11-05-2004, 10:12 AM
I hope this comment doesn't annoy anyone, but I'm savouring the delicious irony with a small grin on my face.
The "threat" of the Diablo II release rushed quite a few Diablo "clones" to the market that, without the rush, could have been excellent fun games. Now Blizzard is getting the short end of the stick and having to release early because of EQ2.
That aside, I do hope that last patch before release does indeed introduce a great deal of fixes, just for the sake of the Lurkers that so far had shown great enthusiasm for this game. Irony or not, if the game is released in a state that is too short of the expectations of those players that have been enjoying it during Beta (and in no small way contributed to its development) I'll be disappointed.
The "threat" of the Diablo II release rushed quite a few Diablo "clones" to the market that, without the rush, could have been excellent fun games. Now Blizzard is getting the short end of the stick and having to release early because of EQ2.
That aside, I do hope that last patch before release does indeed introduce a great deal of fixes, just for the sake of the Lurkers that so far had shown great enthusiasm for this game. Irony or not, if the game is released in a state that is too short of the expectations of those players that have been enjoying it during Beta (and in no small way contributed to its development) I'll be disappointed.