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The original core Blizzard team is all over the HL title and it shows, awfully bad game, a real let down IMO.

while flagship might be made up of ex-blizzard people, there's no way in hell HL would actually have shipped like it did if it had been published by blizzard. that, i think, is the big difference.

hell, even in the shape it's in today it still might not be ready for blizzard to release.

cant wait for this one played D1 D2 & D2 LOD hopefully they don't release too late. btw saying they're working on D3 rather than SC2 is nonsense they have their own teams for each game, plus they've been working on D3 for almost four years now 8)

I love RPGs but Diablo holds a special place in my heart. It's a great game for playing for an hour or two after a long day at work... mindless point and clicking. I played an Amazon on Diablo 1 and a Necro on Diablo 2. Diablo 1 almost gave carpal tunnel, I had to learn to hold my mouse better.

Anyway I'm glad to see Diablo 3 is coming. I would expect there is no way it will support multiple monitors but we'll see.

I played D2...I remember how distasteful it brought all the monsters back after I had worked so hard trying to get somewhere...if you clear out a level...they should stay dead!

The game was kinda fun, but you have to admit...it was hardly an RPG.

hopefully it supports better graphics...

I played D2...I remember how distasteful it brought all the monsters back after I had worked so hard trying to get somewhere...if you clear out a level...they should stay dead!

Its like any RPG isnt it?

Better than some. Monsters only respawn if you quit. Some games actually have them respawn after a certian time which is truely horrible.

Calling Diablo 1,2 an RPG is like calling Flying Shark a flight simulator.

Or Donkey Kong, an interactive documentary on the life of the big ape in Africa.

Diablo 1 + 2 = garbage, we'll see how 3 is.

I figured there was a D3 thread in General, damn, that long huh?

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/03/09/diablo-iii-shelves-pvp-to-make-launch/

Blizzard announced today that Diablo III's PvP is not living up to the studio's standards and that it will be removing it for now in order to keep the game on track for launch.

Is it getting close to pushing that button time? That red button?

I don't care to much for pvp, so if this decision helps releasing the game sooner, I am all for it.

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Feeling trolly today.

-Sir! Sir! The Great Activision has spoken! The Great Activision is angry! Our decision to cut PvP has brought much wraith upon us! Shall we sacrifice another intern?

-Don't be a fool! Right now our agents are spreading the word of how Diablo III is PvE at its core and that we made this decision because we care about quality.

-But what if they don't believe us sir? What if they realize that our casual skill system and play-to-win features make balancing nigh impossible?

-Well...

-And what of the Great Activision? Won't lack of PvP make the masses more likely to realize the always connected to Battle.net requirement is done for targeted marketing and to encourage them to spend their wealth on our online services? Wasn't PvP one of the primary reasons people used Battle.net to begin with?

-Hmmm...

-I will get another intern sir!

-Wait. I have an idea. We will hold back some content from release and then include it in a patch later and say it is free for our "loyal Battle.net users".

-Like we did for Diablo II?

-Yes. Exactly.

-And then they will worship us as they should?

-Yes.

-And what of PvP sir?

-Screw it. We will wait to see what Borderlands 2 does and steal that.

-That is brillant sir! It just might work!

-It better. For if it doesn't, this could be the end...the end...of the world...

EDIT - I got my Overlords mixed up.