Here's a snippet:
After watching the Diablo III gameplay footage, I was really excited. The visuals were fantastic, a lot of small improvements had been added without seeming to get in the way of what makes the series great, and by the end of the video I found myself moving my mouse around the screen as if I was playing. That's sad, but what's even sadder is that I'm not a big-time game journalist so I can't come up with a term like "gamesturbation" to describe the lonely and desparate act while making myself cool and quotable.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that my positive impressions were irrational and baseless, while most of the internet saw the game for what it truly was: A personal insult to them and a serious threat to all they hold dear. If you find that you've mistakenly become mildly optimistic about the game, read on to find out where I went wrong so you can adjust accordingly.
The article actually manages to delve pretty deeply into the subject that's been making headlines in the recent days. Yes, it's actually serious. Some of you may not agree with the article, but if anything you should check it out for some good laughs, even if it means having a good laugh at yourself.
Thanks for the tip, Vacorsis!
Its like the old famous saying "Beauty is in the of the beholder"
Just curious if they were even expecting polarity, i mean they knew all along on what direction they were going to take
Chill out, man. Even staff members have a right to express their opinions. If you don't agree, then you don't agree -- unless you're somehow insecure about your position on the subject, there's no reason to be up in arms about someone in a position of authority expressing dissent.
I LOVE the new game and honestly there is nothing about that game that does not follow the diablo core. It isnt dark enough? Why because the graphics arent still in the year 2000? The game will still have the diablo feelling, just now you can freaking see it.
I think it is so irritating that so many people are complaining about the game when they saw a very small portion of it, and IF blizzard decided to change anything graphically in the game, we would have to wait that much longer. Shut the hell up. ;-)
I am sure there are many aspects in diablo 3 that came from World of warcraft. Although a game that gets old now a days, World of warcraft is an awesome game, straight up.
So how about you wait for the game to release before you complain about something you really know nothing about.
~Psycho
"It's even harder to believe that a ten year old girl can lubricate her entire body with egg yolks then squirm into the urethra of her mother's penis and follow it until she returns to the womb, but I saw the drawings. It can happen, people."
That scared the hell out of me...
That out of the way. I think people are over-reacting.
Ok, fine, I'll admit, D3 doesn't look like crysis, or Supreme commander, it's not a groundbreaking graphics engine. Who Cares!? Last time I checked D2 wasn't groundbreaking anymore either... yet people still play it online all the time. Strange isn't it, maybe that thing ... oh what's it called.... Oh right, Gameplay. Maybe the gameplay in D2 is good enough that people keep coming back, Hell blizzard has D2 as still the most successful action RPG of all time, they have starcraft, one of the most played RTS games of all time, and now they have WOW, the biggest MMORPG of all time, hell, I think these guys may know how to make games that have great gameplay value... Holy crap, they might actually be focusing on the gameplay, instead of making graphics that will only run on a quadcore +SLI system... :shock: :Amaze: :Wonderment:
Second.
OMG THE NECRO'S BEEN REPLACED!!!
Wow, blizzard made a change, which hasn't even been confirmed yet...
IIRC, they made a HUGE change from D1-D2, that EVERYONE thought would make the game suck. they took out spell scrolls, and spell books, no more anyone learing fireball...
But Wait... D2 prevailed, even despite the much dreaded change. :Shock: :Amaze... you get the point.
Second on this, we don't know the necro's been replaced, we may have a small crossover in skill sets, who knows, necro's might come back with curses, and resurrects instead of summoning demons...
Third
WTF?!?!?! Floating health thingies.
Ok. I'll admit this one 'kinda' concerns me, there was a bit of strategy required with the potion belt, I'm kinda with most fans on this one, I do like potions, not the way D2 did them, hated the slow regen effect of them, but still, I liked potions, this one will definately take a bit of getting used to, before, if, people like the idea...
My mind is open on this one, but potions should come back... It's going to suck if you have no health, no glowy red orb thingies, and you're in the middle of a dungeon, without potions, that's a rather crappy situation... We'll just have to wait and see... Maybe they'll have an out of combat only style of potion, that would definately be very cool, or maybe out of combat regen... Who knows, like I said, a little weary on this one...
Finaly
Seriously, fan's are pissed about size of monsters?
Yeah, definately one of the DUMBEST arguments I've EVER heard. big monsters are cool. It's not like hell couldn't toss whatever they wanted at us. I think this new idea of differnt sized demons is rather sweet.
Biting heads off, yeah, ok, unless that's a finishing move (works if you have less than x HP) that will REALLY suck for anyone, especially if you're playing a hardcore char...
Honestly, I really like where blizzard is going with this new one, I am looking forward to finaly, hopefully, seeing the conclusion to this story, with one or 2 expansions...
/rant
We have wainting for this for a long time and now that it came to us, we are afraid of the inovations Blizzard gave to us.
Every change it's dificult, but it's necessary for evolution.
The only thing i don't liked was the change of necro for Witch Doctor, but i can handle that and it will never be an obstacle to buy diablo 3 and pass years playng it until Diablo 4 release.:thumbsup:
And of course there are no 'insta gib' deaths. FFS use your brains.
And yes... i did laugh at myself when he mentioned the rainbows.
That article on SomethingAwful is a bit of a lol-take-that effort. I enjoyed it immensely. I think any D3-art naysayer who's read that and still continues moaning has probably passed the point of rational complaining.
This article is awesome (as somethingawful often is). It's perfectly correct. Everything I've read in that petition (yes, I did read it because I wanted to see what it was all about), just seems like no matter what you want D2 again. I remember when I first played D2, I wasn't that impressed with the graphics. It got a bit better when I got a better graphics card, but I played the crap out of the game. I was a moderator in my school's computer lab, so were two of my friends, and though we didn't think the graphics were amazing or anything, we played that game for about 9 months straight. Because the game was amazing. This is the first Diablo game that looks amazing in the diablo universe. The rainbow is almost impossible to notice. I asked several of my friends who played D2 and none of them even noticed it. I didn't even see it until I looked at milanv's sig. Seriously? You noticed that? I'm gonna have to go watch the high quality video again and see if I can catch it in action, but it looks awesome.
I think the game will get darker. The game takes place in a world where everyone has forgotten/given up the belief that the past two games even happened. That means things have to start in a pretty good place. I mean, how else would these people believe that nothing that bad has happened in the past? If it was super dark and eery all day, how could you not be constantly afraid of some evil demon coming after you. My basement is dark, if you think I don't turn on as many lights as I can when I go down there you're sorely mistaken.
I understand your want for it to be the way you think it should be. That's totally fine. However, I think it's to the point of nitpicking. Yes, those statues are a bit lame, SO WHAT?! It's a statue that is really only there so you can knock it down onto some monsters. Plus, I don't really care about tiny little details like that. The gameplay is #1 for me. Like I was saying about D2.
On Sol being biased. Who cares? It's not an us against them thing. We all want to play Diablo 3. That's the way it is. If you feel you are in the majority, then he is the dissenting voice. He's the one who's standing up against this giant juggernaut. Either way, it's a funny article about D3, which is really what the point of this site is. It's about news about D3, they've made posts about people's distaste with the graphics, and now they're showing the other side. Oh no.
I am very close on the fence, I love the game which makes up in coloring by having a better gameplay, animations etc. etc. BUT this does not mean that the atmosphere is right!!! This is not a Diablo background!
Ha screw it, I didn't even care about the wowish graphics anymore but you guys keep shoving it in our faces and making us look like fanatics when only 1% of us are. F*** this place if we can't even say something is not to our liking and have an opinion, you guys are freaking yaysayers that think everything is perfect with the world no matter what.
This is the exactly reason I don't visit the forums/IRC as often anymore. There's too many idiots that could care less about the actual Diablo series. IMO everyone here is making Diablo's community look bad. It's the only linked fan site on their page and it's full of unmonitored immature kids.