there really shouldn't be, from a technical PoV. maybe from a gameplay mechanic PoV, but that would be dumb.

Why? There's never a problem seeing things, since walls go transparent when they need to and it's all point-and- click. There's no advantage to be gained by moving the camera. That's just such a pointless complaint.

The isometric view is probably also necessary because it uses a tileset to dynamically create each area every time you play. I doubt that would work in a "true" 3D environment.

Yeah, to me it feels like Blizzard's overdeveloping otherwise extremely simplistic gameplay styles. It was a letdown to see Ghost flop because it seemed like they were finally breaking the mold and doing something almost new for them.

Probably because I don't like click-move gameplay at all, and would prefer the option to mirror wow-type controls in the game.

WoW-type controls wouldn't really work unless the mechanics were redesigned, so it couldn't be an option. Skills like Teleport or Leap rely on right-clicking your destination quickly. You wouldn't be able to teleport behind a huge boss without monkeying with the camera.

Of course if they gave it WoW controls, there would be cries that Blizz made a WoW-clone. So, to each his own, I guess. If you don't like point-and-click, you won't like DIII, but it would take a mechanics rehaul to do what you suggest.

That's fine with me, I skipped Diablo II, so I won't have any compunctions about skipping this one as well. Starcraft II will be more than enough Blizz love for me (though I also think a rotatable camera in that game would improve the playability, it isn't as near of a make or break type thing)

hm? gief proof?

Sorry, when looking up the interview where it was announced, I realized it wasn't a direct quote from Kaplan, rather a "hot tip" from the interviewer.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=181521

I imagine he mentioned it by accident and then said "Don't print that."

While it was probably a joke, during the L80 Elite Tauren Chiefton concert at WWI, they performed a Starcraft song.

Before the song started the lead singer asked the crowd "Who wants to play a game based in the world of Starcraft?" There were a few cheers, as I think some may have been lost in the language translation, so he rephrased it, then just flat out asked "Who wants to play World of Starcraft right now?" Still the crowd didn't seem to go as crazy as anticipated, so Samwise just said "well, there goes four years of development down the drain."

While he was joking, with him being the art director at Blizzard, there may be something to it. It makes for a good rumor anyway.