Curse of Naxxramas, the first major add-on for the game, is set to change that - hence the obsession. Yet there are only 11 cards out of 465 in Hearthstone that have a deathrattle. The Leper Gnome, for example, is a cheap card that doesn't last very long, but its deathrattle gives it added bite: when it dies, it deals two damage points to the enemy hero, and in Blizzard's fast-paced card strategy game, where chipping health points away from the opposing hero is the main objective, that makes it rather potent.
They are excited about finally realising the potential of death - and particularly the potential of deathrattles.ĭeathrattle is a mechanic in Hearthstone that activates when certain creatures are killed. I can hear it in their voices, speaking to me over the phone from thousands of miles away. As we grow older we all start to dwell on our own mortality, of course, but this is different: the people making Hearthstone are excited about death, the process of dying and the effect death has on the ones we leave behind.
There is a corner of Blizzard Entertainment that is now obsessed with death.
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