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Diablo 3 Waiting Thread - Stay a while and glisten

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  • GreenleafGreenleaf Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'm excited about the announcement of the Demon Hunter but I was really just aching for a release date.
    I know a lot of people care about PvP, but I don't. And I don't think I'm in the minority.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Greenleaf wrote: »
    I'm excited about the announcement of the Demon Hunter but I was really just aching for a release date.
    I know a lot of people care about PvP, but I don't. And I don't think I'm in the minority.

    This would be the silliest of times to be wanting a release date. The game is far from finished.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    I don't try to look forward to games for this reason, waiting sucks. I don't watch trailers, teasers or any of that stuff...well at least as much as I can.

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  • EggPuppetEggPuppet Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    fortunately, Torchlight 2 will be out much sooner, and is going to kick ass.

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  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Henroid wrote: »
    Greenleaf wrote: »
    I'm excited about the announcement of the Demon Hunter but I was really just aching for a release date.
    I know a lot of people care about PvP, but I don't. And I don't think I'm in the minority.

    This would be the silliest of times to be wanting a release date. The game is far from finished.

    It might actually be further along that we think. This weekend Jay said that the game is playable from start the finish now. It might be missing chunks here and there, but its still possible to play all the way through. And theyre giving a 1000 people beta keys already. I'm thinking/hoping beta in the spring, release in the summer.

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Realistically, I'm thinking holidays next year. I read SC2: Heart of the Swarm is pinned down as an early 2012 release, so good chance of D3 coming out before then.

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  • TarantioTarantio Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Historically, what's the time lag been between beta keys being sent out, and betas starting, for blizzard games?

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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    also I'm surprised more people haven't complained about the slated region locking they plan to do



    so glad I won't have to play with any british people... *shudder*

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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I don't try to look forward to games for this reason, waiting sucks. I don't watch trailers, teasers or any of that stuff...well at least as much as I can.

    If you want to get unexcited for Diablo 3 then watch the Demon Hunter cinematic. What where they thinking.....

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fine! I'll go and organize our own play group, with blackjack and hookers!
    :(

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I don't try to look forward to games for this reason, waiting sucks. I don't watch trailers, teasers or any of that stuff...well at least as much as I can.

    If you want to get unexcited for Diablo 3 then watch the Demon Hunter cinematic. What where they thinking.....
    I think they were going for camp, I hope.

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  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Tarantio wrote: »
    Historically, what's the time lag been between beta keys being sent out, and betas starting, for blizzard games?

    They actually asked Jay on the live stream at blizzcon about it and he said he expects the game to be released about 6 months after beta starts.

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  • hadokenhadoken Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Wonder if people have already made demon hunter porn.

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  • MaratastikMaratastik Just call me Mara, please! Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I need some new diablo type game. I've been playing a lot of Titan's Quest, but I need something different. Any good recommendations? Other than diablo 2, obviously, :P.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Olorin wrote: »
    I need some new diablo type game. I've been playing a lot of Titan's Quest, but I need something different. Any good recommendations? Other than diablo 2, obviously, :P.
    Torchlight.

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    World of Warcraft

    am i right

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    Olorin wrote: »
    I need some new diablo type game. I've been playing a lot of Titan's Quest, but I need something different. Any good recommendations? Other than diablo 2, obviously, :P.
    Torchlight.

    Keep in mind it's not multi, if that's something you're wanting. Torchlight 2 will be though, and it'll be out before D3

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I don't try to look forward to games for this reason, waiting sucks. I don't watch trailers, teasers or any of that stuff...well at least as much as I can.

    If you want to get unexcited for Diablo 3 then watch the Demon Hunter cinematic. What where they thinking.....
    I think they were going for camp, I hope.

    Ugh, it was exactly the wrong place, between "serious" and "over the top." I enjoy good "over-the-top", like Devil May Cry or Duke Nukem. But the Diablo series (cow level aside) has pretty regularly been on the "serious" side. That cinematic could have been directed by Zack Snyder and John Woo. Why even have crossbows if they're just going to be either Uzis or shotguns?

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I don't try to look forward to games for this reason, waiting sucks. I don't watch trailers, teasers or any of that stuff...well at least as much as I can.

    If you want to get unexcited for Diablo 3 then watch the Demon Hunter cinematic. What where they thinking.....
    I think they were going for camp, I hope.

    Ugh, it was exactly the wrong place, between "serious" and "over the top." I enjoy good "over-the-top", like Devil May Cry or Duke Nukem. But the Diablo series (cow level aside) has pretty regularly been on the "serious" side. That cinematic could have been directed by Zack Snyder and John Woo. Why even have crossbows if they're just going to be either Uzis or shotguns?

    I really like how dark and serious diablo was, especially the cutscenese...these ones are comical.

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  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Its not like any of the class announcement vids were actual cinematics from the game. Once again, calm down people.

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  • WaltWalt Waller Arcane Enchanted Frozen ElectrifiedRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    I really like how dark and serious diablo was, especially the cutscenese...these ones are comical.
    I have a feeling this is partly because Blizzard North is out of the picture. This Diablo is being made by the Warcraft/Starcraft people and they've always liked their over the top action and silliness.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Remember these are just animatics. The other animatics they had showing on the big screen over the D3 play area for the monk and wizard were pretty srs bsns, just like D2. I'm sure the CG will be super serious deepdank grimdark.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Well, the key people responsible for the first two Diablos are now making the Torchlight games and those aren't exactly grimdark either.

    Although, the scene with the king and the queen in the 18 minutes of footage was plenty dark, so the people going all "omg it's action rainbows" are being a bit silly.

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I hope the actual in game cinematics are a little more... basic. Not crazy badasses doing sick stunts and DBZ stuff in the air. The Monk and Demon Hunter are the worst offenders

    I loved D2's cutscenes, the forces of Hell just seemed so overwhelming, and they were! By the end, the heroes are broken. I think I'd prefer to see the Demon Hunter just barely scrape by fighting all those demons.

    I guess they're just more realistically portraying the actual gameplay

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
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  • EggPuppetEggPuppet Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I guess they're just more realistically portraying the actual gameplay

    This is where D2's decision to present their story through an independent, vulnerable narrator really helped to sell the danger and seriousness of the world without causing a cognitive disconnect at the fact that you just killed like 500 hellspawn

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fizban, that is one of my favorite cutscenes from any game ever

    So evil, and brutal, and the speech is great

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Yeah mine too, when I think of my favorite cut scenes from games diablo 2 and starcraft, and that one really cool warcraft 3 one are always at the top. Nothing really comes close.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Mephisto's little speech there wasn't written by the Blizzard guys though, those lines come from something and I can't remember what.

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  • Alucard6986Alucard6986 xbox: Ubeltanzer swtor: UbelRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    the bible?

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Where in the Bible though.

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  • MaratastikMaratastik Just call me Mara, please! Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    Olorin wrote: »
    I need some new diablo type game. I've been playing a lot of Titan's Quest, but I need something different. Any good recommendations? Other than diablo 2, obviously, :P.
    Torchlight.

    Doh! Have already played it. I liked it, but it didn't quite have the depth to hold me. Really I would love something with the aesthetic of torchlight, but the depth of Titan's Quest.

    Anyone have any other suggestions?

    Also, multiplayer is NOT a requirement.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Nox? Old as Diablo 2 but it was fun...I only played the demo though.

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  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    JAEF wrote: »
    Remember these are just animatics. The other animatics they had showing on the big screen over the D3 play area for the monk and wizard were pretty srs bsns, just like D2. I'm sure the CG will be super serious deepdank grimdark.

    No, what? No, guys, the character trailers for the wizard, monk, and demon hunter were created specifically for their announcements. They WILL NOT be in the game in anyway. And they are created using the in game engine.

    These are not cut scenes from the game.

    This is what the cut scenes will look like:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI_EK9rkS-g

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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The monk one was worse than the Demon Hunter one, in my opinion. Not in terms of cheesiness but in terms of animation. It looks like it was made the same way as the WoW cutscene things with the Lich King. Which some people think are awesome, I guess.

    Then I saw the gameplay of Monk and all was forgiven.

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Olorin wrote: »
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    Olorin wrote: »
    I need some new diablo type game. I've been playing a lot of Titan's Quest, but I need something different. Any good recommendations? Other than diablo 2, obviously, :P.
    Torchlight.

    Doh! Have already played it. I liked it, but it didn't quite have the depth to hold me. Really I would love something with the aesthetic of torchlight, but the depth of Titan's Quest.

    Anyone have any other suggestions?

    Also, multiplayer is NOT a requirement.

    Not quite the same, but Borderland's is basically D2 turned into a FPS

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  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Do you guys not know what Machinma is?

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Machinima is not an excuse for being horrible.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Yeah, the machinima didn't write shitty dialogue and choreography.

    The opening cinematic is more promising, hopefully the game's flavor is more in that line. Lots of hordes of Hell, small chance of hope, large chance of going insane - Diablo 2's cinematics had it exactly right.

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  • SkabSkab Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I was referring to FGMs comment about it looking like Wraths cut scenes.

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