Former Blizzard Internal Tester Fired: Reveals All About Diablo 3 - Games

"In my perusing of online message boards, I came across a posting from someone who claimed to be a former internal tester at Blizzard. He was willing to post anything people wanted to know about Diablo 3. The rationale being “there’s nothing in my contract that says I can’t reveal anything AFTER I’m fired.” Enclosed are the questions asked and his answers unedited: The Former Tester made his post on 4chan’s infamous videogame board /v/. Source is HERE, but it’ll most likely disappear unless archived." [quote] Is it fun? How true does it stay to D2? Hm, it depends, if you liked torchlight, then it’s very fun, if youre an old d2 addictee like myself, then you will be disappointed. Level design? In what order? I.E: Does the desert come second act, or later? first act: tristram and surrounds (monastery, leoric castle,etc) second act: desert as you guys already know third act: something they called the bastion keep. really shit act. fourth act: begins where the meteor hits, then you descend into hell Why’d you get fired? I was just too honest and said things they didn’t like Well, the obvious one first, did they completely ruin everything we love about it from Diablo 2? Not everything, the loot sucks and the level design makes the game boring, just like torchlight level design Tell me mr Troll, there is any kind of in game codex for shit like monsters and spell rune combinations? No. There are recipes, and some special items like lost scrolls with some lore in them, used in recipes Coming to consoles? they are intending to port it to consoles when the expansion development begins If you’re afraid they’ll do something to you, the fact you said you were fired narrows down their search a bit. If you dont care what they might do to you for disclosing info, then theres no reason not to show proof. Either way, you’re a f@%$t for helping a shit game be made im not afraid, dumbass. like i said, my contract didnt say i couldnt disclose things after fired (i couldnt disclose while working for them) link to the leak ? didn’t leak ? why the fuck you got fired before doing it ? no leak You’re either a liar or an idiot. Don’t even bother trying to explain it because you’re clearly not smart enough to pull it off. You’d of signed an NDA when you began testing, and the NDA is separate from any work contract and still applies after being fired. Blizzard has their shit together and wouldn’t allow a loophole that lets some little shit who got fired from such an awesome company to go and post secrets about a game. ok. fuck you. Are levels randomly generated? Yes, in a very mediocre way Runeworlds: Please tell me these are gone, I’m tired of casters just ripping shit apart with Enigma no runeworlds i dont really want to know deep dark secrets, or WHAT CHANGES havent they announced, or any shit like that, just one thing. Is it going to be fun? like I said, it plays like Torchlight. The level design is really boring What are the system requirements? very low system requirements. It is more scallable than torchlight. You can play with a geforce 6 or any shit laptop from 3 years ago (on low settings, obviously) “Let’s just say there wasn’t anything in my contract saying I couldn’t disclose things AFTER fired.” Except yes, there would be. no, there isnt. I fucking loled after reviewing the contract after they fired me. Try telling us something we dont know or hasnt been announced already troll ok, ask Which character class is the most fun to play? How long will the single player story take to play through? Anything cool about the game that they haven’t released info on yet that might get us excited? i liked the wizard. roughly the same lenght as d2, if you do the sidequests. d2 is bigger if you compare completing both games 100% (map, quest wise). you fight tyrael in act 4. what’s the online look like? will we be able to create LAN servers, private servers online, or will everything run through battle.net? is it really as bright and cartoony as we saw awhile ago, or are the dungeons actually kinda dark and spooky again? same model as starcraft 2, no lan Wasn’t the final stage confirmed to be the High Heavens? Y’know, since Tyrael goes insane. nope Tell us the games story and plot then the plot is very simple, when tyrael broke the wordstone in d2, it basically destroyed what separated the mortal world from heaven and hell. so asmodan devised a way to ressurrect diablo because his essence wasnt completely destroyed with the soul shard. they invoked a meteor to hit sanctuary for its impact would generate energy enough to provide a portal from hell for a massive army. tyrael was corrupted by asmodan also. asmodan is boss of act 3 “i was just too honest and said things they didn’t like.” What where you saying that they didn’t like? as a tester, my job is finding bugs and doing what they call 100% coverage run test. but they called us in meetings that asked us our opinions about a lot of things. i said the game was boring and doomed to be a failure. What are boss battles in D3 like? they are scripted pieces of shit. the bosses are big and make a big mess in the scenario, but they are easy Compared to D2 why is it boring? it doesnt feel as open as d2. the levels in d2 were much bigger than in d3. d3 open world areas are small ways with little side areas, and its ramdonly generated dungeon levels are mediocre, with rectangular areas glued together What are the first 3 numbers of your EID? They’re all the same so obviously I’m not here to rat you out. But if you really are/were a Blizzard employee, you should be able to answer this very easily. But I can pretty much tell you don’t work with us from how pathetic your story is. 528 what’s metzen like in person? pardo? samwise? they are normal people, doing their jobs. i have nothing against them. the problem with blizzard are their rh department and some very stupid women with psychology mds trying to moderate the teams who has the most say in art direction on the team? the most say is always from the team that makes the interface with the stock holders they have moderators? what’s their purpose exactly? to ensure the teams behave well, no internal conflicts arise, to ensure everyone behaves like sheep, etc -Do you know anything about blizz’s other projects? -Who exactly is accompanying you on the quest? -brief thoughts on all the classes if you don’t mind? -fav thing from D3? -Is it ever going to be released? that titan mmo, it will be integrated with facebook, and will be more or less like second life what quest? i think the classes are well designed, with each having different gameplay i liked the skill system plus runes expect beta announcement at blizzcon does the story end the same as the other two? the end is the hero sacrificing himself to act like the wordstone before it was destroyed, thus separating once again hell and mortal world. diablo isnt destroyed, it just got chained at hell Were you able to play all the classes? Are the classes all very well developed or some more than others? Are there any homages/refernces to blizzard’s other games? Are the bosses fun? Are there a lot of random named elite enemies you fight? Anything particularily funny in the game? yes, it was my job, to do a 100% coverage test. well, they are developed, i dont understand what your asking, but if you intended to know if they are balanced, they are not. the demon hunter is extremelly overpowered (as of my last play). bosses are boring as fuck. they are scripted. elites are not as crazy as in d2, they have less enchantments. its funny to try out all rune combinations Take this how you will…[/quote] Source: [url]http://lo-ping.org/2011/04/13/former-blizzard-internal-tester-fired-reveals-all-about-diablo-3/[/url]

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I'm sure some random guy on /v/ is really who they say they are.

This is probably just some troll. It's /v/ what do you expect? Legit information?

and none of it is true

Didn't give a whole lot of information that we didn't already know. This guy is either a troll or legit and an idiot.

[QUOTE=PotatoArmada;29163359] This guy is either a troll or legit and an idiot.[/QUOTE] That narrows it down

I archived this myself in notepad just so I can look at this in a few years and compare it to the final game.

Damn, wish I had been on when it was not 404'd.

i wouldn't really be surprised if this was legit still, first rule of the internet, don't trust anything you hear on the internet

Well it's a good thing he got fired cause he sounds like a massive douche and a pain the ass for the dev team: [quote]“i was just too honest and said things they didn’t like.” What where you saying that they didn’t like? as a tester, my job is finding bugs and doing what they call 100% coverage run test. but they called us in meetings that asked us our opinions about a lot of things. i said the game was boring and doomed to be a failure.[/quote] Seriously? that's fucking RARE for a game company to bring in QA testers for any opinons on how things are working. Instead of offering constructive criticism or helpful ideas, he basically acts like some kind of 12 year old PC gamer fuckwit. No clue how a schmuck like him got QA at Blizzard, as you'd think a tone of people wanting to get actually involved in games and their foot in the door would have killed for a QA position there versus some other company. And note, the release date isn't announced yet so all his info is going to be really outdated when it actually comes out. I can't imagine this game releasing this year, and a year is a tone of time to fix really minor shit like random dungions and the like being "boring". Acutally, it surprises me that they even have that tech implemented at all in a playable form at the moment. Sounds like they have the base gameplay and most everything else pretty much done so that leaves them with a ton of time to implement more subtle things and enhance other stuff.

Don't believe him. There's no price for believing him. If he's lying then this is nothing. If it's the truth then it's delicious information.

Just see if Blizzard is hiring another Internal Tester or speaks out against him.

[QUOTE=KorJax;29163791]Well it's a good thing he got fired cause he sounds like a massive douche and a pain the ass for the dev team: Seriously? that's fucking RARE for a game company to bring in QA testers for any opinons on how things are working. Instead of offering constructive criticism or helpful ideas, [b]he basically acts like some kind of 12 year old PC gamer fuckwit.[/b] No clue how a schmuck like him got QA at Blizzard, as you'd think a tone of people wanting to get actually involved in games and their foot in the door would have killed for a QA position there versus some other company. And note, the release date isn't announced yet so all his info is going to be really outdated when it actually comes out. I can't imagine this game releasing this year, and a year is a tone of time to fix really minor shit like random dungions and the like being "boring". Acutally, it surprises me that they even have that tech implemented at all in a playable form at the moment. Sounds like they have the base gameplay and most everything else pretty much done so that leaves them with a ton of time to implement more subtle things and enhance other stuff.[/QUOTE] Ya because what he said in that question is exactly what he said to them in the meeting. /sarcasm

[QUOTE=nerdygamer;29164299]Ya because what he said in that question is exactly what he said to them in the meeting. /sarcasm[/QUOTE] What?

well i always thought diablo 3 was gonna be a massive disappointment anyway so i'm not that concerned at all

Starcraft is the only good thing they got going for them now. In my opinion.

[QUOTE=LeonS;29164569]Starcraft is the only good thing they got going for them now. In my opinion.[/QUOTE] Agree, it's the only Blizzard game I've gotten in years that I've actually loved. Diablo 2 and Warcraft 3 were ( and still are ) pretty fun games. Even if Diablo 3 changes in a bad way I'll still get it. It could just end up being a good RPG either way, whether or not it lives up to the first two.

[QUOTE=LeonS;29164569]Starcraft is the only good thing they got going for them now. In my opinion.[/QUOTE] Define "got going for them". Because to say World of Warcraft prints money is understatement of the century.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;29164773]Define "got going for them". Because to say World of Warcraft prints money is understatement of the century.[/QUOTE] It makes the machines that print the money.

"In my opinion" I didn't mention World of Warcraft printing money or so, I meant that their Starcraft games are the only good games left bar Diablo 2 and Warcraft 3. "In my opinion"

Warcraft is a good game in it's own right, and nobody knows whether Diablo 3 will be good or bad yet. Starcraft isn't the only good thing happening there

yeah i've played diablo 3 as well it's actually a racing car game now

[QUOTE=thisispain;29164853]yeah i've played diablo 3 as well it's actually a racing car game now[/QUOTE] the demon hunter is extremely imbalanced because it kills demons at 300 mph now

Well last time someone posted on /v/ about that new TES game that would be in Skyrim and no-one believed him, in the end it was real (moral of the story: fired developers do sometimes spill the beans on message boards, though that doesn't mean it always turns out to be true). [quote]Is it fun? How true does it stay to D2? Hm, it depends, if you liked torchlight, then it’s very fun, if youre an old d2 addictee like myself, then you will be disappointed.[/quote] Sadly considering the changes they have made, I'm inclined to believe this.

Seems like bullshit, but could be somewhat true, who knows... Only time will tell.

Even trough he has some points that could be true, it's still /v/.

Blizzard hasn't made one single bad game in their entire career so I'm going to take this with a microscopic grain of salt.

I'm not believing it because of the reason he says he got fired. Testers don't get fired from saying bad things about the game, [I]it's their freaking job.[/I]

It's a troll. And that info is fake and gay.