Flagship ended up rushing to get Hellgate out at the end. That’s what screwed them. (Not having any community management also REALLY screwed them)

Blizzard won’t do either of those.

Diablo III will suck just like the first 2 did. I played Diablo through to the end. It was mediocre at best. The story was really the only thing going for it, and even IT was a stretch. And here they’re talking about one of the worst parts (random dungeons) as being the savior of Diablow III? It really was BAD, you know. The game was repetative, and with random dungeons, you couldn’t even figure out how to get through them quickly and easily. You had to hack and slash your way through everything.

Let’s see… why does Diablo suck: Repetitive dungeon crawling: over and over and over again in the same mindless dungeons. Random dungeons: You can’t even make a good map, it’s always different. Pointless numbers of monsters that have pointlessly cheap attacks in some instances, designed only to make you die that first time, because you won’t know about it. Bosses wher the only real skill is “How many Health and Mana potions can I fit in my bag, and how quickly can I port back to town, get more, and then come back to the boss?” <–that is literally how I beat Diablo in the first game. I couldn’t even get through the second Diablo before I was bored to tears over its repetition.

It figures that the brainless gamers who came of age (ie, old enough to play video games) in the late 90’s would clamor for more of this garbage, and why WoW has thoroughly ruined MMOs for good.

Personally, I don’t see how anything could surpass Diablo II. I’m excited for Diablo III and all, but I can’t help but wonder if it’s really necessary.