Comments on: Diablo III: The Monk Trailers

By: Funky Badger

Funky Badger — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:17:18 +0000

Gutter’s right. Diable is roguelike-of-choice 3D. And no bad thing, but there you go…

Also, that first cinematic was dreadful.

By: Vinraith

Vinraith — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:54:57 +0000

Diablo is good for playing solo or with a small group of friends. It provides a randomized world, so it’s different each time, and of course it doesn’t suffer from the inherent design flaws that come with a subscription system. In short, it bears little resemblance to an MMO in most respects. The notion of MMO’s being a “replacement” for action RPG’s is… chilling.

By: unclelou

unclelou — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:46:34 +0000

D2 was popular because of the multiplayer – it was fairly dull as a single player experience

Speak for yourself. I’ve always preferred the single-player in this kind of hack and slash games. The games are perfect for “getting into the zone”, and it works better when you’re alone.

Even then though, they’re much better for drop-in drop-out playing over many years than a real MMORPG. I don’t see WoW as an alternative for Diablo at all.

By: inanimotion

inanimotion — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:13:16 +0000

That first cinematic looked like it came from the people who made the Tales of the Past series…in the WoW engine.

By: Seth

Seth — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:35:27 +0000

Most of them will be.

By: Gutter

Gutter — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:10:47 +0000

The more I see the maps of Diablo 3, the more I wonder if they are randomly generated.

Are they? I’m not buying the game if they aren’t, Diablo is, ans will always be, a roquelike for me.

By: Bremze

Bremze — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:46:37 +0000

@Psychopomp: Yes.

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:14:36 +0000

Am I the only person who has never, *ever* used LAN?

By: Jacques

Jacques — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:57:38 +0000

Mister_d probably ’cause lots of us find the hack and slash gameplay shitloads more fun than MMORPG style gameplay.

By: Howard

Howard — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:33:14 +0000

@We Fly Spitfires

Well if by original you mean resurrecting a class they have already had, then sure…

By: We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog

We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:17:18 +0000

Looks awesome. Original class, should be loads of fun. Hope they still include a Paladin or something similar. And I really hope the rumours of D3 not coming out until 2011 turn out to be false.

By: KilgoreTrout XL

KilgoreTrout XL — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:02:56 +0000

Looks pretty finished to me, so I assume they want to spend the next couple of years really polishing the “Blizzard Entertainment” logo animation when you load it up.