Spike VGAs Tonight – Diablo 3 Fails to Win
Posted 8 December 2012 by Rushster
Update: Sadly Diablo 3 didn’t pick up an award. Mass Effect 3 picked up best RPG and XCOM: Enemy Unknown won Best PC Game. We have a full list of winners up now on IncGamers.com
As many of you know, tonight is the annual Spike VGAs, a time to dish out glittering prizes for the top games of 2012. Diablo 3 is nominated in the Best RPG and Best PC Game category and it’s up against some stiff competition. If you plan to watch the show, then you can also join Tim, Peter and yours truly live on the IncGamers Twitch channel for opinion and commentary. The show kicks off at 6PM PST (2AM GMT)
I don’t have high hopes for diablo 3 succeeding. It will probably be Borderlands 2 for RPG.
I might have not had hopes but some at Blizzard maybe did
Eric Grimenstein – Cinematics FX Artist at Blizzard Entertainment. I make things blow up and turn to liquid. Tweeted
Diablo 3 didn’t win an award because the game didn’t earn it. Great game, don’t get me wrong, but not nearly as good as it could have been.
Still, versus XCOM or ME3…
Diablo 3 for ‘most disappointing game by fan-base’s perspective.’
well dur incgamers, it’s obvious they weren’t going to get it
Too much Blizzard hate all over the video game industry.
So average games with 10% of Diablo’s 3 revenue get crowned because of an insane hate trolling campaign.
I am going back to board wargames where people LOVE to play games together instead of vomiting all over the place.
what does revenue have to do with the game’s quality or with customer satisfaction
Hey buddy McDonalds serves the best cheeseburger on Earth. I know because they sold a lot of them DERP!
No ****. Blizzard has lost its ****ing way. What they have managed to dominate, however, is the hype award. No other company can raise expectations so high with blatant lies and supposed mechanics. They then give a game with a story written by a retarded giraffe with a crayon and a helmet. What’s more is that they force you to see the story every ****ing play-through, over and over and over.
I think that is changing. I know my feelings towards this company have based exclusively on how they have handled this game from 2 years before release until now.
I truly believe this game owes its success to Dave Brevik and the team that made Diablo2 so kickass and the incredibly long wait between games. Then some fat useless slob takes over and incorporates all of his female family members into the game as bosses and look where we are now… thanks jay!
I’ll just leave this here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_video_games
thank you !
its obvious from that list that “The Sims 2″ is the greatest game ever made !
I hear the Twilight films make boat loads of cash, I guess they fantastic.
big lol
Eh, I didn’t really see D3 winning nor am I for it. D3 has to fix its flaws first before it can win awards.
I’m sure of myself that I’m not a fanboy, but there’s just way too much hate on this game. I have my own criticisms that most already voiced for me, but seriously?
I know a lot of you are disappointed and a number of you have definitely expressed that here, hoping that the developers redeem themselves and the game. Some lost hope entirely.
But now, I can’t even stand to participate anymore. It makes me feel ashamed I’m part of this community, not just IncGamers, but the entire fanbase. I’m mad not because of the game, but because of the community.
I’m not going to leave, since this is still the site where I get information from. I don’t know what to say anymore, and I don’t care if this comment is structured or not. I just want to put this out here. I’m just disappointed. I thought really high of you guys and I’ve lost most of my respect.
Elly, Flux, and every one responsible, good job on running this site. It’s just the people in here I have a problem with.
Pfft. This is the internet, you aren’t allowed to have moderate opinions on things.
If there’s anything I’ve learned from the “fans” here, it’s that people have no idea what they want (inferno won’t be hard enough/is too hard/should/should not be a new difficulty level, just for starters), except to complain.
I think the big problem with Inferno was that it was very hard (maybe too hard). But only for people who were not willing to use the auction house.
And in my opinion beating a difficulty should primarily require Skill and not money.
that is the probably the best and most concise summary of Blizzard’s thinking ever written
lol
Dude, grow up.
I agree with you Rodge.
These times video gaming sites are sickening. D3′ vomit is ridiculous and the same applies to WoW and other popular games.
People here should visit http://www.boardgamesgeek.com to view how boardgamers and wargamers interact positively to support each other and their gaming communities. 30 year old games are advertised and promoted, whatever the rating, the views or preferences.
Players help each other find rules, missing parts and it is a pleasure to visit the different postive forums and tranquility.
These video game websites are the exact opposite and frankly guys … You are not helping this childish industry at all.
Your vomit is responsible for a serious lack in growth these last few years.
D3 is a great game and name calling is just a reason to ignore video gaming sites.
In the long run it will turn against you all.
Was there a troll meeting we forgot to attend or something?
The reason why the games industry is experiencing a “serious lack of growth” is because of a global recession.
The recession has meant that companies are not willing to take risks, so they are releasing “safe”, uninspiring games.
In the case of D3, it is a terrible game because of its many flaws, not because of its player base.
The developers create games that attract children. Gaming companies have taken games away from gamers, and given it to the zinga horde.
Zynga is only perceived as winning the gaming fight… they make no money they will not exist in the not too distant future. They are on to something though.. quick reward.
The reality of why our games are getting “watered down” and the learning curve so shallow is that attention spans of kids and teenagers, which is a main target group, are getting so short. Look at the games that are most popular and you’ll see an action based game which is simple and a kid can pick up and play. COD and Diablo .. people knock it but it’s what the kids want. It’s our teenagers skinner box… What I personally like most about Diablo is the RNG.. it’s like gambling for free…. with a little more skill to pull the handle.
The best sold games aren’t there because of their story lines, delicate gameplay of cinematography. They are there because they tweek our brains with reward and keep us coming back.
We have entered a slippery slope of too simple, however look at some of the korean MMO’s or action RPGs and they seem overly complicated.
Dude. The fanbase for D3 has been created by Blizzard approach to it. The approach suckz ballz until this very day. So, no wonder the communict suckz ballz as well, arguably. Go read how sc2 developers talk to the fans (e.g. me). I don’t feel offended every time i read an update from these guys.
It’s no surprise D3 didn’t win an award. It’s a grindy pay-to-win treadmill with abysmal writing and little depth.
Sometimes I WANT a brainless clickfest, so that’s mostly fine with me, but there’s no comparison between this and Mass Effect. Even ME3′s crap-tastic original endings came out more favorable than Maghda’s butterfly magicks.
Well, seeing The Walking Dead as their best game of the year and Halo 4 winning best graphics, this VGA is like an MTV Award show for me.
Cutting corners and removing some of the best ideas just prior to release . I wonder why D3 never got an award .
I hope the developers are happy , it could have been number one .
I thought XCOM was good, but not that good.