"Diii.net: Was your vision of D3 greatly different than D2, or more of an evolution?
Ben Boos: Personally, I wasn�t all hot and bothered to see revolution in the D3 design. Some folks at Blizzard North were quite eager to make radical changes, but I was pretty happy with the thought of subtle evolution. The play mechanic was so fun, I just wanted new loot; new environments; new monsters; and naturally, some seriously updated graphics. Call me simple, but for my Diablo fix, that seemed just right. I can understand how others would want to try new things though, but it can be tricky to deviate away from an addicting formula. "
I'm one of those that likes to see more of the old in the new, so that it looks recognizable. It's too bad we haven't seen that yet to be comforted.
"Diii.net: Was your vision of D3 greatly different than D2, or more of an evolution?
Ben Boos: Personally, I wasn�t all hot and bothered to see revolution in the D3 design. Some folks at Blizzard North were quite eager to make radical changes, but I was pretty happy with the thought of subtle evolution. The play mechanic was so fun, I just wanted new loot; new environments; new monsters; and naturally, some seriously updated graphics. Call me simple, but for my Diablo fix, that seemed just right. I can understand how others would want to try new things though, but it can be tricky to deviate away from an addicting formula. "
I'm one of those that likes to see more of the old in the new, so that it looks recognizable. It's too bad we haven't seen that yet to be comforted.
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