Diablo III Male Wizard, Expansion Revealed

There haven't been any Blizzard games without expansions in a very very long time. I wouldn't expect anything different for Diablo 3.

Great games deserve expansions, as a fan I demand them, I don't want the fun to stop prematurely.

The game isn't even launched and they are talking about xpacs and DLC? This isn't an MMO. What happened to buying a full game at the start? Is anyone else pissed about this? I got 10 hours out of Bioshock 2 that's a decent number of $/hr to play that game. I stopped playing Dragon Age : Origin when I had to buy 4 out of 5 story lines.

^^I get what you're saying, but Dragon Age probably had the most playing hours of almost any non-multiplayer game I've played in, well, ages.

I somewhat agree with your DLC analysis. I liked it when developers made expansion packs when a game was successful. Now they plan on adding content before they're even done with the original game. Tough to say if that's charging extra for what was normally included, or if it is truly an extra above and beyond what would normally come with the game.

Why can't they focus more on the main game first then worry about the expansion later? It's like thinking of building a spaceship when we haven't worked out how to make planes fly yet.

I'm really excited for these reported sequels. It of course means more money to be spent, but that also means more content, and I'm sure everyone wants more content with one of the most popular game series of today.

What I'm even more excited about is the fact that I found a site giving out free Diablo 3 beta keys in anticipating for the Diablo 3 beta key. I recently got my key ahead of time since I know people would be kicking down the walls in order to get their keys, and it's first come first serve, so I was first served.

If anyone wants to throw their hat in the ring and try to get a beta key for themselves, here's the site I got it from: http://diablo3betakeys.blogspot.com

Cheers to Blizzard for coming through with these games, at least they didn't get complacent with WoW's success.

Hehe... they had to goth the male Wizard up to appease the pissed off Necromancer fans.... Like me!

Uhh I didn't buy any DLC and it took me almost 60 hours to get to Landsmeet. Maybe you don't know how to enjoy a game? Or maybe you're too good.

As with anything with Blizzard... I'll care when it actually comes..

Yay!
I miss my necromancer. Asside from the druid, it was the funnest class.

I'm actually hoping there is a difference between the male and female characters. Such as the male has a really frickin big fireball, while the female can turn into a phoenix.
Also, I hope there is no respeccing, or at least that respeccing is a difficult and pricey procedure (added replay value, such as one summoner druid and one bear form druid).

I'm hoping for a lot from this game Blizzard, don't let me down!
I can still remember the first time I played Diablo 1. It was midnight, I was in a cheap hotel, and it was one my mothers laptop. I can't remember why it had Diablo 1 on it (a demo). It was pure awesome.
I bought D2 3-4 times and D2:LoD 2 times because I kept losing the keys.

Given only five classes in Diablo III, was there any doubt that there will be at least one expansion pack for the game to get back up to 7+ classes to match Diablo II?

I just hope they don't do something like StarCraft II here and give us a three-part-game for $150.

Sick and tired of hearing "now a new wall released" look at the candles on the table, they are new in D3.

Release the game already...

I miss the days where a company would release a full game, and if it was successful release additional expansion packs. Now it's like they plan to release 1/2 to 2/3 of a game initially, and sell the rest of the already planned content as extra. That is clearly the case here as they aren't even close enough to release to tell us what year it'll be released, and they're already planning making additional pay content.

I usually torrent games to try them out and then may buy them if it's worth it. The past few years I've only bought TF2 (after trying it for free), and am having reservations about SC2 and D3. If I do buy SC2, it'll only be the first release and won't bother with the others. Knowing Activision, people with the first game probably won't be able to play online with others who bought the additional SC2 packs.

Before talking about expansions, why doesn't blizzard give us something for them to actually expand upon?

Sick of talk and teases. I want to game.

Are they adding the Amazon? If not, Im not buying it.

i hope the female version has Andariel-like outfits

http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/characters/wizard.xml

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g

What happened to the day when paying $50 for a game was enough for them to sell you the whole game? Consumers are really taking it up the butt in every way imaginable... DRM, Day 1 DLC, expansions planned before the game is even released, recurring monthly fees... I mean... sweet f'n Jesus. ENOUGH!

That said... Team Fortress 2 is perhaps the best value in the history of video games.

and also Guild War (free of subscription fee, mmorpg). Though I don't play it anymore (due to time and level cap of 20).

Doesn't surprise me much that they're already talking about an expansion. With the trend Activision/Blizzard is starting to set, I wouldn't be surprised if they end-up trying to sell Diablo 3 in multiple installments with some lame excuse.

Imagine, having to pay $50 for each Act in Diablo, or being limited to only two classes and having to pay extra $$$ for each other character?

Maybe I'm just being paranoid...