It's looking good. I'm not that much of a Diablo fan (I did play Diablo II with friends, though), but I just might "rent" this.

RandomPoltergeist

Why has an overrated series like Diablo managed to stay in so many peoples' hearts?

I suppose one could say the same about Final Fantasy.

Communist_Gamer

Wow, Not just an announcement but also gameplay footage! Now thats rocking :D

Reetesh

Screw blurry Screenshots, go download the entire thing!

[www.blizzard.com]

Sethos

@SpyderMS: Ok, having watched the live feed, let me reassure you that the graphics are pretty damned gorgeous. Beautiful even.

What I'm curious about is what the system specs were of the machine it was running on...or for the game even. There was an awful lot of shit going on..

JerrD74: RIP George Carlin

@SpyderMS: I commented that because i saw the demo and the psesentation live through the streaming

Streaming: [eu.blizzard.com]

that's why :)

hlfx

@SpyderMS: There is also a really high quality on the Diablo website.

Coors Light is God

I don't understand the hype, but I haven't played the first two, which might explain that.

everybest

Why are people commenting on the 'gorgeous graphics' when looking at such a tiny, blurry image? I mean this could be a screenshot of NWN as far as I'm concerned...

Not that I'm complaining... It's Diablo III and all... but gorgeous? from that? really?

SpyderMS

Just realized DaDeath beat me.

Floreum

+ Watch video

Kicken

@Kanoopy: Yay indeed! =)

Good thing they didn't make it as an MMO. Now we only need the release date.

This is seriously the only game I'm updating my PC for.

excaliburps

I think this should spark your interests, the official website is running.
[eu.blizzard.com]

Floreum

I guess there is a simple way to express my elation.

YAY!

Kanoopy

This is what getting Blizzownd feels like.

Shinryoma

Total nerdgasm. My friend's and I's prayers have been answered. Thank you Blizzard. (Sorry Mythos)

Zeus

@hlfx: I agree! Sure we're going to see some haters say "Meh like diablo 2 with beter grapix!" But I really don't care. It's fine the way it is! The countless hours I spent imbuing weapons...Ah!

@DaDeath: Thanks for the link! =)

excaliburps

Blizzard servers implode, causing all loss of information. More than 9 million WoW players quit, massive financial debt for Blizzard. Diablo III never released.

In another news, yes, those are gorgeous graphics.

Coors Light is God

Aaaaaand the internet explodes.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

They kept the true D2 gameplay! I am now officially excited, I thought they would just copy WoW and profit off the name.

Muisee

I'm pretty sure I can see a cow.

Monger King

[eu.blizzard.com]

DaDeath

Time for my most insightful post on the entire internet this year:

:D

hamandcheeseUK

Oh yes...it has come...

NinjaJesus

Gorgeous graphics......the demo look so "OMFGWTFBBQ".....and yes its like "home sweet home".....

hlfx

Ah Blizzard... You sure know how to make an entrance...

hellraiserpop

@JerrD74: RIP George Carlin: From the video on the site I would say that the graphics are OK, slightly above NWN. Nothing spectacular going on in there, except maybe the number of enemies at times. Again Blizzard showcases it's texture artists skills, the underlying geometry is rather crude, but textures and lighting rise it to the level it is. And that's just great, looks good and most likely runs smoothly even on slightly older machines.

ara

It's been so long. Back at the day I used to call out Diablo for being such a braindead clickfest compared to the RPG's I played, but now, I welcome it back with open arms. It's been so long.

ara

@Ashurahori: I would wager that they have just pre-cut many pieces of the environment to be destructable and trigger the pieces with some ingame physics when something hits them. Look at the gargoyle pillars at the end of the stairs in this screenshot, both have visible polygon lines where they most likely will break.

And when I said the geometry is crude, I meant that it looks crude at the distance that specific screenshot was taken, from the normal point of view it's very richly detailed.

ara

I've always wanted to like Diablo, but I never get more than a few hours in and I'm bored to tears. The characters, creatures and levels look infinitely more interesting in this one, though.

Mizzle fo Shizzle

@ara: Go look at the Witch doctor videos, where he blows up a bench that flies up in the air, and hits a ledge. When it DOES hit the ledge, it breaks in that exact position.

Seriously, either they are creating a TON of different pre-animations, or this game has the Euphoria engine or something. Just to say that there's more to it than graphics, and Blizzard has always designed their games to run on all machines.

Ashurahori

@Ashurahori: Ah, didn't mean on the gargoyles themselves, but on the pillars they are standing on. The one of the left is easier to spot, the pillar changes shade in the middle. That's a polygon line, the rest are just textures. When you make polygonal cut like that, you either make clearly visible 3 dimensional feature on the object, which it's not, or cut one object to two separate ones, which is most likely the case since lighting is different on the two halves of the pillar. The upper half is destructable. All the parts of environment being destroyed in the videos are most likely pre-cut like this, waiting intact until something hits them and then ingame physics will kick in, few dust cloud particles spawn and the upper half tumbles down.

ara

@ara: The gargoyle cracks look as if they're part of the art, though. Look at the stairs, it's covered with cracks as visible as those, and cracks that don't make any sense to where they could be broken.

And yes, some details may look polygonic, but I'm expecting the fact that you can be surprise-ambushed by hundreds of enemies at the same time, plus all the spells and effects you can pull at once to be a factor to measure the extreme kickass of how this is going to look.

Ashurahori

@Ashurahori: It runs Havoc. No way they would employ Euphoria, we don't need no ragdolls and it would become highend.

Sqeetschy

@Sqeetschy: I see what you're saying. And yes, now I can see the pillar thing you're talking about, it really looks like it'll come apart.

But still, this game looks incredbly beautiful. I think this is the one game to take me out of my Diablo 2 addiction.

Ashurahori

I would have expected them to change the perspective.

dowingba

I really hoped they wouldn't stick with the over the top perspective. I think I'll stick to considering Hellgate: London the unofficial Diablo III, that proved you could do diablo style gameplay without outdated camera work.

Tesahli

@Tesahli: Just because the game uses an overhead camera doesn't make it outdated. What, are First-Person Shooters outdated because they're using a first-person perspective that's been in video games for over two decades? Nothing you said makes any sense.

brightneonlights

Oh, dude, YES. I can't believe they kept the top-down perspective. That fucking ROCKS!

Toasticus

I want to be excited, but these days it looks like Diablo 2... or Untold Legends... or Dungeon Siege... or Shining Soul... or Ragnarok Online...

I hope it's not like digging out a favorite old NES game only to find it's not that great now.

fuchikoma

I really hope this doesn't suck.

Talleh

@brightneonlights: "Just because the game uses an overhead camera doesn't make it outdated. What, are First-Person Shooters outdated because they're using a first-person perspective that's been in video games for over two decades? Nothing you said makes any sense."

Yeah no shit.

Replica23

ah well i expected a more oblivion type gameplay, but why take out a winning combination right?

-_- ill have to wait for diablo 4 for me to see that

Leepox

No, this is like coming home on Steak and Blowjob day and finding out that it is Steak and Blowjob day for the rest of your life.

Krytha

@Zeus: You really can say that again!

This only proves the fact that Blizzard is OWNING, this news is more than a MONSTER KILL, its BEYOND GODLIKE, its... HOLY SHEEEEIT!!!

wyrewolf

Honestly, it looks like shit.

Thono_Sakurai

About Time too.

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