Actions speak louder that words, and unfortunately his actions over the last decade have been to speak loudly of the failings of others while failing to produce anything of value himself. He's made a couple games since D3 launched that have all either failed or not been particularly successful, yet he talks as if he's a visionary who deserves to be worshiped. However, a decade later now, Brevik still has no more great games under his belt than D1/2 and he's starting to feel like a relic. Back in 2012 when the famous "fuck that loser" controversy happened, Brevik felt more like the victim since he'd had two great games (D1/2) and one stinker compared to Jay Wilson's one stinker (launch D3). Lastly, you've got Brevik's failings piling up. There are other people now who are arguably more successful than him, at least if you look at their whole output of games, who are also more humble than him.
Brevik's games are also still being played but he no longer occupies the sole status of "THE ARPG guy," and he hasn't been connected to either of those games in two decades either. If you want a take on how to create a successful Diablo-like ARPG, the designers of D3 and PoE are out there and have their fingers on the pulse of the Diablo-like genre since the games they've created are still being played. Chris Wilson and his team at GGG are likewise seasoned veterans who built up an empire from nothing. The D3 team has been maintaining D3 for over a decade now and even if you dislike D3, it can't be denied that its developers are seasoned veterans now. Back a decade or two ago Brevik and the rest of the D1/2 team were some of the only big-name Diablo-like designers out there but there's way more now. On top of that, there are many other ARPG designers out there now. That makes him come across as having a big head, which is near-universally a turn off since most people dislike those who are arrogant, especially if those people have very little backing up their arrogance. For sure he was an important component of the D1/2 team, and deserves recognition for that, but he usually speaks as if he's a visionary game designer whose design ideals should be given tons of weight despite having had no real successes in more than 20 years. Something that nobody else has directly said is that Brevik hasn't had a real hit since Diablo 2. Last updated at 14:00:17 UTC Weekly Help Desk RAGE Loot Thread Trade Thread
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