Diablo III

On June 28 2008 21:51 Famehunter wrote:
LMAO at witch doctors... whats next? Demon hunters? LOL !

On June 28 2008 21:53 Cpt.Cocaine wrote:
Looks like the graphics are suffering from warcraft syndrome... again. With a bit of work this could have potential.

On June 28 2008 21:53 Cpt.Cocaine wrote:
Looks like the graphics are suffering from warcraft syndrome... again. With a bit of work this could have potential.

On June 28 2008 22:47 GinNtoniC wrote:
The Witch Doctor is just a tweaked Warlock from WoW. quite boring tbh

On June 28 2008 22:26 BlackStar wrote:
3d, no innovation to gameplay. meh

On June 28 2008 23:38 Thrill wrote:
Cartoonish (N)

Looked low-paced too, which is in direct contest with what was announced on the panels.

On June 28 2008 22:47 GinNtoniC wrote:
The Witch Doctor is just a tweaked Warlock from WoW. quite boring tbh

On June 28 2008 22:26 BlackStar wrote:
3d, no innovation to gameplay. meh

On June 28 2008 23:55 Empyrean wrote:


Honestly he actually looks like the Witch Doctor hero from DotA (which is just some kind of troll). He's even using some sort of attack that looks like Death Ward :/

On June 29 2008 00:16 DrainX wrote:
If anyone manages to download the 800mb gameplay video, (Download doesnt work for me ) please upload it somewhere or send it to me and I will. Seems like im not the only one having trouble with that download :p I feel like playing d2 now ;_;

On June 29 2008 00:52 OakHill wrote:
I think as an esport, d3 will fall flat. Hopefully their next MMORPG will be better.

On June 29 2008 00:54 Nitrogen23 wrote:


I lol'd. Diablo as an esport?

On June 29 2008 01:00 Plexa wrote:
iirc they used to have some limited Diablo on OGN; ie theyd give 2 clans with like 4/5 people each one hour to level up and get as many items as they could then they'd pvp

they were pretty fucking mad too o.O getting to like 45~ in that short time

On June 28 2008 22:29 Zanno wrote:
oh yes im sure that has nothing to do with that the lead artist of blizzard has been the same guy since FOREVER

the only way this "warcraft syndrome" is going to end is if samwise accidently gets hit by a truck but do you really want that? the fact that they've come up with a rather unique 3d art style in this world of generic robots is probably the best you're going to get for the next few decades in terms of 3d graphics

On June 29 2008 00:08 FrozenArbiter wrote:

Hehehe, sounds like how some people react to SC2.... :D

On June 29 2008 01:15 Constantinius wrote:
Only thing that bothers me about this game is the WoW-esque graphics. I am just sick and tired of looking at blocky shapes all the time. Everything else seems really awesome, and I like the direction they are going with the gameplay. Seems like they want more choices in combat.

On June 29 2008 01:07 exo6yte wrote:


Actually, D1 and D2 were originally made by a different company that was later bought out by Blizzard and renamed Blizzard North (although D2 had a little influence from Blizzard in California). They all did their own art, and when Blizzard was forced by Vivendi to make all Blizzard North employees move to the offices in California a lot of them left because they didn't want to move, many artists included.

On June 29 2008 02:05 LordofToast wrote:


The ones who were left went on to make hellgate which was complete and utter trite.

I guess it separated the wheat from the chaff.

It looks like its going to deliver exactly what I want from a Diablo sequal. More of the same but better. Anyone complaining its hard to tell what is going on go back an play diablo and watch all the chaos.

The rag dolls are actually amazing.

On June 28 2008 23:16 Kennigit wrote:
Im not sure the quality of video you guys had, but seeing it live and blown up on 4 big screens. It looks sick. Im not blown away in terms of graphics but it has such a diablo feel, and the particle and destruction physics are amazing

On June 29 2008 01:06 Nitrogen23 wrote:


So it's like some crazy iron man tourney.

A lot of people have things like this, except you get like 15 minutes and some characters are restricted etc.

On June 29 2008 01:49 TheOvermind77 wrote:


I don't see where all of you guys are seeing these "WoW" graphics. The game looks very dark and visceral, I'm very excited. This is exactly what I was expecting D3 to be like and I am glad.

Lol this looks NOTHING like WoW.

On June 28 2008 21:51 Famehunter wrote:
LMAO at witch doctors... whats next? Demon hunters? LOL !

On June 29 2008 02:51 Nitrogen23 wrote:
Actually, does anyone know if they will put teleport into the game? It made pvm in d2 incredibly easy. Especially in the 1.10 patch... where everyone got teleport from enigma.

On June 29 2008 02:55 Scorch wrote:

The problem with that wasn't the Teleport skill but the duped enigmas giving it to everyone who shouldn't have it.

On June 29 2008 00:40 lololol wrote:


I guess you haven't played the regular game, so you're talking about dota?

On June 28 2008 22:26 BlackStar wrote:
3d, no innovation to gameplay. meh

On June 29 2008 04:33 GunsofthePatriots wrote:
This game looks great!

but sadly if it's pay-to-play i will never pick this one up.

On June 29 2008 03:40 EnergyTraction wrote:


lol. read what he said

Plexa did they really get to level 45 in an hour with no rushing? Seems impossible without someone boosting you to hell CS runs or something, because there's 0 way to get to that level in one hour from scratch

On June 29 2008 04:40 zdd wrote:

it's possible, if you make 3 simultaneous accounts: regular character, enchantress with leaf staff, and warcry barb
but you'd have to have gosu micro or follow bots to actually do that yourself.

On June 29 2008 05:39 Gokey wrote:
Chills, man

On June 29 2008 03:39 Narrator wrote:
If anyone wants to grab the gameplay trailer without having to use the stupid Blizzard Downloader, I've extracted the torrent for it here.

http://www.filedropper.com/diablo3-gameplaytraileren-us-downloader

Just so you guys know, Blizzard Downloader doesn't let you limit your upload speed. If you're on a normal connection like me, it'll lag.

EDIT: FileDropper has been acting stupid lately (I saw it coming. -_-).

Here is another link: http://www.mediafire.com/?zicwvm4zmto.

800 mb download btw. It should be in HD resolution like the artwork and cinematic trailers I grabbed. I'll post those up if anyone wants to get them too.

On June 29 2008 06:54 CTStalker wrote:
lol @ when the barbarian talks with cain.

"come, stay a while and..."
"enough idle chatter!"

On June 29 2008 05:19 parkin wrote:
I will buy this game if there are sorceresses with frozen orb and teleport.

Even if its all bright, colorful, cartoonish and has "troll" witch doctors like World of Warcraft.

On June 29 2008 08:01 Thrill wrote:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7807/itshouldrh5.jpg

This man is a genious.

On June 29 2008 09:06 suxN wrote:
BARDS COME BACK

On June 29 2008 09:43 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
I just hope they bring back the Paladin.

On June 29 2008 09:37 Nitrogen23 wrote:
Actually... I wish they had more character classes. Only having 5 seems like a huge restriction, unless the characters' skills are all very viable for PvP/PvM.

Anyone know if they are still using runes/charms/3 skill tree setup?

On June 29 2008 08:36 mahnini wrote:

That's awesome.

On June 29 2008 09:52 Reflex wrote:


Just not charge.

Or smite.

Or fist of the heavens.

You know what, no, I hope they don't bring back the Paladin. :/

On June 29 2008 10:37 Klogon wrote:
Anybody else rather have a Necro than this witch?

On June 29 2008 10:37 Klogon wrote:
Anybody else rather have a Necro than this witch?

On June 29 2008 10:37 Klogon wrote:
Anybody else rather have a Necro than this witch?

On June 29 2008 11:29 Mynock wrote:
They should make a Diablo III DotA mod.

That would be just... awsrdome.

On June 29 2008 11:07 Nitrogen23 wrote:


Um... DID YOU SEE THE ZOMBIE WALL?

It looks like some sort of crazy nking machine, just put one up in front of a town.

Lol, but besides that, I miss the necro. I kinda hope it is replaced by a similar character, especially the bone aspects of it. Ie another character that can get ~5k range physical damage and has good frames.

On June 29 2008 11:50 Mindcrime wrote:


physical?

On June 29 2008 11:35 Shauni wrote:


I can't tell if you're serious or not...

On June 29 2008 12:26 Nitrogen23 wrote:


Yes, physical.

On June 29 2008 12:29 Mindcrime wrote:


And how is that?

On June 29 2008 12:43 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Maybe the Witch Doctor is a hybrid, hell I just we are able to summon a Golem. I loved my Blood Golem

On June 29 2008 12:43 Nitrogen23 wrote:


The damage is physical damage. That's why amplify damage works with spear/spirit.

“It’s been in development for a few years. About four.” Wilson admits and of course, when asked the next Big Question: a release date, he gives the typical Blizzard response. “When it’s done,”

Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce was quick to add that, even after four years, “it’s far too early in development.”

On June 29 2008 12:49 Mindcrime wrote:


Uh... no. The damage is magic and amp doesn't help it.

On June 29 2008 14:27 Klogon wrote:
I'm not saying this game won't be awesome. but Necro was my first character in D2 and it has a special place in my fond childhood memories.

On June 29 2008 12:03 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
Diablo III honestly excites me far more than Starcraft II at this point. The Witch Doctor looks fucking sick, Soul Harvest in particular.

On June 29 2008 14:43 Empyrean wrote:


I doubt Soul Harvest'll be useful in PvP.

DUALDREAM ENCHANTRESS

BLARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

On June 29 2008 13:10 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Doesn't look like D3 is the next gen MMO, seeing how on the job listing D3 icons are already visible and the is still being shown next to some job positions. Probably Universe of StarCraft.

On June 29 2008 14:52 Nitrogen23 wrote:


What does soul harvest do?

And lol@dualdream chant zeal sorcs, they can't kill anything.

On June 29 2008 08:01 Thrill wrote:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7807/itshouldrh5.jpg

This man is a genious.

On June 29 2008 06:02 CharlieMurphy wrote:

Exactly what I came here for. (but non torrent form) Any chance you can upload to megaupload or something?

On June 29 2008 15:05 zoLo wrote:


Or Hydra.

On June 29 2008 11:22 alien3456 wrote:
Oh my god I can't stand people who bitch about "My favorite X isn't in the new one. I'm not buying it if X isn't in it". Fuck off then.

And the bright colors are part of what made Diablo 2 look amazing. Blizzard doesn't need a lesson in color theory.

On June 29 2008 17:48 ForAdun wrote:
No typo there, no. I meant it that way, it will probably be too easy once again just like Diablo 2. And probably just as stubborn.

ps: don't even tell me SP is hard. It isn't, it's just boring. I have played it several times and I stopped playing it at the very moment I realized that I'm wasting my time.

On June 29 2008 16:42 Shade692003 wrote:


Hydra IS diablo 3

On June 29 2008 08:01 Thrill wrote:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7807/itshouldrh5.jpg

This man is a genius.

On June 29 2008 14:27 Klogon wrote:
I'm not saying this game won't be awesome. but Necro was my first character in D2 and it has a special place in my fond childhood memories.

On June 29 2008 19:17 Scorch wrote:
I so hope they manage to make it as atmospheric as Diablo1. The great music, sound effects and dialogs, the dark levels, the exciting quests. I think I still know the poem about the Halls of the Blind by heart. Bosses like King Leoric, Archbishop Lazarus and the Butcher are so memorable. Who doesn't remember the Butcher's bloodlusty "Aaaah, fresh meat!" when you enter his slaughterhouse full of dead bodies? The feeling of getting closer and closer to the very netherworld as you venture deeper into the labyrinth. Pure satanic ambience. I was actually afraid when I played through Diablo1 for the first time. Please Blizzard, capture the dark atmosphere of the first Diablo game. Diablo2 was great fun too, but it left a lot to desire in this regard.

On June 29 2008 19:17 Scorch wrote:
I so hope they manage to make it as atmospheric as Diablo1. The great music, sound effects and dialogs, the dark levels, the exciting quests. I think I still know the poem about the Halls of the Blind by heart. Bosses like King Leoric, Archbishop Lazarus and the Butcher are so memorable. Who doesn't remember the Butcher's bloodlusty "Aaaah, fresh meat!" when you enter his slaughterhouse full of dead bodies? The feeling of getting closer and closer to the very netherworld as you venture deeper into the labyrinth. Pure satanic ambience. I was actually afraid when I played through Diablo1 for the first time. Please Blizzard, capture the dark atmosphere of the first Diablo game. Diablo2 was great fun too, but it left a lot to desire in this regard.

On June 29 2008 19:17 Scorch wrote:
I so hope they manage to make it as atmospheric as Diablo1. The great music, sound effects and dialogs, the dark levels, the exciting quests. I think I still know the poem about the Halls of the Blind by heart. Bosses like King Leoric, Archbishop Lazarus and the Butcher are so memorable. Who doesn't remember the Butcher's bloodlusty "Aaaah, fresh meat!" when you enter his slaughterhouse full of dead bodies? The feeling of getting closer and closer to the very netherworld as you venture deeper into the labyrinth. Pure satanic ambience. I was actually afraid when I played through Diablo1 for the first time. Please Blizzard, capture the dark atmosphere of the first Diablo game. Diablo2 was great fun too, but it left a lot to desire in this regard.

On June 29 2008 21:17 PobTheCad wrote:
how did you guys who played d2 manage to get through act 3?
snoozefest for me that one!

On June 28 2008 23:36 Jibba wrote:
Diablo 1/2 are awful

On June 29 2008 07:01 parkin wrote:

No one got time to listen to Cain's stories. They're to busy killing monsters for exp, items and glory.

On June 29 2008 20:22 SF-Fork wrote:


I agree with Scorch, the atmoshpere and storyline was much better in the first game.

On June 29 2008 21:41 HamerD wrote:


Lol I completely disagree. I though Diablo just went completely onwards and upwards. The incredibly epic storyline was so much more epic, and big and just, intense. The dark traveller taking the narrator of the tale to all of these exotic and strange places, the horrors that he has to endure...then you have to go to those very same locations; with an eclectic range of atmospheres and locales. Diablo 1 had variety, but the sheer fact that you were just descending levels felt so claustrophobic and annoying to me; when I replayed it after having done Diablo 2. I'll admit that the butcher and king leoric etc were awesome...but so were andariel and mephisto.

Diablo one was good...it inspired me to walk diagonally and win the 100 metres at the olympics...but I do have to say comon, Diablo 2 had JUST as good music, JUST as much atmosphere, but just more adventure and variety.

Also, I think Diablo 2 was just as dark as 1. A lot of gore and spooky shit. The countess's waiting rooms with the big chalice of blood and stuff.

Going back to Tristram was fucking epic! Comon!!! It was so fuckin' epic! Especially if you did it the first time, you weren't ready. After fighting rakanishu, with like half health at level 5....you're like fuck fuck fuck gota get to cain OH FUCK IT'S GRISWOLD maybe he found out that I stole that rusty shortsword in diablo 1 fuck gota run fuck! Oh wait...he's quite slow...actually he's very slow. Ha, fucking slowpoke. Here grissy grissy grissy!!! *griswold hits* NO!!!!!! FUCK!!!!! Almost dead! Fuck run!!! Find cain and get the shit out of there fuck!!!!

Ps i disagree with that person who said the thing about the characters tbh. In fact I completely disagree, because the concept of a black paladin makes zero sense to me...so lol I don't even like what he likes about diablo 2 characters. I thought the sorceress owned. I thought the NECROMANCER was fucking amazing! :D. My favourite character by far. He was so cool. Totally changed the dynamic of play. I much preferred the skill tree as well. The books in diablo 1 were fuckin' gay. Made everything feel so cheap. Like that mechanic in FFVIII for spells. Anyway that's my two cents for the day.

On June 29 2008 21:29 HamerD wrote:


fuck you!

On June 29 2008 20:01 ForAdun wrote:
When it comes to character classes I can only say that Diablo 2 failed overall. Barbarian was ok. Necromancer well... imo out of place... not again please. Amazon meh, the Rogue was much better, she had a lot more flair. Assassin WTF not copied at all ehh?! Druid LOL, write hundred times "I shall not take funny pills before designing characters". The Paladin was the only choice of all that I really, really liked, probably because he's so similar to the old Warrior.

And finally... the Sorceress... huge fail!!
I don't want that character to be female again, sorry! (Yes, that actually matters in an adventure/RPG game!) Ever since I played the original Diablo game it never felt right to play a Sorceress. The Mage with his magic robe is much more original and I also want him to be black simply because he was black in the first place. But this time please give him a black speaker! It was so obvious that a white guy spoke as the black Mage in Diablo, well at least to me. Imo the only reason they've decided to have a Sorceress in Diablo 2 was that they were pretty uncreative. They thought it would be more exciting to get Superwoman into the game and call her Sorceress. They were right... but Superwoman is always exciting, that got nothing to do with the game. Huge fail. She doesn't belong to the Diablo series.
Also don't ****ing give the Mage an orb and a shield, those orbs are SOOOOO out of place and SOOOOOOO not original it hurts my eyes when I see that! Can't you just modify staves so that they are equally useful??? Really, that can't be so hard, just use your brains!!

Blizzard should take a deep, a really deep look at the Diablo game. All three main characters gave the impression of being really tough fighters. Guys who earned their bread with their guild and maybe saved a kingdom once. Would you expect that from... a Necromancer? A Druid? An Assassin? Hell, no...

Flair is all in RPG-like games. Don't forget where the characters come from that you choose, Blizzard. Be careful and don't follow into the footsteps of modern everything-in-one RPG's that are so overloaded and so not original because you just don't have an idea what exactly is the theme. WoW for example. What the hell, half of the game is taken from other games, slightly modified and sold as new stuff. Don't fool the community! You can't!

On June 29 2008 23:23 Jibba wrote:

They were a lot of fun, but from a design standpoint they're incredibly simple and user unfriendly games. The classes don't fit the story in D2 at all, the level designs are kinda annoying and you've got like 40 quests in the whole game. It's just one big mission for better loot. Not to mention every class reached a point where they became pretty much invulnerable to monsters, and none later than level 40. Sorc gets high enough mana regen, Barb/Zon/Druid/Assas get high enough health/mana leech, pally gets high enough hammers, Necro gets Blood Golem.

On June 30 2008 01:06 Constantinius wrote:
Fucking morons. Respeccing is the one of the worst idea I've ever heard for the game.

On June 30 2008 00:53 decafchicken wrote:


How is it not user friendly? I cant really remember any interface problems i had since i changed my hotkeys...

And what do you mean none later than level 40? That point generally doesnt come till 80+ and you have to have decent gear.(except hammerdins, lvl 73 and you can do hell rushes lulz)

On June 30 2008 00:53 decafchicken wrote:


How is it not user friendly? I cant really remember any interface problems i had since i changed my hotkeys...

And what do you mean none later than level 40? That point generally doesnt come till 80+ and you have to have decent gear.(except hammerdins, lvl 73 and you can do hell rushes lulz)

On June 30 2008 01:23 Puosu wrote:

The characters only became "invulnerable" because of dupe methods and everyone getting godlike items, the game wasn't supposed to be played that way obviously.

On June 29 2008 23:23 Jibba wrote:

They were a lot of fun, but from a design standpoint they're incredibly simple and user unfriendly games. The classes don't fit the story in D2 at all, the level designs are kinda annoying and you've got like 40 quests in the whole game. It's just one big mission for better loot. Not to mention every class reached a point where they became pretty much invulnerable to monsters, and none later than level 40. Sorc gets high enough mana regen, Barb/Zon/Druid/Assas get high enough health/mana leech, pally gets high enough hammers, Necro gets Blood Golem.

Blizzard North had the easiest job in the world because they never needed to tweak or balance anything. They could release patches every so often that would cause half the players to start over a and grind a different class, and then they could occasionally throw in a patch with new items.

PvP was the most important thing it had going for it. PvE was pretty much just about Meph and Cow runs so you could PvP better. The only thinking a player had to do in D1/D2 was theorycrafting while at work/school.

Obviously you are one of the minorities.

On June 30 2008 01:34 dybydx wrote:
D2 wasnt always that ez, as u said it depends on what patch of the game u are at.

Duriel used to have ice AND fire immune, that fucks all the sorcs
Hellsmith used to have tele. Whenever he gets low, he will tele and regen to 33% hp. he was practically immortal.
Nithlaka used to have 100% corpse explosion in hell with minions over 4k hp. 3 explosions will kill your entire party. Considering Nithlaka was a mandatory quest, attempts at killing him without a necro/paladin in your party is suicide.

Hell difficulty in D2 is still pretty hard unless you have inventory of dupes. If you ever own a piece of equipment that has an hr in it or worth its equivalent, its prolly duped.

On June 30 2008 01:56 Fishball wrote:
From your original post, you said D1/2 were awful.

That is what I mean you are one of the minorities.

You already pointed out the "addictive hack and slash" part, and that is exactly one of the main reasons why people love the game.

I for one, want to destroy things; So as many million others.

On June 30 2008 02:27 TheeZy wrote:
The biggest problem I had with the past Diablo games was the lack of a substantial endgame. Diablo II pretty much consisted of running Baal and Mephisto over and over to gain levels and gear. I spent as much time watching TV as I did looking at the screen.

Diablo 3 should take some ideas from World of Warcraft. Imagine instances and raids but with fewer people and fast-paced gameplay. An Arena system with lots of cool game modes would be great, too.

Think of Diablo with the multiplayer from Nox. It would be awesome.

On June 30 2008 01:34 dybydx wrote:
D2 wasnt always that ez, as u said it depends on what patch of the game u are at.

Duriel used to have ice AND fire immune, that fucks all the sorcs
Hellsmith used to have tele. Whenever he gets low, he will tele and regen to 33% hp. he was practically immortal.
Nithlaka used to have 100% corpse explosion in hell with minions over 4k hp. 3 explosions will kill your entire party. Considering Nithlaka was a mandatory quest, attempts at killing him without a necro/paladin in your party is suicide.

Hell difficulty in D2 is still pretty hard unless you have inventory of dupes. If you ever own a piece of equipment that has an hr in it or worth its equivalent, its prolly duped.

On June 30 2008 02:26 Nitrogen23 wrote:


Okay I think people are exaggerating the duping some... yes, it was awful in 1.11a and before, but with the release of 1.11b it fixed some of the duping methods, especially the commonly known ones. After the prices returned to normal a few months after the reset, you can see that the high runes were worth about 20x as more than they were in the previous patch.

On June 30 2008 02:37 Jibba wrote:

I think you only read what HammerD quoted.

"Diablo 1/2 are awful, user unfriendly linear games with a community full of scammers, cheaters and assholes, and the entire thing combines to be incredibly fun and addictive.

This is like complaining that there's not enough wholesome/kid-friendly stuff to do at a dog racing track."

On June 29 2008 14:31 Yank31 wrote:
As long as I can duplicate my Arch Angel's staff of Apocalypse...


Wait, who said that?!

On June 30 2008 02:49 Jibba wrote:

Diablo II
Release date
June 29, 2000

Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
Release date (PC)
June 29, 2001

1.11b Patch Release date
Sep 13, 2005

^^

On June 30 2008 03:57 Nitrogen23 wrote:


I think you missed the point. I'm saying it WAS terrible, but it's not even close to as bad as it was with the last two patches. Unless blizzard is completely devoid of all brainpower... I'm pretty sure they can make dupes in d3 rare, like they did in their latest patch.

On June 30 2008 04:32 Gokey wrote:

wait, so are the dupes more rare now in d2??
cuz i'll go back and play again if they are

On June 30 2008 02:55 HamerD wrote:


regardless, you still said it was awful. I can think of a damn sight more games that are awful, compared to diablo. Diablo was and basically still is a unique, dark, adventurous and uncomplicated experience. The whole experience, in my opinion, does definitely become sullied when you take it online. I remember the joy I had questing with my friend on lan, rejoicing at some mediocre set item. And I compare it to the feverish desperate searching for keys and parts, and running baal and diablo (ps wtf were you talking about meph and cow lol); and that doesn't even come close.

Hopefully diablo will not just stop all single player quality, rid itself of all atmosphere (like WoW), and dumb itself down (even further) into another generic mass RPG for lifeless morons.

For me, I play a lot of games for the escapism, and there is nothing more annoying than trying to get away from the unceremonius, opportunistic, impatient, dull, selfish, wankerish society I live in and the second I step on a lush, verdant landscape; a bunch of fat kids pretending to be elves because they can't stop eating microwave jonnycakes and will never be thin, jump around in front of me searching for a shoe that increases their attractiveness by 2.

So personally, for RPG's that don't consume all of your time, I found diablo to be absorbing and interesting. And I don't see your point about linear, with side quests and no real forced pace to the game, it's as (un)linear as most games tbh.

Your shrinking the game down to its basic objective base (more loot, more shit) is first of all wrong, because it's supposed to be about owning the minions of hell; but secondly, all games, no matter how good they are, are about fabricating easily visible, fantastic objectives for a gamer to reach; because life is just too complicated and uninspiring sometimes.

Ps. it's HamerD not HammerD.

On June 30 2008 02:00 Jyvblamo wrote:
Anyone who says Diablo 2 has scarier atmosphere than Diablo 1 obviously has not been stun-locked to death by goatmen.

Also Diablo 1 Succubi > LOD Succubi

On June 30 2008 09:44 Shauni wrote:


Super word on this. Diablo 1 was so much more atmospheric than the sequel.

On June 30 2008 09:57 Last Romantic wrote:
The Smith scared the shit out of me in 3rd grade LOL.

I'm looking forward to D3.

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

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.

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

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.
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On June 30 2008 10:01 Nitrogen23 wrote:


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

On June 30 2008 10:40 Last Romantic wrote:


those fucking little rat fetish creatures were damn scary, yeah

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

On June 30 2008 10:40 Last Romantic wrote:


those fucking little rat fetish creatures were damn scary, yeah

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

On June 30 2008 12:55 Jyvblamo wrote:
Seems like other people also have a bone to pick with the rainbows in Diablo 3: