jdreyer wrote on Jan 9, 2012, 18:44:

RollinThundr wrote on Jan 9, 2012, 17:15:
Thank you for making my point better than I did Darks,this is exactly pretty much what I was trying to get across. As to someone's comment about Blizzard is "small" isn't the D3 dev team like 100+ people at this point? Yep they're such a "small" indy studio.

You're entitled to your opinion of course, I just happen to disagree with it. I'm glad there are companies like Blizzard that take time to get their games polished to a spit shine. It's true that Blizzard tends to set their graphics level low so that it's playable on a wider variety of systems, they've been that way for 15 years (although SCII is currently a mainstay in graphics card testing). And it's true that their games are not the most innovative, but I appreciate a very well crafted RTS or action RPG in the same way I appreciate a good, well crafted action film. Neither is innovative, but they are a blast.

It takes 100 devs a couple of years to create an AAA title like Diablo III. That's not unusual. Of course they're not indie, but they don't have so many people as to release several games a year. Look at what Blizzard has released over the past decade. It hasn't been 1 game every 5 years, but seven games or expansion packs over the past 10 years. And all have been critically acclaimed.

Anyway, you and Darks are sending the best message you can: by not buying their games. I didn't buy SCII out of the gate, and neither will I get D3 that soon. But I'll get it eventually, unless it reviews absolutely terribly. I happen to like Blizzard games, you guys don't. To each his own.