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http://www.gamefront.com/why-im-afraid-to-review-diablo-3/The titles not the opinion of the article writer, but my own. Look at the list of developers that made the Diablo series great, and look where they are now: It appears most of the brains behind Blizzard is long gone. The majority appear to have founded and split to these 3 companies. Flagship - Makers of Hellgate London Arenanet - Makers of Guildwars Hyboreal - Makers of Torchlight David Brevik: Diablo Senior Producer & Lead Programmer, Diablo 2 Project and Design Lead. Left Blizzard in 2003, co-founded Flagship Studios.
Erich Schaefer: Diablo Senior Producer & Art Director, Diablo 2 Project and Design Lead. Left Blizzard in 2003, co-founded Flagship Studios.
Max Schaefer: Diablo 2 Project and Design Lead, D2: LoD Executive Producer. Left Blizzard in 2003, co-founded Flagship Studios.
Eric Sexton: Additional design for Diablo, Diablo 2, and D2: LoD. Left Blizzard in 2005, co-founded Hyboreal Games.
Ken Williams: Additional design for Diablo, Diablo 2 Producer, Diablo 2: LoD Producer. Left Blizzard in 2003, co-founded Flagship Studios.
Samwise Didier: Diablo Art Director. Still with Blizzard! However, it is unclear whether he has made any significant contributions to Diablo 3.
Ayman Adham: Diablo Executive Producer, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment (as Silicon & Synapse). Left Blizzard in 2004, remains a consultant.
Bill Roper: Diablo Producer, Diablo 2 Senior Producer. Left Blizzard in 2003, co-founded Flagship Studios.
James Phinney: Diablo Associate Producer. Left Blizzard to join ArenaNet.
Matt Uelmen: Diablo Music & Sound Design, Diablo 2 Music & Sound Design, D2: LoD Sound Lead and Music Composer. Last worked for Blizzard in 2007; joined Runic Games in 2009.
Michael Morhaime: Diablo 2 Executive Producer, D2: LoD Executive Producer, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment (as Silicon & Synapse). President of Blizzard; his responsibilities are primarily managerial, though he does maintain a design presence in all Blizzard titles.
Matthew Householder: Diablo 2 Senior Producer, D2: LoD Producer. Left Blizzard in 2003; joined Flagship Studios.
Mark E. Kern: Diablo 2 Producer. Left Blizzard; co-founded Red 5 Studios in 2005.
Michael Huang: Diablo 2 Technical Producer. Left Blizzard in 2003; joined Castaway Entertainment.
Stieg Hedlund: Diablo 2 Designer. Left Blizzard in 2000; joined Konami.
Rick Seis: Diablo 2 Lead Programmer. Left Blizzard in 2005; joined Castaway Entertainment.
Phil Shenk: Diablo 2 Lead Character Artist. Left Blizzard in 2003; joined Flagship Studios.
Peter Brevik: D2: LoD Design Lead. Left Blizzard; joined Castaway Entertainment.
Tyler Thompson: D2: LoD Project Lead. Left Blizzard in 2003; joined Flagship Studios.
Anthony Rivero: D2: LoD Lead Character Artist. Not only is he still with Blizzard, but he is the Senior Character Artist for Diablo 3 — yes, we’ve managed to find someone who still has an important part in D3′s design.
Michio Okamura: Diablo Lead Artist, Diablo 2 Senior Artist. Left Blizzard; joined Castaway Entertainment in 2004; founded Hyboreal Games in 2005.
Mike O’Brien: Diablo Senior Programmer. Left Blizzard; co-founded ArenaNet in 2000.
Patrick Wyatt: Diablo Programmer, Battle.net Lead Programmer, Blizzard Vice President of Research and Development. Left Blizzard; co-founded ArenaNet in 2000.
Michael Scandizzo: Diablo 2 Programmer, D2: LoD Programmer, Battle.net Designer. Left Blizzard; joined Castaway Entertainment in 2003.
Stefan Scandizzo: Diablo 2 Level Designer, D2: LoD Level Designer. Left Blizzard; joined Castaway Entertainment.
“What about Chris Metzen?” you ask. I love Metzen, who is credited for story and script for past Diablo games, and I’m certain Diablo 3 will have the awesome lore and thrilling cinematics we’ve come to expect from Blizzard, but story isn’t what made Diablo what it is, what kept people playing for a decade.
So who’s left? In short, practically no one. I haven’t even touched upon people with roles less tied to the series’ overall direction and execution who are now gone, such as Steven Woo, Jeff Strain, Andrea Pessino, William Petras, Alan Ackerman, Ted Bisson, Kelly Johnson, Fredrick Vaught, Doron Gartner, Ben Haas, Kevin Beardslee… the list goes on.
What does this mean?... continue reading the article fubs The one thing I found most interesting from the article is that this will be the first Blizzard game that isn't released "when its done". Lets see if that translates to thousands of angry fanbois on release day 
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Lord of the Chang
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Sadly enough the game will still rake in an insane amount of $$$$$
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Lord of TLDR
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Journeyman Flamer
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if this game lasts more than 3 weeks, thats good enough for me, considering most games in that past decade barely last a week for me
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Adept
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I'll be playing D3 with some homies just lovin' life!
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Lord of Emo
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reason to buy Diablo 3: It's Diablo.
Spending 50$ on a game that might not EXACTLY live up to my expectations wont go down as one of my life's big-time regrets.
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If all the original designers didnt make Diablo 3, is it still Diablo?
"In the absence of orders, find something and kill it." -Field Marshall Obs
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Lord of the Chang
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It definitely still has a diablo 2 feel to it to some extent. But plex is right though, its a diablo and if it doesn't live up to its name then meh, just like every other mmo out there lol.
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I will give it a try with a real life friend, maybe I can make some money out of it, if I get lucky with drops.
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Lord of Emo
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these are the existential questions that keep me up at night...
Seriously though, the answer is probably, 'no it isn't Diablo,' however I would argue that Blizzard still produces quality games(people could argue WoW/expansions but I don't buy it). I'll be really surprised if I don't enjoy Diablo 3 in some manner.
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