Send News. Want a reply? Read this. More in the FAQ.   News Forum - All Forums - Mobile - PDA - RSS Headlines  RSS Headlines   Twitter  Twitter
Customize
User Settings
Styles:
LAN Parties
Upcoming one-time events:
Redding, CA 06/22
Tampa, FL 06/26
Tampa, FL 10/04

Regularly scheduled events

Op Ed

Ars Technica - Blizzard admits Diablo III is a game that ends.
Just how long should players expect a game to remain fresh and exciting? Do publishers have to treat all AAA games as services that keep us constantly entertained for years or even decades? Have MMOs trained us to feel entitled to games that never actually end? These are the questions that have been circling my head after reading Blizzard's response to player complaints about the lack of compelling "endgame" content in Diablo III.

Shacknews.com - Diablo 3's poorly planned end-game.
It's a shame that a company with Blizzard's pedigree couldn't have foreseen the monotony and disillusionment that could creep in less then two months after the game's release. Blizzard has some good storytellers and a fantastic animation staff. Something as intriguing as Halo 4's planned Spartan Ops episodic content would have been enough to keep me engrossed until the inevitable expansion, even if it was every month instead of every week.

In the end, I guess, players with the same mentality as die-hard MMO players will continue to populate the Diablo III servers. Diablo III was an enjoyable game for the first 80 hours.

View
1. Re: Op Ed Jul 5, 2012, 19:27 xXBatmanXx
 
What it comes down to is "how many hours have you played"? Anything over 100 hours for a new game is pretty good. Some people like to play games forever, but that is rare. Since it IS Diablo, it shuold probably last a few hundred hours (which it still can if you go through each class like I am).

Oh well. Any game "I" get 100 hours out of, I can't really complain. You can't do anything other form of entertainment (within reason) for less than 50 cents an hour....
 
Avatar 10714
 
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. / Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.
Playing: RL
Next Post Reply Quote Edit Delete Report
 
    Date Subject Author
>> 1. Jul 5, 19:27 Re: Op Ed xXBatmanXx
  2. Jul 5, 19:35  Re: Op Ed PropheT
  6. Jul 5, 20:44  Re: Op Ed Dades
  7. Jul 5, 21:04   Re: Op Ed MattyC
  8. Jul 5, 21:19    Re: Op Ed Wallshadows
  14. Jul 5, 23:30    Re: Op Ed Asmo
  9. Jul 5, 21:39   Re: Op Ed eRe4s3r
  10. Jul 5, 21:55    Re: Op Ed ASeven
  3. Jul 5, 19:37 Re: Op Ed Wallshadows
  4. Jul 5, 19:45  Re: Op Ed Luke
  5. Jul 5, 19:47 Re: Op Ed Jivaro
  11. Jul 5, 21:59 Re: Op Ed Cutter
  12. Jul 5, 22:01  Re: Op Ed ASeven
  13. Jul 5, 22:19   Re: Op Ed Dmitri_M
  18. Jul 6, 04:01   Re: Op Ed Kajetan
  15. Jul 5, 23:46 Re: Op Ed Tom
  16. Jul 5, 23:57  Re: Op Ed Wowbagger_TIP
  17. Jul 6, 00:08   Re: Op Ed Beelzebud
  19. Jul 6, 04:04    Re: Op Ed InBlack
  20. Jul 6, 07:48    Re: Op Ed Dades
  21. Jul 6, 08:49    Re: Op Ed nin
  22. Jul 6, 08:58     Re: Op Ed Armengar
  23. Jul 6, 09:05 Re: Op Ed Mr. Tact
  24. Jul 6, 09:21  Re: Op Ed Verno
  25. Jul 6, 09:27   Re: Op Ed Mr. Tact
  26. Jul 6, 10:10    Re: Op Ed Beamer
  28. Jul 6, 11:41     Re: Op Ed Dmitri_M
  29. Jul 6, 11:49      Re: Op Ed nin
  31. Jul 6, 11:55       Re: Op Ed ASeven
  32. Jul 6, 12:54        Re: Op Ed Dmitri_M
  33. Jul 6, 14:09         Re: Op Ed nin
  39. Jul 7, 02:12          Re: Op Ed Dmitri_M
  40. Jul 7, 02:17           Re: Op Ed nin
  34. Jul 6, 14:38         Re: Op Ed Wowbagger_TIP
  38. Jul 7, 00:57        Re: Op Ed Teddy
  30. Jul 6, 11:53     Re: Op Ed ASeven
  35. Jul 6, 15:36      Re: Op Ed Beamer
  36. Jul 6, 16:23       Re: Op Ed ASeven
  37. Jul 6, 21:18        Re: Op Ed Wowbagger_TIP
  41. Jul 7, 11:04        Re: Op Ed Beamer
  42. Jul 7, 11:31         Re: Op Ed ASeven
  43. Jul 7, 15:48          Re: Op Ed Beamer
  27. Jul 6, 10:23    Re: Op Ed Verno


footer

.. ..

Blue's News logo