Well, as per a post in our Dev Tracker, the creatures have made their official comeback:
There are now 5 different kinds of Fallen Ones:Quote from"The Diablo III bestiary has been updated with a demon family you may recognize - The Fallen Ones!
"When unleashed upon our realm by their master, Azmodan, these impish terrors display a tendency to swarm like flesh-hungry locusts, and they have been known to tear apart a sleeping village in minutes. Small of stature and simian in appearance, these creatures possess surprising strength and unnatural agility. Other than feasting on human flesh, the only act that gives these unspeakable horrors pleasure is breeding; hence the tendency to encounter them in large packs."
Visit http://www.Diablo3.com for the full bestiary update, including concept art, screen shots, and video!"
Imps - These are the commonest of the fallen family of demons. They are the stereotypical fallen ones in look and behavior: small, red, swarming, bloodthirsty, and cowardly.You can see their glorious new page on the official Diablo III site here: http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/bestiary/thefallen.xml. There's tons of new artwork and lore crammed in there- I'd encourage everyone to check it out!
Shaman - Fallen shaman priests lead camps of fallen. I have also heard it rumored that they possess the ability to raise imps from the dead!
Lunatic - These enraged, oversized fallen creatures are bloated seemingly to the point of bursting, an impression buttressed by the fact that these insane demons rush their intended victims and then stab themselves until they explode. A more fitting name could not be found for these maniacal beings.
Overseer - The fallen overseer drives his smaller impish charges into a frenzy with his ape-like leaping and growling. An overseer among a group of fallen is a dangerous thing, as the cowardice that usually characterizes them is overwhelmed by fear of their much larger brethren.
Hounds - These slobbering abominations are commonly found among groups of the fallen and are utilized as guard animals, beasts of burden, or even food by their demonic masters. These beasts are loyal to a fault, regardless of the abuse heaped upon them.
How does everyone feel about these things returning in the world of Diablo again? It does make sense since there were so many of them in Diablo II. I'd wager they'll probably multiply like bunnies. Thoughts? Comments?
(And I'd pass a rep point or two to Pjanoo for posting this first!)
The Fallen fell down, haw haw.
I really love having height in levels like this, by the way.
Yeah they're keeping all the other areas for themselves!
7: They seem to be a different concept of the hound. I like them more but the in game ones aren't so bad still have the red fallen skin.
10: Teleport + Lightning
11: The male Wizard is knocking a few over the edge it seems.
Oh... it seems we both missed a part of the entry.
So it may just be they said they were minions of Baal incorrectly.
The new types of fallen make them feel more like an organized army than random bands of fallen, I think it will work incredibly well in game ^^.
Hopefully this may lead to some kind of fallen-seige, where you must defend an encampment/town from a band of fallen, and eventually kill their overseer ^^.
Would easily make a fun random quest, which we may actually get to see since Blizz was talking of making random quests a big part of D3.
omg i actually lol'd at that pic LOLOOLOL
those r fallens
man u gotta check ur eyes sight
As soon as they make a few tweeks I think that it will be better.
Im guessing theres a video but its not loading
If anyone else is having issues loading the video, I think this is the same one
they may have fixed the problem with fallen being kinda annoying to fight =3
before their were only like two species now like 4 yay ^.^
i got sick of hunting down little red midgets all the way across the lvl xD (with a barbarian or melee pally at least XD)
i think its cool that they used to serve azmodan =3
maybe they ll add some more of the two lesser evils they never included in the other 2 games whooo =3
Aside from the different name, they do look like they could just be Carvers
The other type would be Devilkin, yellow ones
i agree. they should be in there. every game needs a mindless bothersome creature to kill
that are weak to make large groups of them like in d2. i like the goatmen thing. they were
another favorite monster in mine. both in d1 and d2.
The first two just seemed out of place, theres these dark corridoors and then... bam, bright fucking red. The graveyard screenshot looked incredible though :D.
This bother anyone else ?
Nevertheless, the new fallen look pretty awesome ^^.
Hrm, almost looks like might be a sort of "trap" that shoots lightning. Maybe like a lightning enchanted stone the wiz can cast on the ground.
Very odd.
Haha, yep. I miss the days of D1 ^_^.
The one screennshot on the back of it was so ... shitty.
Had like the sorcerer and the warrior beating the shit out of some skellies with a fire wall.. looked pretty welfare.
Loved that game though ^^.
Can't beleive I actually remember that screenshot so well though, good ol' photographic memory doing its thing again..