Comments on: Why Diablo 3 will be the biggest game of the year

By: Bobbins

Bobbins — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:53:15 +0000

I think I know what I’ll get in Diablo nothing original but a well finished product. While sales wise diablo might be the ‘biggest’ I think the biggest game with original features is guildwar 2. This game I have high expections and i think we need some games to innovate as I am so sick games being clones of others.

If D3 and GW2 come out at the same time GW2 will win my attention.

By: gevlon

gevlon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:07:57 +0000

It doesn’t mean it will be the biggest. It is the most expected and wanted. Can be the biggest disappointment too!

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:08:54 +0000

I am extremely pumped to play Diablo 3. I’m still a bit cynical about it because I always felt Diablo 2 was great but not “worth as long as it took great.” There is also some parts of me that say “it will be another StarCraft II.”

I liked StarCraft II. I bought it at release and do not regret that. I played the campaign and some multiplayer but I did not see the mileage I got from the original.

Perhaps it was too familiar. Perhaps it lacked the same charm. I don’t know. At any rate. I think Diablo 3 will be an exceptional supplemental game to my MMORPG. I just hope they don’t spill too much MMO into a game that isn’t exactly built for it.

By: spinks

spinks — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:27:19 +0000

Stabs, how often have I ever mentioned the hits? I write to follow my own interests and hopefully readers share them, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t sometimes interesting to look at the stats.

By: Stabs

Stabs — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:41:35 +0000

Do you write your blog for your hit rate or for yourself? If you want hit rate you should write about Justin Bieber’s love life or something but it might not be so fun to write.

By: dwism

dwism — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:22:31 +0000

Biggest game this year? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-25-resident-evil-6-is-capcoms-biggest-ever-production Resident evil 6.. cmon they have 600 people working on it, it has to be huge! Oh maybe you meant sales? ^^

By: spinks

spinks — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:04:42 +0000

Oh, cool Trouble with that search is that MW2 and BF3 are already out, so people searching for those may be looking for tips or servers to play an existing game rather than expressing interest in the next version (although I suspect you’re right and they’ll buy them when they come out.)

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:54:28 +0000

A reasonable expectation, but since your blog talks about Diablo 3 it’s more likely to rank in Google for keywords related to it. A Google tool called insights for search is slightly more accurate:

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=0-8-41&q=games%20like%20diablo%2Cmodern%20warfare%203%2Cdiablo%203%2Cmass%20effect%203%2Cbattlefield%203&date=today%2012-m&cmpt=q

Diablo 3 will be immense, have no doubt about it. But the biggest game of the year? I don’t know if it will beat the hordes of Battlefield 3 & Modern Warfare 3. Sadly.

By: Xintia

Xintia — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:21:23 +0000

Just my two cents but I think a lot of the interest in D3 is from the RMAH aspect. People are either upset about the feature, or they think they are going to get rich off it. Either way it is generating a lot of added interest in the game, so Blizzard has to be happy about that.

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:42:10 +0000

Yes, it surprised me because it’s really not the main focus of the blog. I’m not sure what that proves (maybe I should be writing more about single player games?) but … it proves something!