The guys over at
Joystiq have a nice article that fully outlines the time Blizzard brass spent in front of the media and fans at their Worldwide Invitational held in Paris. There are some nice pieces of information, especially from the Q&A session where hardcore fans got to ask some great questions.
Quote:
Q: Do you plan to keep the 4/5 man typical group size or will you design for much larger groups?
A: Group size isn't a technical restriction, but a gameplay one. Smaller groups are better due to the camera restriction. We haven't really decided but we'll focus on whatever gives the best experience, that'll be 4 or maybe 5 person parties.
Q: Will you increase inventory size?
A: We haven't decided. We're improving the inventory system and it'll be easier to trade items between your characters or other players. We'll pick a size appropriate to gameplay.
Q: There are a lot of WoW players and Diablo II players, which audience are you aiming at?
A: We haven't a particular aim. We're making the game for people who love Diablo, and there's plenty of room for both WoW and Diablo, we've no intention to play one game against the other.
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Strangely, there are more than a few 'no comment' and/or 'we're not sure yet' types of answers from Blizzard in the Q&A section. I'm somewhat turned off by this because it might mean that this game is still quite some time away from being released. I'm not sure about you, but I'm sick of developers announcing a game as soon as they have one pretty screenshot or demonstration map ready (*cough* Alan Wake). Let's hope this isn't the case with Blizzard for either Diablo III or Starcraft II.
