Diablo 3 Release Date: May 15th

[mattw]

I think there's been a huge misunderstanding. The game isn't being polished, it's being Polished. We're converting everything into Polish, which is really quite time consuming.

/silliness

[SimonSaysBaka]

Trolling successful?

I thought it was a Troll too, but to be fair, they seem to have had the account since November.
They're mostly legitimate concerns but if something was going wrong in the development process
that would delay the game even further, we would of been told.

This is coming from the same guys and gals that swore the game would be released last year unless
someone on their team DIED lol. Obviously, the game wasn't released, but they still embraced humility
and told us what was up. That, for me at least, was when I became less of a 'customer' and more of a fan.

Yea I guess so, I can clearly hear that he/she is frustrated, just think people need to relax abit, Torchlight 2 will come out, and it will be awezome. Torchlight 2 is not Diablo 3 it is its own game, donno why people need to compare em to one another, people dont need to pick one neither, ima probably play both.

[Irony]

I think there's been a huge misunderstanding. The game isn't being polished, it's being Polished. We're converting everything into Polish, which is really quite time consuming.

/silliness

Submitting this as a tip to Joystiq now.

[Deadalon]

Saying that the game is beeing "polished" is just nonesense.

Deadalon, with respect to your previous experiences, the assertions you're making are simply wrong. You're stating opinions as if they were facts.

Specially when they have absolutly zero to back it up with. Gameplay video ? Beta tape from a youtuber? Anything ? No - absolutly nothing.

Have you actually searched YouTube for Torchlight II videos? There are a number of them. For instance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRE7lIod6-c

That video is 6 months old? Its part of what ? Its obviously edited since for example just in the first few seconds you see a cut from loading screen straight into fight. That does not mean the game is playable. It means some1 has put together few clips of tape. Probably the very very best that RUnic could release at that date.

But talking about Youtube.

July 2011 - E3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqatAU7h-54
Game just around the corner - looking for release fall 2011

September 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XpYds8YaJE&
"Released this year"

This will be added to with more Youtube video interiews about what has been said - and what was not true. So why on earth belive it now?

[SimonSaysBaka]

I think there's been a huge misunderstanding. The game isn't being polished, it's being Polished. We're converting everything into Polish, which is really quite time consuming.

/silliness

HA HA, im sure poland will be pleased

[vesprit]

With so much delays even though it was for the best of this game, i think it's about time everyone agrees that it has taken too long... it has pretty much been a year since the delay and with DIABLO III confirmed release date, Torchlight pretty much stands at an awkward position right now..

Spoiler: show

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4612389/Diablo_III_Launching_May_15_%E2%80%93_Digital_Pre-Sales_NOW_OPEN-3_15_2012

[Deadalon]

Hey Deadalon, in case you haven't noticed, Age of Conan is a kick ass free to play now and one of the best free to play games out there. Did you play for like, a month or two, gather up all the butthurt on the Nexon forums (trust me, I was around back then. The devs weren't being the unreasonable ones, it was the majority of the player base being a bunch of whiny asshats that was the problem. If people had been reasonable and a lot more polite, the forums wouldn't of been shut down. People were being abusive, vile and completely unreasonable and unrealistic. If you ask me ((and I'll say it wether you ask me or not)) the community deserved what it got. Fortunately, most of the asshats left, the forum is back and the game is actually a lot of fun now.) and then leave? Because you obviously haven't noticed how great the game looks and plays now or the fact that it's doing really well, so your AoC argument is kinda invalid.

That, and all that stuff happened four years ago. Dude...not only are you using a four year old example, showing me that you obviously haven't been back to the game or the forum in a long time, you really need to let that stuff go

Oh - you mean that ppl were abusive on the forums when they realised that the game had no DX10 support when it said so on the box? Or when they could only play for 5 mins and 2-3 loading screens (yes..in those 5 mins) before the game crashed ?

And no... The developers did NOT close the forums. THey closed it for PUBLIC viewing so that ppl that did not have copy of the game were not allowed to see what was really going on at the time.

And maybe thats why AOC is F2P and Funcom is hyping up their 3rd title for the same thing. You think they have learend something ? AO and AOC onlywith added C and same crappy launch. You know as well as me it will be just the same with their next title. Cause Developers and specially Publishers do not learn. They dont need to - they know what they are doing.

I think most ppl are reasonable. They actually belive what they are beeing told. Sadly - both developers and publishers count on this and have gotten away with murder way to many times. AOC was just one example. Another example of game that is more like TL2 (using old game engine) would be SPellforce 2. THeir last expansion was delayed over and over and over again until it was obvious it would never be out and JoWooD went under. And that was an RPG/RTS game based on older engine of the same game. Heard it before ?

[pothb]

bye?

I'm lost at what I'm supposed to say.

[Irony]

Hey Deadalon, in case you haven't noticed, Age of Conan is a kick ass free to play now and one of the best free to play games out there. Did you play for like, a month or two, gather up all the butthurt on the Nexon forums (trust me, I was around back then. The devs weren't being the unreasonable ones, it was the majority of the player base being a bunch of whiny asshats that was the problem. If people had been reasonable and a lot more polite, the forums wouldn't of been shut down. People were being abusive, vile and completely unreasonable and unrealistic. If you ask me ((and I'll say it wether you ask me or not)) the community deserved what it got. Fortunately, most of the asshats left, the forum is back and the game is actually a lot of fun now.) and then leave? Because you obviously haven't noticed how great the game looks and plays now or the fact that it's doing really well, so your AoC argument is kinda invalid.

That, and all that stuff happened four years ago. Dude...not only are you using a four year old example, showing me that you obviously haven't been back to the game or the forum in a long time, you really need to let that stuff go

Oh - you mean that ppl were abusive on the forums when they realised that the game had no DX10 support when it said so on the box? Or when they could only play for 5 mins and 2-3 loading screens (yes..in those 5 mins) before the game crashed ?

And no... The developers did NOT close the forums. THey closed it for PUBLIC viewing so that ppl that did not have copy of the game were not allowed to see what was really going on at the time.

And maybe thats why AOC is F2P and Funcom is hyping up their 3rd title for the same thing. You think they have learend something ? AO and AOC onlywith added C and same crappy launch. You know as well as me it will be just the same with their next title. Cause Developers and specially Publishers do not learn. They dont need to - they know what they are doing.

I think most ppl are reasonable. They actually belive what they are beeing told. Sadly - both developers and publishers count on this and have gotten away with murder way to many times. AOC was just one example. Another example of game that is more like TL2 (using old game engine) would be SPellforce 2. THeir last expansion was delayed over and over and over again until was obvious it would never be out. And that was an RPG/RTS game based on older engine of the same game. Heard it before ?

Ok I think I'm missing the bigger picture. What exactly are you upset about?

[Marbozir]

everyone agrees

I must have missed the memo!
I'll be buying both regardless of release dates.

[Zidders]

I don't really know if i'd exactly trust someone who thinks four months (the delay was announced Nov. 17th) ='s a 'year' lol just sayin'.

[Deadalon]

Ok I think I'm missing the bigger picture. What exactly are you upset about?

Another than a developer not telling the truth in endless interviews about TL2 coming out in 2011 when it obviously was so far from ready that they must already have known but just keeping the hype going before D3 would launch? And then not even be able to beat D3 to it in terms of actual release date...

Other than that - Im estatic. The truth will take care of the rest in terms of TL2 and Runic. Or you think they will be launching May 20th?

[cakes]

i cant see how anyone who actually loves D2 can be interested in D3. D3 is gonna suck, bad.

just because D3 is coming out before TL2 doesn't mean a thing. its actually better that TL2 waits a bit and comes out sometime after. let all the D3 hype lay down and then a better game emerge.

[xani]

Internet is a wonderful, place, so many ppl can predict future.... oh wait.

TBH Blizz announcing their release date before Runic should be kinda good for TL2, as now they can plan "ok D3 will be released on X, let's wait Y weeks till "new toy syndrome" and hype dies and release it. In reverse situation (like TL2 release announced and then D3 release announced within a month) i think a lot of ppl would go "meh I'll wait for D3 and see what ppl say about it"

[Irony]

Ok I think I'm missing the bigger picture. What exactly are you upset about?

Another than a developer not telling the truth in endless interviews about TL2 coming out in 2011 when it obviously was so far from ready that they must already have known but just keeping the hype going before D3 would launch? And then not even be able to beat D3 to it in terms of actual release date...

Other than that - Im estatic. The truth will take care of the rest in terms of TL2 and Runic. Or you think they will be launching May 20th?

It was never really a lie though. They did tell us that the game wouldn't be finished when they wanted to, and that they decided to simply go with it until
they feel its ready.

They already stated that they hope torchlight II would be like the first one in sales, in that it was more of a long term kind of thing.

[Paws]

JoWood's problem wasn't shitty games, it wasn't even delays, it was their complete crap marketing and terribad distribution partners. "Here's our game at E3, and OH HEY IT'S OUT NOW except retailers don't want to actually carry it because we've dumped the box copies on a company that gave us the lowest bid because they're mostly clueless and requiring a very specific style of insurance..." back in the days before Steam was the powerhouse it was today. Let's not take a halfassed example and tilt it to fit the situation.

[hawkn]

Good thing I'll be getting D3 for free. Thanks WoW AP that Blizzard let me cancel.

[SimonSaysBaka]

They havent been lieing about anything that I have seen, the delays came cus they decided to work more things into the game, so just relax game will come out, and it will be allot of fun, plus there will be modding, ill be sure to make a few mods myself when I get time

[Zidders]

I was going to write a huge long post, with links and pictures and everything, only I realized i'd rather talk with my friends on Teamspeak and play Minecraft.

[civilian]

Edit. Insulting someone is not the way of the Jedi.