Originally posted by birdycephon I bet you it would have looked something like Marvel Heroes.
I think a more polished version like Marvel Heroes will be great. In fact, MH is probably a better game if they don't make it into a MMO.
Marvel Heroes is a Diablo clone?
Why didn't they make it more like City of Heroes?
Yes, it is. However, it is closer to a Marvel Ultimate Alliance clone, than a Diablo clone.
Why would they make it more like CoH? Not every hero game should be like that. DCUO is already like that. Personally i like MH better than CoH. I want to play Daredevil, iron man, and so on .. not some similar heroes that i create.
And i do like the top down diablo style combat. Fighting a horde makes my hero feels more powerful. Iron man don't single pull the Chitaris while the others wait. Iron man fights a bunch of them at the same time. That is the feel a marvel heroes game need to duplicate.
I was not impressed by anything the Blizzard North developers done so far outside of Blizzard. Perhaps they need to all be together to make it work, but I am skeptical. Turning it into an MMO would kinda kill it for Diablo fans, anyway. We don't want a MMO, we want a hack&slash.
Favorite MMO: Vanilla WoW Currently playing: GW2, EVE Excited for: Wildstar, maybe?
I was not impressed by anything the Blizzard North developers done so far outside of Blizzard. Perhaps they need to all be together to make it work, but I am skeptical. Turning it into an MMO would kinda kill it for Diablo fans, anyway. We don't want a MMO, we want a hack&slash.
Exactly, although i do like some MMO feature like AH, and limited crafting.
BTW, i don't think blizz game is so good because of an individual of his vision. It is about their philosophy of iteration and quality. I saw a blizz designer talking about D3 at GDC. They went through like 5-6 different skill systems. That is why the game is so polished. They try, try and try until everything is good.
The original D2 (or was it D1) designer went to make Marvel Heroes, and that game just don't have the quality of D3 even when the design wasn't bad. There are so many little things have to be done well, that the deep pocket of Blizz really helps.
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I think a more polished version like Marvel Heroes will be great. In fact, MH is probably a better game if they don't make it into a MMO.
Marvel Heroes is a Diablo clone?
Why didn't they make it more like City of Heroes?
Yes, it is. However, it is closer to a Marvel Ultimate Alliance clone, than a Diablo clone.
Why would they make it more like CoH? Not every hero game should be like that. DCUO is already like that. Personally i like MH better than CoH. I want to play Daredevil, iron man, and so on .. not some similar heroes that i create.
And i do like the top down diablo style combat. Fighting a horde makes my hero feels more powerful. Iron man don't single pull the Chitaris while the others wait. Iron man fights a bunch of them at the same time. That is the feel a marvel heroes game need to duplicate.
No.
I was not impressed by anything the Blizzard North developers done so far outside of Blizzard. Perhaps they need to all be together to make it work, but I am skeptical. Turning it into an MMO would kinda kill it for Diablo fans, anyway. We don't want a MMO, we want a hack&slash.
Favorite MMO: Vanilla WoW
Currently playing: GW2, EVE
Excited for: Wildstar, maybe?
Exactly, although i do like some MMO feature like AH, and limited crafting.
BTW, i don't think blizz game is so good because of an individual of his vision. It is about their philosophy of iteration and quality. I saw a blizz designer talking about D3 at GDC. They went through like 5-6 different skill systems. That is why the game is so polished. They try, try and try until everything is good.
The original D2 (or was it D1) designer went to make Marvel Heroes, and that game just don't have the quality of D3 even when the design wasn't bad. There are so many little things have to be done well, that the deep pocket of Blizz really helps.