BlizzCon 2011: The passion of Chris Haga (D3 Gameplay Panel)

[Scrinoid]

i want to summon that big and fluffy dude in game!

[kano841]

BOOOOOOOO!!!

[Vreckz]

hey, i can flip tables too, watch me

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

can i work at blizzard now?

not enough? dammit, guess i need to get fatter

[SC2BronzeToGM]

Chris Haga = Chris Metzen of Diablo.

[ed1phant]

if i wanted to summon architechture i'd play sim city.

[jpgreen772]

gay

[MrGoblue85]

I have mixed feelings about this game. It should have been out by now and stfu with the "It'd ready whenever we feel like publishing". They've sat on WoW forever and their other titles have been so neglected. 2012... R u serious. Pillar - lame as balls. Awesome ferrets? There is no such thing. It's been ahead and a half since SC2 was released and you want to tel me the game couldn't be polished by now? My anus. It's because of WoW and WoW alone. They no longer care about any other property. WC3

[lemmingrad]

Pillar Punch - Killing things FMA style. I think my monk will be named Armstrong.

[ShaunAllanWright]

Like have the Demon hunters friends lost soul help aid her get revenge of its bloody death. A mystical skull, a Arcane Sword from Diablo 2 and bat, weak as can be

[ShaunAllanWright]

Holy fuck some body fire that guy. The games getting to cartoon like as is. Also Black Panther, Raven a Lost Ghost as a pet for the Demon Hunter, This guys wacked

[Switch72nd]

The pillar is a rune effect guys, if you don't like it then don't use the rune. Stop whining about how it ruins the class when the game isn't even out yet.

[jermbot1986]

THIS GUY...JEEEEEEZ

[Ged1s]

ferrets owsomfor gold collecting.... *faaaart* owwwsom

[Ged1s]

All those big mac's taking space in the creativity realm.

[1000webmonkeys]

That pillar looks completely retarded. It just magically pops up, with a big square base, looking completely out of place, and then the explosion barely covers the footprint. Surely it could burst out of the ground, but then why even summon a pillar?

[Vladd7]

"Temple aesthetic". I dont see what is so temple-ish about those pillars. They seem like mere Roman-style columns randomly popping out of the ground. Very poorly thought out...

[KARAFFAN]

so, when the monster start the swing it always hit? it looks like when the monster initiated the swing it hits even if you character is far away, so if a fat boss swing at you and you teleport away it will hit you?

[JessyG45]

instead of a pillar they should have the twin towers pop up....maybe the terrorist could bring it down and destroy those demons!

[DruidAlex]

Kinda rubs me the wrong way when i hear this dude say the word awesome

[Baracuda1337]

@DruidAlex Indeed xD

[l0v3w15d0m]

BLIZZ, epic fail with the monk's pillar. 1st, it looks ridiculous, 2nd its rather "uncreative"

[SynikaI]

I no longer want this game...

[kiravintio]

Bat? seriously? a bat? i can see maybe a swarm of bats being summoned to come and do some damage, but a single bat? they should have really went with a hawk, raven, or even an owl... but a bat... stupid!

[133j0hn]

And just for the record Mr. Haga,

Pillars have nothing to do with monks. Pillars belong in Greek temples, NOT Buddhist temples -- they're completely different.

Do some more research next time.

[TheLoneBishop]

I have an idea how about instead of a pillar of rock they have the Monk to kind of a prayer and a pillar of light will blast the crap out of a target? Sounds good to me

[SuperColorFox]

Wow, knowing that THAT guy is designing parts of D3 has to be the most unsettling thing I've heard about the game so far.

incoming failspells. ;/

[PsixoliC]

That pillar - column , looks worse than that bell... Bring back the bell of get something more "awesome".

[despe087]

giant frog, pilar, bell.. WTF ? ferets ? u want to give us awesome skills ? make some f*** giant booom, not this shit

[WaRSPiRiTUK]

FUCKING AWESOME MONSTER AT THE END!

[Ntzbr]

LOL... im totally with you guys i really expected some kind of giant palm (that would be awesome) or some kind of 'divine' skill but a PILLAR...a PILLAR?...seriously?

the bell for me it's a ok but looks like it's missing something, PLEASE listen to us Blizz.

[cheezebaal]

please limit chris haga to answering questions if he has to speak at all.

I'm sure he is good with his skill set but public speaking is not his forte. I do not need to hear another awesome, i think it's awesome, etc.

[Elohite]

Heres an idea. Like if you agree

The initial summoning of pillars could form a wall, used as an escape skill. Enemies can wait for them to fall, or rush through breaking them down, sustaining damage. Viable in PVM and PVP

[ArchRascal]

Good job saying "awesome" over and over you fat animal.

[TheVindycator]

@ArchRascal someones angry

[ArchRascal]

@TheVindycator make that two people

[Starry2000]

Oh... I just need to watch this whole thing through. I clicked on what I linked my previous reply, and saw the ferret thing you guys are talking about. So demon hunters are... hunters from WoW. I can't think of anything special in gothic fantasy pertaining to ferrets, it doesn't carry anything symbolic or referable to me at all. Is there something in the Bible that makes an allegory about ferrets that would warrant this?

[Starry2000]

IRTV: 2:45 ...it shouldn't be a bat. It should be a, wait for it, HAWK? Having count Dracula follow the demon hunter doesn't make any more sense than the fucking magical sword.

[TheThornbreaker]

ferrets i like them because i own one, but i do understand for alot of people it wouldnt work. The pillar i was like ... wtf..

[porcupotomus]

...am i the only one who likes the ferrets? i'd like the pillar if it looked holy, or made any sense at all... but ferrets do bite like motherf*ckers and they've got some fitting personality.

[ottopotomas]

what happened to this franchise? what happened to this company?

[Starry2000]

@ottopotomas Last I checked, Diablo was originally conceived by another company. Blizzard advised them and assisted that company, later on they purchased them. Later, while they were working on Diablo 3, Blizzard looked in on it and said it was bad and scrapped it. Additionally, I assume AFTER that, the Blizzard North (the company blizzard helped and later bought) guys had a problem with something Blizzard was doing. They were fired/left/quit.

This is Blizzards first solo attempt at Diablo.

[Starry2000]

@ottopotomas I hope that answered both of your questions. I ran out of room in my first reply. Even my mom, who watched my dad and I play Diablo on the PS1 way back in the day, told me something was wrong when she watched the gameplay video for D3. She said it was, wait for it, too colorful and bright... it wasn't anything like diablo. There were other things she couldn't quite put her finger on.

I think that kind of underscored what a lot of people are saying.

[Thedoctorr5]

Ferrets? Fuck you fatty

[Ged1s]

@Thedoctorr5 hhahahha big,owsom big mac attack:D

[Ivaron2]

Magical bells? Pillars? Yeah, not looking forward to playing the Monk, I gotta say.............

[Korash]

The guy who greenlit this shit deserves to die a painful death.

[Elohite]

These ideas are not up to standard. Neither is his BMI

[Elohite]

@Elohite The only exception is summoning the Ancients from d2, which wasn't his idea anyway.

[momentinpassing]

I want the monk to self immolate so I never have to see another bell or pillar in D3 again.

The whole idea of the monk is stupid. I can tolerate the popular cultural distortions regarding the men and women murdered for using herbs to heal people so the church and pill pushers could have a monopoly on "medicine". In fact I plan to play a wizard. But people who intentionally live in relative isolation while opting out of competition for mates or money. Don't decide to fight demons

[macman90]

It would be nice to see on release a barb with a "call of the ancient beta beggars" skill. Diablo will lock himself in the closet, scared off the 300, 300 beggars screaming "BETAAAA!!!"

[jaredSixx]

@macman90 you sir, are full of win.

[KARAFFAN]

that skull looks like morte in planescape torment

[tenrecc]

@KARAFFAN That's what I thought exactly. I bet it's not quite as cool unfortunately.

[maxivirgo]

idk what u all have.. i liked everything except the monks pillars and the pets

[4nZ1]

I was really excited about d3, but this just made me sad :<

[Matrimelee]

the fat guys speech was so embarassing.

[Niviuz]

pillars are to mutch, imo the bell was to mutch but acceptable

[SteffenTSmith]

Is this a joke?

[TGD86]

I'm starting to think this Blizzcon was just a big joke. Between pandas in WoW and this garbage I think it may be time to pull the plug on a few games.

[alns86]

lol. this is ridiculous. like his retarded bell spell. geez... all the cheeseburgers that guy ate has had serious implications to his ability to think straight. Go play SIMCITY Chris Haga, thats more your type of game.

[mrtypr]

Yeh I agree, ferrets as pets in a game like Diablo I think just dont fit, maybe they can modify them to be like a demonic Ferret of some sort. THis is a dark fantasy is it not?

Also with the Monk pillar, I dont mind the skill, coz im not planning to play the Monk myself at the beginning, but summoning a Pillar just does not seem realistic enough for a Monk to summon. Just doesnt feel right for that type of class

[centrihd]

Temple Aesthetic? j...what a retard

[Firewolx]

and there were presenters much worse than this guy.. compared to some others he's way less nervous and even manages to make some people laugh

[Firewolx]

I actually thought the ferrets were kinda cool

[mnadeau1992]

The worm is fucking amazing!!!!!

LOVE IT!!!!

[switchbladesparrow]

I believe the ferrets are a reference to the Beastmaster movie.

[Kretek]

@switchbladesparrow Yeah. I thought that too when I saw them. Ferrets are quit cool. But only them, nothing more in this clip :/

[slamaskin1]

Where is my hello kitty pet ?

[iconocast]

SO FUKING STUPID. STUPID IDEARS HE EVEN CONFUSES A D3 SHAMAN WIT a WOW SHAMAN

[133j0hn]

WHAT THE FUCK?!

First a giant bell, and now a giant pillar? Are they trying to destroy the Monk class before the game even comes out?

Someone needs to get fired.

[Soviless99]

@133j0hn yea it's really overkill

[Soviless99]

@133j0hn yea it's really overkill they do all this crazy dumb shit and cann'ot even afford to animate the bow for the demon hunters attacks. I hate when developers do not understand mechanics of archery is games.

[Switch72nd]

@133j0hn It's a rune effect, if you dont like it dont use the rune.

[133j0hn]

@Switch72nd

So that gives Blizzard the right to introduce horrible spells into the game? Diablo 3 is in beta; we're supposed to give them feedback, and obviously I'm not alone in thinking that giant bells and giant pillars are silly and out of place.

So please, get your fanboy ass back in line, and quit chanting the mantra of "BLIZZARD IS GOD, THEY CAN DO NOTHING WRONG."

[Switch72nd]

@133j0hn Calm down dude, I'm not a Blizzard fanboy at all. You wanna know how many Blizzard games I play, zero, wanna know how many Blizzard games I have ever played, zero. I don't like the pillar either but they aren't gonna change it, grow up and deal with it and don't use the damn rune. As for it being out of place its a video game.

[Switch72nd]

@133j0hn Calm down dude. I'm not a fanboy, I've never even played a single game by Blizzard. I just like the look of D3. I don't like it either but I was stating a fact, they aren't gonna change it, deal with it and use a different rune.

[Mr7Shane]

This guy is quite nervous and not really confident in these ideas. Summoning buildings to fall on people is a rather clunky game effect.

[Ydoc101lol]

In my opinion the summoning of the ancients for Barbarian is an awesome skill and makes me want to play Barb that much more. If they balance it correctly, it's a great and fun skill to have/use. That being said, the rest is as everyone else has said here, rather.. what's the word.. SHITTY.

[Mikeanglo]

The pillars and the skulls are a bit too much...

The ferrets are ok. I think it was the beastmaster thing that inspired this...but still...

These skills are kinda stupid. The pillars especially should be changed.

[VegasRage]

Ferrets? Rising pillars from the ground? What the hell is wrong with this guy?! He should have titled it "Making Skills Epically Suck!" Chris Haga - Technically nowhere near being awesome

[micekingii]

The ideas weren't too terrible but he's an AWFUL presenter. I would think Blizz would choose someone better... He says "I dunno" at least 8 times in this video. Hah

[fasthandsz]

NO OPEN WORLD PVP!!! FUCK DIABLO 3 AKA WoW 2.0

[dizzy87]

"cute"...wtf?

[Jabez525]

FUCK YOU GUYS FERRETS ARE AWESOME! DIDN'T YOU EVER WATCH BEASTMASTER? YOU FUCKING NOOBS!

[t0lkien1]

@Jabez525 Yeah ferrets are awesome IN ANOTHER GAME. They have no place in what is meant to be a dark, occult gothic hackfest. Throw them into WoW, they'll fit right in with the rest of that cheesy thematic mess.

[Jabez525]

@t0lkien1 First of all I think WOW sucks I've never played it and never will I ever play it. Second you're obviously never seen the movie Beastmaster... Which is a DARK OCCULT HACKFEST movie. Third you sound like you're one of those pretentious ass purists who thinks that games shouldn't evolve or change and that devs should make the same damn game over and over. I'm tired of everyone complaining about every little detail in this game as if you're not going to play it because it has ferrets.

[napleee]

So i wait 10 years .. for ferrets and summon temples ? -_-

[iamthewizard2]

blizzard have totally lost the plot..rather than concentrating on making a TRUE DIABLO 2 SEQUEL..they have instead concentrated on 'HOW AWESOME CAN WE MAKE DIABLO 3?' they are two different things. its like as if they had all these ideas and put them all into the game unaware that the whole time they forgot the true essence of what makes diablo ...well diablo. and that is a dark, gritty, gory,gothic and mature game. that is the soul and core of diablo. without that its nothing

[phillyfan8356]

@iamthewizard2 wait so you dont want a game to be awesome? I totally understand how you feel about the spells i dont agree with them either. I think the problem is that these spells are actually not awesome. They are awkward and do not belong in D3. I still would love to have an awesome game though. Cuz awesome is awesome right?

[koryman102]

@iamthewizard2 blizzard hasn't lost the plot you dipshit, its been written before diablo 2 was released. there not making shit up as they go. and the graphics in D2 were extremely horrible and had mostly black because of the graphics capability back then, just because it has more color now because of graphics advancement doesn't mean they've lost anything, holy shit kids today are blind AND retarded. think before you speak. adding a pillar or some other SKILLS does NOTHING to the PLOT.

[iamthewizard2]

PURE AWESOME....more like PURE FAIL

[iamthewizard2]

my opinion: ALL OF HIS IDEAS ARE CRAP...pillars = WTF??? ferrets = WTF??? like i said countless times before....the more they start tampering with diablo during this beta phase the less and less it actually feels like diablo. for example ..the rock worm...he said it himself...thats more of a sci-fi creature not really a diablo world monster. diablo world monsters are usually demons, bugs, fat ugly humanoids.... c'mon blizzard get your act together.

[BGSoccerMagic]

Rock worm?!? Really???

[TherealDarthSlayden]

@BGSoccerMagic Yeah rock worms, they exist in multiple fantasy roleplaying games and trading card games....

[Starry2000]

@BGSoccerMagic "Rock worm?!?"

An underground, grotesque monster that shoots up and eats you. It's a staple horror monster. The Hungering Worm from Silent Hill, Korn from Stephen King's Children of the Korn, the Worm from Beetlejuice, even The Queen from American McGee's Alice was a worm even though it was a rip off of the one from Silent Hill. Resident Evil (original game) had a nasty monster worm too.

TLDR: Worms are scary, and definitely have their place in horror.

[MightyArsenal10]

General Consensus: Pillars are fucking retarded. Call of the Ancients is the absolute fucking shit. 

[diesopain]

If i were to pick a Companion For Shadow Hunter, I would have picked Spiders because it would fit perfectly the bill to the theme of Trap-laying Shadow Theme Shadow Hunter. Spiders laying traps like webs cause the enemy to slow down,Trap-door Spiders that lay traps and wait for enemies or Jumping Spiders that pounce an enemy down!!

[diesopain]

Are you Friggin Serious?!?! Call of Ancients is Awesome!! but the rest just butchered all the other Classes!!. Monk pillar summoning is just DUMB...its not even fluid to begin with. I would prefer something like 1st click "Summon a Pillar" 2nd Click " Rush an Enemy if some fist combo" 3rd click " Dragon Kick the enemy towards the pillar and collapse on an enemy" That will be cool!

What the hell is Ferrets doing on a Shadow-theme Shadow Hunter?? that's a Druid skill -.-

[r04dw4rri0r]

This dude is an annoying douche.

[NoobQQMoar]

summon temple game play issues are as follows........it sucks

[BeeblesTV]

Also the crowd reaction is so telling.

[BeeblesTV]

Temple = fail

[grubacles]

Hi, my name is the Monk. You may know me from your local grocer, Hellfire, or even the Tristram Garden show. Last week I built a real nice outdoor love seat from mahogany. In this weeks episode I take time out of my busy demon huntin job to construct a divine temple from thin air. It's pretty "awesome." Oh ya then I'm gonna break it. ;)

/ragequit

[grubacles]

OMG. those monk pillars are the most ridiculous, dumb, stupid things I think I have ever seen in a game! Come on! Really? That is the best you could come up with? Seriously who watched this, looked Chris in the eye and genuinely said "Wow, that is amazing?" FIRED! Ok, so I took a brief pause from my venting. Over the top? Yes. Necessary? Yes. I was seriously looking forward to playing the monk, now I'm sure I'll default back to the barb. I'm not gonna say I wont buy or play, cuz I will.

[snarfmaster]

*sees Temple Aesthetics*

/sarcasm

YAY

/endsarcasm

[Complete420]

he said call of the ancients from d2, awww shit son, its on!

[napleee]

FERRETS !!!

[IJustOwnz]

4:00

I mean seriously? That was just embarrassing nobody even laughed at him...

[IJustOwnz]

Dear god fucking ferrets? And pillars? Come ON?! Fucking retarded I mean I didn't even laugh they are going to far with this. I love Diablo too much for it to become this.

[noLuckyStrike09]

I wonder how many times blizzconel panelists said the word awesome. Talking about over exaggerating...

[Cirvantes123]

Why does it look so choppy?

[Vreckz]

instant columns... no fucking way... this is too much

ferrets... come on, this is DIABLO... the only things that are allowed to be cute are my sorceress's boobies

blizz, fire this guy pls... srsly...

[TherealDarthSlayden]

@Vreckz Hes not responsible for that though. He's just talking about it.

[dash1dash2]

ok wtf Chris Haga sounds like a fat loser "its pretty awesome, i dunno, its sweet, you know, im not sure". He sounds like cartman actually. ugh.

[Aceanitor]

Since people never read the descriptions: "This clip is not a showcase of current skills in Diablo that looks cool. This is, like Chris points out, a few examples of how they improve ideas that don't work." Stop QQing retards.

[t0lkien1]

@Aceanitor Actually, if you watch the entire thing, it's not just what was excluded but is also the things they have put in game e.g. the single temple pillar, the Call of the Ancients, and the DH's little familiars. The things that made it through the process are what is causing all the (understandable) concern.

[t0lkien1]

@t0lkien1 ... excluding Call of the Ancients, which is great.

[t0lkien1]

Also, the monk is Asian. ASIAN. Where does Western masonry fit into that. Hello?

[TherealDarthSlayden]

@t0lkien1 Korea

[t0lkien1]

@TherealDarthSlayden Buddhist != Greco-Roman (not even close) ;)

[TherealDarthSlayden]

@t0lkien1 ....well then fuck korea

[JacobLaren]

This video is proof Diablo 3 devs do a lot of drugs, which leads to mixed results.

The Monk's summon temple (even as one pillar), is fucking retarded.

[xharborx]

"temple" is a waste of a spell slot. looks ridiculous. i hope to god they change it since i wanted to play the monk.

they really should get rid of this guy, more creativity please. this is DIABLO 3

[casperghos7]

MORTE!!!! yesss

[t0lkien1]

Temple Aesthetic? Maybe you can summon Aristotle too, and have him reason with the demons? And a crowd that goes crazy with anger at his polemic and rampages through the map pillaging. Hey, and you can level it up from simple Roman pillars to full on Corinthian embellishments. That would be "sweet". Gees guys, could you think any less elegantly? Sack this guy.

[Maxcreeper69]

alright that stone pillar thing is stupid as hell

[MusicJutsu]

I just picture a warehouse full of pillars slowly disappearing and one angry and puzzled owner

[Lifejustneedsdeath]

i thought the skull was likes sick

[mvalerg]

I,personally , don't like the temple spell either. But people here and forums should complain in a more well-intentioned way. It's not like these guys (technical team) don't want the game to be awesome. Give them some credit. They might get your point more seriously...

[6496191914]

OH I SEE! Barbarian gets to summon 3 ancient warriors, but demon hunter only gets TWO ferrets. Come on blizz, you know you need to add that third ferret.

[drewmandan]

Chris Haga is gigantic.

[itirnitii]

OMG -- I would have been screaming for the ferrets. That's awesome!! (not joking)

[Riikimaru07]

I just wanted to say he is fucking amazing, so passioned

[Spacemancer]

you think its sweet, we dont

[Dincorta]

You should be able to summon like 4 or 5 temples in a line in the direction you're facing, like a Sub-Zero ice attack thing from MK. Then obviously they explode and take out the enemies that were missed the first time. THAT would be awesome.

[Sparda11222]

this dude is like the jack black of diablo :)) ..really enjoyed the vid

[FrostTheViking]

Other than the Barb one, Pretty Lame.

[Pokutay]

This is true passion right here. If only everyone in the industry was as excited about games as this guy.

[Enlazador9]

It's so sad that he is trying to portrait all of this as SO AWESOME but the public is so silently-wtf?

[Apollys]

This guy is so kickass, haha!

[seventhseekers]

demon hunter should summon demon as his/her pet. demon hunter hunt the demon, well.. s/he can keep some :D

[CYI3ERPUNK]

ok lets go thru the list

the BARB summoning the ANCIENTS = FUCKING AWESOME, great job, well done

the Demonhunter pets are pretty lame, how about a HAWK/EAGLE?!?! and/or WOLF/TIGER/BIG CAT

the Monk pillar/temple thing is lame, seriously lame, the BELL however is badass, so keep the BELL and forget about the pillar garbage

[Nameusernameistaken]

I mean it's pretty cool, I mean I wouldn't know does it look cool I don't know could be....You're not helping blizzard mister Lawl.

[dankykev04]

HAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Kretek]

@dankykev04 KHAAAAAAAN!!!!!

[dadamichiko20]

I think he need to start working out.. lol

[bashiersoto]

i feel like diablo 3 is going to disappoint me.... maby its this dumb ass fat bitch talking about it, hes totally not awesome ^_^

[deblue9x]

@kretek stupid and lame are awesome

[Headslaught]

awsome awsome awsome awsome awsome

[hagmanification]

fat cp whore fatso fat commentator noob fatso.

[LoginusPL]

Summonig a column: tasteless, stupid, illogical and on the top of that, isn't summoning a material object out of nothing something that fits a wizard a bit more?

My idea is, they put that into the game, people will rage, and then they will change it only to say they listen to the feedback.

[kodo88]

Why do this guy have the postion that he has? I thought that Diablo was supposed to be really dark, creepy and demonic and shit like that. How does he relate those "awesome effects" to that? And the bat? Haha wtf... a wolf or whatever would be better then that. Get your shit together Blizzard.

[Ziiiv]

@kodo88

The current list of available Demon Hunter familiars is:

Raven (coolest, but it's the unruned version so you'll never actually use it)

Bat (faster resource regen)

Spider (slows enemies)

Boar (AoE melee attack)

Ferrets (non-combat. Increase your gold and collect gold automatically)

Wolf (time-limited, but much better damage)

[youlikefishsticks1]

This fat guy is the opposite of awesome, horrible presenter.

[CorporalHotdogs]

So this guy works on the game...Why is he so damn unsure about everything?

"I guess it like bites them or something and like sucks their blood I don't know"

...............confidence, he has none.

[salxom]

@CorporalHotdogs public speaking man... try speaking in front of thousands of people and see how confident you are.

[CorporalHotdogs]

@salxom then don't fucking put him on stage.

[CorporalHotdogs]

wait that temple is officially in the game? Even the one pillar looks stupid as shit.

[TherealDarthSlayden]

"GG guys that's all I got" -fat idiot

[scypion11]

Call of the ancients omfg i am in AWE

[xjakemarinx]

temple=dumb im so dissapointed with alot of monk skills. but some are sooooooo sweet.

[dlacerna]

gg

[falsepositivve]

Awww, Morte didn't pass the casting?