Diablo 3

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diablo 3 will be announced on saturday


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flo0tz

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May 1, 2004
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Art style isn't my thing - but i'll DEFINITELY be playing this.

Hopefully the game wont be as tedious/elitist as Diablo II currently is. As it is you pretty much suck without high runewords, the economy is f*cked, and the only way to get decent gear is to constantly MF. I blame the dupers tbh.
 

Dante

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Mar 2, 2008
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So f'n happy about this. I don't care how it looks, it will be great.

Well I`m not saying that it looks bad, i like WoW graphics, just saying that at current state both WoW and Diablo 3 graphics (judging from screensots) look extremely similar.
 

flo0tz

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May 1, 2004
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Looks like they're dumping classes. 5 Classes in the game. IMO They'll keep the Barb, Sorc, Pally. They'll ditch the necro/druid and replace them with the Witch Doctor. Ditch the Assassin and Amazon and replace them with the rogue.
 

UBerserker

old EPIC GAMES
Jan 20, 2008
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Well I`m not saying that it looks bad, i like WoW graphics, just saying that at current state both WoW and Diablo 3 graphics (judging from screensots) look extremely similar.

My comment wasn't directed at you. I just saw some comments in other websites about people not liking how the game looks.
 

ShakeZula

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Nov 9, 2005
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some more details from the last hour of the live stream:

focus on co-operative play
focus on replayability ("different experience each time you play through" or something)
world that feels alive
large scale battles
potions no longer a core part of gameplay (lead dev talking about previous hack 'n' slash games said "when you come across a monster thats really hard, you just pound the potion button til you win" - they're trying to steer d3 away from this)
haven't decided on inclusion of hardcore yet but "we probably will" (wtf, damn right you will)
mythos-style loot system (when grouping, any loot you see is yours and is invisible to other people, or is at least allocated to you and can't be picked up by them)
new battlenet has vastly improved cheat protection

oh and fl00tz: just as i was typing this a guy asked if the witch doctor was the new necro, and the answer was something about the necro being so damn badass they don't see how they can possibly improve it

edit: presentation over. only other thing mentioned was aesthetic character customization, and the last two questions were completely ****ing wasted with system specs ("we want it to run on as many systems as possible" - same answer from every dev since time began) and map editor ("we're not really focussing on mod capability")
 
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akstylish

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Jan 22, 2008
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Looks like they're dumping classes. 5 Classes in the game. IMO They'll keep the Barb, Sorc, Pally. They'll ditch the necro/druid and replace them with the Witch Doctor. Ditch the Assassin and Amazon and replace them with the rogue.

Well original d2 had 5 classes too you know...they'll prolly add 1 or 2 in the expansion.

did you notice ppl keep voting no btw? :D
 

Fuzzle

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Jan 29, 2006
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Oh snap, 19 minute gameplay trailer? Still downloading. Watched the cinematic though, looked alright.
I'm not a fan of WoW but I love any type of stylized graphics. I definately prefer this style over the more traditional, "realistic" stuff like you'd see in Titan Quest and whatnot. Yes, I consider it art and not so much "cartoony".

Is there any place where I can download recordings of the live stream stuff they had going? I wanna see people freak out during the announcement.
 
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Sir_Brizz

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I hope they do something about zooming in and out on the field, it looks awfully cramped. Come on, this is 2008. We should be able to see more than 50 square feet or 8 monsters.
 

Fuzzle

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The caveat with that though is that people zoom all the way out because it's the most "functional", while at the same time complaining that the units are too small and the action feels slow.

I'd assume it's better to design a game like this around a certain zoom level, instead of supreme commander'ing it.
 

shadow_dragon

is ironing his panties!
Looks like they're dumping classes. 5 Classes in the game. IMO They'll keep the Barb, Sorc, Pally. They'll ditch the necro/druid and replace them with the Witch Doctor. Ditch the Assassin and Amazon and replace them with the rogue.

What would make you think they'd remove the Necro? From my memory he was one of the cooler classes.

Couldn't imagine Diablo without explosive corpses and minions doing my bidding tbh.
 
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