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Jezek

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PoE combat impact shits all over D3's paper monsters with MMO hit detection. Just last month played D3 and felt very inferior to PoE.

Well said. I've been waiting for somebody else to to say this. I'm getting back into PoE and for me it has clunkier animations and combat but atleast its combat feels impactful unlike D3's weightless over stylized combat that does feel like you're just hitting demons made out of paper. I think they took way too much code from WoW's framework to build D3's foundation on.
 

Gerrard

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Diablo looks amazing to be honest. Gameplay wise also some great improvements. More open world, character customization, more customization of classes etc
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luj1

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PoE combat impact shits all over D3's paper monsters with MMO hit detection. Just last month played D3 and felt very inferior to PoE.

PoE improved a lot when they added lockstep, but it has never felt as smooth as D3 combat wise.

Not to say PoE isn't better in almost every other way of course.

The main problem holding PoE back is absolutely trash production standard (sans particle effects). Especially in the animation department where everything feels stiff. Minor nitpick is the bland flavorless world and poor art direction.

Everything else is great.
 

luj1

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Anyway these are my impressions re: Diablo IV
  • Trailer was superb
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  • Logo is shit
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  • Gameplay virtually indistinguishable from D3
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  • Indifferent to mounts, could be interesting, whatever
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  • Giant bosses taking up the entire screen
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  • Duriel!!
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Taking everything into consideration, it's basically D3 with blood & gore DLC like BlackAdderBG said. Depressingly, this was the best case scenario. I'm more interested in the remaster.
 

BlackAdderBG

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Skillpoints are returning and talents are also in. Already looks like incline compared to D3 for that reason alone.

Skill points were in D3 after lvl 60

The main problem holding PoE back is absolutely trash production standard (sans particle effects). Especially in the animation department where everything feels stiff. Minor nitpick is the bland flavorless world and poor art direction.

Everything else is great.

Art is ofc subjective, but PoE's world and environment is leagues ahead of any ARPG since D1, Lunaris and Solaris temple zones are best looking and sounding areas I ever played.

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Skillpoints are returning and talents are also in. Already looks like incline compared to D3 for that reason alone.

Skill points were in D3 after lvl 60

IIRC those were only passive stat boosts, not really comparable with D2's skill tree.

Skill points I presumed you mean stats. What are talents?

Looks like the skill tree is split, skill tab are active abilities and talents tab are passives like old D2 masteries
 
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Reever

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I'm sure what everyone wanted after Legion/BfA is more Sylvanas and characters being needlessly killed. You never fail to disappoint, Blizzard.
Diablo looks amazing to be honest. Gameplay wise also some great improvements. More open world, character customization, more customization of classes etc
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Did they just reduce Diablo's primary stats to the mobile trash's Attack/Defense "system" that is now permeating AAA games?
 

Generic-Giant-Spider

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That gameplay preview for D4 looks awful. It'll be the same "kill your entire screen with fireworks" shit that ARPGs have devolved into but now you'll do it in darker/grittier areas like that's supposed to be the one saving grace.

Doesn't help that it looks like it has the same gameplay from D3 only with what looks to be terrain gimmicks. Druid looks more Barbarian than the Barbarian.
 

frajaq

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overwatch 2 - bad
diablo 4 - mediocre
wow expansion - looks dogshit

wrap it up, this was absolutely abysmal
 

Dawkinsfan69

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Yeah cool diablo 4 trailer and all. I'm sure the game will have lots of interesting puzzle solving, required teamwork, strategy, elements of sacrifice, terror, hopelessness, ..

Surely it won't be a game where you spam left click on zombies for 40 hours while listening to EDM music or watching Asmongold react youtube videos. Surely

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What’s the deal with the Asmongold react meme? I watched one time some random video about a classic demo and suddenly those things shitted all of the recommendations.
 

Generic-Giant-Spider

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Is the only confirmed heterosexual character in Overwatch still the French sniper girl?

Black widows are lame and not as cool as the Brazilian wandering spider or birdeater goliaths, by the way. Spiders being forever female associated is bullshit. Tarantulas lift.
 

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