Game Masters: Blizzard and Harmonix

Two great developers, definitely watching this.

People are talking about the release of Diablo 3 like it double charged all their credit cards, installed spyware on their computer, started corrupting random hard disk sectors, and signed them all up for 400 free mailing lists. Really the only troubles I had were not being able to play for 7 hours the day after launch (congestion) and several "Maintenance Tuesdays" where the game was unplayable, something that I accepted in WoW but that was a little irritating in a game like this.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON who was affected by EVERY ONE OF THESE ISSUES knew what they were signing up for when they saw the game required online connection and the use of battle.net. It was nonetheless frustrating, and you may or may not personally enjoy the game (I do, minor balancing issues aside), but really if something like this turns you off not only a product but an entire developer, you are in for a life of sadness and disappointment; let me tell you.

I'm not a fanboy, but if blizzard now raped me (as they did with diablo 3 and wow at some point)

I would still like them for all the memories we shared. Playing Diablo 1 at the age of 11 being generally scared when entering the first level of Tristram church or what ever. Playing Warcraft 3 when the phone rang and my mate shouting about this new amazing online game called World of Warcraft he just saw at his friends house.

(Before I knew the web was more than porn and free illegal music <3)

People can hate them all they want, I love the look of an old Mustang in its 60's but I don't really agree with the way the new fords nor mustangs are looking nor the way the company is promoting itself.

You can hate blizzard till you are soaked in hatred for everyone and everything. Or you can accept that you have grown up and that the games they make today also need to include stuff for people who know who Justice Beaver is.

I got D3, played it for a week or so before getting hacked, got back up on the saddle but quit after a week more. Yet i have not posted a hate letter to blizzard anywhere, I think I'm old enough to say "Hey man, it's just not me"

Blizzard has fallen from grace after the Diablo 3 fiasco. I will never buy another Blizzard product again.

Step 1> Don't waste too much money on R&D just rehash the same old stuff over and over.

Blizzard is a company past its prime.

They are releasing games that have terrible narratives so they can prop up e-sports.

Blizzard is math, not mastery.

I think they should all burn in hell...

It's funny how much of a bad vibe there is around Blizzard now.

Sure, maybe not everyone's fond of the new Diablo, but what about Starcraft 2? In my opinion, Starcraft 2 was a prime example of a great game, both as an RTS and as a game in general. It has a load of content, great gameplay, great production values and great, competitive online multiplayer.

So because some people are not happy with Diablo 3, suddenly the world has ended and we forget all of Blizzards successes in favor of obsessing over one potential failure (even though apparently many people still love to play it). It doesn't make sense. <_<

Blizzard is dead to me. D3 was the biggest disappointment.

F U Chris Metzen your stories suck balls now.

Milking your fans with endless grindfest and destroying the feel of your current product, so you can drag into the abyss new customers is truly "inspiring".

Scumbag Pardo. Talks about inspiring next generation of entertainers, fills his games with crap.

I always admired Blizzard's art style and their deep gameplay.But that was before WoW.Now everything they do is destroyed by their business department.Probably this is the reason why Max and Erich Schaefer left Blizzard in the first place.

Even though what Blizzard Entertainment creates is uncomparable to what it had, They are also responsible for many things in Diablo 2 and Warcraft 3 and these games play a great part in my childhood. Chris Metzen is worthy of being a gamemaster.

making up ''cool'' stuff? yes tahts why the next wow expansion is with panda's

Fun? Nerf moar Diablo 3 pls...