Diablo III is for real

[Urza-DSF]

I don't want to get testy, but I can't believe I found a post of the same type quality found on the BNet public forums on the Lurker Lounge.

Ad hominem much?

When else would be a good time to complain? The game has purportedly been in development for 4 years, and Rob Pardo stated in an interview they were looking to create more content. Should we complain after they've started creating images for the loot? Should we start complaining when the game is post-alpha? Should we start complaining in damned Beta? When the game goes gold?

Perhaps when they actually have a listed release date, or when more info about the game past what few snippets they do have are released. They have an engine and the starting of their art development, and even that was stated to have gone through 3 revisions already.

Everything needs a lot of work, yes? Don't you think that an artistic direction is needed for that work to begin in the first place? Wouldn't it be a little concerning to you know, people worried the problem that this work doesn't have a clear artistic vision in mind?

I think their art development is excellent. D1 was *never* about the artwork, and there are indeed a lot of things that are extremely cartoonish within the game (see: fallen, overlords, succubi, horned devils). What really set the mood was a) the slow pace, which as it has been stated before was a result of limitations of technology of the time, andB)the Music. What made D1 so scary was the creeping, pounding music in the background heightening the mood of any area you were in, and what was missing in much of D2. That seems to be making a big comeback if the location sites are any indication.

It seems that the development machine is gaining steam to the point that most changes will be irrevocable. I think I'd like to head off the game before they crush my vision of Diablo III.

Rail all you want to, but it's Blizzard has the track record of making decisions that make excellent games that fly off of the shelves. So you'll have to excuse me if I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt over someone outside of their production circles who has access to exactly the same information and pull that we all do.