“Not a lot of people know this, but Blizzard started off as a console developer,” Joshua Mosqueira, the lead designer of Diablo 3 on the PlayStation 3, told the Report. We were joined by Julia Humphreys, the senior producer of Blizzard's Diablo 3 team, and, Mathew Berger, senior level designer. We talked about the console version of the game while playing it on a television in front of the group.
“We wanted to make sure the game really felt like it was hand-built for the console,” Mosqueira continued. The changes they made to the game not drove home the point that this was a good console port, but the updates were almost all improvements over the PC version of the game in general.
I’m looking forward to leaving the PC version behind and moving to the PS3 version as soon as I can.
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Diablo III still works on modern PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and remains hugely playable a decade after initial release.
Diablo III: Season 28 brings with it the Altar of Rites, an altar full of unlockable bonuses and potions that will require the gathering of tons of resources. One of things needed is the Staff of Herding, which also unlocks the famous Cow Level known as Whimsyshire. Here's how to craft that staff, for those that either have forgotten, or have never completed it.
The fact that this game can be played offline and with local multiplayer is a big plus. It really is a top-notch game. Too bad Blizzard held the game back with always-online nonsense, because it ended up hurting the game.
Diablo 2 is still better than Diablo 3. Makes me think that the PC version is the beta version, while the console version is what the PC version should have been. I miss the old Blizzard before Activision bought them out.
It maybe better than the PC, but it's a pretty bland short game. Get Torchlight 2 instead.
Did anyone else notice blizzard coming out saying they regret adding the Auction House. Now part of me wants to believe them the other part of me is saying they are only saying that because of the consoles lack of it..
EDIT: @ Overrated44 they will get my respect if they do remove the auction house and make it possible to play online imho.