I think the graphics are absolutely stunning and shouldn't be changed at all. Also I think the witch doctor looks like an incredible replacement for the necromancer. I'm more excited about this, as is, than starcraft 2 at the moment. I think that Diablo 3 will be an extraordinary advancement in the franchise, by upgrading the two things that made Diablo 2 less than perfect - having to rely on potions and only being able to cast two spells at once without having to change them.

I don't understand how you people could say the graphics are suffering from "warcraft syndrome". I don't think the graphics are at all childish or cartoony. On the contrary, I think that the graphics pay true homage to diablo 2, by not changing the looks of the creatures (especially the goat-men), and adding true gore effects that the graphics engine of the previous games could not handle.

As for only having 5 classes, I'm sure they'll add two or more in an expansion just like LoD.

Anyway, those are my two cents.

Raithed

China7078 Posts

June 30 2008 01:14 GMT

#225

On June 29 2008 11:45 FreeZEternal wrote:
suddenly i have 0 interest for sc2 -,-;

thats
how
i
feel!

Nitrogen

United States5345 Posts

June 30 2008 01:20 GMT

#226

On June 30 2008 10:10 Meta wrote:
I think the graphics are absolutely stunning and shouldn't be changed at all. Also I think the witch doctor looks like an incredible replacement for the necromancer. I'm more excited about this, as is, than starcraft 2 at the moment. I think that Diablo 3 will be an extraordinary advancement in the franchise, by upgrading the two things that made Diablo 2 less than perfect - having to rely on potions and only being able to cast two spells at once without having to change them.

I don't understand how you people could say the graphics are suffering from "warcraft syndrome". I don't think the graphics are at all childish or cartoony. On the contrary, I think that the graphics pay true homage to diablo 2, by not changing the looks of the creatures (especially the goat-men), and adding true gore effects that the graphics engine of the previous games could not handle.

As for only having 5 classes, I'm sure they'll add two or more in an expansion just like LoD.

Anyway, those are my two cents.

In one of the screenshots there's a picture of a fucking rainbow in the background. Does that sound like d3 to you?

Anyways, I think they could use a little less vibrant colors and a little more gloom, but maybe not as much as some of the pictures w/ some filters on it I've seen.

clazziquai

6685 Posts

June 30 2008 01:23 GMT

#227

On June 30 2008 10:01 MYM.Testie wrote:
WANT
GIVE ME

Stick to DotA+Poker man...:/

paper

13196 Posts

June 30 2008 01:24 GMT

#228

poker? testie just dotas 14 hours a day :D

Cpt.Cocaine

Canada299 Posts

June 30 2008 01:34 GMT

#229

On June 30 2008 10:10 Meta wrote:
I don't understand how you people could say the graphics are suffering from "warcraft syndrome". I don't think the graphics are at all childish or cartoony. On the contrary, I think that the graphics pay true homage to diablo 2, by not changing the looks of the creatures (especially the goat-men), and adding true gore effects that the graphics engine of the previous games could not handle.
.

What are you smoking? Bright neon colors, bright cartoony textures, models that look straight out of wow, even the damn blue glow on the axe is straight out of warcraft 3. They could've put unicorns in there and they wouldn't look out of place.

Last Romantic

United States20666 Posts

June 30 2008 01:40 GMT

#230

On June 30 2008 10:01 Nitrogen23 wrote:

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I think the durance of hate was pretty creepy too. Now that I think about it, most of a3 was pretty creepy back then.

those fucking little rat fetish creatures were damn scary, yeah

i didn't even know what a fetish was back then.

Gokey

United States2722 Posts

June 30 2008 02:09 GMT

#231

yeah, honestly, i am much more excited about D3 than SC2 at the moment

damn you Blizzard hype machine!!!

edit: Scariest monsters for me were the rat fetishes (hit so fast, then stunlock, then explode on death), goatmen (their hits HURT in hell), and the Smith (curse was fking scary when it takes 1/2 your health)

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

June 30 2008 02:17 GMT

#232

On June 30 2008 10:40 Last Romantic wrote:

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those fucking little rat fetish creatures were damn scary, yeah

i didn't even know what a fetish was back then.

Now you know.

HamerD

United Kingdom1922 Posts

June 30 2008 02:36 GMT

#233

for me the scariest part (first time through) was andariel. I was 13 and shaking!!!

Lol i should have phrased that to make it sound less like child abuse. Anyway, rat fetishes were fucking scary, christ! But they were more like 'oh shit im gona die'; and ps seeing as they appeared in andariel's lair first under whatever name, I guess they count more as hers anyway. That whole way to get to andariel was just gruelling too. Once I got to durance I was cruising with bone spear anyway and found it pretty undaunting (though i was a summon nec first ever time through so i was going around in a security blanket of skellies).

But man you gota admit tristram was pretty daunting the first time you went? I remember shaking and being like OMG THIS IS WHATS REMAINSS OFS PROUDS TRISTRAMS

??!!!!

United States2921 Posts

June 30 2008 02:38 GMT

#234

D3 will be sick as fuck ^^

Jyvblamo

Canada13788 Posts

June 30 2008 03:00 GMT

#235

I don't think anyone has topped this one yet...

Nitrogen

United States5345 Posts

June 30 2008 03:08 GMT

#236

On June 30 2008 10:40 Last Romantic wrote:

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those fucking little rat fetish creatures were damn scary, yeah

i didn't even know what a fetish was back then.

Lol, the spider things were creepy as fuck too in a3.

Worldstone probably had the creepiest characters, but not as creepy of an environment. They had the fetish/undead dolls, and those fucking souls turn invisible and pop up and shoot lightning and rape you.

EnergyTraction

Canada233 Posts

June 30 2008 03:41 GMT

#237

In terms of "oh shit fuck I'm gonna die" it would be running into massive groups of lightning souls and those bull demons in the Worldstone, especially a boss with fanaticism and conviction, which isn't really that rare

in terms of scary to play, the fuckin Butcher scared the shit out of me when i was seven and playing diablo i

Cpt.Cocaine

Canada299 Posts

June 30 2008 03:46 GMT

#238

Act 3 was the scariest act for me, and, despite everybody else hating it, it was by far my favorite part of the game. There's just something so very moody about a corrupted jungle, ruined temples, torchlights and the sound of crickets.

Cpt.Cocaine

Canada299 Posts

June 30 2008 03:47 GMT

#239

... And Ormus! Oh god Ormus was so friggin awesome. I would totally have his babies.

Jyvblamo

Canada13788 Posts

June 30 2008 03:55 GMT

#240

Seems like other people also have a bone to pick with the rainbows in Diablo 3: