Diablo III Was Originally an MMO - Scrolls of Lore Forums

#1 06-16-2012, 02:26 AM
Insane Guy of Doom Time-Lost Proto Nerd Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 3,524	Diablo III Was Originally an MMO http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...ginally-an-MMO According to a Diablo II developer, for a brief time, the mmo Blizzard was working on in the early 2000s was going to be based off Diablo and not Warcraft.

#2 06-16-2012, 02:36 AM
Jungleluke Elune Join Date: May 2012 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 5,107	Very interesting, although they quickly changed their view.

#3 06-16-2012, 02:47 AM
Omacron Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York Posts: 26,526 BattleTag: Omacron#1477	One thing you must remember is that I think there have been at least two "Diablo III"s. The one made by Blizzard North that was wholly scrapped and the one that came out, at least. The one being made by Blizzard North may have had more MMO architecture, but it must be made clear that the game we have today never started as a MMO. __________________

#4 06-16-2012, 06:03 AM
Garotar Site Staff - News Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 4,140	Certainly interesting at least. Wonder how things would have been different had it not been scraped.

#5 06-16-2012, 09:30 AM
Vineyard Arch-Druid Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,171	Except that the world would be base on Sanctuary and much more darker, the difference wouldn't be that great, imo. Remember, a lot of the early work on WoW was based on Diablo II, as you can see in old preview videos and alpha pictures. You could actually tell that Diablo still influences WoW, since the new skill system is very similar to the one use in Diablo III.

06-16-2012, 06:25 PM

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Glad they went with Warcraft.

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"We're kind of piggybacking on their marketing," he added.

Lol.

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06-18-2012, 04:22 AM

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Except that the world would be base on Sanctuary and much more darker, the difference wouldn't be that great, imo.

Remember, a lot of the early work on WoW was based on Diablo II, as you can see in old preview videos and alpha pictures.

You could actually tell that Diablo still influences WoW, since the new skill system is very similar to the one use in Diablo III.

More than that a lot of in game sounds, the interface, the old/current talent system. World of Warcraft continues to have many ties to Diablo II.

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06-18-2012, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Sayomara

More than that a lot of in game sounds, the interface, the old/current talent system. World of Warcraft continues to have many ties to Diablo II.

And some to Diablo 3 as well. Looking at the warrior changes, they are going with something that seems similar to the barbarian.

#9 06-22-2012, 01:33 AM
Ku'ja Eternal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Cumbria, England !! Posts: 4,712 BattleTag: Mattathias#2735	If the game was similar to WoW i am not to sure many Diablo fans would have followed it from Diablo 2 but honestly it was one of the first extremely popular MMO's (as WoW) so you never know.

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08-19-2012, 10:50 PM

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Is there actually any non-confidential information on why Blizzard decided to ax Blizzard North's original vision for D3 or what that vision was? I am curious as to how D3 would have turned out under Blizzard North, especially in retrospect of D3's disappointment.

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#11 08-20-2012, 08:52 AM
Medievaldragon Arch-Druid Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,030	There was actually a Diablo II expansion trademark that was never used back in 2003-ish. Diablo II: Salvation The trademark was filed on March 11, 2003. Blizzard North co-founders resigned on June 30, 2003. __________________ WoW, StarCraft II, Diablo III T-shirts World of Warcraft Books Last edited by Medievaldragon : 08-20-2012 at 09:07 AM.

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