I always found Diablo's storyline the most intimate and intense of any of their series.5il3nc3r said:Diablo's story never grabbed me like in other Blizzard games. You could argue that story is not really important for a game like Diablo but it would at least provide additional incentive to go through the campaign just like Warcraft 3's story did for me.
Belfast said:What can I say? The lore never really grabbed me. Besides the gameplay, it's kind of bland, and even the former I can get from WoW.
hclflow said:Who the hell plays Diablo for anything BUT the superb gameplay?
Belfast said:I like dungeon hacks, but I also like MMOs more. A lot of the things that made Diablo good are in WoW anyway, it's just the context that is different.
See, I feel the same way--which is why I much prefer Diablo.Belfast said:I like dungeon hacks, but I also like MMOs more. A lot of the things that made Diablo good are in WoW anyway, it's just the context that is different.
Blizzard is known to reuse stuff.Skeyser said:
Shael rune from Diablo 2
Not even the music?Belfast said:What can I say? The lore never really grabbed me. Besides the gameplay, it's kind of bland, and even the former I can get from WoW.
Skeyser said:
Shael rune from Diablo 2
I'm sure they're always tossing stuff around, but considering Blizzard hasn't introduced a new IP since 1998 - well over half the company's existence - I'd be pretty surprised, especially since all three of their core franchises have remained remarkably relevant to gamers over the course of their lives.Vinterbird said:No way in hell this is a new IP then?
KyanMehwulfe said:Not even the music?
Highlight for me has always been the atmosphere just as much as the dungeon-hacking, item whoring gameplay. I'm a big fan of Uelmen's sort of eastern European gothic folk system of music. The gothic setting is always good for late night gaming with the lights out and surround sound on in full.
I always thought Diablo had the most interesting story, especially from a video game perspective. Unlike most video games, Diablo had the really interesting conceit of telling the player's story during the gameplay, while telling essentially a parallel story via the cutscenes. To me, that was really clever, and it avoided the common pitfall of dumping things that happen to the player into non-playable segments.5il3nc3r said:Diablo's story never grabbed me like in other Blizzard games. You could argue that story is not really important for a game like Diablo but it would at least provide additional incentive to go through the campaign just like Warcraft 3's story did for me.
God, that initial open chord strum from Diablo... That shit is seared into my mind for all time. It really calls to bear a crystal-clear image of my life circa 1997-1998, both because it's such an iconic sound and because I played that damn game so much.Teknoman said:This. Diablo 1 was my first PC game and Tristram's theme was just amazing atmospheric compared to what i'd heard before from a video game. Same with all the ambient noises and the environmets in general.
The voice acting was pretty nice too.
Chris Remo said:God, that initial open chord strum from Diablo... That shit is seared into my mind for all time. It really calls to bear a crystal-clear image of my life circa 1997-1998, both because it's such an iconic sound and because I played that damn game so much.
Shtay awhile, and lishen.
Irulan said:This is in the CSS file:
/*.tundra {background:url(_images/04.jpg) no-repeat 0 0} */
It links to this image:
duckroll said:The teaser has updated. The light got brighter, there's a new rune on the right, and there's another line of code in the css.
So now we have:
/*.tundra {background:url(_images/04.jpg) no-repeat 0 0} */
and
/*.cavern {background:url(_images/15.jpg) no-repeat 0 0} */
NoirYuki said:Umm, guys?
Feel free to start rejoicing.
Teknoman said:Whatever happened to that PCgamer Diablo-esque (something about Hell) tease?
That was for PC Gamer's August issue, not for this event.Proc said:PCGamer confirmed it isn't going to be Diablo 3 :/
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52784
Amarox said:That was for PC Gamer's August issue, not for this event.
schild said:D = 4
O= 15?
Eh? wat
Proc said:that's what I was responding to. This has to be a big announcement for wrath. The runes are such a key part of the death knight.
The last patch (released some days ago) allows you to play without the disc being inserted.Danj said:Listen to this man. We need Diablo 3.
Also can we have Diablo 2 on digital distro plz, my discs are scratched.
LORD ?schild said:Nehhhh?
D = 4
O= 15?
Eh? wat