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Coreidan, do games w Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'

Can’t come up with a new idea huh? Hard pass

codexarcanum, do games w Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'

Is there an ARPG that doesn’t have some former D1 or D2 staff member on it? I’m sure the old janitors from Blizz North had to end up somewhere too.

MeaanBeaan, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages

His speech made me tear up a little and I have absolutely no dog in this race whatsoever. The fuck is wrong with people?

SkunkWorkz, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages

God I hate Gamers™

NutWrench, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages
@NutWrench@lemmy.world avatar

The article was incredibly light on specifics. What were the hateful / threatening messages? Why would anyone have a problem with helping developers find new jobs? Why were those developers fired in the first place?

ByteOnBikes,

The “Go woke, go broke” man babies who believes that failed games were because of politics™, and any attempt to help those people is a act of aggression.

Pachinkopete,

These people complain about woke this woke that and don’t even know what the term means.

Aielman15,
@Aielman15@lemmy.world avatar

Because the term means nothing, really. It’s just a vehicle for hateful rhetoric, incorrectly applied to everything that they don’t like. Yet half the things they like would be considered “woke” by their standards if they were released today.

Kelly, (edited ) do games w Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'

We’re going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions

And also, you should win things by watching!

simple, do games w Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'

The more the merrier. Last Epoch was also made by veterans of the genre from what I remember.

fushuan,

Incorrect, LE was made by fans of the genre that had to learn game development from the ground up.

They were veteran gamers, not developers, if you will. A BIG distinction.

hypnicjerk, do games w Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'

4.5 million seems like not a very high budget unless it’s only meant to be seed money and release into early access like last epoch.

Voyajer,
@Voyajer@lemmy.world avatar

The article says it’s only seed money

hypnicjerk,

thanks for comprehending the reading so i don’t have to

etchinghillside, do games w Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'

Hellgate London 2

nesc,

I can only dream. 😿

DarkThoughts,
nesc,

Literally no one asked for what they are trying to push, lol. Oh yes give me more of those cloud servers, and battle passes! 🥴

DarkThoughts,

What? How do you think multiplayer games work. lol

nesc,

Tell me how they work, if you are trying to insinuate that mentioned things are required somehow, I won’t laugh.

DarkThoughts,

Cloud based gaming servers are simply flexible game servers that have multiple international locations with dynamic load distributions instead of old fixed location game servers. There's literally nothing wrong with that over the old and less flexible method because this gives you servers that are closer to your personal location, which means less ping, and them being able to scale means it is less likely of them just crapping themselves under heavier load, because they can scale up dynamically when needed.

caseyweederman, do games w Diablo 1 and 2 devs secure $4.5 million for a new ARPG: 'We're going back to what made those early Diablo games feel so awesome but taking them in some cool, fresh directions'

“Every monster is the Butcher”

grrgyle,

A Butcher that stalked you from the shadows like a kobold would be terrifying

DarkDarkHouse, (edited )
@DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Diablo had great lighting effects. In the catacombs you’d see a flash of movement in the dark, before being attacked by a goat demon who had used the darkness to get around behind you. The later instalments in the series made enemies much more visible, and lost something for it.

grrgyle,

Yes! I was trying to explain this at a PoE 2 launch party but no one got it. I know Diablo is likely dated in a lot of ways, but unlike with other entries, I remember actually getting scared while playing it. Like it actually felt like overcoming an ordeal.

nesc,

Fresh meat!

DrSleepless,

You play as the butcher

Dariusmiles2123, do games w Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect

I loved Mass Effect but I ain’t so enthusiastic about what I’m seeing for now…

Clearly the main protagonist looks a bit cheesy…

Cossty, (edited ) do games w Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect

I don’t know about the game, but the book is good.

The devs are working on the game and recently they released a book from the game’s world.

I really thought it would be shit, but then I saw that it was written by a known scifi author, so I thought it would be at least readable. I was pleasantly surprised and the book is actually really good.

The book in question is:

Exodus: The Archimedes Engine by Peter F. Hamilton

StoryGraph

Goodreads

slimerancher,
@slimerancher@lemmy.world avatar

Oooh, written by Peter F. Hamilton, should check it out!

Cocodapuf, (edited )

His book Dragonfall is one of my favorite books ever.

Sorry my brain stopped working, it’s called Fallen Dragon.

slimerancher,
@slimerancher@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t think I have read that one, thanks for the recommendation!

Cocodapuf,

And as soon as I saw your comment I realized I had the title wrong, it’s “Fallen Dragon”.

slimerancher,
@slimerancher@lemmy.world avatar

lol, no worries.

Passerby6497,

Wasn’t super interested until I saw it was a Hamilton book. Added it to my wishlist, will probably check it out, thanks!

Murvel, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages

No good deed goes unpunished after all

MarcomachtKuchen, do games w After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages

I 100% trust this guy. He’s just a incredibly genuine guy who wanted to help and has done an incredible amount of work. So happy he got the award.

MagnyusG, do games w Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect

every single bit of dialogue in that trailer sounded awful.

“I’m not just a pretty face” like, male Shepard was based off a super model, but it was never addressed in the games, they made him look rugged enough. This guy just seems like a glammed up clown.

Shard,

Like a high res Sims character

formergijoe,

I hope you can customize your character and make him ugly as hell.

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