify you read this: in this week’s game debate — all you have to do is vote for your favorite game EVAR! AMariogame? Maybe aFinal Fantasytitle? ALegend of Zeldagame in the Hyrule hizz-ouse? An Atari game perhaps? Even those calculator games you geeks passed on to others back in math class count for this debate —ANY video game. Just vote for your favorite game of all time to wrap up this year’s Tuesday Game Debate articles, and I’ll count up all the votes and tell you all the winners next week to bring in the new year.
So there’s no reason each and every single one of you readers shouldn’t cast a vote! There’s no losers among gamers, just have fun, take a trip back down memory card road, and cast your votes.
Ok! Now for the main event! Our Blizzard Battle of 2006 has come to an end and the voting is over. Much like theRockyseries that has, thankfully, finally come to an end, it was a long and gruesome battle.FirstWarcraft IIwent the distance against the first and third game in its series,thenStarCraftcame from out of nowhere like a Russian beast and toreWarCreedto shreads.World of Warcrafttriedto be Tommy Gunn tough guy, butDiablo IIKO’d the MMORPG in one round.
With justStarCraftandDiablo IIleft in the ring, many Dtoiders were shaking in both awe and fear. Both were beasts in their different release eras, but both have refused to ever retire, with countless fans still playing their games often to this day. I counted up the votes and could tell that making a choice wasn’t easy for many of you. So to ease the pain that recentRocky Balboaviewers felt after paying for the worst fight scene in the entireRockyseries, I’ll give you all the play by play of thefinal roundin this fight. Hit the jump to read vote by vote how the fight went down before finding out the winner.
Ding! Ding! Ding!!
The bell rings andStarCraftandDiablo IIcome out swinging. BOOM! Headshot! 3-1 votes asDiablo IIdelivers the first blow.StarCraftstumbles fromD2‘sWarCraftwolloping right hook, followed by a quick left jab, followed by another huge right hook. BOOM! No headshot!StarCraftdodged the Baal blow and unleashes a fiendish reaver round of reaches toDiablo II‘s mid-section to take an early lead as the 5-9 votes rise in its favor. The clock’s ticking as the two continue. BOOM! Headshot and the first blood!D2caughtSCoff guard and delivers three huge hooks to the hydralisk, pushing its opponent further back with each broodish blow. 6-9, 7-9, 8-9,Diablo IIis laying on the hurt andStarCraftresorts to a grapple until the ref breaks it up. Blizzard blood is spewing fromStarCraft‘s terran teeth, but the ref isn’t allowed to stop the fight until just one game is left spinning in the disc tray.
Diablo IIcomes back with an expansion of effort, but each click bounces off ofStarCraftas the RTS returns each punch. With theLord of Destruction‘s back up against the corner, the zerg rush comes in with each unit delivering one uppercut after another.D2escapes butStarCraftpulls it back into the corner — one vote, another, another, another, another — BOOM! Headshot!Diablo IIgoes down! One! Two! Three! Four! AndDiablo IIgets up with a huge gash above its eye. The ref holds up one finger and asksD2how many he sees. “I see three campaigns of pain!” And the fight continues withStarCraftlooking better than ever.
The two opponents dance around each other like secret cow level targets andStarCrafttaunts the weakened opponent: “It took you 4 counts to get up? I ‘ve done quicker Meph rushes, bitch!”Diablo II‘s hotter than a firebat now, and withStarCraft‘s guard down,D2slips off his glove — what’s that?! Beneath the glove are 5 SOJ’s on its knuckles andD2delivers a knockout that not even a necro could save. One! Two! Three! Four! The votes just keep coming! Five! Six! Sev — and he’s up!StarCraftis up and alive! Folks, I’ve never seen this many votes in a row! StarCraft is gonna need a new map-maker to rebuild its face after that blow — blood is everywhere! The ref couldn’t even get him to count his raised fingers, the RTS game looks unfazed — no it doesn’t, it looks as pissed off as a Protoss parent on prom night.
The PC punches are flying in all directions, it’s just a matter of time before one of them delivers the final blow. An arsenal of archon jabs is followed by a series of sorceress swings. Not a tiger’s eye in the room is blinking as each opponent brings out the best in Blizzard. And there it is! There it is! One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! “Yo Barbarian!” Nine! — and it’s over! Ladies, gentlemen, and peons — we have a WINNER!
One game has finally prevaled after weeks of votes as the winner of Destructoid’s Blizzard Battle of 2006. Thanks to everyone who voted! Congratulations to everyone one of you who have played either of these two great games. And the winner is . . .
Thanks again to all who voted! Make sure you vote for the game you enjoyed more than any other game ever, and check back next week to see how many people agreed with you or disagreed. Don’t be afraid to get all emotional on us either — tell us why your favorite game of all time makes you cry just when thinking about it, and what exactly it is that ranks it above all other games in youyr opinion.
See you all her next week – Happy New Years everyone!
