D3 Site Update: Bestiary: Unburied

[Ouroboros]

updated on 2/26/2009

http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/bestiary/unburied.xml

looks hella mean ..


EDIT: Also 3 new pieces of artwork and 9 new screenshots!!

Check out the concept of the Bone Reaver .. looks sinister!

[Mizantrop]

So the Tiger Woods conspiracy theory was true...

[Ouroboros]

Hahaha .. indeed! ;)

[Mizantrop]

Lol, it seems the official site crash due to everybody rushing to view the new content. I am getting:
The XML page cannot be displayed error just like I got trying to buy tickets to blizzcon.

[bjsdtl]

site seem to be working, now.

the new beast looks awesome; he really adds to a horror element.

wouldnt it be even scarier, though, if they didn't include the loincloth??

edit: im curious as to how this thing spawns: it says whenever masses of bodies are stacked unceremoniously (like if you slaughter a bunch of them while tanking) it may rise from the corpses. but does it only rise from human (players/npcs) corpses or those of enemies?

if its super-strong like the beastiary describes, i assume the former, and if its just another enemy, but only slightly more beefed up, i assume the latter.

[AxlStrife]

I love the look of The Unburied. I've been hoping for a mangled mess of a zombie. I wonder if it will be a boss or just another dude. I'll be happy either way.

[Ouroboros]

I love the look of The Unburied. I've been hoping for a mangled mess of a zombie. I wonder if it will be a boss or just another dude. I'll be happy either way.

I don't think it's a boss monster. The screenshots showed them appearing in packs of 4-5, and in random locations in the dungeon.

I think the monster has appeared in the gameplay videos released previously, but only now has its own page on the D3 bestiary.

edit:

ok got rid of the screenshot now that the official site is back online, plus it was screwing up the way the thread viewed.

[bjsdtl]

hm. taking a good look at that screenshot, id like it if they'd sort of randomize the appearance of these things. like randomize where the extra heads appear/ how many thorns they have.

thats probly asking for too much, though

[Mizantrop]

They don't really spawn that way I think. They are just there when you face them while dungeon crawling. The story is about how they are created, but I don' t think you'll actually get to see it. Maybe a boss type Unburied will get a mini cut scene like the the Thousand Pounder, than you'll get to see it's creation.
At Blizzcon they were a tough tree to to fell though.

[NioTumsSpik]

hm. taking a good look at that screenshot, id like it if they'd sort of randomize the appearance of these things. like randomize where the extra heads appear/ how many thorns they have.

thats probly asking for too much, though

No its not, alot of other games had this, D3 should to.
Not all monsters have to be carbon copies of each other :/

[NioTumsSpik]

wouldnt it be even scarier, though, if they didn't include the loincloth??


The put loincloth on skeletons, i mean comon! What do they have to hide?
Atleast zombies could have something still rotting down there...

[AxlStrife]

Thanks for the screenie and the info. I've ben a bit out of the loop ^_^

[Ouroboros]

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7533/ss80.jpg

So I'm a little confused about this guy .. does he not have a head? or is that hollow circular open hole peeping out of the hood supposed to be it?

Is the head missing? The body structure reminds me of the Dune thresher a bit, especially the oversized claws .. only no head...

The humanoid skulls seemes to be fused into the bones of the creature at the joints .. is it a skeletal version of the unburied? i.e. a mishmash of animated bones from multiple sources, rather than the skeletal remains of 1 creature.

hmmm ..

[Popeye]

it will be great to see an unburied pony.

[Grug]

the bone thresher is definitely a different monster, and I do believe that is a maw.

[Bladewind]

Unburied = made of many corpses together.

I thought they call it the Abomination in WC3 ? ;)

[Psyco]

So the Tiger Woods conspiracy theory was true...

lol

really in truth was disappointed :P i though i would see something new hahaha still nice to see a high res close up but meh still ;_; i want to see a fallen and confirmed to be in the game(although im 99% sure they are in with that avatar) or maybe some other act monster

but i really enjoyed the lore nontheless

p.s:im bad at writting in english but seriously anyone else see that MANY error they make all the time on their page?

[Mad Mantis]

Unburied = made of many corpses together.

I thought they call it the Abomination in WC3 ? ;)

Don't get me wrong, I really like this new monster, but that was the first thing that entered my mind.

[Bladewind]

Don't get me wrong, I really like this new monster, but that was the first thing that entered my mind.

The resemblance is kinda unsettling as well. But instead of something that reeks of stink and poison, you get thorns and spikes....


oh well...

[Mizantrop]

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Even God runs out of imagination. Why should Blizzard be any different?

[Needlecraft]

The Character Classes page seems to have gotten an update too -- well, at least since I last checked.

[Ksa]

I hate the unburied! Lol! They look like that mexican treeman! lololol It's nothing scary it just looks weird. I expected to see horrible looking zombies in advanced stages of decomp Lol and I see those puppies with spikes wow.

That must be the hand of those stupid chinese directing the project...D2 is meant to be a christian environment with crosses, churches, dead people, now we start to see more and more of these chinese mythology beasts and I wander wtf is going on oh well! Chinese invasion I guess, Love em all! You should too their cute!

Telzen, do you know the meaning of making a joke? You honestly think I hate Chinese lol 2 of my best friends are Chinese.

[Telzen]

I hate the unburied! Lol! They look like that mexican treeman! lololol It's nothing scary it just looks weird. I expected to see horrible looking zombies in advanced stages of decomp Lol and I see those puppies with spikes wow.

That must be the hand of those stupid chinese directing the project...D2 is meant to be a christian environment with crosses, churches, dead people, now we start to see more and more of these chinese mythology beasts and I wander wtf is going on oh well! Chinese invasion I guess, Love em all! You should too their cute!

put the drugs down

[Nightswipe]

The thousand pounder and the unburied has similar deaths. Poofing in red liquid.

[Turnip]

Well he does have a bit of a point, the things decaying a little less than it should be for not being a demon.

[AxlStrife]

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Even God runs out of imagination. Why should Blizzard be any different?

LOL, "Bad Company" - Bad Company cover made my day.