Trailers: Diablo III: Follower System

[Twilight_guy]

The problem with Henchmen in Diablo? They did really fast and cost an arm and a leg to revive if they actually do get any good.

So... why is this game taking so long to develop?

It's made by Blizzard... Blizzard takes there sweet time.

 

[Genixma]

So...Enchantress is awesome. Scoundrel looks worth investing and Templar...is there to look good in the armor. Fun.

 

[AbstractStream]

Ooooh, I remember the henchmen. Maybe it was my fault, but mine DID always die too fast.
Does look better this time around.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

So is it just me or does Diablo III look really bad? I am talking about the atmosphere and graphics. It looks almost on par with friggin' Torchlight. I am just surprised they are using such low polygon models. It looks like WoW.

it has more color. Its the complaint everyone has had since they first showed gameplay/screenshots of the game 2-3 years ago.

yes it does look more cartoony and isn't just you.

Well, that's the downside of using a dated engine and such a long development time I suppose. Still looking forward to it though.

our choices for isometric dungeon crawlers are small so ill take it regardless. Plus Blizzard haven't made a single bad game since they became Blizzard, i have faith in them.

I dunno about that. WoW, Warcraft 3, and Starcraft 2 were all pretty mediocre in my opinion although I know I am in the minority there.

thats right the exceptions don't make the rule!

and you take that back about Starcraft2 you take that back! >.<

hehe waiting on the final balance for that game so we can finally get down to some series high level competition &#9829;

Yeah, don't get me wrong. I want to like Starcraft 2, I really do. Its just so hard because its soooo bad. I am an avid BW player and still play it today but Starcraft 2's heavy emphasis on macro and 1Aing across the map is rough. My friend jokes that its a Real Time Action Game, not strategy.

 

[John Funk]

So is it just me or does Diablo III look really bad? I am talking about the atmosphere and graphics. It looks almost on par with friggin' Torchlight. I am just surprised they are using such low polygon models. It looks like WoW.

it has more color. Its the complaint everyone has had since they first showed gameplay/screenshots of the game 2-3 years ago.

yes it does look more cartoony and isn't just you.

Well, that's the downside of using a dated engine and such a long development time I suppose. Still looking forward to it though.

our choices for isometric dungeon crawlers are small so ill take it regardless. Plus Blizzard haven't made a single bad game since they became Blizzard, i have faith in them.

I dunno about that. WoW, Warcraft 3, and Starcraft 2 were all pretty mediocre in my opinion although I know I am in the minority there.

thats right the exceptions don't make the rule!

and you take that back about Starcraft2 you take that back! >.<

hehe waiting on the final balance for that game so we can finally get down to some series high level competition &#9829;

Yeah, don't get me wrong. I want to like Starcraft 2, I really do. Its just so hard because its soooo bad. I am an avid BW player and still play it today but Starcraft 2's heavy emphasis on macro and 1Aing across the map is rough. My friend jokes that its a Real Time Action Game, not strategy.

Really? I'd argue that while there's definitely an action element - micro is key at high levels - it's still perfectly strategic.

High level SC2 play is awesome. It's easily the best multiplayer game of 2010.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

So is it just me or does Diablo III look really bad? I am talking about the atmosphere and graphics. It looks almost on par with friggin' Torchlight. I am just surprised they are using such low polygon models. It looks like WoW.

it has more color. Its the complaint everyone has had since they first showed gameplay/screenshots of the game 2-3 years ago.

yes it does look more cartoony and isn't just you.

Well, that's the downside of using a dated engine and such a long development time I suppose. Still looking forward to it though.

our choices for isometric dungeon crawlers are small so ill take it regardless. Plus Blizzard haven't made a single bad game since they became Blizzard, i have faith in them.

I dunno about that. WoW, Warcraft 3, and Starcraft 2 were all pretty mediocre in my opinion although I know I am in the minority there.

thats right the exceptions don't make the rule!

and you take that back about Starcraft2 you take that back! >.<

hehe waiting on the final balance for that game so we can finally get down to some series high level competition &#9829;

Yeah, don't get me wrong. I want to like Starcraft 2, I really do. Its just so hard because its soooo bad. I am an avid BW player and still play it today but Starcraft 2's heavy emphasis on macro and 1Aing across the map is rough. My friend jokes that its a Real Time Action Game, not strategy.

Really? I'd argue that while there's definitely an action element - micro is key at high levels - it's still perfectly strategic.

High level SC2 play is awesome. It's easily the best multiplayer game of 2010.

I am going to have to disagree there. Especially compared to BW. I won't start some huge debate over it though. To each their own.

 

[Eric the Orange]

Man, I've watched this trailer three or four times now. Still don't get the "waaaaah it looks like WoooooW" complaining. It looks like Diablo.

Have any of y'all PLAYED D2 recently? Seriously?

C'mon man ignore them and let it drop. This argument is OLD, like 3-4 years old. All that can be said has been said to death. And while I can't expect the average forum members to do so, I do expect people with moderator powers to do so.

 

[coldfrog]

So like, the scoundrel can shoot an arrow, shoot multiple arrows, shoot different colored arrows, and shoot one big glowy arrow?

While on the other hand, the enchantress created a meat grinder out of the earth?

And yes, I know that most likely they are at their absolute most powerful here, but only one of those two things sounds awesome, and it has nothing to do with arrows.

For the record, I never used the guys in Diablo 2, and in fact, have no recollection of them even existing, which probably is why I didn't use them. At the least, this preview makes them seem more prevalent and important, and I hope I'll be seeing them soon.

 

[Xaio30]

Why isn't Scoundrel its own Class? I want that trench-coat!

 

[Exort]

So same as the D2 but different names? Lovely.

Now, you can customize their skills.
Anyways, it is no called Merc because of story reasons.
Merc imply they are in it for the money.

How much you wana bet you have to hire them for gold.

100 millions US dollar?
Blizzard already said you meet them in the story, and each have their other reason to join you.
So far we know templar join you to search for some scroll important to their order which was stolen by the archbishop appear in Diablo 1. The reason he join you is because he is imprisoned and if you choose to free him he will join you.
Follower is not a end game system, they fall out of usefulness in hell difficulty.

 

[dosp5]

I've never played a diablo game, but this looks pretty interesting.

 

[stinkyrobot]

Templar? Well at least we sorta kinda not really get a palaidn

 

[Ilyak1986]

Oh by the way, the level cap for followers is only 25, and if anyone else joins the game, they go poof. No more D2 merc madness.

 

[Jake0fTrades]

Can't I just play as a Scoundrel? That would be much better than this Van Helsing wannabe Demon Hunter.

 

[Arcanist]

So is it just me or does Diablo III look really bad? I am talking about the atmosphere and graphics. It looks almost on par with friggin' Torchlight. I am just surprised they are using such low polygon models. It looks like WoW.

it has more color. Its the complaint everyone has had since they first showed gameplay/screenshots of the game 2-3 years ago.

yes it does look more cartoony and isn't just you.

Well, that's the downside of using a dated engine and such a long development time I suppose. Still looking forward to it though.

our choices for isometric dungeon crawlers are small so ill take it regardless. Plus Blizzard haven't made a single bad game since they became Blizzard, i have faith in them.

I dunno about that. WoW, Warcraft 3, and Starcraft 2 were all pretty mediocre in my opinion although I know I am in the minority there.

thats right the exceptions don't make the rule!

and you take that back about Starcraft2 you take that back! >.<

hehe waiting on the final balance for that game so we can finally get down to some series high level competition &#9829;

Yeah, don't get me wrong. I want to like Starcraft 2, I really do. Its just so hard because its soooo bad. I am an avid BW player and still play it today but Starcraft 2's heavy emphasis on macro and 1Aing across the map is rough. My friend jokes that its a Real Time Action Game, not strategy.

Really? '1aing across the map'? StarCraft 2 has just as much emphasis on positioning, timing, and micromanagement as Brood War. The only difference between the two is that StarCraft 2 has only been out for seven months, so people have just started to really figure out some of the greater nuances of strategy and tactics.

Take the standard PvT armies - Collosi ball and Marine/Marauder/Viking. If two equally sized armies 1a'd and engaged one another, which would win?

If you answered that question, you're wrong. Whether MMV or Collosi ball wins depends entirely on how the two armies engage one another. Where the Colossi and Gateway units seperated? Did the Terran player manage to get an arc off? What map did they play on? Was the place they engaged tightly compact or wide open?

All of those questions are questions of positioning, map control, vision, and manuvering - in other words, of STRATEGY.

If you just 1a across the map, you're a bad player. Just sayin'.

 

[Warachia]

Nobody knows how to suck away my interest like blizzard. I keep forgetting that this game is related in name only, and is a regular hack and slash title.

Aside from that, is it me, or did it look like the follow isn't too useful?
(by that I mean based on what they do, there behaviour in a fight wieghed against having to ressurrect them.)

 

[Armanox15]

hmmmm... I'm not impressed

 

[Togs]

Games looking good, but Ive heard tell that followers are meant only to be used in normal, which to me seems like a waste of time in putting them in the game in the first place.

 

[Zydrate]

It looks like Sacred...

 

[thirion1850]

...Meh. Nothing special.