TBH I never even wrote On the Forums for Blizzard Until D2R became a thing, I hope they realize just how Much ppl are anticipating this and Expecting AAA+ results.
But they already plan to release it this year. Ya there is still alot of time left in the year but unless they are changing major features of the game their focus should be on the graphics as they said. From what they said is the base game is still running underneath. The game is currently solid with little to no bugs apart from bots. And they announce their will be 2 alphas. The single player I see lasting about a month maybe 2. The multiplayer depending on how it starts would probably last 3-4. This would be the case if there were some major bugs and continues things are found. If they plan to release the game this year they aren’t going to be far off having the main portion of the game finished.
Honestly the game Devs and folks on the Diablo franchise team have known forever. It is getting the suits with the money to green light it, fund it, staff it, and support it.
Given everything we have heard so far, they are on the right track. Same game, few changes (for now), much better graphics.
The interviews that they have done recently with game magazines have highlighted two things: 2 alphas and their thoughts on what changes that they are open to in response to player feedback. Below is 3 quotes from articles and their associated links.
Why I have your attention I’d really Like to see Blizzard Make Cosmetic effect purchasable via an online in-game store(or just from Blizz website), D2 Has some of thee most awesome animations only players on open battle net will see or utilize as an appearance why can’t Closed battle net players have the same if they could pay Blizz could make the animations into small charms. BOE Perm Purchase Via Blizz “food for thought.”
jeez they just revealed it! you cant expect to get news every single day, be happy if you get something within the next month or two. likely about alpha/beta.
yes but really, whats the deal? they dont have to give you more information after the huge dump they gave just two weeks ago. its wery likely we got everything they have 100%, they cant just snap their fingers and have more to show even if that would be cool.
hang on for a month or two and we will see how close the alpha we are.
I see most people getting in the multiplayer if not everyone that has opted in for it. The singleplayer seems more for a select few to help find bugs and make sure its running properly.
Some of the people who get in will not even give any feedback to make the game better for all of use. They just want to be the first to play with the new toy. I hope Blizzard gives access to some people who know what they are doing.
Are you talking about the alpha or beta? Alpha will have separate single and multiplayer tests. The alpha testing will be more limited in the number of invitations in comparison to the beta tests (I assume with high confidence).