you can rule out world of diablo. why threaten the big wave legion is swimming on top now?
This could not be further from the truth. Similar games can easily hold a market, especially from the same company.
Further, a game such as "world of diablo" would not really be like WoW in terms of raids etc.... All it would really be is what we have now, with towns to trade in, reputations to earn, etc.... but it would not be this massively dynamic world like WoW is.
since the "world of" turned warcraft into something which could be explored via third person with an avatar in a persistent landscape, one would expect the same from diablo when they say "world of diablo". you lose the fixed iso perspective and move freely like in WoW, you make a massive persistent world and drop some meaningful content in it. after you reach some max level, you always want to kill something bigger. that would be where bosses come into play and where you would need a few more people.
but you want none of that. you want the grindy part (reputations), trade (which would be interesting in a mmo environment) and obviously the setting. you won't like raids or a massive dynamic world. so basically, you want a smaller diablo and still qualify for the mmo moniker. yeah, that won't happen.
you can rule out diablo GO. pokemon was a major success due to its novelty, how would another game with a much smaller fanbase fare?
you can rule out world of diablo. why threaten the big wave legion is swimming on top now?
you can rule out diablo 2 hd as a serious game from which they expect that you sink many hours into it. they might brush it up a bit, but they won't compete with their own rpg game. also: no d2 hd without some major gameplay changes. i cannot tolerate that archaic gameplay in this day and age.
you can rule out anything with the name diablo, unless it is a 4 or an expansion. the name just doesn't have a big ring to it right now.
what does that leave us with? expansion, 4. announcing the 4 while the 3 is still hot (it is not that old nor is it fair to abort it in such a manner) seems impossible, if 4 is an arpg too. but why make a 4 then? it can only be an expansion, which should overhaul every mechanic in this game. loot 3.0, fleshed out follower system, complete revamp of that awful paragon system, meaningful seasons, randomness in this dull grind game (can't bring myself to grind three 65 gems for the journey while legion is installed. really.) and finally some high-res textures for the player characters. it isn't 2005 anymore.
sure, they aren't a charity. but you can't tell me, that the whole workforce is working on an expansion / successor while only a handful of 2d artists and some programmers resemble a skeleton crew for the new "content" we got.
and yeah, i may sound like a spoiled brat demanding content. but blizzard killed the only source of income with the RMAH and didn't come up with another revenue stream, therefore nobody will be paid to generate content. reintroducing scrapped areas / enemies is not enough content.
- announcement of the next "big" patch with a new set for each class (which means that you are crap right until you unlock the third bonus, at which point you begin to utterly destroy everything. like it was the last few years in d3.), a few new enemies and a scrapped zone
- minor revamps to quell the loudest negative voices
- cross promotions with the other games because of 20 years diablo
- general ignorance of the fact that the franchise turns 20
most realistic i could think of:
- announcement and talk about the immediate future in patches and maybe a hint at an expansion
- d2 touch-up to natively support bigger resolutions and modern operating systems
- some celebrations for the franchise, a long look at the history of the games and lots of artwork and anecdotes
we have to face one thing. yes, diablo as a franchise turns 20. and diablo 3 is still a moneymaker in the eyes of blizzard. do you kill your cash cow for another successor after the last eagerly awaited successor wasn't met with as much joy as you'd like? no. they will "maintain" the game with a new season every three months, where they up the playey power again and add a few cosmetics. that will go on for this year and maybe 2017 and after that we can hope for something fresh.
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This could not be further from the truth. Similar games can easily hold a market, especially from the same company.
Further, a game such as "world of diablo" would not really be like WoW in terms of raids etc.... All it would really be is what we have now, with towns to trade in, reputations to earn, etc.... but it would not be this massively dynamic world like WoW is.
since the "world of" turned warcraft into something which could be explored via third person with an avatar in a persistent landscape, one would expect the same from diablo when they say "world of diablo". you lose the fixed iso perspective and move freely like in WoW, you make a massive persistent world and drop some meaningful content in it. after you reach some max level, you always want to kill something bigger. that would be where bosses come into play and where you would need a few more people.
but you want none of that. you want the grindy part (reputations), trade (which would be interesting in a mmo environment) and obviously the setting. you won't like raids or a massive dynamic world. so basically, you want a smaller diablo and still qualify for the mmo moniker. yeah, that won't happen.
you can rule out diablo GO. pokemon was a major success due to its novelty, how would another game with a much smaller fanbase fare?
you can rule out world of diablo. why threaten the big wave legion is swimming on top now?
you can rule out diablo 2 hd as a serious game from which they expect that you sink many hours into it. they might brush it up a bit, but they won't compete with their own rpg game. also: no d2 hd without some major gameplay changes. i cannot tolerate that archaic gameplay in this day and age.
you can rule out anything with the name diablo, unless it is a 4 or an expansion. the name just doesn't have a big ring to it right now.
what does that leave us with? expansion, 4. announcing the 4 while the 3 is still hot (it is not that old nor is it fair to abort it in such a manner) seems impossible, if 4 is an arpg too. but why make a 4 then? it can only be an expansion, which should overhaul every mechanic in this game. loot 3.0, fleshed out follower system, complete revamp of that awful paragon system, meaningful seasons, randomness in this dull grind game (can't bring myself to grind three 65 gems for the journey while legion is installed. really.) and finally some high-res textures for the player characters. it isn't 2005 anymore.
sure, they aren't a charity. but you can't tell me, that the whole workforce is working on an expansion / successor while only a handful of 2d artists and some programmers resemble a skeleton crew for the new "content" we got.
and yeah, i may sound like a spoiled brat demanding content. but blizzard killed the only source of income with the RMAH and didn't come up with another revenue stream, therefore nobody will be paid to generate content. reintroducing scrapped areas / enemies is not enough content.
most optimistic i could think of:
- announcement of the second expansion
- panels for revamped game mechanics
- d2 hd as a gimmick in the future
most pessimistic i could think of:
- announcement of the next "big" patch with a new set for each class (which means that you are crap right until you unlock the third bonus, at which point you begin to utterly destroy everything. like it was the last few years in d3.), a few new enemies and a scrapped zone
- minor revamps to quell the loudest negative voices
- cross promotions with the other games because of 20 years diablo
- general ignorance of the fact that the franchise turns 20
most realistic i could think of:
- announcement and talk about the immediate future in patches and maybe a hint at an expansion
- d2 touch-up to natively support bigger resolutions and modern operating systems
- some celebrations for the franchise, a long look at the history of the games and lots of artwork and anecdotes
we have to face one thing. yes, diablo as a franchise turns 20. and diablo 3 is still a moneymaker in the eyes of blizzard. do you kill your cash cow for another successor after the last eagerly awaited successor wasn't met with as much joy as you'd like? no. they will "maintain" the game with a new season every three months, where they up the playey power again and add a few cosmetics. that will go on for this year and maybe 2017 and after that we can hope for something fresh.