07-01-2003, 06:45 PM
Quote: I figured that there would not be room at Blizzard for two RPG's.
Sadly, IMO this is exactly what the Diablo series needed.
The two iterations we've had so far (not counting expansions) have pretty much mined out the "Action RPG" (snigger) paradigm. I can't see any changes possible that would breathe life into it (small tweaks, sure, but nothing revolutionary or even evolutionary).
A (true) Diablo RPG would be something akin to sex, IMO. They already have a richly detailed backstory, and a game set in the aftermath of the World Stone's destruction (with so many options, as have been pointed out here before) wedded with a quality engine on par with, say, the SPECIAL/Fallout engine would sell immensely -- you'd have at least two relatively large groups (Diablo and Fallout fans) you could pretty much count on buying it.
Ah well, I guess my dreams of perfect games will never come to pass. I still think that a Deus Ex-like Shadowrun game would be the pinnacle of gaming for decades.
- WL