Diablo III Release "still a long way to go"
"I don't know how far out it is, but it's still fairly early in development. I think when people see it, it feels so polished and so finished, but the reality is we have a very small portion of the game done right now," Pardo explained.
He added: "A lot of the way we develop is: We wanna make sure the game is really fun and the visual fidelity we want ... we wanna make sure we have a small area that feels really done so we know what to build. So even though it looks really complete a lot of the content is just not there. We have a long ways to go to build each of the different acts in the game and put in all the quests and all the different monsters. We have a lot of development ahead of us before it will be something ... It will definitely be out after StarCraft II."
It looks like we'll be waiting for Diablo III for awhile yet. Let's just pray that Starcraft II comes out within the next few months.
Thanks gyrextt for spotting this in an interview I'd read but kinda skimmed over.
actually, Starcraft fans have waited longer. Starcraft was released 1998, while Diablo 2 2000 and Lord of Destruction 2001.
Im sor5ry heres some cough medicine but it sounded like you were sain *cough* *cough* hellgate *cough* oh waht am i sayin?
Sounds about right. Tho the earliest were gonna get it is around very late 2009 if were REALLY lucky
What do you guys think? Well I sure hope so! :thumbsup:
Oh why do they do this to us.... :confused:
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3170686&p=1
Well, that's exactly the idea. They might have projected dates which are basically mandatory company procedures, however they can (and have on nearly every occasions) change these dates if they have a valid issue that needs to be fixed/done before the actual release. They plead that to Vivendi Universal which is fairly lenient towards Blizzard since they do put out the best computer games there are. They then receive extra funding, etc.
So I mean, 1up .com could in fact be stating an accurate date based on information they might have received from Blizz, but lets keep in mind that it doesn't reflect the reality of Blizzard Game releases. To best sum it up, Blizzard came up with a neo-proverbial slogan that really represents the way it's done over there; "Our games come out when they are ready". That simple. So it means, they might release it around that time or Blizz might pull another Starcraft 2 on us. With them, anything is possible!
Just kidding, well with all the gossip leading up to the game, it's gonna be worth the wait imo.
I know that everyone is bustling with ideas and time lines, but why not look at it logically?
How long do we all see our selves sitting in front of our computers, stroking the anxious excitement of this new game. Do you think that BLIZZARD would let the excitement die down before they let the game out. I think that the game will be out sooner than most but later than the idiots who predict 08 or early 09. They want to build the hype, get us all frenzied, and then let loose the tidal wave of newly packaged CDs so that we almost don't even hesitate to spend hours in parking lots around the country waiting to get our preordered products.
Maybe I am getting a little agitated with all of the predictions, so sorry for the rant.