Blizzard says it was wrong to include offline mode in Diablo II

[Guest]

That was the only thing Blizzard learned from Diablo 2, how to make more money by preventing piracy. Then they went further with the real money auction house. If only they had continued with the same game, rather than whatever Diablo 3 is. I mean, Diablo 3 as a game is good if you aren't expecting a Diablo game. At least Path of Exile picks up where Diablo 2 left off.

 

[jester376]

Well, personally I have conflicted views as to the Diablo 3 game complaints. Yes, they could have not had any server issues when the game was first released. However, how would they know how many players would be playing Diablo 3 after a 10 year+ gap from their last release? Something you should ask yourself. Yes, they could have sent out a poll, but whats guaranteeing that every single interested player is gonna look at that poll, plus they have to spend extra money to hire somebody to keep track of the poll for them since their usual teams are tied up doing other things. On one note, I do agree that the auction house was a mistake, something Blizzard has already admitted, and is in the progress of removing it. With the offline thing. yeah I was disappointed that they didnt offer it like it they did in D2. However, times are progressing, and almost everything is going online, and as their other two major titles are already online, as a business why would you want to make your other major title offline, especially given the trouble they had with all of D2's hacking issues? I'm not trying to justify Blizzards actions by no means, but it's so easy to stop and say me me me me me and not look at it from the business side of things. Some people dont have a mind for business which makes it more difficult for those people. But if you have one or know a little of business, atleast take a moment and look at both sides of the equation before coming out with the solution. And as MilwaukeeMike already stated above, "A solution that makes everyone happy is a fantasy land."

 

[Guest]

Well that was a very long paragraph with run on sentences. As for D3 launch, with all the pre-orders they should have been more prepared. Luckily after people played and realized that apart from story, it had nothing to do with D1 or D2. So they quit playing, which in turn lowered server stress.

 

[Guest]

Don't they realize you could of used open battle.net to play offline characters online?

no?

 

[BSim500]

"Blizzard says it was wrong to include offline mode in Diablo II"

Anyone else looking forward to a Torchlight 3? I don't even look at Blizzard's "offerings" anymore...

 

[Guest]

Torchlight is good by all standards, however I have a hard time adapting to the cartoon graphics. But that was true with Diablo 3 graphics as well. Since Diablo 2 I have craved a dark and gloomy, Path of Exile has fulfilled that for me. And we have Grim Dawn to look forward to as well. I own the alpha, but it needs a lot of work (obviously being in alpha stage).

 

[captaincranky]

I have to get a kick out of the arrogance of video game manufacturers. They know they have a captive, addicted, rabid following. Sometimes I think they'll say whatever it takes to make you whimper like two year olds, just for the sadistic pleasure it likely brings them.

 

[TorturedChaos]

If he has so good memory perhaps he might also remember that 13 years ago a quite significant number of people where on dial-up, me included.

Agreed. I had dialup when it came out and could not play online with any reliability. Few times I tried, it took forever to load and I always lagged out with 30 minutes or so.

 

[Xclusiveitalian]

Even without offline mode, DIablo III is a horrible game. It lost the true soul of the DIablo Series. No longer allowing you to adjust your stats. Linear worlds with too many scripts. Diablo was that game were world generation was awesome, every single playthrough was different, even doing the same quests. In Diablo 3 it always feels the same. It became...a....a...a console game. =(

 

[Ghost410]

So.. the answer is Diablo 2 had it wrong? Really? D2 is one of the best games in the history of gaming. D3 is a lousy game. It's design was driven by marketeers with a total focus on farming players for more cash. Did they not think we would notice? There's no offline mode because they can't exploit their base for more cash in offline.

 

[Guest]

The electronics industry in general is wanting to make us completely reliant on the Internet. This gives them total and absolute control over how we play games, watch TV and access our IT devices for home and business usage (Steam, Office 356, iCloud etc....). In the early days of computing, organizations ran Mainframe computers and users had the old "Dumb Terminal" keyboard mouse and monitor with a black screen and flashing green cursor. This is what the manufacturers are trying to achieve now but on a global scale via cloud computing. When you turn on your device, it will display nothing unless you subscribe to it!! When Broadband speeds become fast enough, the OS will be downloaded rather than installed. I might be wrong!?