Diablo III Designer: Game will appeal to Diablo fans and broad audience

Tyranitar24 | August 14, 2008 | News | PC Gaming Tech/Hardware

Jay Wilson, the lead designer of Diablo III, has told the MTV Multiplayer Blog that Diablo III has to "appease an extremely broad audience as well as hardcore fans." Wilson thinks Diablo II was so successful because the game was easy to approach. He wants to keep Diablo III just that.

Another concern is health. Since the character was so much faster than every other character in Diablo II, all they would do was keep using potions, seemingly giving you infinite health. In Diablo III, after you have killed your enemies, you will be able to pick up orbs that will restore some of your health. The fans thought that this would make the game too hard, but Wilson said that there is no reason to worry.

Even though they are aiming to make Diablo III approachable, Wilson and his team know that they have to please their hardcore fans. Wilson touched on this subject, saying "I think that hardcore players, long-term, will find a game that has lot more depth for them."

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According to lead Diablo III designer Jay Wilson, the team has to appease an extremely broad audience as well as hardcore fans.

Up until fairly recently, Diablo II was Blizzards best-selling game, Wilson recently told me when I asked him just who Diablo fans are. World of Warcraft has finally surpassed it, but it took it several years to do that. And part of the reason is how approachable the game is.

Keeping the game approachable is key for Wilson. Its one of the reasons why we made some of the choices we made, like when we pulled out the potion system, he said. When we wanted to add a hot bar we knew we had to pull the potion stuff out. Every time we add something, we have to pull something out to keep the game very simple and straightforward to play."

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AznLiquid | August 15, 2008

That usually means most of the 'hardcore' fans will hate it. Blizzard is trying to do the same for StarCraft 2, but tons of dedicated SC players are dissatisfied with the current progress.
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Jaw7765 | August 15, 2008

Hopyfully with the combing into Activision Blizzard wont do anything towards makeing this not feel like Diablo, i just the werid feeling that its not going to be what it should be
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kspiess | August 15, 2008

Ya, I'm a bit worried too. Though I think the game will be better than the second (not considering graphics of course...)

Just as long as they keep Hardcore mode in the game I'm in.