Diablo 3

[Halnok]

Ok, it's official from today!! They announced it on the World Wide Invitationals.

Diablo3:
eu.blizzard.com/diablo3/ (just copy paste it)

2 Classes are so far shown, the Classic Barbarian, and the new Witch Doctor. There's a Gameplay Video and a Cinematic Trailer.

If there's one offline game/single player game that can make me stop playing WoW (at least for a long while) it's this game. I'm probably gonna pre-order it once it's up on some site where you can purchase it and then just wait, hopefully not too long!

So, anyone else excited about this?

Edit: The site got up today, so everything isn't working properly at the moment. But you should be able to watch the Videos.

[Hakon]

Oh, cool! Pretty excited, since I really enjoyed Diablo II - However! This just look extremely similar gameplay-wise.Too similar.

They are taking a safe route and I'm not impressed. You would think with all the profit they make, they would be able to be more innovative. Even the art direction isn't as good; it's pretty reminiscent of wow with the cartoony environments, massively exaggerated armour and shiny weapons. A shame, since D2 looked awesome; it was gritty with just the right amouont of flash for that type of game. D3 looks like an ugly particle fest. And a top-down isometric view in a time where we're seeing these incredible-looking games? So last century.

Loot will once again be the main focus; that's almost all right, as that was what the Diablo series is all about - but couldn't they do more? Loot shouldn't be a focus for gameplay, but rather icing on the cake.

They really aren't doing anything new, so why even bother? Where are all the good ideas? There's so many good games coming out that are exploring the media so it's disappointing to see one of the biggest companies in the industry pulling off this number again.

Am I the only one thinking this? Maybe I've just grown from that type of game.

[Halnok]

Well I think (since you only saw one of the armours kinda) the armours might be a bit toned down with the flashiness than that of the weapons. But I get your point, it's kinda similar to Titan Quest (which was kinda doing some new stuffs but in a Diablo sort of way) with the brightness and flashy stuff.

All in all, we've only seen 1 dungeon and 1small outdoor area and 2classes, so might be too early to judge.

Might also be different "levels" of flashyness due to your choice of class. A barbarian might not be as flashy as one of the caster classes, which IMO could be justified with some flashyness.

With the gameplay, i like the fact that you can use the enviroment now and it seems alot more 'tactical' now that you can use more spells a bit easier, since otherwise you could just have 2spells out and bind the other ones. So it's kinda developing what is already good.

Might be more features/new stuff shown in the soon future, since they won't show you everything they have so far in one 'blow'.

[Griesh]

Looks neat. 

[Claws]

If the truth was known, I guess a lot ended up with WOW,
because of Diablo 2.
I certainly did I loved the game    and still go back for chill out time.
Simpley because you could play by your self or party with out any kids around
(If you did not want them).

[Halnok]

Yea, actually i never beat Diablo in a legit way. I did it once 'cause i just wanted it done, with cheats.

And the reason why I didn't do it without cheats was because I had this über barbarian at like lvl 28. At least 5-6 'legendaries' that were awesome. And then... the save file got corrupted... I mean... *curses* ...

And then i reached 28 with a paladin, but he kinda sucked and i had to lvl him to 30at least before i could beat diablo, but i just couldn't be bothered with grinding. And i also had a necromancer, which i made when i was like 9or10, didn't have a clue on how to put the skills, so i just whent with skelletons and golems, which didn't work that well.

BUT! Now i'm older and can't wait to play Diablo3. Me and my friend are gonna have a LAN for a few days, starting the release, with lvlin' mania!

[highfist]

looking forward to it,
not to botherd with the top vieuw thing.
i think that still works, and it is just a type of game.
beside's look at fallout 3, theire makinga bloody FPS out of that game.

anyho, D3 will be in my collection, and then ill judge it.
(not thusting magazine's anymore since most of em clearly had a deal with funcom, seeing the high scores, severly ignoring the down sides of that game, and having some nice prices in several contest involing AOC)

[Nergul]

... want!

[Grekthar]

Sooon...soon my precious' ... it's saying its Active on everyone's Battle Net who signed up for the annual deal...
Sooon...soon the gates of Hell shall be broken wide, and the hunt shall begin...

[Regorn]

..... I 'm Firing ma Lazor!
[Disintigrate]

[Lars]

I'll get it half a year/year after release, hoping I'll find it on a digital distrubution platform sale.
Not paying full price for what mostly looks like D2 gameplay wise. Sorry that's just me xD

[Regorn]

I'll get it half a year/year after release, hoping I'll find it on a digital distrubution platform sale.
Not paying full price for what mostly looks like D2 gameplay wise. Sorry that's just me xD

you have not been following have you?
Blizzard is making tons of changes, it seems so much better then D2 now

and you can allways buy digital copy via Battle net

[Ugluhk]

Soon... Sooooooooon!

[Regorn]

Apparently I got the D3 beta, poke me tomorrow if you feel like playing some (or poke me today to play with me tomorrow, I am open for many things, most types of pokes are ok)