Diablo III announced

Sunday, 29 June 2008

((I just saw DWs post on Diablo 3 when I had finished writing this. But I don't care! It took me time and effort, so I'm going to post it anyway!))

With everyone else on the site playing various games, I decided I'd look into new ones coming out. And to my surprise, what did I find? (the vid's 20 minutes long, so make sure you've got time).

The new Blizzard-developed Diablo game looks set to be a riot. Just like the previous Diablos. On an interface level, the game has been simplified in many ways. For instance, the selecting will be done almost entirely by mouse, meaning less hunting on the keyboard. Another example of this is the new idea that, rather than being given 10,000 variants for your character, your choice will be limited to a class, and a gender. I don't think this sounds like such a bad idea.

However, beneath it all, Diablo seems set to be one of the most complex RPGs to date. The game is going to use various 'random' generators to make the gameplay different on every playthrough. This randomness streches to loot, scripted events and monsters. Meaning, on your first play through, you may encounter a series of monsters in a wooded clearing. In the same wooded clearing, but on a different play through, you may well encounter a caravan needing escorting.

Diablo III will also develop on the previous pitiful conversation system. The system used to consist of a series of complicated responses such as... 'Hey!' and 'No'. However, Diablo III, Blizzard have said, will have a much more immersive conversation system, where what you say will have some effect on what happens.

This announcement just came yesterday, so the liklihood is more details will be announced soon. Keep reading.

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100th post!

Saturday, 28 June 2008

For our 100th post here at DW's, A couple of Big stories.

Firstly, The one everyone has been waiting for for absolute years, Blizzard reset the Diablo2 ladder. That was exciting enough and prompted many people to start playing, turns out that it was just a clever ruse.

A ruse you say, for what?

Oh, just a little game called diablo 3.

For a just announced game, the teaser site is suprisingly detailed, There are two character classes [Barbarian and Witch doctor], and a ton of screenshots, trailers and videos about the game, its pretty clear blizzard have been working on this for a while, but anyone could of told you that, as speculation was rife as to a diablo 3 last year.

Frankly, as a big diablo 2 fanboy a couple of years back, i'll have another game to obsess about before its release.

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Secondly, 3scapism, our sister site has shut it doors. Big deal you might say, but what does it mean to you?

Well, all of the quality output that you would previously miss on the 3scapism is now posted here, think of it like a big machine, churning out twice the output of quality content, and well, your getting suitably close. this is the biggest thing thats happened to DW yet, and it certainly is exciting to announce on our 100th post!

Labels: 3scapism, Announcement, Diablo3, Merger, milestone, New Author, News

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