When a game's mechanics work so well, there is only so much you can improve upon.I'm not saying change the mechanics, I'm saying be a little creative and come up with a fresh setting, a new mythos, some new characters.
there is a new setting, new story and new characters, its just in the same world and i see nothing wrong with it especially i could care less about those things regarding gameplay.
I'd even go so far and say i prefer a proven and interesting world instead of coming up with a new one just for the sake of it.
I understand that they've got the gameplay down just the way millions of people like it. And I don't think they should change it if that's the case.I just think it's about time they made a NEW game.
Blizzard can only do so much...
Btw WoW is a new game.
I also dont understand how you define "new". There is hardly anything that wasnt done before. So why should Blizzard leave it to others to create crap copies of their games if they can do it so much better and if thats exactly what ppl (myself included) want.
If you want "new" games so badly then there are plenty others in development (check out sacred 2).
Sure, make it play like Diablo plays, if you want - but give me some fresh meat - not ten-year-old putrid storyline painted red so I think it's fresh and not rotten.
You should first get some proper infos on D3. There are already a lot of new things, the core design is roughly the same but so many other things changed that there is enough fresh meat.