Diablo III Video Discussions

**tuxor** · 28-06-2008, 11:56

Alrighty guys, the truth is out, I'm seriously like...freaking out, in a good way. The wait was most definitely worth it, and the two videos have given us a little sneak peak into the game. This thread is to discuss that, and not completely explode from the awesome.

I'm going to start off with the gameplay video, because I thought that was most telling of the game. To be honest, I kind of feel that D3 looks a little cartoony. Like someone took a murder scene and cell-shaded it, it's weird. However, it does look like the game is very solid, I mean, just listen to the bones crunching and flesh squishing as the characters attack. The Witch-Doctor is WoW's Shaman. Face it.

Overall, I'm still holding back judgment, but it seems like D3 is going to be more of a mainsteam game, and I don't know, clunky. It'll be interesting to see a more multiplayer side of the game, as well as the different classes and their skills.

**ExtraStrongFireEnchanted** · 28-06-2008, 12:04

If I am not mistaken in the video it was said somthing like "loot is the most important part of the game". I don't think there is gonna be support classes (witch doctor didn't have any heals). There is no easy way of healing/recovering mana (you gotta rely on leeching stat) and preventing damage in the first place (shaft vempire gaze string <3). There was this kick *** mana leeching unique ring that was worth a fortune in the beginning of new 'season'. Good memories. There are tons of monsters that you gotta fight all at once. There is impresive AoE effects. The control is easy. There are no 'cooldown' skills. All you have at your disposal can be spammable, only limited by your mana recovery rate.

My only 2 concerns so far are these: 1) is there hardcore mode? and 2) will the dungeons be randomly generated. My impression is there might be story line places which are preset and scripted, and random dungeons.

**ezrider2** · 28-06-2008, 12:18

I agree it looks a 'lil' cartoony. It seems more prevalent in the stills/screenshots. I'm watching the gameplay movie now, and it's awesome, lots of fluidity, that you barely notice it. It's more of a ''dark toon'' kind of art. Also if you look some of the skill clips from the website, you see great advancements in the detail...
like you hit an undead creature on a bridge he falls bellow and you see him splashing into the waterfall ... lots of blood too. I also noticed some old diablo sound effects have been brought in... I don't expect the feel to change too much. That's what Diablo fans enjoyed from the 1st one, the dark demonic atmosphere. I would suspect they would keep hardcore mode in...

**tuxor** · 28-06-2008, 12:20

I think the skills look really good, well, aside from the locust swarm to be honest. I feel like if they just darkened it up a bit, and it may just be the video's brightness, but if it was a bit darker, it would still have that feel to it.

**Mad Mantis** · 28-06-2008, 12:24

Originally Posted by tuxor

To be honest, I kind of feel that D3 looks a little cartoony. Like someone took a murder scene and cell-shaded it, it's weird.

It reminded me a lot of the Warcraft style. The Witch Doctor in particular. A bit less cartoony than WC, but still a lot different from D2.

**kuafu** · 28-06-2008, 12:35

The moves and attacks of barbarian in the movie keep reminding me of Kratos. Anyone else feeling the same?

**Widukind** · 28-06-2008, 13:52

I'm really impressed by the gameplay video. Really glad they went for an isometric view and not third person. The animations and physics are absolutely gorgeous. Seeing the barbarian whirlwind through a group of zombies spraying blood, gore and corpses all over the place blew me away. This is exactly what I wanted DIII to look like. I don't think the game looks cartoony, or WoW-ish. It's dark, gritty, gloomy and gory --> Diablo.

**sbn** · 28-06-2008, 14:05

This does look like a Diablo game, albeit how it should 10 years later. Going from D1 to D2 was not all that radically different. This game, from the video, seems like there will be a huge adjustment.

Something I just found ironic and quite humorous. In the video the narrator explains how much simpler it is to control. When he mentions using the scroll mouse I just laughed. I thought great, now we can get a temp ban in both 2D (D2) and 3D (D3). I say this angrily because my mouse freaked out for a sec last week and did a very short scroll...but enough to get booted and RD'd for a long time.

**tuxor** · 28-06-2008, 14:45

Yeah, whirlwinding through zombies and having them magically transform into an explosion of blood is Diablo-esque to me...:rolleyes:

**Hello Jim** · 28-06-2008, 15:05

We'll just have to face that Diablo 3 is not Diablo 2. Just like Diablo 2 wasn't Diablo 1. This is ashame but after 8 years, it's obvious.
Maybe we should request they make a Diablo 2.5 (:

In the meantime:
Diablo 3= God of War.