It's less name calling and more an accurate descriptor based on the way he speaks.

Anyway, having loved Diablo 2, and played many hours of the Diablo 3 beta, I can say with confidence it brings quite a bit to the table. There's not a single change made from D2 that I'm not happy with.

Sounds more like he is worried how the game will end up, and if it will stand up to modern games.

I'm waiting ten years.... Diablo 2 was and is my favorite game so yes I will definitely wait.

I'm kind of laughing at the fact that people are comparing SC2 to other RTS games. The fact is SC is and always has been the most competitive and balanced RTS out there. You might have a different opinion on which is more fun for you, but you can't compare them in terms of success and balance.

This, been playing it since I was six years old, most addicting series ever made, made me respect Blizzard as a game devloper, even with recent changes I am still hopeful.

What does Starcraft's admittedly very competitive online base and balanced factions have to do with comparing it to other RTS games? Its true that it does those things better then any other RTS I can think of, but that isn't what this genre is all about. I personally feel that Rise of Nations and everything made by Ensemble Studios, minus Halo Wars, is superior. Either way this isn't the thread to discuss it.

You can't achieve it either.

There comes a point in time when whatever you're working on is at its best, and everything you do after that only threatens to damage it. Maybe D3 has passed that point, I don't know. But 10 years for an isometric hack and slash? I expect they passed it years ago.

Starcraft does an admirable job of balancing 3 different factions well instead of having 100% mirrored factions for true balance. But that isn't always what people value the most when they're looking for fun. I like the C&C games better because of the different pace they have. When playing online things can get rather unpredictable and tables can turn in just a second.

I am also not a fan of excessive micromanagement which Starcraft turns into at competitive levels. Babysitting single units at such levels is not the reason I play RTS.

looks like you have no idea how this new "MMO" works , so how about you google it before you buy it .
and the points i listed is more than enough to not buy the game .

Funny how people think hack and slash equals simple.

And why wouldn't I wait for D3? It looks fantastic and waiting takes no effort. Not much else one can do. I'm not going to pass on it. Even if I stopped following its development, the moment it's released it would be back on my list.

And 10 years isn't such a huge amount of time. I'm sure a huge portion of that was just planning, art, storyboards, mechanics, and just ideas being throw around for awhile before even starting programming or modelling. Making massive changes just to see if it's better also makes the game take longer to develop but it is so worth it. And Blizz are one of the few that have the resources to do so.

... bacon.

10 years to make a hack & slash arcade game, pfff.

I regret to inform you all that Diablo 3 will never be released.

Hire more people? I think they could afford it. I'll probably buy it (loved Diablo II) and thank god for Bethesda being more regular in game releases in the mean time. Totally kept me busy between Oblivion, the Fallouts and Skyrim.

I've been playing the beta for months. Also, you're just ignoring what I said and responding with nonsense.

There is no reason to call anyone names in this thread unless you've proof they've hidden Hitler's brain and are attempting to revitalize it with a nine volt battery.

As for me, I grew in gaming with Diablo like many of you- it broke the ground we walk upon, I think is true. I've meant no discredit to hack n slash, 10 years for any franchise is simply too long- for me. That doesn't mean I eat boiled snails and live on capital gains. Sacred is one of my favorite games and it owes its existence to Diablo. I recentlly installed diablo 2 on my computer but was bored playing it- to each his own. That doesn't mean I'm not happy with another person having fun with Diablo.

I loved Blizzard. I used to be a Blizzard booster I guess.

Diablo still stands to my mind at least for introducing that amazing feeling of dread, all is almost lost, give up all hope ye who enter here- the atmospherics were tremendous. And In Diablo 2 the small castle with the ghouls and ghosts used to literatlly scare me. I'd sweat. After several times through it was just a stop over, but I'll never forget it- and meeting the Blacksmith- both of them, the one in the church compound and the one near the end. I once killed him by running away and his heart gave out chasing me. Forget the legendary boss monsters- those blacksmiths killed me.

If Diablo 3 can bring back some of that- I'm in., But ten years is too long. Duke Nukem is an apt anology because that was promised and never arrived. Diablo 3 will arrive, however. Will the market have left it behind? Will it bring back character building and hack n slashs? (Yes, I know they never quite left, but they lost the top of the mountain long ago....)

Maybe we'll get lucky and this will inspire the owners of Sacred 3 to hurry up.

Nine you say?! I've been doing it all wrong...

..I once resurrected a frozen fly with a nine volt; but he wasn't hard froze. That was when I was 14. It's too late to bring Hitler's brain back, but we might clone him.

What up man!

Just wondering what you mean by campaign RTS. If you mean emphasis on singleplayer, I disagree, probably the most fun I've had with a LAN RTS game was with DoW in Iraq. I don't think it's all that different than StarCraft, just more of an emphasis on tactics than micromanagement.
How do you figure DoW isn't a RTS?

Its a squad tactics game. You could definitely argue it being an RTS, but it would be like calling Borderlands and RPG. This isn't an insult, it's a great series.