Diablo III Comments by Oli Welsh
Blizzard's next blockbuster dissected.
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@bengray66
"Wow 4 years in development, I foresee Chrimbo / New Years release, can't see why they would release it in competition with the WoW Expansion." Well Starcraft II has been in development for 5 years, so I'd guess sometime next year. It would be odd if they released SC2, Diablo 3 and Wrath of the Lich King... 1 (erm, sorta) at the same time. |
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I must be one of the few people who didn't bother with blizzard after Diablo 2. Their mega release delays had me vowing never to buy anything from them again. They tend to announce stuff years before releasing it and by then it may be polished but, it's hardly new or inovative. I suspect that two years from now (going by the usual blizzard delay pattern) I'll have forgotten this is even coming out let alone want to buy it.
Still for all the blizzard fans. If it's as good as Diablo 1, it will be an excellent play experience. |
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Is 'more of the same' really all there is to it?
My main concern. Fair comment, but I suppose it really depends on how much you enjoy the core concept. For me, more of the same but somewhat refined and expanded is exactly what I'm after since unnecessary additions are only going to dilute the experience and cause frustration. It's probably fair to say as much about Diablo as much as any series, but I can't see this third installment winning over anyone who didn't like the previous ones.
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Its hard to name direct sequels that are NOT more of the same (with a few innovations/twists).
I havnt played much D1-2, but we shouldnt worry about it being more of the same really. After all, no one complains about Zelda being the same game all over again. Or Halo (ok, a few did complain about that). |
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TheMoonRat
04/07/08 @ 15:09
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Blizzard have never innovated, and always have their games delayed by ages
But at the end result you get a highly polished and fun game. Seems to work for em! |
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@ UncleLou
Correct, in Titan Quest you quickly learn that all "grey" rated items are only worth 1 gold whereas the "white" items are worth around 30+. Hence you quickly ignore all the grey items from that point on. Why they bother putting in the grey items I do not know. :D Although I played and finished the original TQ, I have yet to play the expansion. So I'm looking forward to that :) |
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Restarted Diablo II after the recent no cd patch. And it is sill insanely addictive.
As long as you can get a integer scaling on your lcd the graphics are acceptable, but the core gameplay is still perfection. It is hard to understand what the magic sauce is that blizard use. It looks simple yet noone has come close to it. Titan quest was a fine game but fell well short of DII I cannot wait. |
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cnlfailure
04/07/08 @ 17:32
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This can't arrive soon enough.
Getting my current Diablo fix from Hellgate, which is fine and dandy apart from the way the missions are constructed (too many repetitions) and to be applauded for doing it differently. I hope for a sequel. In the meantime, D3, asap. |
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"I know it's not entirely the same as the adventure thing perhaps but Diablo 1 also had loads of randomised quests."
Well, it had four ;) But they were sorely missed in DII, and I can't wait to see them done on a much grander scale and, I assume, with more 'randomness' than either appearing or not. |
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So is Titan Quest really comparable to D2?
Yes. I loved it, and it's the only game since Diablo 2 even deserving the tag "Diablo-clone". Brilliant flow, nice setting, an incredible amount of unique items (that actually look unique), and it's set up as a long, epic journey across continents. It looks the business, too. I honestly can't understand anyone looking forward to Diablo 3 who hasn't tried Titan Quest. |
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Wildsleven
05/07/08 @ 01:37
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4 years... this game better be epic! hope this will be another great diablo game!
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makeamazing
05/07/08 @ 07:14
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@UncleLou
Never came across Titan Quest before, sure I've probably heard the name somewhere in the depths of my brain, but didnt know it was a diablo clone, will give it a look now :D |
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RandomTerrain
05/07/08 @ 09:23
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Sounds like a 9/10 to me.
Hey Blizzard, us console owners can use a mouse if we want to these days, so keep that in mind! |
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ChthonicEcho
05/07/08 @ 12:56
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Hah, it's about time console players feel what it's like to be left out.
I've never played a Diablo game before, but since Diablo III looks interesting, I'll be replaying both Diablos and the expansion pack. |
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@nil
Unfortunately its pot luck, but if your monitor supports (say)1920x1200 then 800x600 will directly map with no interpolation assuming you dont stretch horizontal. And that really makes a diff to color reproduction. unfortunately if your monitor is 1680x1050 there is nothing you can do even though a doubled 640x480 would fit pretty well. Its a pity it is not an option on drivers because it does make a difference for old games. |
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so this is the game Leonard Boyarsky ended up working on after Troika.
ToEE was a under rated classic! released to buggy and to soon took the shine of it unfortunatly, however at the http://www.co8.org/forum/forumdisplay.ph... circle of eight forums the guys who made the game unofficially continued to suport it and update it. even today still worth a blast - specially if your old school d&d as i think no finer pc implimentation of the turn based gameplay has ever been done, its that pure! ps - cant wait for D3 o/ |
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ChthonicEcho
06/07/08 @ 08:00
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I played ToEE. It was horrible. Unintuitive, uninspired, and an all around horrible RPG. Perhaps others can enjoy it - and I envy these people - but I can't.
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"I played ToEE. It was horrible. Unintuitive, uninspired, and an all around horrible RPG. Perhaps others can enjoy it - and I envy these people - but I can't."
You've got to realize that ToEE wasn't an RPG - but rather a tactical combat game which happens to reproduce the D&D 3.0 ruleset very well. Quests and story were rather rubbish, but combat was the heart of the game, and executed very well. |
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ChthonicEcho
07/07/08 @ 08:14
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You've got to realize that ToEE wasn't an RPG - but rather a tactical combat game which happens to reproduce the D&D 3.0 ruleset very well. Quests and story were rather rubbish...
Which is why I hated it. ;) |
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