I've been following the ForceD3Strategy vlogs on youtube and am getting more and more interested in the May 5th conference call that he has been talking about and whether or not mentions of the Beta will take place.
I'm cautiously optimistic but as always we won't know until the 5th... buuuut... speculation is what keeps me going
What would be a great 2 days for me if it's true. May 4th is me and my lady's anniversary. I'm hopeful, May sounds about right, although as mentioned in another thread they prob won't give a date, just a general gist of when it may be brought to a public invitation level. Since Betas normally start off with a small group of friends and families of the developers, than maybe 500 people, and so on until they've got enough feedback.
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Honestly if it doesn't happen then, late 2011 is pretty much out of the question. I listened to the last call in feb, and they hinted towards beta news in the next may call.
Yea, Mike Morhaime said, as I remember hearing it, "(something short about Diablo 3), and we look forward to talking about the Diablo III beta in our next call" which is the May conference call. So we're most likely going to hear something or other about it. As axion said if its not announced then and doesn't start soon after, 2011 is basically off the table, and that is their goal for D3. So fingers crossed.
I remain highly optimistic and expect beta to begin soon after the conference call. I don't see any reason why Mike Morhaime would say that he is excited to talk about beta if it was anything but good news. If this was something the were planning months ago, I can't see how much could have gone wrong to delay it.
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I just fear that we'll hear "there won't be a beta till 2012"...
Dun dun dun... and people will soon agree with me that Blizzard is slow as a turtle.
Have a feeling the people will react if that happens.. Not sure how, but have a feeling The Diablo itch in moste of us will do something with our minds if we get informed that its not released before late 2012. I think my brain will just melt down.(SYSTEM OVERLOAD).
But i believe that blizz knows we are eager ass hell to get our hands on that game, and we soon going crazy over it.. Even do it doesn't show on em, i think they kinda stressed out....Just hope not our stress agents theme will influence there end result's:)
While it would be nice to hear a beta coming up soon, I don't think I would be to disappointed if it didn't. It's not every day that a game developer will choose to hold off profits (which isn't looked highly upon by stockholders), for their customers. If they need another 6 months to get to beta quality, thats fine with me.
It will also give me time to finish school without any major distractions ^.^
I just fear that we'll hear "there won't be a beta till 2012"...
Dun dun dun... and people will soon agree with me that Blizzard is slow as a turtle.
Have a feeling the people will react if that happens.. Not sure how, but have a feeling The Diablo itch in moste of us will do something with our minds if we get informed that its not released before late 2012. I think my brain will just melt down.(SYSTEM OVERLOAD).
But i believe that blizz knows we are eager ass hell to get our hands on that game, and we soon going crazy over it.. Even do it doesn't show on em, i think they kinda stressed out....Just hope not our stress agents theme will influence there end result's:)
But i know this game will be good no doubt
Well don't forget about Torchlight 2 is coming out late summer. If D3 is delayed we will at least have a hack'n'slash game to play, even though it may not have as much depth.
Maybe it will be about how well the launch of the beta went!!
Okay so that's not going to happen, but I feel if they have something to say about it, then it will be out before the month is over (baring any unforeseen delays). Otherwise they'll just give a 'not yet' or 'Soon'(tm) response.
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If that made sense to you, Bravo! I think I even confused myself...
I just fear that we'll hear "there won't be a beta till 2012"...
Dun dun dun... and people will soon agree with me that Blizzard is slow as a turtle.
Well that would just go against everything else they've said so far, but ok. And no one's disagreeing (or at least I'm not), we're just saying the means justify the ends in terms of the quality of the games they make. Pretty much every company that consistently makes good games (BioWare, Bethesda, Valve, etc), especially large scale open world games, takes just as long, and just doesn't announce it as early.
I just fear that we'll hear "there won't be a beta till 2012"...
Dun dun dun... and people will soon agree with me that Blizzard is slow as a turtle.
Have a feeling the people will react if that happens.. Not sure how, but have a feeling The Diablo itch in moste of us will do something with our minds if we get informed that its not released before late 2012. I think my brain will just melt down.(SYSTEM OVERLOAD).
But i believe that blizz knows we are eager ass hell to get our hands on that game, and we soon going crazy over it.. Even do it doesn't show on em, i think they kinda stressed out....Just hope not our stress agents theme will influence there end result's:)
But i know this game will be good no doubt
Well don't forget about Torchlight 2 is coming out late summer. If D3 is delayed we will at least have a hack'n'slash game to play, even though it may not have as much depth.
Am not saying am not going to play Tourchlight 2...BUT thats no consolation no offence.
I been dreaming abut Diablo 3 since i out played D2 Massively many times. Probably 6-7 years now. And trust me man i try'd to fill my Diablo addiction with hundreds of other game's. I enjoyed alot of em really..But Diablo is like Hottest girl u dated . Or the best movie u seen, or heroin if u will NOTHING will come close to the real deal.
(Just wanted to say i have never try'd heroin but i wanted to put my point in a scale everyone will get how much we want this game released before we get Old....Ohh wait thats to late...:D )
The thing is, if Blizzard wasn't sure about starting the Diablo 3 beta in their last conference call, it's hard to imagine that they would have been sure that by May 5th they would be ready to begin. They would have needed to be far enough along by the February conference call that within three months or so they could say with certainty that they would be ready for beta testing. If that's the case, then the game is a little bit further along than I expected.
However, whether or not they were set on a beta date in February doesn't have a whole lot of relevance as to whether or not the beta will actually be announced in May. Because of that, I'm hoping that they will announce it. XD
I been dreaming abut Diablo 3 since i out played D2 Massively many times. Probably 6-7 years now. And trust me man i try'd to fill my Diablo addiction with hundreds of other game's. I enjoyed alot of em really..But Diablo is like Hottest girl u dated . Or the best movie u seen, or heroin if u will NOTHING will come close to the real deal.
I've got to agree with you there. It's quite sad really that after ten years Diablo 2 is still the best of the hack n slash genre by far. Torchlight almost came close but fell flat on its face with a lack of multiplayer and seriously uninteresting itemization. Torchlight 2 might top it, but even if it does it won't be on top of the podium for long because Diablo 3 is going to completely wreck face. Everything that Blizzard touches turns to gold it seems. If they make a game, it just becomes the best game of its genre.
The thing is, if Blizzard wasn't sure about starting the Diablo 3 beta in their last conference call, it's hard to imagine that they would have been sure that by May 5th they would be ready to begin. They would have needed to be far enough along by the February conference call that within three months or so they could say with certainty that they would be ready for beta testing. If that's the case, then the game is a little bit further along than I expected.
However, whether or not they were set on a beta date in February doesn't have a whole lot of relevance as to whether or not the beta will actually be announced in May. Because of that, I'm hoping that they will announce it. XD
I think that the beta's going to be good to go by the time of the conference call, after all, Blizzard said that their goal is to have Diablo III on shelves by the end of the year. However, I think it's wrong to use their statements in the previous conference call as any sort of solid indication, it's not a public announcement or reveal situation that most developers fear getting shit for once promised deadlines aren't met.
Also, Diablo III is getting close, I'm fucking pumped.
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i wish they would have beta for just 3 months (as supposed to 6). Should be more then enough time for bugfinding and fixing. The rest can be done later. Get this game out already!!! i'm turning gray!!!
Well from what we've heard the length of the beta will largely depend on the amount of bugs, etc that are found. If there's a lot of stuff to fix, the game might come out early 2012. If its relatively clean, it'll be end of 2011.
I sincerely doubt they need anything more than two months for Diablo III's beta. Graphically, it may be more complicated than its predecessors, but the basic ARPG structure remains unchanged, and it's not a game genre to lend itself to particularly long betas, like an RTS or such would require due to its vastly more scientific approach.
I they did do it for SCII's beta, but I'm hoping they learned something from that. Conference calls are very anticlimactic. Beta announcements don't really fit in them imo.
I'm cautiously optimistic but as always we won't know until the 5th... buuuut... speculation is what keeps me going
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Dun dun dun... and people will soon agree with me that Blizzard is slow as a turtle.
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Have a feeling the people will react if that happens.. Not sure how, but have a feeling The Diablo itch in moste of us will do something with our minds if we get informed that its not released before late 2012. I think my brain will just melt down.(SYSTEM OVERLOAD).
But i believe that blizz knows we are eager ass hell to get our hands on that game, and we soon going crazy over it.. Even do it doesn't show on em, i think they kinda stressed out....Just hope not our stress agents theme will influence there end result's:)
But i know this game will be good no doubt
It will also give me time to finish school without any major distractions ^.^
Well don't forget about Torchlight 2 is coming out late summer. If D3 is delayed we will at least have a hack'n'slash game to play, even though it may not have as much depth.
If they don't announce the Beta on May 5th, it will ruin my birthday
Not Really, but I will still be slightly upset.
Thats what I ment.
Okay so that's not going to happen, but I feel if they have something to say about it, then it will be out before the month is over (baring any unforeseen delays). Otherwise they'll just give a 'not yet' or 'Soon'(tm) response.
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Am not saying am not going to play Tourchlight 2...BUT thats no consolation no offence.
I been dreaming abut Diablo 3 since i out played D2 Massively many times. Probably 6-7 years now. And trust me man i try'd to fill my Diablo addiction with hundreds of other game's. I enjoyed alot of em really..But Diablo is like Hottest girl u dated . Or the best movie u seen, or heroin if u will NOTHING will come close to the real deal.
(Just wanted to say i have never try'd heroin but i wanted to put my point in a scale everyone will get how much we want this game released before we get Old....Ohh wait thats to late...:D )
However, whether or not they were set on a beta date in February doesn't have a whole lot of relevance as to whether or not the beta will actually be announced in May. Because of that, I'm hoping that they will announce it. XD
I've got to agree with you there. It's quite sad really that after ten years Diablo 2 is still the best of the hack n slash genre by far. Torchlight almost came close but fell flat on its face with a lack of multiplayer and seriously uninteresting itemization. Torchlight 2 might top it, but even if it does it won't be on top of the podium for long because Diablo 3 is going to completely wreck face. Everything that Blizzard touches turns to gold it seems. If they make a game, it just becomes the best game of its genre.
I think that the beta's going to be good to go by the time of the conference call, after all, Blizzard said that their goal is to have Diablo III on shelves by the end of the year. However, I think it's wrong to use their statements in the previous conference call as any sort of solid indication, it's not a public announcement or reveal situation that most developers fear getting shit for once promised deadlines aren't met.
Also, Diablo III is getting close, I'm fucking pumped.
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I they did do it for SCII's beta, but I'm hoping they learned something from that. Conference calls are very anticlimactic. Beta announcements don't really fit in them imo.