I've posted that endless dungeon suggestion on the official forums. Hopefully something like that comes into existence.
I agree with you that the expansion will sell well because most of the player base played the game until the credits rolled and then moved on to the next game. They'll buy the expansion and play it until the credits roll and then shelve the game again. Meanwhile the rest of us will have to hear incessant whining about how the game is dying for the next decade.
I'm totally lost on chockomonkey's point, though
He seems to be saying that there was no casual game market in the mid-90's which seems bizarre given that that's all there was at the time
even if someone believes that Diablo was released in a scene where only hardcore games and gamers existed they'd be hard-pressed to argue that Diablo was part of it. Diablo, a game that takes zero skill and ability to play...diablo that consists of walking around clicking a button and picking up random loot.
The only hardcore element to the Diablo franchise is that one can waste a lot of time playing it and get nowhere. But if that's the criteria for a hardcore title then any zynga or coin-op qualifies.
Then chockomonkey is so adamant to disagree with me that he's even willing to categorize Diablo I and II and their expansions as Blizzard "mistakes"
I don't see how there can be much discussion when those are his positions
I agree with you that the expansion will sell well because most of the player base played the game until the credits rolled and then moved on to the next game. They'll buy the expansion and play it until the credits roll and then shelve the game again. Meanwhile the rest of us will have to hear incessant whining about how the game is dying for the next decade.
I'm totally lost on chockomonkey's point, though
He seems to be saying that there was no casual game market in the mid-90's which seems bizarre given that that's all there was at the time
even if someone believes that Diablo was released in a scene where only hardcore games and gamers existed they'd be hard-pressed to argue that Diablo was part of it. Diablo, a game that takes zero skill and ability to play...diablo that consists of walking around clicking a button and picking up random loot.
The only hardcore element to the Diablo franchise is that one can waste a lot of time playing it and get nowhere. But if that's the criteria for a hardcore title then any zynga or coin-op qualifies.
Then chockomonkey is so adamant to disagree with me that he's even willing to categorize Diablo I and II and their expansions as Blizzard "mistakes"
I don't see how there can be much discussion when those are his positions