IncGamers Diablo network site, Diii.net explored the Battle.net history and potential for the future in a feature article a few weeks ago, and are now releasing the second part, with all the juicy details of exactly what features have been definitively been confirmed. The gaming network for WarCraft, StarCraft and Diablo is getting a serious revamp.
The preview article looks at a large number of Blizzard quotes that have been puzzled together to show us a grander whole. Even though Blizzard have said that they are "not talking about it right now", it seems they might have said more about Battle.net 2.0 to different reporters than they think...
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VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "This is a collection of short Late Looks picking up on some of the games I meant to write a full article for but was too busy to do at the time. This time the games in question are the original Diablo, Balatro, and Kingdom Hearts III - a perfectly natural combination of games that you definitely expected to see grouped together. Not quite review and not quite rant, it’s more a casual assessment of what I – the gamer of the future – consider to be each game’s strengths and weaknesses in retrospect."
i get the “weird combo” angle, but i’m curious what you think holds up best: diablo’s atmosphere, balatro’s loop, or kh3’s combat. i bounced off kh3 hard after seeing casino junk shoved into a fan discord, including https://monopolybigballerli... and it soured my mood for anything with flashy “chance” mechanics. balatro still feels clever to me since the randomness is the point and you’re making real decisions around it. also had a similar spam wave on a retro forum with https://red-baron.org/ and https://dream-catcher-game.... and it’s annoying how it derails game talk.
it's fun to speculate. i don't think bliz is innovative enough to include a bunch off social networking type features, but they might surprise us yet.
I'm just wondering if this will include StarCraft, WarCraft II and Diablo II.
Battle.net 2.0? Sounds dangerously close to 'Web 2.0' and we all know how naff that was...
Lets just hope Blizzard doesn't go overboard and actually keeps the things which are good about Bnet now. Really don't want something like Steam making the installs very difficult (I don't want to buy a DVD in store and then have to download over two gig of rubbish just to install it like the Half Life episodes, that's what the DVD is for)
The article is very tight, and very accurate. I just returned from PAX, where we interviewed 3 different Blizz reps about the 3 big games. They mentioned the Battle.net upgrades specifically, and how they think they are going to contribute massively to the online gaming experience with Blizz games. They are working HARD to make Battle.Net a positive, very easy to use bit of software.
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Heh, the author messed up Diablo and StarCraft in the Achievement paragraph.
Besides that, though, it was an interesting article to read indeed, having an AMM system for StarCraft 2 will certainly make the game even more appealing to me.