Blizzard announces Diablo III

[ainmosni]

Diablo is to hack and slash what dungeons and dragons is to table top gaming. Well most of the hack and slash video games are based on D&D rulesets.

Point is Diablo is the progenitor and the standard, so if you like Hack and Slash at all you love Diablo.

It's like liking the Shins without liking The New Pornographers.

Actually, Diablo was based on Nethack... Blizzard admitted this themselves.

[Eschatos]

Just watched a 20 minute demonstration.  It looks really fun and pretty, though fairly standard for the genre.

[Wedge]

I hate RTS and Diablo didn't play massively different from a number of other such games out there to me, so I never cared for Blizzard stuff that much.  Unless they're gonna bring back a new LOST VIKINGS.

[Luinbariel]

All I care about is loot; I can't wait to see all the crazy stuff I'll find.

That's all I ever cared about in any diablo title thus far; finding stuff. It was like a treasure hunt. :3

[A. Crow]

All I care about is loot; I can't wait to see all the crazy stuff I'll find.

That's all I ever cared about in any diablo title thus far; finding stuff. It was like a treasure hunt. :3

Loot Pinata genocide.

[Surf314]

All I care about is loot; I can't wait to see all the crazy stuff I'll find.

That's all I ever cared about in any diablo title thus far; finding stuff. It was like a treasure hunt. :3

A friend of mine in college told me that people are naturally collectors.  They enjoy collecting things.  So smart developers work in collecting something in their games.  Points, achievements, loot, trophies etc.  He was looking to work for EA by the way.

Anyways it explains a lot when you think about it.

[copulatingduck]

[quote author=Luinbariel link=topic=669.msg17022#msg17022 date=1214686613]
All I care about is loot; I can't wait to see all the crazy stuff I'll find.

That's all I ever cared about in any diablo title thus far; finding stuff. It was like a treasure hunt. :3

A friend of mine in college told me that people are naturally collectors.  They enjoy collecting things.  So smart developers work in collecting something in their games.  Points, achievements, loot, trophies etc.  He was looking to work for EA by the way.

Anyways it explains a lot when you think about it.
[/quote]

Fuck that noise, I hate collecting shit in games.

[Luinbariel]

I really only like collecting things like... gems. I am actually an amateur geologist and overall rock enthusiast, and so finding gems in the game is like finding a bag of fucking candy for me. I could care less about points and the like.

I know what you mean though. It seemed to me that WoW was really based on collection; getting the best of everything and doing all the work to get it. I couldn't be assed because there was nothing to collect that INTERESTED me like rocks do in real life I guess.

[rumsfald]

I really only like collecting things like... gems. I am actually an amateur geologist and overall rock enthusiast, and so finding gems in the game is like finding a bag of fucking candy for me. I could care less about points and the like.

In before Caffeine brags about how he loves collecting Pokemon....


Oh, and another female who likes to look at rocks.  Where did I hear that recently...

[copulatingduck]

[quote author=Luinbariel link=topic=669.msg17106#msg17106 date=1214704643]
I really only like collecting things like... gems. I am actually an amateur geologist and overall rock enthusiast, and so finding gems in the game is like finding a bag of fucking candy for me. I could care less about points and the like.

In before Caffeine brags about how he loves collecting Pokemon....


Oh, and another female who likes to look at rocks.  Where did I hear that recently...
[/quote]

:'(

[Vandamguy]

I really only like collecting things like... gems. I am actually an amateur geologist and overall rock enthusiast, and so finding gems in the game is like finding a bag of fucking candy for me. I could care less about points and the like.

I know what you mean though. It seemed to me that WoW was really based on collection; getting the best of everything and doing all the work to get it. I couldn't be assed because there was nothing to collect that INTERESTED me like rocks do in real life I guess.

copu: maybe your GF should hook up with Luin and talk about rocks. interesting stuff.

on topic: anyone that was playing titan quest: wednesdays will be reborn.

[Eschatos]

[quote author=Luinbariel link=topic=669.msg17106#msg17106 date=1214704643]
I really only like collecting things like... gems. I am actually an amateur geologist and overall rock enthusiast, and so finding gems in the game is like finding a bag of fucking candy for me. I could care less about points and the like.

I know what you mean though. It seemed to me that WoW was really based on collection; getting the best of everything and doing all the work to get it. I couldn't be assed because there was nothing to collect that INTERESTED me like rocks do in real life I guess.

copu: maybe your GF should hook up with Luin and talk about rocks. interesting stuff.

on topic: anyone that was playing titan quest: wednesdays will be reborn.
[/quote]

Diablo 3 Wednesdays just doesn't sound the same. 

[Fail Medic]

Diablo 3 Wednesdays just doesn't sound the same. 

What about Dimanche de Diablo?  (though that's Sunday)

[Luinbariel]

[quote author=Eschatos link=topic=669.msg17223#msg17223 date=1214749472]
Diablo 3 Wednesdays just doesn't sound the same. 

What about Dimanche de Diablo?  (though that's Sunday)
[/quote]

Sounds good to me; Sundays were always tabletop days and so it fits in my books. Though it's nothing like tabletop... >.>

Also I said looking at rocks was a hobby, not a job; I -DO- have time for other stuff. I'm more interested in new-age kinda rock crap, and grew up in a town that was all about rocks; that was its only tourist attraction, besides a big suspension bridge.

[Eschatos]

Sunday doesn't really work for me.  I'd prefer to keep it Wednesday.

[cbre88x]

If we add a day for Diablo 3 or maybe even Starcraft 2, I will buy and (reluctantly) pay for battlenet.

[Wedge]

I'll be playing Mythos, on account of it being free and all >.>'

[hawtpawkithero]

[NiceGuy]

If we add a day for Diablo 3 or maybe even Starcraft 2, I will buy and (reluctantly) pay for battlenet.

Is Blizzard going to start charging for Battle.net service with SC2 and D3?  ???

I watched the D3 trailer and intro video and that shit looks sick! I can't wait till it comes out. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for it to be out by at least Christmas season 2009.. pretty please, with cherry on top.

[cbre88x]

[quote author=cbre88x link=topic=669.msg17286#msg17286 date=1214757820]
If we add a day for Diablo 3 or maybe even Starcraft 2, I will buy and (reluctantly) pay for battlenet.

Is Blizzard going to start charging for Battle.net service with SC2 and D3?  ???
I watched the D3 trailer and intro video and that shit looks sick! I can't wait till it comes out. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for it to be out by at least Christmas season 2009.. pretty please, with cherry on top.
[/quote]

I don't know..I just keep hearing you have to pay to use the battlenet system for any game (their online system right)? But I don't know..label me a n00b in this regard since I haven't played a Blizzard game besides very briefly playing Diablo 2 a few years ago.