Diablo III Description
Diablo III is being developed as the definitive action role-playing game, and a true continuation of the Diablo series. Players will create a hero from one of five distinct classes, such as barbarian or witch doctor, each equipped with an array of spells and abilities. As these heroes adventure through rich and varied settings, unraveling an epic storyline and engaging in combat with hordes of monsters and challenging bosses, they'll grow in experience and ability and acquire items of incredible power.
The game takes place on Sanctuary, a world of dark fantasy. Unbeknownst to most of its inhabitants, Sanctuary was saved some twenty years ago from the demonic forces of the underworld by a few brave and powerful heroes. Most of those warriors who directly faced Hell's armies - and were fortunate enough to survive - went mad from their experiences. And most of the others have buried their haunted memories and pushed the horrors from their thoughts. In Diablo III, players will return to Sanctuary to confront evil in its many forms once again.
Diablo III will be a fitting sequel to Diablo II, with the easy interface, fast-paced action, and visceral gameplay that Diablo players have come to expect and enjoy. It will also include many new features that will take the Diablo action-RPG experience to the next level!
Diablo III for PC Features:
* Five powerful character classes to choose from, including the barbarian and witch doctor.
* Brand-new 3D graphics engine enhanced with spectacular visual effects and Havok physics.
* Numerous indoor and outdoor areas detailing new regions in the world of Sanctuary.
* Interactive environments with dangerous traps and obstacles, and destructible elements.
* Randomly generated worlds bolstered by scripted events for endless and dynamic gameplay.
* Vast assortment of fiendish monsters, with unique attack patterns and behaviors.
* New quest system and character-customisation options for the ultimate action RPG experience.
* Multiplayer functionality over Battle.net with support for cooperative and competitive play.
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Will Diablo III be available on Windows and Mac simultaneously?
Yes. As with all of Blizzard Entertainment's recent releases, Diablo III will ship for both Windows and Mac simultaneously.
If it does come out that soon, sweet, but I'd rather wait a bit longer for a better product anyway.
Same here! I bought the collectors edition of D2, the one that came with a DVD of the Marius cutscenes, a CD of the soundtrack (worth the price of the collection alone) and an offical AD&D Diablo paper game that I have never used as I don't paper game.
I also bought one of the Diablo action figures that is now long lost, but the collector's edition is still with me.
I have the soundtrack on my MP3 player and sometimes watch the DVD for fun although too bad it does not have the Act 5 films as it indeed predates those. But other than the paper AD&D thingy I totally use the stuff that came with it.
And as far as what I would like to see in D3, are we now going to find out what became of Adria? Her shack on the other side of the river was never seen when we returned to Tristram leaving her fate unknown. I would think she would be crafty enough to get out of Dodge once the goings got bad. I will smile if I hear once again "I sense a soul in search of answers... " :thumbsup:
I always thought her words of wisdom were far more deep than anything Cain ever said!
Forgive the douible post ya'all but I had to counter this point.
I know I am not the only one here who is a proud owner of the DII Collectors Edition!
It came with the game in a 4-cd case (only 3 cds obviously), a DVD of all the cut scenes with Maruis (looks great on a big screen!) a CD of the complete soundtrack (if you ever want to make people in your house feel like they are being chased put this on with the volume low) and a paper AD&D Diablo game module for those of us who like to paper game. I don't so that is in pristine condition.
I think the manual was like the regular one but I cannot be sure exactly where the regular and deluxe editions differed. And the box was numbered as it was a limited edition.
I am at work so I cannot tell you what mine was #'ed.
It was years ago so I cannot tell you what I paid for it and I cannot recall if I got it directly from Blizzard or from some 3rd party retailer.
So this is why we hope they do a similar thing with D3. Just the small clips of music on the D3 website makes me long for a whole CD of the new music! And a DVD of the cinematics would look great on a plasma/big LCD.
Oh and the DVD case had a warning that viewing the films before you played the game 100% would spoil the end. I heeded the warning and did not play the DVD until I finished Normal and knew what happened.
only the first act is ready. The other acts are probably partially finished.
Like everyone said, they've been working on this for a while and it looks late in development.
Blizzard may be downplaying their progress just to be safe. I actually think these gaming websites are more or less right.
D3 will be here in a year, 1.5 years max.
I remember the D2 Stress Test... we could only go until Blood Raven...
There was the ladder already... Lvl 20 max from what I can remenber...
Imagine getting lvl 20 on blood raven...
It was really nice...
Perfect Gems were really rare...
I don't think much about where it will be released.. I just hope it is soon..
But I would really enjoy participating the beta test!
Is a much better shot of what the D2 Collectors edition contained.
Apparantly there were only 70,000 made.
Not the smallest of editions but considering that millions of copies were sold then I guess it can be thought of as a small edition.
And this is why I would love the same treatment for D3! I can only imagne what they would include because they would have to go over what the D2 collectors edition had.
anyway hes imba and i love him. reallly liked that blizz dinner video , and that asian singer chick. man shes fine.karune is one lucky sc2 cm.
Thats why Starcraft 2 has yet to be released over a year since they announced it? lol. Usually 2+ years, usually more, before release.
sc was announced last year right? well i hope speculations are right because if so sc 2 will b here by Christmas and that means that there's a slight possibility of d3 being here by late 2009
Oh man I remember the stress test. I Played it so much that I got sick of the Barbarian. I never played the barb when D2 came out because of the stress test.
I find it funny how most of you are kidding yourselves into thinking that D3 will come out in less than a year. If Blizzard was a regular company then sure they could probably release the game a year after they announce the game, but Blizzard has a much longer development cycle then most developers; it doesn't matter how long they have been working on it before the announcement.
I think that they will release a beta next year probably around this time and we will see the game come out in a year or a year and a half later.