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Orome
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Switzerland11984 Posts
June 30 2010 14:50 GMT
#81
D2 is the only game I was ever really addicted to. I really hope Blizzard will manage to retain D2's feel and not go the WoW route (I think WoW's a good game in its own right though).
On a purely personal note, I'd like to show Yellow the beauty of infinitely repeating Starcraft 2 bunkers. -Boxer
Malgrif
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1095 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 20:03:49
June 30 2010 20:03 GMT
#82
On June 30 2010 09:05 im a roc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2010 08:40 Malgrif wrote:
d2 is basically wow with crappier graphics, interface, and game play. d3 will just be more of the same, i don't know what else they can bring to the table. wow seemed to have mastered the genre of action
rpg/mmo.



These are not the same thing, these are two different genres.
You can't compare gameplay cross genre.
You can't rip on graphics or UI from a decade ago.

Diablo ≠ WoW. UI and graphics will be improved ten fold over the corse of 10 years, and the gameplay is still compelling to a huge number of fans.

kill mobs, collect loot, show off? lol gameplay imo wow is far superior in this respect. d2 is just an item grind fest
for there to be pro there has to be noob.
Bibdy
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3481 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 20:22:17
June 30 2010 20:20 GMT
#83
The volume of loot and the rapidity of levelling changes the gameplay a lot.

Yeah, its an RPG, but its less about story and 'the hero's journey' and more about good old fashioned blowing shit up, which is always fun.

Imagine if loot in WoW flew randomly around the place, you levelled up to 20 in like an hour, almost everything gets 1-shot and ALL of your abilities are crazy ass-kicking extravaganzas.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
June 30 2010 20:21 GMT
#84
After getting bored with sc2, I'm quite excited for D3. I hope D3 will have really fun PvE. I was a D2 addict for a long time, but the game completely sucks, I just couldn't put it down. All you do is grind until you have perfect item stats and then do nothing since PvP sucks. I hope D3 is not like that.
Uranium
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1077 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 20:44:11
June 30 2010 20:37 GMT
#85
On June 30 2010 08:40 Malgrif wrote:
d2 is basically wow with crappier graphics, interface, and game play. d3 will just be more of the same, i don't know what else they can bring to the table. wow seemed to have mastered the genre of action rpg/mmo.


MOAR RANDOMLY GENERATED LOOT.

No, seriously. The problem with WoW was always the dearth of good loot. And the fact that the loot wasn't randomly generated so you always had to go to particular places to get certain items.

In Diablo you can generate insane rares that are better than artifacts, and they all have their own unique stats so you can customize out your character.

edit: To the above posters, I love item grinding, especially if it can be done solo. I *hate* having to run instances with pub nubs in WoW (I never spent enough time on it to be in a good raid guild). And thank god D3 doesn't have healers (I hope). Otherwise it'll turn into "Oh, you're a Witch Doctor? Good. You can be main healer."

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Khenra
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Netherlands885 Posts
June 30 2010 21:21 GMT
#86
On June 30 2010 22:46 Numy wrote:
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On June 30 2010 10:51 Khenra wrote:
Guys I've got a question about Diablo 2..

So I would like to complete the single player game on Hell difficulty as if Diablo2 just came out. This means no Lord of Destruction and no patches that alter gameplay. However, in order to make Diablo2 run on my Vista, I need to install some patch..

So, is it not possible to play the original game anymore? Using the current patch there is the option to respec and some skills have been rebalanced. This is what I don't want. Is it possible to play on Vista without these alterations?


I'm not sure if this has been answered but what you can do is install a virtual machine with xp on you pc if you really want to play older games that Vista struggles with. Vista should come with the software needed


Well I tried running the game in Windows XP Service pack 2 compatibility mode but that didn't work.

Anyway, this is kind of off-topic since this thread is about Diablo 3, not Diablo 2. I'll stop derailing But if anyone knows how to do this.. Send me a PM or something
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DeCoup
Profile Joined September 2006
Australia1933 Posts
June 30 2010 21:31 GMT
#87
Go look at the first couple of screenshots of SC2 on the official site. (I chose the one with the lings running up the ramp and the tanks on high ground) then find a similar picture in the newest screenshots on their site (or even recreate the scene now in SC2) and compare. The first few pics look like wc3 too. Their cartoony, simple, bad shaders, little detail. The only reason is because graphics are the last thing you focus strongly on. Units and mechanics change, so spending a lot on graphics early on (especially with blizzards iteration based work model) does not happen. The game will look amazing on release.
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maneatingshoe
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada484 Posts
June 30 2010 21:31 GMT
#88
I know for certain that Diablo 3 is going to be the biggest game release for me in the past 5 and future 5 years. Diablo 2 Is the only game I ever got addicted to. Looting is so much fun in that game and getting gear for like 10 Godly characters was actually a blast, I still go back a play for a couple weeks every few months. I just can't wait for the bigger world, larger amount of items, solid visuals and the 2 months of my life that will disapear.
Jayme
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States5866 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-30 21:52:22
June 30 2010 21:51 GMT
#89
On June 30 2010 22:31 Highways wrote:
Diablo is for noobs.

Might as well play The Sims.

+ Show Spoiler +
I also expect people to prefer d3 over sc2 on gamefaqs, not teamliquid.

I guess you can't stop the casuals these days.


The hell is this?

Maybe people don't like SC2 because it's not that great of a game right now? That just might be it and it has nothing to do with being casual. I played WoW EXTREMELY hardcore (Im saying crazy 6-8 hours a day..no not proud of it -.-) and as of right now I still would prefer D3 over SC2 simply because while SC2 is good...it's nothing ground breaking and I had always been more addicted to D2 over SC back when I played both an insane amount.

Something about D2 just hooked me, the item hunting, the different characters, the skill tree. I just plain liked the game, a lot. You can play the diablo series pretty hardcore lol.
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Alak
Profile Joined October 2008
Sweden380 Posts
June 30 2010 21:57 GMT
#90
On July 01 2010 06:51 Jayme wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2010 22:31 Highways wrote:
Diablo is for noobs.

Might as well play The Sims.

+ Show Spoiler +
I also expect people to prefer d3 over sc2 on gamefaqs, not teamliquid.

I guess you can't stop the casuals these days.


The hell is this?

Maybe people don't like SC2 because it's not that great of a game right now? That just might be it and it has nothing to do with being casual. I played WoW EXTREMELY hardcore (Im saying crazy 6-8 hours a day..no not proud of it -.-) and as of right now I still would prefer D3 over SC2 simply because while SC2 is good...it's nothing ground breaking and I had always been more addicted to D2 over SC back when I played both an insane amount.

Something about D2 just hooked me, the item hunting, the different characters, the skill tree. I just plain liked the game, a lot. You can play the diablo series pretty hardcore lol.


I think everyone were doing their best to pretend that the post wasn't made. Just look the other way, don't make eye contact and whatever you do, don't show him your teeth.

Amateurish. Nearsighted. A waste of my time and everyone else's.
LegendaryZ
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1583 Posts
June 30 2010 22:03 GMT
#91
Comparing D2 and WoW is just plain stupid... the games were released years apart and much of WoW was built off what was learned in D2. D2 was one of the main predecessors to the modern MMORPG. Why not criticize Doom or Wolfenstein for being a crappy version of some modern FPS?

I was actually surprised that they decided to stick to the D2 format with D3 rather than go the MMO/subscription route, which would have certainly made them a lot of money and probably been a well-received successor to WoW. Truth is, though D2 did certainly have it's own flavor that the modern MMO simply doesn't give you. It's a much faster paced game and the item generator was one of the best of all time, producing so many unique items and leading to so many different ways to customize your character.

Personally, I do think D3 is going to equal or surpass SC2 in terms of quality and fun. SC2 as it is right now really isn't all that great... We'll see where it goes in the future, but the fact that so many people I know are already bored of it before the game is even released makes me wonder if it will even come close to living up to Brood War's legacy...
Assault_1
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada1950 Posts
June 30 2010 22:03 GMT
#92
Maybe now's an appropriate time to bump this thread.. now that we know a lot more about SC2, and beta's down so the SC2 forum is a bit quiet for now.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=95626

My vote was originally D3, and continues to be D3

Easy772
Profile Joined May 2010
374 Posts
June 30 2010 22:11 GMT
#93
On June 30 2010 06:53 PhiliBiRD wrote:
imo, im not sure how they will distribute time for SC2 + WOW + D3.

thats a lot to deal with, until now they're only had WOW for the past 6-7 years...



I'm almost certain they spend the most time on WoW because it is the most profitable. I wouldnt be suprised if they tried to figure out a way to squeeze some extra cash out of us in Diablo 3 either. Still love Blizzard, have to respect the business aspect of it as always.
"The best way to improve is to play one matchup on one map doing one strategy.. if you are good at one strategy you are a good player, if you are okay at many strategies you are an okay player at best" -Day[9] 181
im a roc
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States745 Posts
July 01 2010 00:43 GMT
#94
On July 01 2010 07:11 Easy772 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2010 06:53 PhiliBiRD wrote:
imo, im not sure how they will distribute time for SC2 + WOW + D3.

thats a lot to deal with, until now they're only had WOW for the past 6-7 years...



I'm almost certain they spend the most time on WoW because it is the most profitable. I wouldnt be suprised if they tried to figure out a way to squeeze some extra cash out of us in Diablo 3 either. Still love Blizzard, have to respect the business aspect of it as always.


Well, Blizzard has said that it will NOT be subscription based
and Blizzard has said that it will NOT be modable, meaning no "marketplace".

I don't know what else they could do to work a profit out of it past the game sale, but the Activision bit of ActivisionBlizzard is very creative in thinking of ways to profit from the game after purchase.
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SiegeFlank
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States410 Posts
July 02 2010 06:33 GMT
#95
If Blizzard plans to go through with their 2011 release of Diablo III, we'll probably be getting a lot more info about it at this upcoming Blizzcon. We still don't know what the 5th playable class will be.

Also, to those comparing D2 to WoW: One is an ARPG, the other is an MMORPG. That alone makes them different games entirely.
Bird up
DrGabriel
Profile Joined January 2010
United States80 Posts
July 02 2010 07:51 GMT
#96
The lack of customizable stats in D3 disturbs me greatly. IMO the best part of d2 was building chars exactly like you wanted to, which opened up soooo many oddball characters and builds.
You cannot just 1a2a3a your way into the vajayjay.
Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
July 02 2010 10:14 GMT
#97
is anyone else excited for pvp in d3? i loved pvp in d2, i played on d2pk for a while (amazing pvp server, no pvm at all) and loved it sooo much. i'm just curious on if they are going to bring something like enigma back into d3 because that is like... the backbone of most pvp chars.
UNFUCK YOURSELF
Kazius
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Israel1456 Posts
July 02 2010 10:46 GMT
#98
On July 02 2010 19:14 Nitrogen wrote:
is anyone else excited for pvp in d3? i loved pvp in d2, i played on d2pk for a while (amazing pvp server, no pvm at all) and loved it sooo much. i'm just curious on if they are going to bring something like enigma back into d3 because that is like... the backbone of most pvp chars.

I thought Enigma was broken, just as a few other items were - taking away things unique to one class and bringing it to everyone. I'd rather that everything like that just gave different class-specific bonuses depending on the user of the item/runeword.

Anyways, D2:LoD was Serious Sam to WoW's Half Life - you can make a solid case that WoW is better, but there's just no replacement for shredding through giant hordes of enemies.
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Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9560 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-02 10:52:53
July 02 2010 10:50 GMT
#99
On July 02 2010 19:14 Nitrogen wrote:
is anyone else excited for pvp in d3? i loved pvp in d2, i played on d2pk for a while (amazing pvp server, no pvm at all) and loved it sooo much. i'm just curious on if they are going to bring something like enigma back into d3 because that is like... the backbone of most pvp chars.


I hated runewords with a passion. They broke the fucking game, fucked the gameplay sideways. Runewords like Enigma, HotO, Insight and other just ruined the game on so many levels.
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im a roc
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States745 Posts
July 02 2010 12:57 GMT
#100
On July 02 2010 16:51 DrGabriel wrote:
The lack of customizable stats in D3 disturbs me greatly. IMO the best part of d2 was building chars exactly like you wanted to, which opened up soooo many oddball characters and builds.

I'm confidant that this will return once they got to balancing the different characters against each other.

And for those of you who don't know about Enigma, it's a runeword that can get you items like this:

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