No Because it's Blizzard and they can do no wrong. Blizzard is God of Gods, who wears the golden armor, everything they touch magically turns into gold.
/goes off to worship Blizzard
This is the kind of person that makes blizzard think they can do whatever they want, including scrapping Diablo.
My personnal opinion of the subject at hand, is that i don't think the game will disappoint me. I'm sure i will be disappointed in some things, like the new inventory and the WoW graphics resemblance, but if i put those 2 thigns aside, i'm pretty sure i will enjoy the game for many years.
Saying that gothic architecture is gothic is like saying that an anteater is an ant.
That has to be one of the dumbest analogies I've ever seen. You are completely butchering the English language by suggesting that an adjective (gothic) is at all related to a noun (ant). Anteaters are creatures in and of themselves; they are not called "anteaters" because they happen to be ants that eat things, they are creatures that eat ants. "Gothic architecture" as a term would be better compared to "ant colony", whereas the noun "colony" is being modified by the word "ant", thereby making "ant" into an adjective.
By the way, learn it, live it, love it:
-- Please take note of how the first definition is far older than the 7th, which is the one so highly touted on this forum.
Cheers,
SmashBoy ("pwnt" isn't a word, but it sure feels great to think it aloud)
I'm rather worried about this game, after all Diablo 2 didn't go so well as they had of hoped. and it would pain me to see such a great game with all its elements of a great storyline go down the drain if they presume the same concept of Diablo 2. But from what i have been reading it sounds rather interesting i just hope blizzard can keep up to it's demands from it's fans otherwise i know there is going to be a lot of disappointed people out there. Including me.
I for one am hoping they fix the annoying pre-set quest objectives. I had more fun on the original Diablo 1 game, never knowing what quest i might get next compared to the likes of Diablo 2, so i am hoping the blizzard people know what they are doing and i hope this new title will live up to all there promises to there fans.. again unlike diablo 2 did.
Clearly the best time in a game's development when you should voice concerns is at release.
Clearly; we don't know jack about the game yet....last time I checked, as far as any details are concerned they let out a 20min gameplay video (with all staged stuff) and basically most of what we know is taken from what they have on the official page or the tiny scraps of new info that comes from interviews. So basically all you complainers are making things called "assumptions" which are not based in this little place called "reality" or don't have these other things called "facts". There made it nice and simple for you.
No, If a game is a failure, I won't even bother going to the shop I will read ppl reviews beforehand at a gaming site (I will wait till there are enough reviews from ppl not the main site reviewer cause they are biased)
Than if there are enough high rating I will bother buying.
I'm not one of those ppl who order first thing and than hope for good, I go only for successful games.
plus If I'm playing a game I can judge its worth by only playing it stright out for 5-6 hours I don't need a month (that's me only).
This post is (A) Feigning ignorance to post incorrect claims or (B) Being ignorant. I'm telling it as it is right now, so I apologize that it seems insolent - I'm an impudent person (though I like to call it bluntness, honesty, et cetera).
I'm sorry you misunderstood what I was asking you. I really wanted to know which definition of gothic you meant.
The one about 18th century literature seems closest, but the world of Sanctuary does not seem that advanced to me. They don't have printing presses, for instance. Also, in 19th century earth, science was gaining a lot of prominence. So we had gothic novels like Dracula (fantasy) alongside Frankenstein (science fiction). We had Jekyll and Hyde.
I am willing to talk about concepts that are not gloomy enough, not realistic enough, or not scary enough. But I'm sorry, I still don't see gothic as an applicable adjective yet. Your reply to me was spent in ridicule and derision rather than answering the question. And that's cool. I ain't mad at ya. Don't see you as an enemy. Just trying to see what you are talking about.
Gothic is a style of architecture that originated in 12 century France and lasted through 16th century. Gothic literature seems to be just a horror genre that encompasses horror set in a place of Gothic architecture and during the Middle Ages (about the time frame Diablo franchise is set according to the visual style of Sanctuary world.)
Gothic literature seems to be just a horror genre that encompasses horror set in a place of Gothic architecture and during the Middle Ages (about the time frame Diablo franchise is set according to the visual style of Sanctuary world.)
I really could just have the conversation based on that definition (and THANK YOU for defining what people think they mean). But that is not the true definition of gothic literature. Gothic literature was the stuff I described from the 19th century: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Jekyll and Hyde. It often involves the influences of science to reflect the contemporary society's fear of this "new" movement that was gaining momentum.
The literature that was written during the Gothic era includes such greats as Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (and Sir Thomas Mallory's tales of King Arthur) , and Celtic tales like those found in the Mabinogion. All of these tales were somewhat farcical, containing white hares (bunnies!) that would lead heroes into a wood where they'd meet a fairy who grant them a wish or send them on a journey. Colors were described vividly, and bright colors were a sign of wealth because people were too poor to afford clothing that was dyed. I can't tell you the number of times I read about some dignitary wearing a vest of "all yellow brocade" when I took my graduate course on Medieval literature.
But thank you again for taking the time to tell me what the people saying gothic here thinks it means. It will help me to better understand their points.
Played it a little, around 5-6 months and got rid of it - seen all done all syndrome or at least it felt like it at the time.
I'm not very much competitive so pvp is not such an high priority on my list, games for me meant to be relaxing.
Moreso the expansion of WoW didn't convince me at all to buy it, only 10 lvls more...and suddenly all your hard grinded item were rendered useless cause you could get better items easy from lvl 60+ quests.
It totally sucks, just money money money on their minds when they made this game.
I really could just have the conversation based on that definition (and THANK YOU for defining what people think they mean). But that is not the true definition of gothic literature. Gothic literature was the stuff I described from the 19th century: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Jekyll and Hyde. It often involves the influences of science to reflect the contemporary society's fear of this "new" movement that was gaining momentum.
The literature that was written during the Gothic era includes such greats as Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (and Sir Thomas Mallory's tales of King Arthur) , and Celtic tales like those found in the Mabinogion. All of these tales were somewhat farcical, containing white hares (bunnies!) that would lead heroes into a wood where they'd meet a fairy who grant them a wish or send them on a journey. Colors were described vividly, and bright colors were a sign of wealth because people were too poor to afford clothing that was dyed. I can't tell you the number of times I read about some dignitary wearing a vest of "all yellow brocade" when I took my graduate course on Medieval literature.
But thank you again for taking the time to tell me what the people saying gothic here thinks it means. It will help me to better understand their points.
Wikipedia [definition, editable by anyone with a pc and Internet conenction]
EDITED: I found an actual academic source delineating elements of gothic literature:
What makes a work Gothic is a combination of at least some of these elements:
a castle, ruined or intact, haunted or not,
ruined buildings which are sinister or which arouse a pleasing melancholy,
dungeons, underground passages, crypts, and catacombs which, in modern houses, become spooky basements or attics,
labyrinths, dark corridors, and winding stairs,
shadows, a beam of moonlight in the blackness, a flickering candle, or the only source of light failing (a candle blown out or an electric failure),
extreme landscapes, like rugged mountains, thick forests, or icy wastes, and extreme weather,
omens and ancestral curses,
magic, supernatural manifestations, or the suggestion of the supernatural,
a passion-driven, wilful villain-hero or villain,
a curious heroine with a tendency to faint and a need to be rescued–frequently,
a hero whose true identity is revealed by the end of the novel,
horrifying (or terrifying) events or the threat of such happenings.
The Gothic creates feelings of gloom, mystery, and suspense and tends to the dramatic and the sensational, like incest, diabolism, and nameless terrors.
I feel that this supports your position better than mine, SSJ5Broly. I'll go ahead here and say I am wrong to try to confine it to literature written in the 19th century.. It seems that experts in literature apply it braodly to allow for evolution with new technology. What was once a candle in a dark and dank hall might now be a flashlight in a dark basement during a power failure.
Yea I'm sure it's 2 am IN EVERY FUC**** PLACE IN THE WORLD, get out troll.
And maybe to some of us the
word "D.I.A.B.L.O" =/= instant win.
blizz fanboi at it's best they will feed you poop and you will smile happily.
I stopped reading this thread once I saw you post this. Knew I shouldn't have taken a troll like you seriously.
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"The certain prospect of death could sweeten every life with a precious and fragrant drop of levity, and now you
strange apothecary souls have turned it into an ill-tasting drop of poison that makes the whole of life repulsive." -Nietzsche
This is the kind of person that makes blizzard think they can do whatever they want, including scrapping Diablo.
My personnal opinion of the subject at hand, is that i don't think the game will disappoint me. I'm sure i will be disappointed in some things, like the new inventory and the WoW graphics resemblance, but if i put those 2 thigns aside, i'm pretty sure i will enjoy the game for many years.
Cheers,
SmashBoy (twiddles his thumbs in anticipation)
That has to be one of the dumbest analogies I've ever seen. You are completely butchering the English language by suggesting that an adjective (gothic) is at all related to a noun (ant). Anteaters are creatures in and of themselves; they are not called "anteaters" because they happen to be ants that eat things, they are creatures that eat ants. "Gothic architecture" as a term would be better compared to "ant colony", whereas the noun "colony" is being modified by the word "ant", thereby making "ant" into an adjective.
By the way, learn it, live it, love it:
-- Please take note of how the first definition is far older than the 7th, which is the one so highly touted on this forum.
Cheers,
SmashBoy ("pwnt" isn't a word, but it sure feels great to think it aloud)
I for one am hoping they fix the annoying pre-set quest objectives. I had more fun on the original Diablo 1 game, never knowing what quest i might get next compared to the likes of Diablo 2, so i am hoping the blizzard people know what they are doing and i hope this new title will live up to all there promises to there fans.. again unlike diablo 2 did.
Clearly; we don't know jack about the game yet....last time I checked, as far as any details are concerned they let out a 20min gameplay video (with all staged stuff) and basically most of what we know is taken from what they have on the official page or the tiny scraps of new info that comes from interviews. So basically all you complainers are making things called "assumptions" which are not based in this little place called "reality" or don't have these other things called "facts". There made it nice and simple for you.
So I take it that you play World of Warcraft?
Cheers,
SmashBoy (just going by your own words)
The one about 18th century literature seems closest, but the world of Sanctuary does not seem that advanced to me. They don't have printing presses, for instance. Also, in 19th century earth, science was gaining a lot of prominence. So we had gothic novels like Dracula (fantasy) alongside Frankenstein (science fiction). We had Jekyll and Hyde.
I am willing to talk about concepts that are not gloomy enough, not realistic enough, or not scary enough. But I'm sorry, I still don't see gothic as an applicable adjective yet. Your reply to me was spent in ridicule and derision rather than answering the question. And that's cool. I ain't mad at ya. Don't see you as an enemy. Just trying to see what you are talking about.
The literature that was written during the Gothic era includes such greats as Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (and Sir Thomas Mallory's tales of King Arthur) , and Celtic tales like those found in the Mabinogion. All of these tales were somewhat farcical, containing white hares (bunnies!) that would lead heroes into a wood where they'd meet a fairy who grant them a wish or send them on a journey. Colors were described vividly, and bright colors were a sign of wealth because people were too poor to afford clothing that was dyed. I can't tell you the number of times I read about some dignitary wearing a vest of "all yellow brocade" when I took my graduate course on Medieval literature.
But thank you again for taking the time to tell me what the people saying gothic here thinks it means. It will help me to better understand their points.
Played it a little, around 5-6 months and got rid of it - seen all done all syndrome or at least it felt like it at the time.
I'm not very much competitive so pvp is not such an high priority on my list, games for me meant to be relaxing.
Moreso the expansion of WoW didn't convince me at all to buy it, only 10 lvls more...and suddenly all your hard grinded item were rendered useless cause you could get better items easy from lvl 60+ quests.
It totally sucks, just money money money on their minds when they made this game.
Sentence of the year:
"WoW, It's like a disease"
Wikipedia: "Prominent features of Gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical), mystery, the supernatural, ghosts, haunted houses and Gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness, secrets and hereditary curses."
So I don't know, who should I believe, some random guy on the forums claiming he knows it all, or Wikipedia....
After a brief consideration, I have decided to go with Wikipedia on this one, sorry...
EDITED: I found an actual academic source delineating elements of gothic literature:
I feel that this supports your position better than mine, SSJ5Broly. I'll go ahead here and say I am wrong to try to confine it to literature written in the 19th century.. It seems that experts in literature apply it braodly to allow for evolution with new technology. What was once a candle in a dark and dank hall might now be a flashlight in a dark basement during a power failure.
I stopped reading this thread once I saw you post this. Knew I shouldn't have taken a troll like you seriously.
strange apothecary souls have turned it into an ill-tasting drop of poison that makes the whole of life repulsive." -Nietzsche
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.