September 16, 2008
The latest (last?) interview with Jay Wilson from Leipzig has been posted by VideoGamer.com, and it’s a juicy read. Jay talks about the improvements to make the multiplayer portion of the game more fun, overall loot/item functions, the art direction (briefly), the importance of co-op play, the early design of the Barbarian (with a different class name), showing games while they’re works in progress, his other game faves/influences, and more.
September 12, 2008
A new (?) video interview with Jay Wilson from Leipzig has popped up on a Swedish gaming site. It’s nicely-edited, has good sound/video quality, and no annoying interviewer filming himself. In this one Jay talks about health globes and potions, randomization of areas and quests, heroic character actions, and more. It’s about 5 minutes in length, with lots of gameplay scenes and clips from the cinematic to enliven the viewing experience. Thanks to CTH for the tip.
September 11, 2008
VG247 is continuing their milking of the Games Convention interview with Blizzard, by releasing a short comment about Battle.net 2.0 and Diablo III. Ironically information given by the StarCraft II team. While this isn’t news, a skilled way of putting an angle to the comments makes it so anyway. Fascinating stuff! This is what Pearce said:
September 7, 2008
A new interview with D3 lead Jay Wilson has been posted today. The interview seems to be another one from Leipzig, but that’s not made clear. You’ll want to skip page one if you’ve already heard enough about the art direction issue, but pages 2 and 3 have some good stuff on preserving the core Diablo features, possibility of a console port, multiplayer, etc. A quote about dungeon randomization:
September 5, 2008
Jay Wilson interviews from the Leipzig GC just keep popping up. Today’s comes courtesy of Game Informer Magazine. It’s three pages and has some good stuff, including character design, how they worked to update D2’s core features, why most Diablo clones fail, and more. There’s even another touch on the art design controversy! Here are a couple of quotes from the interview, and you may also enjoy the other Game Informer @ Leipzig interviews with Blizzard’s France Pearce and WoW Lead Designer Tom Chilton. Here’s a quote from Jay Wilson:
September 3, 2008
TenTonHammer has posted a video interview with D3 Lead Jay Wilson, from the Leipzig GC two weeks ago.
Jay Wilson interviews from the Leipzig GC keep popping up. The latest is on Game Reactor, and it’s a 9-minute video interview with some good content. Some quotes:
August 22, 2008
The Necromancer died on his own perfection, too good to be polished, and it seems we won’t be seeing any other character classes either. Does that mean Jay Wilson thought the Barbarian was the most flawed class in Diablo 2? So many questions need answers…
Gamespy have also had the chance to talk to Jay Wilson, and this interview actually has a lot of interesting nuggets in it! Among other things news about Battle.net 2.0 (and yes, we will delve deeper into that soon). This is the highlights of the interview:
Eurogamer has posted a transcript of their sitdown with D3 Lead Designer Jay Wilson. The interview has an interesting beginning, with Jay talking about his D1 and D2 play experiences, and how those translated into his design goals for D3. The interview also touches on innovation in D3, the isometric perspective, story focus, as well as a mandatory mention of the art design controversy. Here’s a quote, with an interesting tidbit about bosses dropping sustaining health orbs mid-battle.
August 21, 2008
Gamespy has posted their own StarCraft. This one is less a conversation about game mechanics and more a standard Q&A, with quotes from Jay about the features we’ll see in Battle.net 2.0, the state of the RPG genre, randomizing level design, D3’s planned financial model, and how D3 might handle PvP. Here are the highlights of the interview, and a quote for good measure:
The first D3 team interview from the GC is up on IGN and it’s a good read. They spoke to D3 Lead Jay Wilson, and after getting the obligatory art direction question out of the way, they dug into some interesting game functions: inventory, skill use, monster design, health sytems, and more. A quote: