Diablo III
 

New game which has been announced by Blizzard today.

Looks impressive. I was an avid DiabloII player, but ended up playing Warcraft. Was sort of hoping that the new Warcraft expansion was getting a release date announced, but still!

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

http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php

Going to be sick.

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Dick = Hard

Wish I could go back in time and invest in Activision before Blizzard released WoW.. That, and this would have made me a millionaire.

I got a bit stiff in the pants after watching the gameplay trailer.

I just wonder how much of a time difference Starcraft 2 will be compared to Diablo 3 with their releases.

Are the zones not gonna be randomized anymore? That made Diablo interesting for me.

Wow, honestly didn't care about the game until I watched the gameplay video. Holy crap that looks amazingly fun. At the end when the boss picks up one of the guys and bites him in half.. awesome.

Was watching the stream when they announced it this morning. I immediately cast level 20 jizz storm on my surroundings.

Apparently Rob Pardo, one of the designers who was interviewed by ign, said their team liked to announce games roughly 1-1.5 years before release, so should be out by end of next year. Lot of rumors claim the game may actually release before SC2. DAMNIT I WANNA PLAY IT NOWZZZZZZZZZZZ

whoo still randomized

Oh fuck yes, I am jizzing right now.

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According to Gamespot.com, and I swear to you I looked at this twice. The release date for Diablo III is......






12/31/08

PRETTY SURE I'M GONNA FAINT IF THIS IS TRUE

Not true. They wouldn't announce a release date the same time they announce the game is in development. And the date on Gamespot now is back to TBA.

Was most likely just a default date.

Yeah, a lot of companies [Amazon/Play.com] etc have to put what they would think is a release date by all accounts, so it gives people the right to Pre-Order, think its illegal otherwise

Wonder if we'll see it on console

Wouldn't surprise me.

Yeah, I think it'll have to be, crazy cash cow.
Speaking of cows... Perhaps we'll see a Diablo III cow level :D

I don't think it will go to console. If it does, I doubt you would see a port until at least several years after the PC release.

Diablo II is probably in my top 3 favorite games of all time, so yeah. I'm excited.

Yea, it falls as number 3 for me. Top PC game in my personal rankings. In fact I am going to start on the new ladder season tomorrow due to posting this.

Being the big Diablo fan that I am, I have been a bit upset at some of the fan backlash to the amount of color in the initial released gameplay video. People get too up in arms over things like that...especially when it only shows like 2 or 3 areas in a game that takes place 20 years after Diablo II, in which the world has gone back to normal.

Not to mention that the guy who released the 'edited' images to show what the fans want just took the same images, decreased the gamma and saturation and saved them. I like the graphics how they have them, tbh. If it didn't have the gore I'd be pissed but the barbarian was brutalizing those schmucks and leaving a wave of blood and guts behind.

And as for the game being 20 years later, I am calling this now. Tyrael will be the bad guy by the end of the game.

The little comments they have had about Deckard Cain make it sound like he might go crazy too. I'm intrigued.

Deckard Cain is Diablos Mom. It's true, don't ask me how, but it is.

Diablo 3
 

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Diablo 3.

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Nice pics, I can't wait for this to finally be released.

I'm excited probably more than anybody on here (I'm sure I'd have plenty of people contest that), but its still a long way away. Something really exciting to look forward to though.

Me want. When is it due?

Yeah, I'd easily argue with you over that :p

End of the year according to the rumour mill a while back. Hasnt been announced though.

I doubt very seriously if its coming by then. Blizzard haven't even released the beta for Starcraft II yet, which is much farther along in its development. I mean Blizzard hasn't even announced the other two playable classes yet. I honestly don't see it until dropping until Mid-Late 2010...if we're lucky. I would love to be wrong about that.

I wouldn't mind if it were that long, that way I'm out of school by a mile and it won't hurt my grades.

Blizzard takes forever to do anything

I wish this game wasn't taking them so long to make, it'll be awesome when it's finally released.

They might take forever, but it's always worth it. No other gaming company can compare with Blizzard in the last 15 years, imo. Even Rock n Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings were excellent games in the SNES years.

Was unsure to bump up this old thread or just make a new one due to how long of time passed between announcements but a bunch of Diablo III news was released by Blizzard.

The game will have an in-game auction house similar to World of Warcraft with one auction house allowing real money to be spent for in-game items and another auction house allowing in-game currency and items to be spent for other items.

Also revealed was the game will require constant internet connection in order to play the game ("Always On" connection). Blizzard says the reason is meant as a way to preventing hacking or minimize it and because of how the game uses Battle.net at all times.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8...oney-auctions/


The beta for the game is still set to arrive between later this year to early next year with initial reports say the game feels and plays just like classic Diablo but with all the flexibility of modern MMOs.

http://kotaku.com/5825582/diablo-iii


Finally, to combat hacking and illegal playing of the game due to the new auction houses, all mods will not be allowed at all for the game.
http://kotaku.com/5826453/diablo-iii...ed-not-allowed

Forced connection at all times, AND microtransactions for in-game items? What a bunch of horse shit. I will not buy this game. I will, however, pirate the fuck out of it once someone cracks it to make it playable offline.

I understand the issue with a constant internet connection, but why give a fuck about micro-transactions? People did this on eBay with Diablo II and WoW, its just making it legal and manageable for Blizzard. Just ignore the fuck out of it if its that big a deal and get your items the old fashioned way; it's not like those items are only available with money. And hey, maybe you could buy the game, and pay the fucker off by selling in-game items!

And playing Diablo solo isn't nearly as fun, so have fun pirating it. No LAN support, at least from Blizzard anyway.

People doing it on ebay is irrelevant, because it was against both game's terms of service. Just because people did it doesn't make it alright. And I didn't play Diablo II online, because of the sheer amount of hacking that was prevalent for years. As far as WoW goes, I could care less. The game is utter trash compared to other games in the genre.

Selling actual items in-game is dumb, and the fact that it is a Blizzard game means that a LOT of people will play it, and a LOT of people are going to spend a shit ton of money on the items. I am hugely against game-altering micro-transactions. So basically, if I want to play multi-player I will end up having to play with countless people who have bought items. Fuck that. I will do without it. I played through Diablo II countless times by myself, as well as on LANs with friends. I can do without multiplayer if it means not having to deal with the 'always on' bullshit, as well as people who purchased items.

In a game where there ends up being competitive play or PvP of any sort, allowing the sale of actual items (not vanity items), is retarded. Especially with all these 'MMO-like' components they're touting. I'll pirate it, and play it, and uninstall it. The point of me not purchasing it is that they lost a potential customer because of those 2 features. Congrats Blizzard. I know at least 3 people who will not purchase it because of those features as well. Especially the 'always on' bit. I will -NEVER- purchase a non-MMO game that requires me to be connected to the internet in order to play it.

Also, one of the worst things they could possibly do for this game is to deny LAN support. Diablo II was a LAN king.

I'm just saying I don't blame Blizzard for doing micro-transactions, since people are going to farm items in their game regardless of what they do. I never said what farmers did was right, I just see where Blizzard is coming from and why they made the decision to manage them.

And the always-on/LAN thing has to do with piracy, so I don't blame them for that decision either. Same with Starcraft 2, so this isn't some new issue for Blizzard. And when people keep pirating, it's just going to keep showing up in their games. Just feel bad for the people who have limited bandwidth or internet availability getting screwed over.

Req, you are a fucking dick.

They institute measures to prevent piracy and your response is "Fuck all that, Im going to pirate it!"

In todays world what LAN are you playing on that DOESNT have an internet connection?

Diablo 2 was Lan King because you could hack the shit out of it for free.

You are the type of person they added these measures for, so thank yourself for the added security we ALL have to go through.

And if you dont want to buy in game items, dont. You wont need to. They are just adding the option to make some extra cash just like every other publisher.

Starcraft 2 had the same security and connection policy, and we still played 8 player matches at my office.

The Only change from the original? All 8 were paid for.

Funny how that works. I have the same opinion of any game that utilizes DRM. I refuse to allow a company to install monitoring software, or to monitor when I am using their game by requiring me to be connected to their servers. I also find it incredibly stupid that if I go on a trip or am anywhere I don't have internet, that I can't use a game that I paid money for. That alone is reason for me to not purchase it. If my internet drops out, then what? If I'm not even playing with other people, I should be allowed to play something I paid for.

Your response acts as if I don't understand why they do this. But they don't realize that this simply causes more people to pirate their products.

As far as micro-transactions, it's not about if I want to buy those items or not. Yeah, I could ignore them and not buy items. But if I want to play online, then I'm forced to play with people who have bought advantages. It's dumb. They're touting this game as having MMO-like qualities to its gameplay. (It's important to note that it's NOT an MMO, which is another reason requiring an always-on connection is stupid) Why should I have to pay more in order to keep up with the other people playing it? It's greedy. But hey, it's Blizzard. I guess at this point I should have expected it.

And second, I and all of my friends back in the day owned our copies of Diablo II, and we still played offline through a LAN. Because it was easier, and there was less latency issues. You try having 6 or 7 people connected to a shitty home line, all doing different things online. When a couple of them want to play a game together, it's simpler to just LAN it.

We owned probably 80% of the games we played on LAN. These days, I don't care about it as much because I don't LAN like I used to. But I play these types of games single-player more than I do multiplayer these days, and I am not going to get a game that requires me to be online in order to play single player. And again, in the event that I want to play with other people, I don't want to play with people who bought advantages.

I pirate a lot of games, but 'I'm the reason this exists' is a stupid response, because as far as Blizzard games go, I still own my copies of them. I pay for games from companies that put out quality products, and with how good Diablo II was, I would have bought this game in a heartbeat.

If a PC game I like has multi-player, I typically purchase it.

Try playing with those same 8 people on a home line. You'll find it's a lot more difficult, and not nearly as smooth an experience.

Alright, so don't purchase the game. Stick it to the man and pirate the shit out of it.

Moving forward...

From a player perspective, there is no positive to requiring you to be online in order to play the game. Nor is there a single positive for allowing a company to install DRM on your PC. Name me one positive from a player's perspective that says "Oh yeah, I like that".

You can't, because there isn't one.

Done. :y:

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Evidently FAngel is as upset about this as Req.

lol no way this guy's voice is for real. i can't believe that people who make videos are unaware that they sound like this.

lol k watched the whole thing this is definitely some kind of overexaggerated act

I BOYCOTT YA GAAMEZ

Depending on when Blizzard finally finishes up creating the beta for the game and the results from the beta, the company still thinks it has a chance of releasing the game before the end of this year.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/blizza...his-year/3553/

Used to play Diablo all the time. Did not care for Diablo II.

I don't know why people are getting so up in arms over the real money for virtual items, it's not like you have to use that feature.

How hilariously appropriate that mytony should post in this thread.

And LoDownM, I have explained twice why I loathe that feature. It has NOTHING to do with whether or not I wish to use it, and everything to do with whether or not I want to play with people who bought an advantage. I don't.

To be honest, in Diablo 2, people bought and sold items online anyway. As long as the items are not "created" by Blizzard to be sold and still have to be found and sold, that's fine, just bypasses the side market and allows Blizzard direct control over it.

Ok, I went and read your posts Req, all I have to say is, shut up, you are the video game forum version of Kano.

"The real money auction house will not be available in Hardcore mode." There you go, play hardcore mode and shut up.

I've said that to Req. He doesn't care.

People played Diablo 2 outside of hardcore mode?

Pussies.

Excellent news. :y:

DRM will still keep me from purchasing this game.

And also, fuck off. :)

And also also, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF PEOPLE -DID- BUY ITEMS ONLINE. THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ALRIGHT. Said that a couple times too, but I guess it's alright that YOU didn't pay attention to what I said, and it's fine to try and act like I'm the one not paying attention. Pretty bad when I have to repeat myself on a half dozen occasions because you dolts don't read.

People have been buying items off ebay for games for years. I GET THAT. Saying it 5 fucking times doesn't make me 'get it' any more. They did in the first 3 big MMOs, and they still probably do it to this day in current games. That doesn't excuse it, as it is still against those game's terms of service. It still ruins game economies in games where item loss/destruction doesn't exist, and it still gives unfair advantages to people who bought items. Don't understand how this is such a difficult concept for you people to understand.

Since the micro-transactions will be unavailable in hardcore mode, the bulk of my complaint about it is now gone. It's still stupid, it's still greedy, but it will largely not affect me as I feel hardcore mode is the reason to play this game online. It also gives FAR more people the ability to purchase items, where-as I would wager money that the vast majority of people do NOT purchase items illegally in these games. It's the ones that do, that ruin the games. Blizzard giving in and creating a market to regulate it is only opening up the option for more and more people that may not have ever done it before. Hence, greedy.

DRM is still a complete piece of shit though, and only affects people who purchase games, not people who pirate games. Companies just don't "get" that. In the majority of games that use DRM, (ie; non-multiplayer games), it has absolutely ZERO affect on people who pirate games. They'll still pirate the game regardless. DRM only exists to piss off people who purchase it, regardless of the companies intentions with it.

For instance (ie; a single example, not an example of DRM in all games), DRM in Spore was complete and utter bullshit. It did nothing but hurt people who actually purchased the game by allowing a limited number of installs. People who pirated the game were allowed as many installs as they want, and due to modern programming/cracking, people could even get a SHIT TON of custom content.

DRM is counter-productive, and drives people to pirate. There's simply no argument that I could possibly believe is being honest, in support of DRM.

I'm willing to bet that it launches with an offline mode or is patched out soon after. I actually believe them when they are doing this to stop hacks more than piracy because they know they'll sell their games.

If it has an offline mode where you can't take that character to online games, transfer items from him to other people and things like that, it'll be a fair compromise.

If they have an offline mode, I will have no issues with it and I will probably purchase it. (just keeping in mind that is speculation, and they haven't said anything yet) I obviously don't care about having to be connected to the internet in order to play online with people. That would be ridiculous. Since I will only play hardcore mode online, (or regular with friends), I don't have to worry about micro-transactions.

That's all I am saying, people. Hasney speaking some sense in here instead of getting bent out of shape just because I think it's bullshit that they included certain "features". :y:

Although I don't know about this. Hacks ran rampant in Diablo II online. Hacks run rampant in WoW as well. Don't think forcing people to be connected to the internet will do anything to deter it. People will still have hacks, and when those become detectable, they'll make new ones.

I know someone who was banned 4 times (lol) from WoW for hacking, and he played for at least 6 months a few of those times without getting caught. The first time, he played over a year while hacking and didn't get caught.

They would be more concerned about the hacks regarding the paid auction houses because Blizzard could be held liable for criminal or illegal transactions.

I'd assume the idea from Blizzard was instead of having a ton of gold miners and illegal sellers, they figured it would have been more easier to monitor and regulate them in an a single official spot.

There is still regular auction houses that only swap items and the traditional way of getting items for those who don't want to spend real money or play in a more leveled playing field. I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually have a server just for paid auction users to separate them from everyone else.

I just don't share your opinion, Req. It annoys me when I can't play my Steam games when my internet goes out, sure, but I can manage. Like I said before, I only feel bad for the people who don't live in a situation without a good or constant internet connection. Companies have their reasons for DRM, and I just don't let it bother me that much. You can feel how you want. Same for the auction house - it's such a small detail, and is easy to ignore, so I don't much care if people want to waste away their money.

And if I complained about pirating games, I'd still be nothing but a hypocrite. I've done a lot in the past few years to stop, mainly because I can't find any good reasons to justify it (even though there probably aren't any good reasons anyway), but I still find myself getting the occasional handheld release gratis. If I was you, I'd buy the game and the crack it to play offline if the DRM bothered me that much. Pirating to "stick it to the man" just sounds like poor reasoning to me. Again - think and do what you want.

You know you can play Steam games in offline mode, right?

I actually enjoy Steam as a platform for which to purchase games. It gives me access to them forever. All I have to do if I ever reformat is log in, and start redownloading my games. It has an offline mode which lets me use them while not connected. I can redownload them as many times as I want, and Steam actually encourages me to purchase games I wouldn't normally buy because of awesome deals that they offer all the time.

Steam's offline mode requires that you log-in online first before you go offline. When I don't have internet, I can't log in.

No it doesn't. When you try to load it or a game that uses it, wait for it to fail and it will ask you what you want to do. Then you need only click 'start in offline mode' and boom.

Wasn't working for me because I don't save my username and password on the computer. The Steam website says you have to log in online first, so I never really bothered. Never though clicking "remember password" was particularly important for offline mode, and the application itself doesn't make it particularly apparent. My mistake, I guess.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...3160-AGCB-2555

But anyway, it doesn't matter. My point was DRM has never bothered me and probably never will. You're certainly allowed to feel differently.

It depends how it handles disconnections for me. I can't buy a game that boots me out of it because my internet went a bit funny. Settlers did that and I never made it past the second level until I cracked it.

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Also makes sense. Just don't see the point in a gameplay standpoint of why you would want to buy gear in a game like Diablo. The entire point of the game is to go through and find awesome stuff and gear out your character. Why ruin that by buying stuff that's just going to help you beat the game faster. Why buy/play it at all?

Remember in DII when I found this BADASS 4-slot axe for my barbarian. Spent a bunch of time finding sweet runes/stones to put in it until it was just a sweet weapon.

Yeah this game will suck balls because people will just use real world money to buy good loot and have an advantage over those who dont have/dont want to spend money. Boring. Its kind of like releasing a game with cheats built in for online play.

And I will still play it for at least 7.3 years of real world time. I don't give a shit that I have to be online to play it. It's fucking diablo and it will rule the world.

However, as soon as there is a huge storm and our internet goes down and I want to play and can't then I will totally start spazzing and go on a real life killing spree with my sweet 6 slot colossus sword. Yeah totally. Wait, what?

Blizzard announced it is hiring programmers and other employees with the goal being to bring Diablo III to consoles although no exact system was announced nor any guarantees the side project would actually result in a console version of the game.

Auction houses and other new features would be a top priority if the game can be ported completely to a console.

http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAt...3-on-a-console

Diablo III has been delayed from a late 2011 release to now a vague "early 2012" release date.

While Blizzard hinted it was going to be tough to reach the original release date, they now say they are taking the extra months to polish the game up more and the beta will get extended for a longer period of time to help with the tweaks.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/we-act...ablo-iii/3689/

Can't wait for Diablo 3. Been playing Torchlight on my X box and that game is basically diablo lite. Fun. Has it's issues of course, but the core gameplay and treasure hunting is all there.

The auction house situation certainly doesn't bother me. I have no desire to buy anything from it and hell, I might end up selling a few things.

Chinese farmers are going to be doing it nonstop anyways, so Blizz might as well set up a system where they make a little money off of it. Hopefully increased revenue leads to more than just one expansion of content.

I read an article on Cracked recently, I guess gold farming in video games is a billion dollar industry in China.

Oh yeah. If you're willing to pay for something, China is willing to sell it to you, no matter how frivolous or not necessarily legal it is.

Yay China.

Seriously though, until they release an offline mode, I will not buy this game.

Maybe I'm the minority (I am in a lot of ways it seems) but I have no desire to play online. I don't do MMOs, XBox Live, or anything else. The most I do is some of the app games on Facebook... and I still play them by myself. I really just won't play online.

Blizzard finally clears up how the auction house system works and why it was done.

They needed to get rid of the countless scamming and "hacks" that affected Diablo II but didn't want to get rid of the idea of players swapping items and instead felt it would be more secure to do them at official auction spots.

http://www.gamezone.com/news/diablo-...stem-explained


GiantBomb also had a quick preview of the PvP Arena mode and basically confirms Blizzard has no intentions of balancing this mode for eSports/competitive gaming.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/a-few-...vp-arena/3768/

What are you gguys thoughts on them "giving" the game away to WoW players?

Looks like there are some more restrictions with the auction houses dealing with real money and actually has a good benefit as a result.

While the game is region free, auction houses are locked to specific regions as a way to prevent Chineese gold farmers from scamming non-Asian regions and people buying items with different currencies than allowed in a region.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/diab...n-houses-arent

You have to buy like a year's subscription to WoW. Who cares.

Blizzard confirms there will be a console version for the game and at least the Xbox 360 and PS3 have been confirmed platforms.

They were hiring programmers weeks ago with experience on console development so the news isn't a huge surprise. No other details on when the console version will arrive or if the PC version could be delayed so that all versions get released at the same time.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-consoles/

PC version collector's edition got revealed with a price of 69.99 euros in Europe but no US/Canada prices were given. Expect it to be around the $90-$99 price range for the US though based on conversions.

The CE does include 4 free months of World of Warcraft as an extra bonus.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/dept...ectors-edition


The bad news is the game itself has been delayed again from the Early 2012 (March) date to now an end of June release date.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/yep-di...ed-again/3977/

Beta keys if you're quick:

http://destructoid.com/elephant/redeem_code.phtml

all gone :(

You might have to be logged into Destructoid before going there. People are still grabbing them.