HG:L CAN be a good game. I´m so critic with it because it was a very promising game... and i hope it still can be it. It´s biggest problem is that they promised too much, even Max Shaefer talked about it, and in the end we didn´t have lots of KEY features.
The author compares a finished game with promises, so he is too much biased to me, we still don`t know if D3 will have all what they are promising. I trust Boyarsky and the rest of the team, but I trusted in Roper and Shaefer too.
But Blizzard have more resources than Flagship and can wait until the game is really finished so is more unlikely that the problems of HG will happen again. Still, a lot of people will be disapointed when the game ships, developers just can`t please everyone. Blizzard have an image of delivering polished products so the percentage of a great game is high.
I don´t share the biased version of FSS and Blizzard "versions" but I can´t say that the author is wrong. Still remember some of the first developers chat with things like "encourage exploration", "different experience for the classes". "NO FEDEX QUESTS!"
Even now, at the left of the interface we have our progress in the faction. That was never implemented. During the beta, we saw all of the problems and the beta was almost exactly the final product.
Hellgate could have been a great game. But it didn´t deliver the promises they give to us.
I have faith in Blizzard. They just have to deliver what they promised and Diablo 3 will be the sequel the franchise deserve.
The author compares a finished game with promises, so he is too much biased to me, we still don`t know if D3 will have all what they are promising. I trust Boyarsky and the rest of the team, but I trusted in Roper and Shaefer too.
But Blizzard have more resources than Flagship and can wait until the game is really finished so is more unlikely that the problems of HG will happen again. Still, a lot of people will be disapointed when the game ships, developers just can`t please everyone. Blizzard have an image of delivering polished products so the percentage of a great game is high.
JELL
PUERTA DEL INFIERNO
http://www.puertadelinfierno.com
Even now, at the left of the interface we have our progress in the faction. That was never implemented. During the beta, we saw all of the problems and the beta was almost exactly the final product.
Hellgate could have been a great game. But it didn´t deliver the promises they give to us.
I have faith in Blizzard. They just have to deliver what they promised and Diablo 3 will be the sequel the franchise deserve.
JELL
PUERTA DEL INFIERNO
http://www.puertadelinfierno.com