[Update: Jay Wilson issues apology.]

Just when all the dust surrounding Diablo 3 seems to finally settle back down, another storm inevitably strikes the internet, igniting Blizzard’s community. The biggest, and still unresolved, issue recently has been the lack of end-game content for players who have finished the campaign. Blizzard did take the time to admit that end-game content was sparse, but also to state that players waiting for a reason to return might not be satisfied anytime soon.

Gamers have had no choice but to accept Blizzard’s response, but a recent interview at IncGamers with one of the creators of the Diablo franchise has stirred up another round of controversy. David Brevik, a co-founder of Blizzard North, and one of the devs behind Diablo, Diablo 2, and its expansion Lord of Destruction, stated his disappointment with the final product that is Diablo 3.

Although he never outright claims that Diablo 3 is a bad game, his statements make it clear that he does not believe the team at “Blizzard South” was equipped to finish the game on their own without the original team:

He also gets into specifics later in the interview, expressing disappointment in the loot system, as well as Blizzard’s failure to listen to the community when they had complaints. His final statements about the game are the most incendiary of all:

Needless to say, Diablo 3’s lead designer Jay Wilson, along with several other members of the Diablo 3 team, were unhappy with Brevik’s interview. Chris Haga, Diablo 3’s lead artist and skill designer, posted the link to the interview on his Facebook page prefaced by the quote, “Suddenly I feel like I was just thrown under a bus.” The conversation that followed included two more Blizzard employees, Jill Harrington and Jay Wilson, clearly upset with Brevik’s comments:

Both Jay Wilson’s comment on Haga’s wall and Harrington’s approval of said comment have since been removed. It is sad to see two groups previously working for the same goal fighting publicly over a game that should have been a celebration of everyone’s work on the series. The blame game has been going on for quite some time now, but has never quite reached name calling until now, at least publicly.

How do you Ranters feel about David Brevik’s interview? Was he out of line comparing Diablo 3 to Call of Duty, or did the current Blizzard team overreact? Let us know in the comments below.

[Update: This Diablo 3 story continues…]

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Source: IncGamers