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Quote from "Grimster" »

You know ACTION in ActionRPG usually indicates that the game is fast paced. English isn't my native language but I took the liberty of looking up the definition of action.

"the series of events that form a plot; the trait of being active and energetic and forceful"

I don't know about you guys but words like energetic and forceful do indicate some fast pace.

And someone claiming that Diablo 3 has wowish graphics probably didn't

A: Watch the actual video and instead got stuck with some Leeroy video on Youtube.

or

B: Is simply retarded and don't know better.

Quote from "Elmo" »

When i saw the cinematic trailer my impression was 5/5, "Finally Diablo 3!".
Then when i saw the gameplay video, it dropped all the way down to 1/5. Why? You might ask. Because this game they call Diablo 3, has more elements from warcraft universe than diablo.

I mean, just look at it, cartoonish, blurry, hand drawn warcraft textures, warcraft style 3d models whit warcraft texturing style again.
They even raped Cain whit warcraft colours.

Quote from "SSephirothT" »

Sorry if this has already been brought up, but the spinning speed of WW seems a lot slower, doesn't it? Just doesn't seem quite as powerful as it was imo.

Quote from "JGS" »

Take a look at the graphics of D3. They aren't ALL that great. Sure they are good, but not the greatest. I'm assuming that the graphics are this way simply because Blizzard is going to deliver a lag-free game. Look at WoW graphics, and I barely have an issue with lag there.. these graphics go along the same general guidelines as D2, simply a little more 3d. As of right now, with what I seen.. Lag will not be an issue unless someone finds an exploit duping.. and causes mass lag to the server.

Quote from "RayAllen" »

Well the Witch Doctor is after all WC3 related (Orc Unit)
Well... This game is still in development afterall. Nothing is final in that version. I expect the Witch Doctor to be changed much more.
The level we saw is probably only a small portion of the D3 world anyways.

Quote from "Alavard" »

It's a little early to be gauging the real pace of the game. The stuff in the gameplay video had to be a certain speed to make narration possible. I like the look of it, actually, looks like a good blend of slaughter and strategy.

Quote from "Doryah" »

I have some worries about D3. This game is just so important to me i can't ignore this right now and move forward.

First of all the happy wow-ish, wc3-ish looking world, happy forest with cute squarish trees, grass and everything. It is just wrong on so many levels. But more than anything, that is shoking to me is decline in pace and ingame speed. I was expecting D3 to be slower after what happened for example to starcraft in warcraft 3, what happened to quake 3 in doom 3 and quake 4. Nowadays prettier graphics - slower gameplay, and problem is never in hardware, but in games.

If you guys didn't play Diablo 2 for a while, for years maybe, you may forget how mindblowingly fast it was, i was a very devoted D2 player and yet after a 2 years break, when i installed D2 again i was shoked by how insane speed and pace in this game is compared to all the newer games both on PC and consoles, and that is why D2 was so good. Now in D3 i see just another game that has nothing besides looks and sound effects.

Please, guys, if you have some footage of powered up D3 character in good boots, faster run stuff, teleports in action, please post the link in this thread. I hate to be negative about anything, especially about something i really care about... Does anyone else have the same feelings? Did the Blizzard ever comment on this matter?

Quote from "GameThrash" »

tetris inventory!
im sorry, but the tetris inventory style set it apart from other games, it was just like, ya kno.
now everytime i see a game with similar inventory style, right off the bat i think
diablo.

Quote from "Lord_Jaroh" »

Certainly, we've only seen x% of the game now, however, what I saw in that little bit was enough to worry me. Do you not think, that as a fan of the past games since 1997, that I would jump at the mention of the latest sequel? Do you not think that I have been wanting this game to come out for a great many years? And now you wonder why, even though I liked the changes from 1 to 2 and to LoD, and to the patches since, I am worried about the jump to D3.

The gameplay itself seems like it will be alright, although I don't like the inventory changes nor the health orbs rather than potions. I'm not sure about the skill bar yet, that remains to be seen.

The atmosphere is what I'm not sure about, and what worries me the most, as the atmosphere is what truely set the Diablo universe apart from the myriad of clones. The dark gothic setting is why there is still people out there trying to make a Diablo killer, as nothing can grab the people like Diablo did. Titan Quest came closest I'd say, but still failed. Diablo is just too engrossing. Based on the gameplay trailer however, if what we saw is what we are going to get, I am not going to like the final product very much, and is why we are hoping to change some of it before it hits the shelves.

Don't make Aliens vs. Predator out of Aliens...make Diablo III, and give me the atmosphere that goes with it. There's a reason why Aliens is one of the best movies made, and is on almost everyone's "must watch list". And there's a reason why AvP is on the opposite list. Don't make a Diablo III that is like that, that's all I am asking.

Quote from "Alavard" »

Did you miss the part where the boss bit the Barb's head off?

Quote from "Caldoc" »

im not sure if anyone noticed, but it looks like diablo 3 is being influenced by WoW, not just in terms of lighting etc, but in the actual models, people have posted the lion, but what about the siege breaking being similar in appearance to mannoroth, i swear the glutton looks like something out of wow, on the gameplay vid, those guys summoning the demonic pets (after the ghouls) looked like the undead mage's casting animation, the ghoul makes a noise that sounds like the pigs off wow (when they die)

i think the lighting etc mentioned earlier is a reflection of the demographic bliz are aiming for (basically, as many children as possible to pay), look at the icons, d1 & 2, fire / ominous, diablo 3, no fire & diablo looks like some kind of rat / old asian guy as opposed to some fearsome demon / the lord of terror (in the cinematic vid, it almost looks like he's wearing identical pauldrons like a high level armor set on wow).

blizzards current success is based off their loyal customer base (when they used the gore, grit etc that other games didnt (d2 - game of the year, gore -- god of war, game of the year, gore -- gears of war & warhammer 40k, the list goes on, they can still make alot of money and satisfy their niche market.)

Oh, and for the record, i agree with bringing back the dark atmosphere etc mentioned in the art style proposal thread (the darker look / rough outdoors makes the whole atmosphere that much more agressive etc)


what do you guys think, anything more to add that requires a bit more observation?
P.S - Another thing, it looks like the barbarian has an easy time attacking from range / closing the gap, maybe a little better if he had it a little harder / the range at which his distance attacks work slightly decreased

P.P.S - Wheres the gore gone? i see chunks and blood, but on D2 when baal & duriel died, his guts spilled all over the floor / they actuall had unique death animations that seemed relevant for the monsters, instead of a random ribcage just floating around

i can understand the corpses dissapearing to keep the graphics low, but leave them on a bit longer, totally kills the buzz when the wall chunks dissapear etc, let me see their corpses trapped under the wall for a bit / revel in the destruction, if i walk to the next area, then dissapear

Quote from "poidthedoid" »

What do you see as special animations?

i think whirlwind is pretty special, that charge skill is too. Leap is also "special".

The head bitten off is definitely not a death animation that activates when the boss is nearby. thats absurd. That would take away from the boss' fighting time and just be dumb. It possibly could be a 1 hit KO move that takes a long time to get ready, thats why you should always be moving. It probably activates when you stand in the same place a long time. It would be cool of it was 1 hit though, adds to the difficulty and it would be fun seeing some super high level being killed instantly