Its was actually done by a blizzard team that no longer works for blizzard, which is why diablo 3 will feel inferior many ways to the diablo legacy, especially when it comes to customization imo.
Right, because the team behind D2, which went on to form Flagship Studios, did such a great job with the spiritual successor. I hear Hellgate: London is currently still running at least. Sort of.
Happy trolling though.
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...and if you disagree with me, you're probably <insert random ad hominem attack here>.
Right, because the team behind D2, which went on to form Flagship Studios, did such a great job with the spiritual successor. I hear Hellgate: London is currently still running at least. Sort of.
Happy trolling though.
To be fair before they moved to flagship, they created many great games. Its not trolling, its the truth, whats trolling about saying the blizzard north team was the superior blizzard team?
The Blizzad North team was disbanded and invited into Blizzard HQ. The ones that didn't want it because their halfassed D3 back in 2004 was canceled went ahead and made Flagship Studios or joined other companies.
"Former Blizzard North staffers including Joseph Lawrence, Wyatt Cheng and Matt Uelmen subsequently appeared in the credits of Blizzard's next retail release, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. The work of former Blizzard North artist Phroilan Gardner was also featured in editions of World of Warcraft: The Trading Card Game around the same time."
I can go into details and probably find other people that continued in Blizzard as well. But this is enough to debunk the myth of Blizzard North being "fired".
Not to mention Vivendi didn't like that version of Diablo 3. Not Blizzard. And they hold both companies. And now also Activision.
Uh yea bud. And this original Blizzard North also wanted to make D1 a turn based game. Blegh. But mighty Blizzard stepped in to set them straight =D Yea they made a really fun game in D2 (with the help of main blizzard). But got kicked off and fired after they spent some years making a terrible looking D3. They also made torchlight (lame) and hellgate london (which sank).
The D3 team from Blizzard is fucking awesome, I love every changed they made =D
Edit: On the quick topic of customization;
D3 has
18 tiers of standard armor, and countless legendaries with unique looks
Armor dyes
Banner customization with unlock-able rewards from achievements
achievements
~120 skills per character that are ALL viable
passives
This is old news...like 6 or 7 year old news...it's basically what overneathe said. Blizz North did a shitty job with their D3 and discontinued it, then the current D3 team took over and started development from scratch.
To be fair before they moved to flagship, they created many great games. Its not trolling, its the truth, whats trolling about saying the blizzard north team was the superior blizzard team?
I say it's trolling because you didn't make an argument -- you just made an unsupported but inflamatory statement. You state that Blizzard North is superior to the team working on D3, but you don't say why or how that's true. You don't point at mistakes you think have been made and say how you think Schaeffer or Roeper would have done it differently. You just make an offhand, unsupported statement about customization which could mean any of a millions things since you don't specify. For example, D3 has dye for armor, which is increased customization.
LMAO.. Well I'm not going to restate anything already said but, I'm guessing you have not seen the 2005 diablo 3. You should check it out. It looks like shit. I'm glad they vivendi said no and tried to absorb as much of Blizz North into Blizz as possible. And some of the people only left because Blizzard mandated they work in-house and no where else, prime example number 1 MATT ULEMEN. Still even with that Blizzard retained a fair portion of Blizz north. Not only that but Blizzard being the parent company of Blizz north had a bigger say in the decision on Diablo than Condor/Blizz North did, and if it weren't for Blizzard we'd all ABSOLUTELY DESPISE DIABLO. Claymation?, Turn-based? nuh-uh NO THANK YOU! Now carry on with you absent minded flaming and trolling. While you're at it throw in some serious criticism and actual thoughts when making threads or replies. Enjoy your stay.
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While trying to read this thread in ernest, I cannot get myself to take a poster seriously, who's name begins with "SSJ". I'm sorry, for I dislike chucking threads down the crapper for ad hominem reasons.
Also made Guild Wars, which to my knowledge trumps anything Jay Wilson has ever made, he really should thank the gods he got this position, his resume doesn't warrant it for sure.
Well, Adon is kinda confused about who did what. The guys who did Guild Wars were the one behind battle.net mostly, with a hand in Starcraft and Diablo.
But yeah, can't wait for D3 to be released and be a big hit. Some guys can't stop trolling and being doomsayers... or they just can't think for themself and take a look at what the game provide ^^;
Right, because the team behind D2, which went on to form Flagship Studios, did such a great job with the spiritual successor. I hear Hellgate: London is currently still running at least. Sort of.
Happy trolling though.
wow yeah that hellgate london... poor developers.
im happy for some of them to make those Torchlight games, Torchlight 2 looks quite cool
Happy trolling though.
To be fair before they moved to flagship, they created many great games. Its not trolling, its the truth, whats trolling about saying the blizzard north team was the superior blizzard team?
"Former Blizzard North staffers including Joseph Lawrence, Wyatt Cheng and Matt Uelmen subsequently appeared in the credits of Blizzard's next retail release, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. The work of former Blizzard North artist Phroilan Gardner was also featured in editions of World of Warcraft: The Trading Card Game around the same time."
From http://en.wikipedia..../Blizzard_North
I can go into details and probably find other people that continued in Blizzard as well. But this is enough to debunk the myth of Blizzard North being "fired".
Not to mention Vivendi didn't like that version of Diablo 3. Not Blizzard. And they hold both companies. And now also Activision.
Ha. Bagstone.
Uh yea bud. And this original Blizzard North also wanted to make D1 a turn based game. Blegh. But mighty Blizzard stepped in to set them straight =D Yea they made a really fun game in D2 (with the help of main blizzard). But got kicked off and fired after they spent some years making a terrible looking D3. They also made torchlight (lame) and hellgate london (which sank).
The D3 team from Blizzard is fucking awesome, I love every changed they made =D
Edit: On the quick topic of customization;
D3 has
18 tiers of standard armor, and countless legendaries with unique looks
Armor dyes
Banner customization with unlock-able rewards from achievements
achievements
~120 skills per character that are ALL viable
passives
I say it's trolling because you didn't make an argument -- you just made an unsupported but inflamatory statement. You state that Blizzard North is superior to the team working on D3, but you don't say why or how that's true. You don't point at mistakes you think have been made and say how you think Schaeffer or Roeper would have done it differently. You just make an offhand, unsupported statement about customization which could mean any of a millions things since you don't specify. For example, D3 has dye for armor, which is increased customization.
Yeah, I was a lifer. I got totally Flagshipped. meh
True that. It was a good idea for a game, but just didn't pan out for me. Last I checked, the game was put down (at least its servers).
But yeah, can't wait for D3 to be released and be a big hit. Some guys can't stop trolling and being doomsayers... or they just can't think for themself and take a look at what the game provide ^^;
hellgate london, Mythos, and Torchlight...
There is a reason why their version of Diablo 3 was scrapped and redone.
wow yeah that hellgate london... poor developers.
im happy for some of them to make those Torchlight games, Torchlight 2 looks quite cool