Diablo 3 Is A “Similar Size” To Diablo 2

The game director of Diablo 3, Jay Wilson, has said that fans of Diablo 2 can expect more of the same from the next game in the series – especially when regarding its size.

When speaking about the progression of the game and about how big it will be, Wilson said, “Honestly, it’s a similar size to Diablo II.”

“There are some differences here and there, exterior environments are a little more diverse, dungeons are about the same. Even the way the Acts increase in length and then scale down,” he told IGN.

However, according to Wilson, this isn’t a case of simply taking the easy route and replicating what’s been done before. Rather it’s about pacing the experience.

“We intentionally did that again because we thought it had a good feel to it to reduce the length of later acts so that you feel like you’re accelerating towards the finale,” he said.

The last bit of interesting news we heard about Diablo 3 was last month, back at Gamescom 2010, where Blizzard made an eyebrow-raising comment saying that Diablo 3 would suit a console port.

We haven’t heard anything else since then, but we’re hoping we do soon.