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Captain Shrek
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My impression is that the graphics does not look revolutionary IN THIS VIDEO. Mercenaries seem to level (good thing) like in D2. Hopefully they can now be actually commanded. Also, notice different kinds of mercenary classes. A definitely welcome addition over D2 where mercs were guys with swords/bows.
The Ninth Circle
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While I can appreciate the artwork, I still don't like it.
pocahaunted
Arcane
Gotta say I do hate the concept of mercs/followers, hope they are at least somewhat controllable unlike in Diablo 2 due to obvious issues with shitty AI. Still, I'd rather have them scrapped altogether, they just don't appeal to me at all.
EvilManagedCare
Liturgist
Ugh is there to be a zoomable camera in D3?
The Ninth Circle
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I liked their usefulness in D2, especially the ActII mercs and their auras. Maybe they'll be more like Guild War's heroes?pocahaunted said:
Serious_Business
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Black said:
No.
Fuck I don't know how anyone can get excited about this crap. Looks horrible. D2 already had bad aesthetics, too much of a bloody mess of colors, this looks even more terrible. They'll never capture the D1 feel again, which I suppose happened because it was a minimalistic game, so it gendered a minimalistic style. Minimalism is what you need for horror. The tone is lost here. The very idea of companions is bullshit and goes agaisnt the style. Looks and feels like a beat em up at this point
The Ninth Circle
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D2 had its areas that were well done. Act IV and many portions of Act III were very well done (Durance of Hate especially). That said, D1's atmosphere is light years ahead of D2.Serious_Business said:
pocahaunted
Arcane
The Ninth Circle said:
Yeah, but they were also extremely cheesy and gimmicky. I remember getting the A3 frost merc that freezes every single enemy with its main attack, an aoe spell, enabling me to plow through normal in HC without even needing to look at the screen. Beyond this they were fairly lacking, though, due to the terribad AI, plus I feel that having to rely on mercs as buffs bots is, arguably, pretty bad design.
Oh well, I'll just ignore them as much as possible, like I did in D2.
fizzelopeguss
Arcane
Graphics are getting worse with each video, i don't get it.
pocahaunted
Arcane
fizzelopeguss said:
I have to agree, that's something I also noticed almost immediately.
I'm kinda baffled, really, the NPC models look progressively bad. Thought it was a slight bias on my part, that's why I didn't even mention it at first.
sea
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Looks good, but it utterly baffles me how Blizzard are able to spend such ridiculous amounts of time and money on games that other, much smaller developers, can easily put out in a fifth of the time. I understand that larger companies means more quality control, more bureaucracy, more cooks in the kitchen, more testing and iteration, but seriously, guys, this game should have come out like two years ago.
racofer
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Derpablo Theerrd.
Castanova
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sea said:
Blizzard play-tests prototypes and development builds way more than other places. Any kind of RPG should be play-tested to death throughout the process and I bet most aren't given how poorly balanced almost all modern RPGs are.
We'll see when its released. Its a given purchase given its development time but we all know this is Diablo 2 with better graphics and more streamlined gameplay. Its not a second(third) coming of the ultimate A-RPG but its gonna be playable atleast. After Din's Curse nothing impresses me these days. D3 could be a riot if it had half of the features Dins Curse has.
fizzelopeguss
Arcane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbsODnb1VYo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6_eZgxW ... ideo_title
those videos look miles better, still something a bit off though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6_eZgxW ... ideo_title
those videos look miles better, still something a bit off though.
Metro said:
You can bet it will have polish in all areas... other than story that is. After all they test and test and test. Nice change compared to other developers, of course, but one can argue with their priorities. Or one COULD argue were they not the most successful gaming company ever.
fizzelopeguss said:
blizzard is pure genius, they captured the hack and slasher perfectly, no other game has done it right since.
TO ASPIRING GAME DEVELOPERS
u must induce a trance in the player. this requires atmosphere (visuals and sound), relaxing repetive gameplay that can be unconsciously automotised. a rhythm if u will.
u must break the trance occasionally there must be a gamblers chance of interesting UNIQUE-styled loot, monsters, lore, quests, environments etc.
if you induce a trance for too long it will slip from relaxation and reflection of inner thoughts to boredom.
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