Poll: Diablo 3... are we still excited?

[pulse2]

I must admit I'm looking forward to playing Diablo 3, I too was raised by 2 and loved every second of it. There are a few things bothering me about the trailers though, none have captivated me as much so far as the WoW expansion trailers and I don't even play WoW so that makes little or no sense to me.

The whole concept of Diablo rising from the dead again (despite the fact it sort of makes sense) gives me the idea that my time spent in Diablo 2 was in vain, I also realise the name Diablo is ABOUT Diablo, but I would rather them have kept the name in spirit to give emphasism to the power of Diablo's influence on all new great threats to the world. I don't much like the idea of Diablo coming back from the dead, bit stupid, how many times am I going to have to keep keeping him? Is this an annual thing, a decade thing or a century thing?

Blizzard are amongst the gaming industries best writers, but I'm weary of some of their games most recent scripts.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

I am so excited and I have no problem with the graphics at all. It doesn't look like WoW to me. It is smoother and more realistic. Are we just going to start saying every Blizzard RPG with a lot of color in it is WoW now?

Also graphics don't matter. I can't wait for Diablo 3!

 

[Hop-along Nussbaum]

My chief complaint is that they should release Diablo III on the Xbox 360 and PS3.

 

[EonEire]

I would be more excited about D3 but I will be waiting for the Xbox version confirmation of whether its going ahead or not. Personally I HATE HATE HATE click-to-move controls, HATE! I am not saying that nobody should like / dislike it, I am just saying that I cant stand that control scheme.

So I am excited but I know the version that I would be getting wont be out for awhile

 

[AndyFromMonday]

I don't understand why you were expecting quality and innovation, OP. This is ACTIVISION we're talking about, not Blizzard. ACTIVISION's only goal, as a publisher, is making profit and as it stands innovation doesn't always pay off. Copying a formula that has proven successful in the past WILL, however guarantee profit. Look at Call of Duty. A mediocre game that somehow managed to sell millions. The formula is being copied by rival publisher THQ in the form of Homefront and instead of the game being shunned for being a piece of shit, just like Call of Duty, it managed to sell millions. EA is also hot on the heels of Activision by claiming that "insert generic boring FPS here" will overtake Call of Duty.

Let's look at the MMO genre. Blizzard had huge success with World of Warcraft and immediately other rival companies attempted to copy the formula in hopes of also achieving success instead of actually innovating. Most of them failed or had mild success, Warhammer and Age of Conan being perfect examples of rushed pieces of shit that attempted to cash in on the hype.

EA is also attempting the same thing with Bioware. They aquired a popular studio and started to dumb down their games in favor of appealing to a much more wider audience and in turn make more cash. Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 2 and 3 are perfect examples of EA interfering.

Instead of making Diablo 3, Activision could have focused on innovating the Point and Click RPG genre by making an entirely new IP. However, innovation is risky. The new IP might not do well. So, they made a sequel to an 11 year old game and is currently trying to get it as close to its other franchise, World of Warcraft, as possible so as to attract the fanbase. The same thing can be said about StarCraft 2. It's basically StarCraft 1 with better graphics and DRM but it still sold millions.

Publishers are a plague on the industry. The sooner we get rid of them the sooner studios will start focusing more on innovation rather than on multi million dollar marketing campaigns.

 

[silasbufu]

I don't know if it will live up to D2. I loved it too much. Although I trust Blizzard and when they're taking their sweet time making a game, it's worth the wait.

 

[harvz]

i was exited, back in primary school, i loved diablo 2 and played it all the time, earning no money and all...now being in my gap year, i will play it but it'll most likely be a lan thing with a friend or 2

 

[jamesworkshop]

Super excited for diablo 3

 

[ENKC]

ITT: "Not sure if I like the graphics style - game's probably going to be crap."

Get the hell over it and judge the finished game on its merits.

 

[KiKiweaky]

I'm excited but they could hurry up a bit, maybe light a fire under their asses. The first trailer came out ages ago and we've been drip fed videos and artwork ever since and they still dont even have a release date for it.

While I can respect them wanting to make sure its ready to be released they have taken ages to do so. Aparently most of the work is done theyre just working on content now, so there had better be loads of it =D

 

[19]

Im only still excited if it is indeed coming to consoles, as is rumored.

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

5 words:

We
We
We
So
Excited.

Can't wait for it to come out.

 

[Harry Buddha Palm]

I've seen several gameplay videos and it looks just as mind-numblingly boring as the first two games. Take a few steps, get surrounded by monsters, click on them, watch them explode, repeat a million times. I've never understood the appeal of those games. I played the first two and thought they were repeatitive and dull. My brother, on the other hand, was a full-fledged Diablo 2 junkie and I'd repeatedly ask him "Why are you still playing that damn game?". He would just say "I don't know." I think it's just the loot. People get addicted to finding that ph4t lewt. They're like Pavlov's dog getting excited every time it hears the bell ring. I'm not that greedy or materialistic and if I were, I'd much rather put my resources into getting real, tangible goods, not digital weaponry that I can only use in one game to get more digital weaponry. It's like that old cocaine commercial, "I use coke so I can work more, so I can earn more money, so I can buy more coke, so I can work more, so I can earn more money, so I can buy more coke...". You play Diablo so you can get more loot, so you can click more, so you can get more loot, so you can click more, so you can get more loot, so you can click more, so you can get more loot...

Yeah, I think I'm going to pass on this one. I don't care how many 9's and 10's it gets when the reviews come out.

 

[Slycne]

I don't remember when I first heard that Diablo 3 was coming out, but I do know it was a couple of years ago. I also remember that I was pretty much wetting myself with anticipation: Diablo 2 is my favourite game (though I attribute that to fond memories of playing it from age seven - that game may as well have bloody raised me) and I was and am glad it'll finally be getting a sequel. At the time, the graphics looked positively astounding: that same bleak, gothic style that the first games captured so well brought into the HD generation of gaming.

Spoiler: Yes, the whole game is rainbow ponies.

So where is the simply yes option without the bias on the art style?

 

[2xDouble]

If you disagree with the art style, go back and play Diablo II again. Pay close attention to the backgrounds and artworks, particularly in the second and third levels. Notice how they are distinctly not grey and foggy? One might even call those colorful...

I think the artwork is fine. It's the gameplay that has me concerned.
Though I'm still greatly looking forward to it.

 

[Thanato5]

you know I had pretty much forgotten about diablo 3.
if and when it comes out ( we all know blizzards moving deadlines) I'll give it a whirl and decide if I like it. All I see now is just the usual teasers and people making comments about a few pictures and videos.

 

[Valiance]

Honestly I forgot about the game until you mentioned it here.
I'm much more excited for Torchlight 2. But even then, I don't really need any Action-RPGs at the moment.

Anyway, a lot of people have compared the new artwork as "It's not Diablo 3, it's WoW 2" but honestly I don't really care. I think it looks interesting enough. That said, I much prefer the early early screens of Diablo 3 (like the ones from 2005)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.265110-Diablo-III-Looked-Heavenly-in-2005

Either way, looks okay. I kind of liked Diablo because it was darker, but it seems more colorful now. I can take that since the effects look very nice.

 

[Denamic]

Wait, people were looking forward to D3 for the graphics?
Why aren't you playing tech demos on a loop then?