I think this is a difference of opinion here where you think IncGamers questions lead Brewik to his answers while I see it as Brewik's answers carry the interview to those questions you seem to take issue with. At the time of this interview player backlash was already in the works and Brewik didn't seem to have a problem when asked those questions. It wasn't leading. It was normal interview conversing. Think what you will, but I see nothing wrong done here.Draech said:Read the transcript again. He isn't actually ragging on the game untill inc gamer drops that on him. Just saying that it is a different game reflecting a different team.Tamrin said:Dude, that's not horse shit. All IGN did was take what was out there, throw it up on the web, and ask what people thought.Draech said:Wow what a load of horse shit from IGN.Tamrin said:Priceless.Zenn3k said:Nay.Tamrin said:Shot in the dark here. I'm guessing your deleted thread looked something like this?Zenn3k said:
And thus is why they felt it warranted said deletion?
I think it was the "Fuck that loser" - Jay Wilson; sign off that did it
This is what incgamers asked Brewik.
IncGamers: Do you think they bought the wrong people in? As we understand, Jay Wilson, for example, his background was RTS. From our point of view it looked like they misunderstood what kept people playing, The type of loot drops, which has been a big issues. One of the other issues is they have not listened to their community, and they have not analysed what makes up that addictive Diablo experience. What are your thoughts on that?
This isn't "asking what he thinks of the game".
He quite literally answers his own question and makes Brewik comment on that answer. If that isn't leading the question I dont know what is. And Brewik gets dragged along. Jay felt he got thrown under a bus because he damm well was. He was marked by name as why the game "failed" by some hack journalist in an effort to keep the "D3 sucks" circlejerk rolling that was up and running from the second the first screen were released.
Yeah Jay didn't deal with it very professionally, but he didn't throw the first stone here.
Also, the full transcript.
IncGamers: You are very well known in the world of ARPGs, and I am going to ask you, Diablo 3 is probably the most anticipated PC title in 10 years. What?s your opinion on the final product?
David Brevik: Honestly, I think that they did a lot of the things the best they could, it was a very different game than I would have created, the team and personalities, the people, the talent and all the design philosophies of the people that worked on it in Irvine, we called them Blizzard South, those people have their own style and the their own way they like to design. It was very, very different from the Blizzard North.
So I think that when Blizzard South took over the development of Diablo 3 it was inevitable that they were going to create an experience that was in the Diablo theme but concentrated more towards the things that they liked to experience. Including more story and things like that.
When Blizzard North shut down they lost a ton of experience with why the Action RPG works and what about it works. That?s really difficult to recover from. They didn?t have the experience of people that knew it well. This is why you do things with random levels for example, and so when you lose that experience you are going to create a very different experience in the end than we would have created.
IncGamers: Do you think they bought the wrong people in? As we understand, Jay Wilson, for example, his background was RTS. From our point of view it looked like they misunderstood what kept people playing, The type of loot drops, which has been a big issues. One of the other issues is they have not listened to their community, and they have not analysed what makes up that addictive Diablo experience. What are your thoughts on that?
David Brevik: Well, the loot system. They made some decisions with the loot system that were very different than the way that we did it in Diablo 2 and I think that obviously the community has been upset with some of the decisions they made. Having all of your powers work off your main weapon and things like that, to having blues that are more powerful than yellows. Eventually the auction house and how that worked, even something as simple as when you equip an item and it?s bound to your character permanently would have totally changed the dynamic of the game.
It seems odd that they have not really responded in a quick fashion to some of these things. I think they are very well aware of the problems at this point and are trying to fix some of this stuff. It?s a shame that they had to learn some of these painful lessons
IncGamers: As you created Diablo, how do you feel about it? Do you feel a little let down that the legacy has kind of been mashed up?
David Brevik: I have very mixed emotions about it (laughs). On one hand I am sad that people haven?t enjoyed Diablo because it?s a love, a passion, and its obvious people still have a giant love and passion for Diablo and they are speaking out about it because they have such love for it. That makes me feel great.
I am sad because people are outraged and, you know, some of the decision they have made are not the decisions I would make and there have been changes in philosophy and that hasn?t gone over very well. I think in that way I am a little sad.
I am also a little happy, which I hate to say, it shows that the people that were involved in Diablo really did matter, and so I am happy that it has come to light that how talented that group was and how unique and special that group was. I am hoping that, as this happens very often in the industry, you see it with Call of Duty and things like that , when the people leave the game changes and it shows how critical people are in this industry.
IncGamers: One of the questions the Gazillion guys asked me to ask you was, where did the name Diablo come from?
David Brevik: I thought of the game when I was in high school and I lived in the east part of San Francisco in a town called Danville and I lived at the base of Mount Diablo and that?s where the name comes from. Once I found out what the mountain name was, I thought that was awesome, I didn?t speak Spanish, so I thought I wanted to use that as a title for a nemesis in a videogame. It?s simply from where I lived.
IncGamers: Well thanks a lot David, you?ve brought a lot of pleasure to millions of people over the years and hopefully you?ll continue to do so.
He is quite clearly leading Brewik to his answers here.
IncGamers: As you created Diablo, how do you feel about it? Do you feel a little let down that the legacy has kind of been mashed up?
Leading question to a premade position. Brewik didn't set the game in a negative light until the interviewer decided to take it in that direction.
Yes, the game is great on the surface, at first glance. Have you gotten to the point of the game where all that matters is stacking like 5 stats and only 5 stats...on every single class? No? Well talk come back when you have. Its the itemization that kills Diablo 3. Its the most important part of the game, and its dreadful. Primary, Vit, Crit, Crit%, and Resists All. Attack speed used to matter, then they nerfed it, now its useless. Farming for 2 days in Inferno for +2 Dex, +50 Vit, and +25 Resist All on 1 slot, when 99.99999% of the drops you find will be completely useless...basically forcing you into auction house, now you're farming for gold. Farming for days...for gold...to buy from the auction house....chiefohara said:
Glad to know what I missed out on. Admittedly did buy Diablo 3. Beat normal in a few days, realized what the system looked like and how the AH was a damn near necessity. Dropped it, never looked back.Zenn3k said:
That isn't a leading question, for it to be a leading question the interviewer would have to lead him toward a specific answer, which he didn't, Brewik could (and did) answer with whatever he wanted, they never asked Brewik to confirm their thoughts, they asked him to give his opinion on a statement.Draech said:
Oh around 12-13 ish. Directed at all the crap directed at him on the first page. I mean you don't have to like the guy or what he did but at least show him a bit of respectHammeroj said:
Because of the hype for it. 11 years of fan expectations constantly building. It's impossible to get anywhere near that level.
It feels like Diablo 3 was made for people like me who play through it once on normal and maybe again on normal somewhere way down the line. For this kind of play style the game is alright, not great, but alright.Zenn3k said:
Why exactly would you "show some respect" for someone who spent 7 years and millions of dollars to make a game that has half of its prequel's features from 11 years ago and is infinitely worse than a game that 20 guys from New Zealand made as a side-job with zero funding? Do you actually have an argument or do you just call people "12 year-olds" because you are upset?black_knight1337 said:
