Diablo 3:::: IT BEGINS!!!! :)

[TheWizard]

A friend of mine had the beta for a while and basically said that it sucks compared to the original Diablo games. Mainly the issues were with the classes and he missed the old ones in Diablo. I agree with him, I don't know why but D3 to me isn't D1 or D2 beater... but remains to be seen. I just wished I had a chance to try the beta.

[Gomezie]

The microtransaction like shops, and the need to be constantly online for this game has really put me off.

I hope they can throw some decent bait out to get me back into the series though

[ray168]

Even though it's taking forever to come out I'm still really looking forward to it.

[danbt]

The microtransaction like shops, and the need to be constantly online for this game has really put me off.

I hope they can throw some decent bait out to get me back into the series though

Agree.

Don't we pay enough to game as it is....

[KillaKingDL]

I'm glad I'm not the only fan that feels cheated. Personally I think they set the bar/hype a little too high and should have gone with a more "if it's not broke, don't fix it" approach. As far as I can tell they've tried to jazz it up in their own way when really, what people wanted, was a true follow on

[Disturbedguy]

I haven't this game or the previous games, but even I can see why they have done what they have,.

I believe one of the biggest problems on Diablo 2 was farming and other such..nasty stuff..this approach aims to rid the game of that as best as possible.

[Bagnaj97]

Blizzard have released a still from the Diablo 3 opening cinematic. Blizz have always been pretty damn good at cinematics, but this is still amazing:

[kalniel]

Looks good, hopefully there will be a few of them. Starcraft 2 was a little disappointing where they used a lot of game engine driven cut-scenes and only a very few CGI.. it looked a bit like they ran out of time/budget as the CGI stills for backdrops of the same scenes looked much better.

[scaryjim]

Blizzard have released a still from the Diablo 3 opening cinematic ...

I think I went out with her a few years back...

tbh I'm not impressed with what I've heard so far (in the same way that my SC-fangirl wife was utterly unimpressed with SCII). Don't think I'll be queueing up on release day. Bring on Torchlight 2

[melon]

I think I went out with her a few years back...

tbh I'm not impressed with what I've heard so far (in the same way that my SC-fangirl wife was utterly unimpressed with SCII). Don't think I'll be queueing up on release day. Bring on Torchlight 2

Yawn... yes TL wasnt bad but it got boring fast for me given the mechanics , so what hope does D3 have ?

Its not so much the graphics as the whole way of playing thats depressing, when you consider 20 yrs ago you were interacting with the same format we are now , your left with bleak impression that any gaming advance just gets attributed to graphics and nothing else .

Forest of Doom on the c64 was just a picture with instructions to go east,west etc
Now we have FPS characters that can move and influence the game by killing other characters while getting asked the very same a b c d e f questions we had years ago.

So in other words there is no element of surprise or sense adventure , its just doing the same thing over and over in the same combinations so you can get the same cookie and pat on the head.

3D is still lightyears away unless this Sony headset proves to be the game changer

[Strings]

So pumped for this. Been waiting so long, replayed the first two over and over in anticipation, only to be let down by a delay or something else.

[kalniel]

New cinematic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlhWq...layer_embedded

[melon]

New cinematic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlhWq...layer_embedded

It will be interesting come review time what sort of reaction this game brings, hardly any games seem to score 70 or 80 , its all 90 or nothing , so if they follow the trend with this i predict you are a massive discrepancy between user and reviewer reviews .

Ive noticed in fact how this trend of lax scoring has gone up and up over the year to the extent there is almost no difference in anything now in terms of how good it is .

Games that get 90 or more should be based on longevity not quick hits like manys games i.e.fifa 1 2 3 4 9 100 etc or battlefield 1.4 5 so on .. if there isnt any impartial reviewing then companies have no incentive to do better ,and we end up with the situation we're in now.

The only exceptions were it should be just about the graphics is perhaps older games, where you can see the difference not something from a year ago using the exact same engine.

m

[kalniel]

It will be interesting come review time what sort of reaction this game brings, hardly any games seem to score 70 or 80 , its all 90 or nothing , so if they follow the trend with this i predict you are a massive discrepancy between user and reviewer reviews .

Not sure that's true:
http://www.metacritic.com/browse/gam...s/pc/metascore

Ive noticed in fact how this trend of lax scoring has gone up and up over the year to the extent there is almost no difference in anything now in terms of how good it is .

See above.

Games that get 90 or more should be based on longevity not quick hits

That's one viewpoint, but it's not one I agree with - IMHO a game score should be based on the overall experience for the audience it's targeted towards. Some games are designed to appeal to players with a lot of time on their hands, others are meant for a quick play, but it doesn't make the experience any less fun nor are people who enjoy the latter any less worthy to be considered than those who enjoy the former.

like manys games i.e.fifa 1 2 3 4 9 100 etc or battlefield 1.4 5 so on .. if there isnt any impartial reviewing then companies have no incentive to do better ,and we end up with the situation we're in now.

The situation we're in now seems to be that we have more and more fantastic games being made for a variety of different play styles. Is that so bad?

I don't like football games or war based shooters. At all. But I've got Skyrim, KOA:Reckoning, Diablo III, torchlight 2 etc. all to look forward to. I've just had The Witcher 2 which was fab, and a whole bunch of other RPGs that I didn't pick up - DESPITE the fact these games don't get 10/10 scores across the board. Review scores don't matter squat, ultimately

[melon]

Not sure that's true:
http://www.metacritic.com/browse/gam...s/pc/metascore


See above.

That's one viewpoint, but it's not one I agree with - IMHO a game score should be based on the overall experience for the audience it's targeted towards. Some games are designed to appeal to players with a lot of time on their hands, others are meant for a quick play, but it doesn't make the experience any less fun nor are people who enjoy the latter any less worthy to be considered than those who enjoy the former.

The situation we're in now seems to be that we have more and more fantastic games being made for a variety of different play styles. Is that so bad?

I don't like football games or war based shooters. At all. But I've got Skyrim, KOA:Reckoning, Diablo III, torchlight 2 etc. all to look forward to. I've just had The Witcher 2 which was fab, and a whole bunch of other RPGs that I didn't pick up - DESPITE the fact these games don't get 10/10 scores across the board. Review scores don't matter squat, ultimately

I wanted to play Witcher 2 but the control issue with my hands put me off - thats ironically why most of the games I do play end up being FPS .

There is really no effective auto fire solution for games without it compromising something it would seem, or only working in certain windowed games etc

I hope Skyrim isn't like that .

Not so sure I agree about variety , or quality - people rave about battlefield or batman and I just found them boring , playing batman it reminds of Dragons Lair , pretty too look at it - but it didnt feel so much a game rather than a bunch of cinematic cut scenes where you have limited options of doing the same thing.

I want a game with intrigue and twists, and customized controls ,not some linear bang bang your dead , or grinding for bigger bangs bangs instead.

I did enjoy that indie game Limbo though - and sort of miss the old platformers which are not as much button mashing than anything else.

m

[melon]

I wanted to play Witcher 2 but the control issue with my hands put me off - thats ironically why most of the games I do play end up being FPS .

There is really no effective auto fire solution for games without it compromising something it would seem, or only working in certain windowed games etc

I hope Skyrim isn't like that .

Not so sure I agree about variety , or quality - people rave about battlefield or batman and I just found them boring , playing batman it reminds of Dragons Lair , pretty too look at it - but it didnt feel so much a game rather than a bunch of cinematic cut scenes where you have limited options of doing the same thing.

I want a game with intrigue and twists, and customized controls ,not some linear bang bang your dead , or grinding for bigger bangs bangs instead.

I did enjoy that indie game Limbo though - and do like survival games like Resident Evil 4 or Call of Cthulhu ( Very underrated game ) The new Alice game unfortunately succumbed to trigger happy crowd and IMO paid dearly for it - nowhere near a good as original one ( big disappointment )

m