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Topic: Diablo III Wild Speculation and Rumor Mongering Abounds (Read 870026 times)
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Calantus
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I don't even know what the fuck you are thinking. |
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vex
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Smock, turban, latex gloves and rubber slippers.
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But they want their voices eared or is it eard. |
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Tebonas
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They seem earnest to me.
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Dr. Spoons
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It does have a very clean look. Putting back the light radius stuff would make it look a lot more like old Diablo, as would some more texture and blood on the floors and walls. Diablo dungeons looked like slaughterhouses, this one looks like a cathedral.
Funny you should say that because i think this gameplay video actually is in a cathedral, the one from the original Diablo I believe. I think the graphics are a little bit too greenish hued, but people forget how colorful Diablo 2 was in some areas. |
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dusematic
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Same.
It's diablo though.
I'm still at:
DIABLO 3 OMG
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Yegolev
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I remember lots of colors in D2. Green poison, blue lightning, yellow fire and purple horseshoes. Part of a complete breakfast.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Tebonas
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I always found the graphics in Diablo 2 worse than in Diablo (not that this kept me from playing and loving the game). So for me the third part has only one way to go - up.
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LK
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I'm amazed (but not surprised) that after such a highly anticipated game was announced after people have been waiting so long, the first thing one person did was to bitch.
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UnSub
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I'm amazed (but not surprised) that after such a highly anticipated game was announced after people have been waiting so long, the first thing one person did was to bitch.
If we were happy, we'd have nothing to talk about. |
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dusematic
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lol. Dude. It looks like Warcraft. It will still be fun to play, I'm not trying to rain on your Diablo parade.
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Hutch
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What a bunch of crybabies. That gameplay video was plenty dark. Did they miss the giant pentagram that consumed the virgin sacrifices to create the demon of gluttony? Or was the main complaint that it's too easy to see the details of your characters? Or does it really just boil down to the shoulder armor? Also, the bit where they think they can influence anything at this point is just too cute. Newbs, if they're releasing gameplay videos, it's too late to change the art direction. Don't buy the game. I double dog dare you. You're a drop in the bucket as far as Blizzard is concerned. |
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Hutch
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I always found the graphics in Diablo 2 worse than in Diablo (not that this kept me from playing and loving the game). So for me the third part has only one way to go - up.
I'm with you. D1 had nicer looking 2D sprites than D2. I would have been really disappointed if they hadn't made some big improvements for D3. |
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Lakov_Sanite
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Yes, zoomed in really close and looking at a picture of...stairs...it looks like wow. Um, they're made by the same people you know? All I can say it that it's atmosphere that is going to seperate the games, not the graphics engine itself. Bosses ripping off your heads, the aforementioned virgin sacrifices summoning demons...granted it could use another coat of blood or two, maybe some dirt but calling it wow to me is still stretching. |
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Ratman_tf
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The shoulders look like orc warrior shoulders from Warcraft 3/WoW, but we only have the barbarian for an example right now. For all we know, the other classes will have distinctive armor (like huge masks for the witch doctor) aspects, but not all will be cribbed from the Warcraft franchise.
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Yegolev
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I'm thinking it is just a general anti-WoW-fad thing, perhaps with a fear that D3 might be seen as inferior. More likely it's just proof that you can find a complaint about anything on the internet.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
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Salamok
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I always found the graphics in Diablo 2 worse than in Diablo (not that this kept me from playing and loving the game). So for me the third part has only one way to go - up.
I'm with you. D1 had nicer looking 2D sprites than D2. I would have been really disappointed if they hadn't made some big improvements for D3. It also had better replayability, I find d2 just too long to replay over and over like i did D1 (plus i like the spell books better than skill trees). |
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Ratman_tf
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I always found the graphics in Diablo 2 worse than in Diablo (not that this kept me from playing and loving the game). So for me the third part has only one way to go - up.
I'm with you. D1 had nicer looking 2D sprites than D2. I would have been really disappointed if they hadn't made some big improvements for D3. And I agree with you all.  I'm hoping D3 will get back to it's Diablo roots. It also had better replayability, I find d2 just too long to replay over and over like i did D1 (plus i like the spell books better than skill trees). |
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Lakov_Sanite
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MrHat
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Ya, I don't mind any of the shoulder stuff as long as the helms are crazy. Because D2 had some crazy helms.
I'm a bit shocked that there's no face customization being touted.
Who knows really, we've barely seen any of the game. I just want my ping, cilck, zomg.
A thought on the loot: it's set up like...Hellgate right? The loot you see is your loot, and your bud gets his random loot to.
If that's the case, I'm going to miss the whole, "WTF WAS THAT YELLOW, YOU PICKED IT UP?" Really added to the...player aspect of the game.
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DeathInABottle
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A thought on the loot: it's set up like...Hellgate right? The loot you see is your loot, and your bud gets his random loot to.
If that's the case, I'm going to miss the whole, "WTF WAS THAT YELLOW, YOU PICKED IT UP?" Really added to the...player aspect of the game.
You're kidding, right? That was unquestionably my least favourite part of the game. I HATED rushing to pick shit up, and the sort of griefing that it encouraged. Personalized drops will be a huge improvement. |
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Musashi
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 Not Dark Enough for REAL Nerds!Are you kidding me? Really? I miss the days before the internet gave nerds like this the balls to say this shit without fear of getting beat. /opine I'm with the guy who dares you not to play it. |
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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A thought on the loot: it's set up like...Hellgate right? The loot you see is your loot, and your bud gets his random loot to.
If that's the case, I'm going to miss the whole, "WTF WAS THAT YELLOW, YOU PICKED IT UP?" Really added to the...player aspect of the game.
You're kidding, right? That was unquestionably my least favourite part of the game. I HATED rushing to pick shit up, and the sort of griefing that it encouraged. Personalized drops will be a huge improvement. no no. Don't get me wrong it's a huge improvement. I just think it would be cool to see what my friends/party mates picked up without having to say "what'd you get". Encourages trade right off the bat that way. |
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Rendakor
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I'm a one or the other kinda guy. In Dungeon Siege you could see items drop for your party members but couldn't loot them, and it drove me nuts not being able to steal them. In Hellgate, it wasn't a problem because you didn't see their stuff dropping. Either drops for everyone D2 style where the fastest clicker wins, or only you see your drops. Don't make me look at loot that I can't touch. Immersion breaking, and all that.
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Yegolev
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The problem I have with character face customization is that is it almost always wasted. You have floating names for ID and badass helmets for intimidation. Maybe you are playing a sorceror that wears circlets, but in a game with this perspective even hair color is hard to note sometimes. I'll take any customization you give me but I'm hoping they don't waste a lot of effort on it.
I think the ninjalooter nostalgia is exactly that. Someone grabs a unique that their class can't use and there will be much crying. I'm on board with not seeing things I cannot pick up. Should reduce graphics load, too.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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I'm a one or the other kinda guy. In Dungeon Siege you could see items drop for your party members but couldn't loot them, and it drove me nuts not being able to steal them. In Hellgate, it wasn't a problem because you didn't see their stuff dropping. Either drops for everyone D2 style where the fastest clicker wins, or only you see your drops. Don't make me look at loot that I can't touch. Immersion breaking, and all that.
That's true. I'd hella grief too by just leaving unique items to rot w/ 7 peeps around me screaming in chat. |
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Lantyssa
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What a bunch of crybabies. That gameplay video was plenty dark. Did they miss the giant pentagram that consumed the virgin sacrifices to create the demon of gluttony? Or was the main complaint that it's too easy to see the details of your characters? Or does it really just boil down to the shoulder armor?
Shoulder pads. Though this is the first negative thing I've said. I HATE that style of shoulder armor. The Amazon's single large pauldron is the bulkiest I can take, and then it takes work to make it aesthetically pleasing. I like sleek looking shoulders which allow for movement. |
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Musashi
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Yegolev
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I don't want that either.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Musashi
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Better than getting owned by pick it.
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Fabricated
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That is a fucking stupid petition. |
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Ratman_tf
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That is a fucking stupid petition. The internet is a strange and stupid place. |
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Grand Design
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That is a fucking stupid petition. I posted it in jest because I thought the moaning in this thread about point and click gameplay and isometric views was nitpicky, but once again the internet proves that somewhere there are even more anal nerds with worse grammar making worse arguments than on f13. Go team. |
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Ratman_tf
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That is a fucking stupid petition. I posted it in jest because I thought the moaning in this thread about point and click gameplay and isometric views was nitpicky, but once again the internet proves that somewhere there are even more anal nerds with worse grammar making worse arguments than on f13. Go team. Somewhere out there right now two nerds are arguing about whether the cartoon version of Dr. Who is cannon or not. |
"What I'm saying is you should make friends with a few catasses, they smell funny but they're very helpful." -Calantus makes the best of a smelly situation. |
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