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Diablo 2: A Relapse
ackblom12:
Actually, most of the CRPG's from the late 90's and early 00's used the fixed isometric perspective to great ends. It was a wonderful time period for CRPGs... now I have to wait to see if Fallout is added to my list of repeat rape victims.
I'm still really curious what they're gonna do with the eventual Diablo 3. Think Hellgate will be a good indicator of how it will turn out?
Orbert:
I think Hellgate: London will be a good indicator of what Diablo 3 could have been. Flagship Studios was founded by most of the Blizzard North team that created Diablo and Diablo II. They left after Blizzard absorbed Blizzard North and changed a lot of things (including introducing a strict 8-to-5 workday - anyone who's ever programmed professionally knows what a ridiculous idea this is). Other members of that team have moved on as well. There's almost no one left at Blizzard who worked on Diablo, so I would say that Hellgate: London will be much closer to the Diablo series in terms of both quality and "feel" than anything Blizzard is currently capable of producing.
miss mephisto:
Diablo 2 is a fun game to keep coming back to. It gets old pretty fast once you've beat it a million times but I still enjoy going back to in on occasion and obsessively playing it for weeks on end.
Of course, I'm one of those assholes. I love all the hacks they have for making people drop armor and such. But seriously, if you're stupid enough to follow a link a stranger gives you in an online game you deserve to lose all your possessions.
Storm Rider:
Actually, Orbert, I've read that there is a growing movement within the games industry to streamline the work week more. In light of overtime disputes with publishers like EA and Activision as well as the gradual maturation of the designers (the people who are making the games are getting older and starting families, so they can't work 14 hours a day) have lead to more companies switching to a less spartan work schedule. I know Supreme Commander specifically was produced with drastically less overtime work than most major games.
ackblom12:
--- Quote from: Orbert on 07 May 2007, 11:56 ---I think Hellgate: London will be a good indicator of what Diablo 3 could have been. Flagship Studios was founded by most of the Blizzard North team that created Diablo and Diablo II. They left after Blizzard absorbed Blizzard North and changed a lot of things (including introducing a strict 8-to-5 workday - anyone who's ever programmed professionally knows what a ridiculous idea this is). Other members of that team have moved on as well. There's almost no one left at Blizzard who worked on Diablo, so I would say that Hellgate: London will be much closer to the Diablo series in terms of both quality and "feel" than anything Blizzard is currently capable of producing.
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Good point, and it makes me a little sad. I'm just hoping they can keep the financial side of the business going and not go the way of several of my favorite Dev groups.
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