Rise of Shadows has this "oh crap I forgot to write that essay let me do it on the bus" look to me. The live videos are not HD, for example, and the latest flag was that they recycled the (albeit unused) artwork from Omega Defender. For the latter, I totally understand the desire to up-cycle an existing resource, so as not to waste effort(s) and cut a corner or two. It's there, use it -- fine.
Another thing is that they are taking characters and ideas that already exist and recycling them. The "bad guys" are all from previous expansions. Instead of creating a new story they borrowed from everything prior. It just seems like it's lacking that "one hundred and ten percent" caliber of effort. You know what I mean?
I've noticed little things like this since Ben left. Is anyone else noticing these drop-in-quality breadcrumbs?
EDIT: My comments above are 90% about presentation 10% about recycled mechanics. I don't demand that nothing be old and everything be new. I do however think that quality is key.
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Seems strange not to have Ahune and Arthas as the last two, given that both have been heavily involved in Hearthstone up to this point.
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Thinning my deck for me to draw my biggies is a gift in my eyes.
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So now you can run 4 1/1 DS minions now I guess. Taunt doesn't do much on this lil lady.