Diablo 3: Eight players is a party, nine could be too much

Blizzard is still unsure how many people will be involved with the cooperative portion of Diablo 3.  Blizzard executive vice-president Rob Pardo told IGN at BlizzCon that he was “worried” that too many players could soil the experience.

From the interview:

We’re a little bit worried that if you go up to too many players that you’re not really going to be playing together anymore. We want to make sure it’s a great co-op experience where you really play with the people you’re with, so we’ve just got to experiment and figure out what the optimal number is.

Later on, Pardo confirmed that Blizzard is seeking a limit of eight players, which would probably still make Diablo 3 a mess if one imagines eight newly-announced wizards casting environmental spells at once. The demo at BlizzCon only consisted of four people simultaneously, which probably means that eight people is going to be insane. Thankfully, I’ll be able to control all eight characters at once in the luxury of my own home. Beware my upcoming cyberspace legion of axe-handed dwarves, skeletons. Beware.

[via EvilAvatar]