Blizzards Announces - Diablo 3

Kiith

Right, so its not confirmed, but given this handbook that Blizzard are handing out at the moment...

...i'm willing to bet my right nut that it is. We'll know for sure in the next hour though, so i'll update you all then.

Should know any minute now, although, apparently, a German journalist caught a glimpse of the teleprompter, saying "Introducing the lead designer of Diablo 3" or something like that. Currently, they are playing the Barrens music from WoW over the speakers. Useless fact of the thread right there.

Diablo 3 - Confirmed...sweeet. Oh, theres apparently a nice cinematic, as well a very polished looking demo, that he is actually playing on stage. (i cant see any of this, as im in work). Also, a nice wallpaper for anyone who wants it. http://i.servut.us/i/diablo3.png

Official Site: http://eu.blizzard.com/diablo3/

Mr E

Teaser Trailer here: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/06/28/diablo-iii/

Ignoring the clichéd voiceover, those guys sure know how to do fantastic cutscenes.
Pity there is no gameplay video, but I'm sure that'll come.

Edit, never mind, I just looked at their official website.

Stev_o

If its as fast as 1 and 2 im sold

Spunge

awesome. i cant wait.

Mr E

Thats a nice long gameplay video on the official site. That last boss was excellent (and its death animation was superb). Looks like a top notch game. Could be the first PC game I buy since I got my 360 last August.

D

Game play trailer is great, I love the hp/mp spheres already, will really speed up the game. What wow should have been.

Me runs off to play some Lord of Destruction.

nix

http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/index.xml

BARBARIAN AND WITCH DOCTOR CONFIRMED!

I cant bloomin wait like !

Smellyirishman

YES!

mcgovern

This is going to be great!

They should port it though to 360 and PS3.

nix

mcgovern wrote: »

They should port it though to 360 and PS3.

Get out !

abelard

Words can't describe how much I want this!

/foams

Stev_o

That last boss ripped one of the players heads off! Awesome

projectmayhem

looks cool but i've never played diablo before... nor does it grab me in the same way starcraft did/will/does

Fringe

Oh wow. Yes! I am happy.

seraphimvc

awesome!!!now i am highly pleased i just got my 8800gs

S.I.R

im happy to find this, im the worlds biggest diablo fan so yeah... BRING IT ON !!!

Maximilian

Great news but hardly a surprise. Strangely underwhelmed by the screenshots though. Never mind, I'm sure this will rock. I love the polish Blizzard apply to their games. Second to none really.

Mr E

Watch the videos, Max. Screenshots do it no justice.

rainbow kirby

DO WANT.

Fnz

No word yet on on how many players can play together simultaneously?

[EDIT] Seems they haven't yet decided on a multiplayer cap. The number 8 has been mentioned, followed by "we've had the most fun with smaller groups".

Phototoxin

Woot ! Hopefully it will run on me macbook as I really want to kill ArenaNet now..

abelard

Phototoxin wrote: »

Woot ! Hopefully it will run on me macbook as I really want to kill ArenaNet now..

Pretty sure it was announced for Windows and mac os

Einstein

Looks absolutley Savage! Chances are it won't be released for aaaaaages though!
What a super time to have ordered a new PC! I'll be busy with Conan, The Liche King and Diablo soon after!

Ahhh it's great to be 30!

humanji

I may have missed it if it was mentioned somewhere before, but has it been said if the levels are randomly generated? That was one of the things I loved about Diablo, but considering the detail of the levels in the video, it's looking more and more like the levels are always the same.

Fnz

humanji wrote: »

I may have missed it if it was mentioned somewhere before, but has it been said if the levels are randomly generated?

According to Wikipedia:

An enhanced quest system is stated to work in conjunction with a random level generator to ensure the game provides different experiences when replayed. A random encounter generator is planned to further increase this. Overall, the game will include a mixture of static and randomly generated levels.

humanji

Woohoo!

Maximilian

Mr E wrote: »

Watch the videos, Max. Screenshots do it no justice.

Yeah you're right there Videos look good actually.

Do want, moar.

thelordofcheese

Maximilian wrote: »

Yeah you're right there Videos look good actually.

Do want, moar.

Yes, that video looked really nice when I saw it on the giant screens in paris.

Seifer

Looks pretty and very fast paced. Out by Christmas? It seems to be fairly far along in developement.

Jumpy

I posted this in the thread in the WoW forum, so apologies if its been seen before. But its a fairly cool first glimpse at the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwtL2o1apn4

Good to rely on Blizzard to bring the goods.

CombatCow

It's been in development for 4-5 years, and usually when blizzard announces a title there's a safe bet it will be out in the next 12 months.

Also, WALL OF ZOMBIES.....thats fúckin genius :eek::D


CC

Seifer

I posted this in the thread in the WoW forum, so apologies if its been seen before. But its a fairly cool first glimpse at the game.

When is boards going to start banning the tools that post this crap?

humanji

Up until I saw the wall of zombies I was just excited about this. Now I desperately need this game!!!!

Jumpy

Seifer wrote: »

When is boards going to start banning the tools that post this crap?

About the same time as certain posters get a sense of humour, although I would expect a significant wait in some cases.

Seifer

Jumpy wrote:

About the same time as certain posters get a sense of humour, although I would expect a significant wait in some cases.

It's over now. It was probably funny the first time someone did it, it's certainly not funny anymore. And for those people that do think it's funny you could label it as "rick roll with new diablo trailer" so then your kind can get their fix and people with better things to do don't have to waste their time.

Jumpy

It hurts. I understand. Buck up there matey, the burn doesnt last long.



As something on topic however, have they specified any basic requirements for the game? Are we talking Crysis level here or like previous Diablo titles will it be a fairly low requirement?

Seifer

Jumpy wrote:

As something on topic however

Says the guy posting irrelevant tripe...
I could post a link to the faq where they answer about the lack of specs yet but how would you know that it it isn't some hilarious dancing hamsters?

Jumpy

Seifer wrote: »

Says the guy posting irrelevant tripe...
I could post a link to the faq where they answer about the lack of specs yet but how would you know that it it isn't some hilarious dancing hamsters?

As long as the Blizzard logo appears I wouldnt mind what it is. As long as there isnt a cup in it.

monument

Stay on topic please.

DirkVoodoo

Why do they do this??

When Starcraft2 was announced I was like "Sweet, it looks nearly done, I reckon this christmas". Seems like I was a year out on that guess, shouldn't have been surprised as Blizzard are (thankfully) perfectionists.

BUT, I wish I had not heard about Diablo 3, really! Every time they announce a game it looks almost ready to play, but I know that it wont be ready for at least another year and it guts me!

Blizzard, why cant you announce a game when you know its only a few months away, stop the torture!

Also, I hope they implement some form of "spawn" game like in starcraft. I enjoyed playing diablo 2 LOD with my brother on a LAN game at home, but I don't think its fair to expect people to pay for 2 copies of a game for this simple pleasure. I never liked playing on battle net, I would not always be able to log in to preserve a proper character and I didn't like the cheating on the open servers. LAN game was the only way I liked it, god darn it.

Jumpy

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Why do they do this??

When Starcraft2 was announced I was like "Sweet, it looks nearly done, I reckon this christmas". Seems like I was a year out on that guess, shouldn't have been surprised as Blizzard are (thankfully) perfectionists.

BUT, I wish I had not heard about Diablo 3, really! Every time they announce a game it looks almost ready to play, but I know that it wont be ready for at least another year and it guts me!

Blizzard, why cant you announce a game when you know its only a few months away, stop the torture!

Also, I hope they implement some form of "spawn" game like in starcraft. I enjoyed playing diablo 2 LOD with my brother on a LAN game at home, but I don't think its fair to expect people to pay for 2 copies of a game for this simple pleasure. I never liked playing on battle net, I would not always be able to log in to preserve a proper character and I didn't like the cheating on the open servers. LAN game was the only way I liked it, god darn it.

Agreed, LAN 4 player for D2 was far better. Especially the fights when you heard a ring drop. MINEMINEMINE

Mark Hamill

Jumpy wrote: »

Agreed, LAN 4 player for D2 was far better. Especially the fights when you heard a ring drop. MINEMINEMINE

Just copy the ring for eveyone, problem solved.

DirkVoodoo

Just thinking there, 5 classes would hopefully require the same balance as Diablo 2.

So far we have a witch doctor (summoner/spellcaster, similar to necromancer) and barbarian (big melee wrecking ball, similar to ehhh...barbarian).

So, that means we should have:

a ranged combat specialist
a multiplayer/team support specialist
an out-and-out spellcaster

Please oh please let my favourite, the rogue/amazon return. I dunno how that would work with the selectable sex thing work, but that was my favourite character. Followed by necromancer which sadly will probably not be returning.

Spunge

was there a support/team speacialist in d2?

i thought they were all like solo classes

Seifer

It's interesting to have a look at the official Diablo III forums. The die hard fan boys are going ape at it being in anyway like WoW. While I agree that it shouldn't be a downscaled version of WoW it doesn't make any sense to me for a sequel not to evolve and change.
Some of the things being talked about are the ability to respec (can't see the harm), a fairer looting system (needed for ranged damage characters) and various other things. Thoughts anyone?

Stev_o

From the video iv seen that loot isnt coloured to indicate how good it is .ie blue gold etc

Hopefully this will be changed since id rather not pick up every single loot and have to see if its good or not

DirkVoodoo

Spunge wrote: »

was there a support/team speacialist in d2?

i thought they were all like solo classes

The beauty of Blizzard's sublime balancing act. Yes, obviously they could each be played through in single player, but the addition of the Paladin was due to Blizzard's refocusing of the game onto a multiplayer stage. Like all great games, the Paladin was adept at solo combat, but he really came to the fore in multiplayer games when his offensive and defensive auras could boost his squads efforts.

I would expect a similar support character in D3.

CombatCow

Stev_o wrote: »

From the video iv seen that loot isnt coloured to indicate how good it is .ie blue gold etc

Hopefully this will be changed since id rather not pick up every single loot and have to see if its good or not

Sure it is, and in the traditional Diablo theme you have to use the scroll of identify on it

CC

DirkVoodoo

There us a purple amulet at the end, plus a unique (gold) item i think. I dont think they would remove something as simple as color coding.

Also, the axe he swaps for has a blue lettered name

Tar.Aldarion

Sigh, no warcraft IV

This will do for now!

seraphimvc

Tara Le d'Arion wrote: »

Sigh, no warcraft IV

This will do for now!

another 10yrs for that i guess?

blizzard is responsible for my dusted pc...