Ztalker Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/index.xml Archangel? Check. Barbarian/Palladin class? Check. Hordes of monster? Check. Lord of the Rings epicness? Check. I wasn't into PC gaming when the first two were out and I feel I've missed a whole bit of gaming history. I'll certainly pick this one up! Discuss!
Ctrl Alt Del Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Oh, sweet child of mine! Diablo 3 - soon Chinese Democracy - not here Duje Nukem Forever - just a while longer My finger is itching for some good button smashing on the biggest and best non-RPG roleplaying game ever!
Quanon Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Ow, dear my mouse is going to die And I'll need a newer rig to run this thing. Man, Blizz is going to get lots of cash now. SC 2 and D3, life is great
mur'phon Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Another finger killer? Well, knowing Blizz it won't be out for a while, hopefully long enough for me to get trough Sacred2.
Aash Li Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 I hate to break it to you, but Diablo 3 is an RPG. I too cannot wait for this game! Stupid devs putting out so many games I want to play... not enough bodies, time and computers to play them all! >.<
Inyri Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 lulz methinks it's Bastila narrating the cinematic trailer.
Aash Li Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 I will have to invest in a new mouse after I finish rampaging through D3... that looks like its going to be great! The gameplay trailer was good too. Female options for all the classes! Yay!
Quanon Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Female options for all the classes! Yay! Lets hope they did it a bit like Oblivion, I just love endless tweaking on my heros face. And the Cinematic Trailer is jaw-dropping nice, Blizz should start doing movies.
mur'phon Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 I just love endless tweaking on my heros face. Me too, though the fact that the end result is always butt ugly makes it sorta pointless
Aash Li Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 I guess Hellgate is going to go into the scrapheap now that the real Diablo 3 has been released.
mur'phon Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Argeed, though I'm wondering how it will stand up to Sacred 2. Either way, it seems like the era of entertaining button smasher games is about to begin:D
igyman Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Very cool. Diablo is, after all, the most famous RPG ever. I've heard some speculations before about this game and most recently I've heard that Blizzard was given the diablo3 web domain by owners of a fansite with that domain. Now, I see it's true. So, I have two Blizzard games to look forward to (the second being Starcraft 2).
Darth InSidious Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 The area design shown in the screenshots makes me think of Fable - as does the music from the site...
mur'phon Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 DI: What did you expect? Blizz make good games by either "stealing" a little from many and combining it, or by using something as a base(warhammer/40K), and customizing from there.
Sabretooth Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 And to think I still haven't played either of the Diablo games. <.< >.>
Rabish Bini Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 And to think I still haven't played either of the Diablo games. <.< >.> Your not the only one I may get this, although I'm not really all that interested in it, seems like I'm the only one
stoffe Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 I may get this, although I'm not really all that interested in it, seems like I'm the only one You're probably not the only one, I get the feeling that many hardcore role players tend to scoff at the Diablo games since they're very light on role playing and mostly a huge hack and slash fest. If Diablo 3 is like the previous installments in the series you will at most get some NPCs monologuing at you when they give you "go fetch" and "go kill" quests, along with some story exposition when you move between acts. That said, they had managed to get the hacking, slashing, looting and leveling almost down to an art in the previous Diablo games. It was mindless fun that was highly addicting. When I last played Diablo I hadn't played any (other) CRPGs though, so my memories of it may be tinted by that. May be worth checking out for the nostalgia if nothing else though. Either that site is nearly brought to its knees by too many visitors, or the flashy Flash content disagrees with my browser. I can watch the two trailer movies, but clicking on anything else causes the browser to load the page forever and eventually freeze. :/
Quanon Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Either that site is nearly brought to its knees by too many visitors, or the flashy Flash content disagrees with my browser. I can watch the two trailer movies, but clicking on anything else causes the browser to load the page forever and eventually freeze. :/ Its really annoying, FireFox(3) doesn't seem to like the site. I can like open two pages and then it goes wrong. Their SC 2 is like that aswell, it often freezes up... I just love the mindless "hack and slash", it just keeps you going.
Taak Farst Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 I have only heard vague remarks of Diablo II. Is it like the Warcraft and Starcraft games? Because I don't like those sorts of games where u click a command like move and then u click something else and the character you selected goes there.
igyman Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 You're probably not the only one, I get the feeling that many hardcore role players tend to scoff at the Diablo games since they're very light on role playing and mostly a huge hack and slash fest. If Diablo 3 is like the previous installments in the series you will at most get some NPCs monologuing at you when they give you "go fetch" and "go kill" quests, along with some story exposition when you move between acts. Funny, I thought that was the pure form of RPG games. Deus Ex, KoTOR, Bloodlines, Jade Empire and all other similar games are, to me, combinations of genres. They have an element of adventure games, reflected in ingame dialogues, instead of simple monologues, they have a FPS/TPS element, because of the perspective from which you play and, of course the main RPG element - leveling up, improving skills and equipping your character with the most powerful and expensive armor and weapons.
Pho3nix Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 I never played Diablo, but the third installment might spark my interest enough for me to buy it.
Ctrl Alt Del Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Funny, I thought that was the pure form of RPG games. Deus Ex, KoTOR, Bloodlines, Jade Empire and all other similar games are, to me, combinations of genres. They have an element of adventure games, reflected in ingame dialogues, instead of simple monologues, they have a FPS/TPS element, because of the perspective from which you play and, of course the main RPG element - leveling up, improving skills and equipping your character with the most powerful and expensive armor and weapons. Heh, I couldn't agree more. I think that when we talk about RPGs we must also consider that we're dealing with the most sensitive kind of gamer as well. The purists will probably die before conceding a point contrary to their beliefs on a certain game nature.
Quanon Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 I have only heard vague remarks of Diablo II. Is it like the Warcraft and Starcraft games? Because I don't like those sorts of games where u click a command like move and then u click something else and the character you selected goes there. Warcraft & SC are Strategy games, though you won't like Diablo, its a mega click fest. Click to run , click to do an attack and that on hordes and hordes of enemy. Its a very basic RPG, just leveling up, get loot, sell some loot, repair and upgrade your stuff, with gems, runes and other stuff. To a small talk here and there, so you know a bit why you"re bashing skulls. Somehow it works.
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