Damn... why all the hate against the man and his team? Are you guys ignorant or something? Did you even read the whole 8 pages? Do you even understand how business works? Do you know how hard it is to start a company from scratch and work everything out using your own money?
I think what Flagship studios did was an achievement! Their only mistake (and he admits this btw) is that they tried too do too much with very little money. Their only problem was, they where used to Blizzard's funding, and always having millions and millions of dollars at their disposal to make a great game. I have absolutely no doubt at all in my mind, that if HG:L had the Blizzard seal of approval on it, it would have been A LOT more than it currently is. It would have been more finished and with more content. Because let's admit it, the concept was nice, It was different and daring, but that's what Blizzard is all about.
Anyways I hope all the best for Bill Roper and the guys who used to work at Blizzard North and Flagship.
And Uleman, PLEASE GO BACK AND MAKE DIABLO III's MUSIC!!!!! (Don't get me wrong, I like the music now, at least I don't hate it, but I know that Uleman would've made something more memorable and perfect)
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Aug 6, 2008
Djinn_690 posted a message on Diablo III Development Updatethe "healthy wait" is bothering me.Posted in: News
It's not gonna be good for my health at all
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Aug 5, 2008
Djinn_690 posted a message on MTV - Necromancer May Return, Diablo 3 Expansion Confirmed?thats cool, so we already know there's going to be an expansion, and possibly old chars returning, but we're still in the dark about the characters and gamePosted in: News
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Jul 26, 2008
Djinn_690 posted a message on Diablo 3 Polystone Diorama Unveiled at San Diego Comic ConI wish they had Color pic.Posted in: News
I would like to order one but only if I like the way it is colored. -
Jul 21, 2008
Djinn_690 posted a message on Diablo III vs Hellgate: LondonPosted in: News
I have to disagree here.Quote from "JELL" »Still, a lot of people will be disapointed when the game ships, developers just can`t please everyone.
I've havent heard of anyone disappointed by a GoW sequel, or a MGS sequel, or a FF sequel, or a RE sequel. and that's just to name a few.
anyways I highly doubt that Diablo III will be anything near disappointing.
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Jul 15, 2008
Djinn_690 posted a message on Blizzard: Why Corpses VanishI guess there wont be potion find, or any other skills that require a corpse for that matterPosted in: News
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Jul 14, 2008
Djinn_690 posted a message on Diablo III Thoughts From Ex-Blizzard EmployeeI think that blizzard north would have done a superb job on Diablo III if they where they ones that completed the project.Posted in: News
I would also like to point out that, considering they didn't have a fraction of the funding they had available to them when they where working with blizzard, does not make them less creative or bad game developers. I believe that if with the right funding Hell Gate London would have been a big success, sadly though they where limited to what they could do, and they probably made a miracle happen with whatever funds they had.
If they still had the funding and backing of Blizzard I'm more than sure that we would all be playing their masterpiece(Diablo III) by now and loving every second of it.
At they very least I'm sure they would never have even thought "I wonder what would happen if we make a Fast Paced Action RPG version of WoW" - which sadly seems to be what was going on in the heads of the current developers when they where working on it. -
Jul 11, 2008
Djinn_690 posted a message on Diablo III Trade and EconomyPosted in: News
I absolutely agree with you.Quote from "NP-RandyWest" »It sucks that Blizzard always think so much about the random retard, but never about the skilled player.
The thing that made Diablo II sooo F*****G amazing was that it was very realistic and while the action is very amazing and fast paced and there was demons running around, it was still realistic, because, u can get scammed or robbed (dont say wtf just yet) I'm not saying that I enjoy getting scammed or robbed off of a good item, but I like the fact that, just like you could get robbed in real life, you can get robbed in the game, (not to mention that some scams where genius and I couldnt help but smile after the initial shock :D)
Second, while the government controls part of the economy IRL, its mostly the people, and business men that affect it and change it all the time. but in the era that Diablo was set in, I dont think the government played a major role in the economy, so It only makes sense that its controlled by the people who play the game.
Lastly, for all you people who like the WoW-like Art, Duel system, economy system, etc, etc. STICK TO YOUR GODDAMN WoW AND LEAVE DIABLO FOR US!!!
instead of telling me to stick to playing Diablo II, You stick to your WoW!! I want Diablo III to be a "Diablo" sequel not a fast paced WoW game. -
Jul 8, 2008
Djinn_690 posted a message on Diablo III PK and PvPnow I'm totally depressed!Posted in: News
blizzard is taking out the heart and soul of diablo 3 and replacing it with one from WoW.
the art direction is WoW-ish, when i paused the gameplay video over the skills it looked like the 20 skill tab on the D2 skill tree has been replaced by some WoW-like skill system.
and now the PvP aspect of the game seems like its going to lean more towards a WoW-ish view rather than a Diablo view.... WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU BLIZZARD!!! (sorry but I'm seriously frustrated)
What made the Diablo series so great was that it kept you excited, and the PvP system was one of the most exciting aspects of Diablo. knowing that you could be killed by someone at any moment is part of the fun and it kept people involved with the game.
if u didnt want that, u could always make a password proteced game or put a level tab on ur game... easy as that!!!!
The Diablo II skill tree was one of the best damn things that ever happened to the Diablo games. because of it we where able to have many many builds of the same class, the builds seemed infinite. they where certaintly much more than anything the WoW skill system offered.
And the art, NO BLIZZARD ITS NOT JUST MUSIC THAT GIVES DIABLO ITS DARK FEEL!!! music is a huge factor in the equation but even more importantly is the color scheme. NICE COLORFUL RAINBOWS DONT FEEL LIKE "DIABLO" AT ALL!!!! no matter how eerie the music playing in the background is.
Blizz needs to take their heads out of WoW's ass and look into Diablo's instead!!!
P.S please excuse me for my language but I think I have the right to be mad as I am a "Diablo" fan who has been waiting for this game to come out for 8 years!!! and seeing them turn this game to something more of a non MMO WoW game is just disgusting to me!! - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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I mean, in Diablo II, after you've made your way through an act with a character you usually never went through it again with that same character. People just ran to the boss killed him/her, and moved on to the next act.
I mean some areas you never re visit and completely forget about after some time.
But if Randomly Generated Scripted Events had a higher chance of dropping good items than bosses do, people will actually start re visiting the whole game looking for those scripted events.
This will help decrease the number of "Boss xyz runs ##"
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But after they disbanded, wouldn't it make sense that the members returned to their original clans (I know some of these clans still exist in sanctuary). So how did their bloodlines just vanish?
where they so scarred from the journey that they didn't want anything to do with humanly pleasures anymore?
where they some how affected by the battle (cursed or something) so that they couldn't have kids even if they tried?
but that would mean Jared (if indeed he is Dekard's great great grandfather) had impregnated a woman before he went on his journey.
:confused: this is so complex and useless to the storyline that I doubt even Blizzard has any real info on Dekard's ancestors yet and why the Horadrim clan just died out.
Unless of course it was as some one previously mentioned, and Dekard was born before they Disbanded.
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With his budget he narrowed his choices down to 2 laptops.
1: 512 MB dedicated graphics
2.0 GHz
3 GB memory
240 GB hard drive
windows Vista
13.3" screen.
2. 256 Shared graphics
3GB memory
2.2 GHz
Windows Vista
13.3" screen.
Which one do you guys think is more suitable? o and the shared one says up to 1GB when I checked the Graphics card (but I have no clue what that means :confused:)
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or does this mean that he's the last living member?? :confused:
source: http://www.blizzplanet.com/content/499/
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Anyways I'm going to keep my fingers crossed and trust Blizzard on this one.
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The reason I say this is because he expects too much of them. For almost every monster on his list there was a "since its been 20 years, they better have evolved into some badass monsters who can whoop your ass instantly"
... we all know that's not how it'll work in Diablo III, I think it was Jay who mentioned that Normal mode can be beat by spamming one skill the whole way through so...
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According to the newly released Timeline Cain was first mentioned on the year 912, where he leads a bank of monk Horadrim to capture Diablo's soul in a soul stone.
And since he's the one who led them, he must have been pretty damned experienced and well versed in his art. But for the sake of this post I will assume that he was around 25 at the time
Now we defeated Baal in Diablo II at 1265 (353 years later) and Cain was with us through the whole thing and at the end was about 378 years old.
now.... 20 years later he is back and this time he's 398 at least!!!
I think that's pretty cool although I definitely would want to die before I hit the 100 year old mark.
But then again years could be completely different in Sanctuary, so that might not be half as old as it sounds.
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at least give the guy who originally wrote that some credit
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XSXs3bzhgU - force trade hack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnSWu3dQ26A - Bots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYV88spbjK0 - Duping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hW2ofNkw3A - Map hack
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Not to mention that the blizzard stock hasn't gone down since last year, its a very stable stock and if its not on the rise, its relatively stable.
the stock that blizzard trades under (ATVI on Nasdaq) has gone up since last year and has nearly doubled. Any little dips that the stock takes don't even last for a month (usually passes in 2 weeks or so) and they always make a pretty good comeback.
imo, anyone planing to buy the stocks should buy within the next couple of weeks, and hold on to the stocks for at least a couple of years, or until Diablo III is released. the stocks should have easily doubled in value by then, if not more.
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