DIABLO THREE!

[DaFox]

oh god oh god oh god.

Thats all I can say.

It was nice knowing you all.

[infernus]

HELL YES

I was thinking the frozen field of ice on Blizzard.com was Wrath of the Lich King, but deep down inside I was hoping for this. So awesome.

The gameplay appears to be very complete, do they need to flesh out the world and other characters now?

[The_cranky_hermit]

I've been Diablo'd out since Throne of Bhaal. Plus, I really don't see where they could take the story from here.

On the other hand, I *really* want StarCraft 2, and news of Diablo III just makes me mad that they are spending time on something that isn't StarCraft 2.

[scavvenjahh]

I'll keep an eye out on this one, but I can't say I'm overly excited... :oops:

[Mesh]

These days it seems I'm the only one who doesn't care one bit for a sequel to a dumb hack and slash pvper city game.

If that's the kind of game people want, no wonder I can't find a decent game to play.

[BlueMak]

I never liked the Diablo series. In fact I heaviled dislike it. Not because of what it is (which is great), but for what it claims to be. For all the millions of gamers calling this game an RPG, you can't imagine how much it pisses me off.

[Tanuki]

I heard a rumor it will support resolutions up to 1024x768.

[Tamlin]

I never liked the Diablo series. In fact I heaviled dislike it. Not because of what it is (which is great), but for what it claims to be. For all the millions of gamers calling this game an RPG, you can't imagine how much it pisses me off.

I agree. Personally I love the two previous games, but I can hardly call it an RPG. Lets just hope Tanuki was joking about the rumored resolutions. :)

[Mesh]

I think the 'rpg' genre has been pretty much tagged to anything up to and including the kitchen sink.

[Paradigm Shifter]

I heard a rumour that it was going to be Old School and go back to the days of one fixed resolution - 640x480. :P

Honestly, if D3 only supports up to XGA, I'm gonna boycott it on principle.

...

I found D2 to be fun for a while, but after like, two play throughs, I was bored.

[Tanuki]

The pics of it appear widescreen. I wonder about the need for DX 10.1 when this will be a game designed to run on Macs as well.

[Paradigm Shifter]

Probably an optional codepath, then.

[Mesh]

The trailer is also wide in 720p, I got it out of curiosity, can't say I see what the fuss is about, looks to me like a poor remake of NWN1 without the good parts.

A few things are sort of original like destroying the scenery to kill things but mostly, it's more of things that have been done before just not as well as what's already on the market.

I mean, the narrator in the trailer even goes to say it's an innovation to have a quickslot bar to use powers and stuff ... and these guys make WoW ?

[Paradigm Shifter]

They probably mean it's an innovation for the Diablo series. ;)

I can't see how they'd get away with it, otherwise. Quickslots have been in games for years now...

[DaFox]

I mean, the narrator in the trailer even goes to say it's an innovation to have a quickslot bar to use powers and stuff ... and these guys make WoW ?

The innovation comes from the fact that you dont select a guy and press your hotkey to make him explode, you press your hotkey then right click where you want your spell to happen. I cant say im all that excited for the new hotbar as diablo 2's skill setup works just fine.

Anyway its defiantly not a game for everyone.


Best RPG ever.lol bluemak

[Frag Maniac]

Given the anticipation that surrounded Hellgate London vs what it turned out to be, I really can't get excited at all about this. From what I've seen so far in both the Diablo 2 and Hellgate demos, Blizzard kinda sucks as a developer IMO. They may have good ideas but it's clear to me they need to have someone else implement them or come up with much better gameplay and graphics work. Both the gameplay and graphics design of these titles are boring and bland. Both these titles are very overrated.

[DaFox]

Blizzard had nothing to do with Hellgate London..? And I would consider it a success, they have 1 million subscribers last I heard. Its doing very well in south asia. Granted its still not good but that is probably EA's fault considering the developers did not want to launch for atleast another 6 months.

[Frag Maniac]

Blizzard had nothing to do with Hellgate London..?

Nothing,...I think not. From Wikipedia...

"Flagship Studios is a computer game company founded by Bill Roper along with Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, and David Brevik, the original developers of Diablo and former high level Blizzard North executives. The core of Flagship Studios has been collaborating as a team since 1993 when they founded Condor Studios (later bought out and renamed Blizzard North) and in addition to the Diablo franchise were key high level executives in the development of Warcraft, Starcraft, and World of Warcraft. Flagship Studios was formed following the resignation en masse of Blizzard North management following a dispute with Blizzard Entertainment parent company Vivendi. Flagship Studio's primary target platform for their games is the PC."

The original core Blizzard team is all over the HL title and it shows, awfully bad game, a real let down IMO.

[Paradigm Shifter]

Best RPG ever.

Barely an RPG.

At best it's a point 'n' click hack 'n' slash RPG in the same realm as Dungeon Siege.

[sixshot]

[quote]Best RPG ever.

Barely an RPG.

At best it's a point 'n' click hack 'n' slash RPG in the same realm as Dungeon Siege.
Carpel tunnel syndrome, here we come! :)

In all honesty, it only looks interesting. I'll be on the fence of buying the game in general. I need to play it to know if I'll be interested.