My Interview with the creator of the Diablo and Torchlight series--Max Schaefer!

[warcrow]

I'm SO excited!

I got to interview Max Schaefer while I was at E3 last week, and it was awesome! We ended up discussing the future of the Torchlight series including the MMO, Diablo 3 and why it’s release has been very good for Torchlight 2, the now infamous ‘Error 37’ and why he hopes they’re fortunate enough to experience it, Torchlight 2 on XBLA & Mac, how Minecraft could meet Torchlight, plus his overall inspirations in games design.

Check it out and let me know what you think. It's pretty in depth, and I'm sort of proud of this one.

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[RPD]

Good interview, he does sound like a good guy, had nothing but good things to say about his competition.

 

[ViviTheMage]

nice

video would have been cool too

 

[Fenixgoon]

congrats warcrow! that's so cool!

 

[Martimus]

Great interview. Thanks for posting it!

 

[titan131]

Nice one, thx.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Really great interview, thanks for sharing it. Very interesting insights in how their company/development works

 

[Ashenor]

Good questions, one of the better gaming interviews I have read.

Can't wait for TL2.

 

[thilanliyan]

Thanks!

I'm playing TL1 right now and it's a fairly fun game, but the levels become repetitive sometimes and it feels like I'm having to fight wave after wave of baddies just because...my only complaint with the game. Otherwise, I'm enjoying it and I got it as part of the TL2 preorder...2 games for $20?! Can't go wrong (usually).

 

[HardcoreRobot]

thanks for sharing, looking fwd to TL 2

 

[warcrow]

Thanks for all the kind words guys!

 

[railven]

Great read. I actually found this quote amusing:

What do you think we’re looking at in terms of time frame then, perhaps a few weeks once the PC version is release?

It’s tough to say because our very first priority after the PC release will be to put out fires. I’m sure we’ll have our own version of Diablo 3s Error 37. With any luck you know? [laughs] What that Error 37 really means is you have 6 million people pounding on your servers, so we want our Error 37 equivalent. [laughs]

All I heard from the consumer end was negativity. From the developer's point - it is clearly a positive sign. of course, I wasn't affected by Error 37 so my opinion might be skewed haha.

EDIT: I actually like how he wants to take Blizzard on, with their product, but acknowledge who they are versus Blizzard and their difference in scope/ability. Also really like he's making strong points without resorting to trash talking like most exec out there now (oh man the mud fling when MW3 vs BF3 was coming out, from exec none the less, how shameless.)

 

[Rambusted]

Thanks for the interview, I really enjoyed it. I did not play torchlight 1 beyond a demo but am playing through D3 right now and I think I will be ready to retire that by the time this comes out.

 

[PrayForDeath]

Read the whole thing, great job!

 

[terry107]

Nice interview. Schaefer seems like a nice, down-to-earth guy.