Ah, Diablo III was announced. Yes, I know I'm late in talking about it since it was a while back, but if you couldn't tell I was away from Dtoid for a bit. So, what about Diablo? I don't know what most people think about this series, but I believe it is fairly solid.

After hearing the announcement of the next game, I, of course, installed Diablo and Diablo 2 (+LoD) onto my computer to give these old games a whirl. I haven't played this series since my junior year in high school, more or less, which means for about five years. Like any game from so long ago--that I haven't played in a while--it loses the wow factor it once had.



Don't get me wrong, these games are classics. They are fun, and I enjoy the story. If a game entertains me, it succeeds. However, it is so odd to become so frustrated with things that weren't such a big deal five to six years ago. To be fair, I'm pretty sure Diablo 2 is about eight years old, and I'm probably spoiled by all the new features of video games.

It was amazing to see people still playing on battle.net after all these years. What was more shocking was all the ads and spambots either trying to steal your account or send you to sites to buy D2 items (and probably steal your account/cd key).



This two discoveries lead me to my next two discussion points. One, obviously, Diablo 3 will use battle.net and not be an MMO. Well, we knew that because Blizzard said so in the announcement, but we also knew it before it was announced because fans would eat Blizzard's face if they had to pay 15 dollars a month for Diablo. Second, what is Blizzard going to do about these spammers on battle.net when D3 comes out? I really hope they monitor the chat with more force or something. Hell, they can hire me and I'll moderator the board. Seriously, I need a job Blizzard.



Anyway, the gameplay footage--despite what some fans think--looks awesome. I know some people were complaining that it wasn't dark enough, but I think it looks fine. The art style is Blizzard, so I don't know what they expect. Diablo and Diablo II were just limited by graphics. I mean take a random sampling of games from that era: Fallout (1 and 2, not tactics just because I hate it), Baldur's Gate, etc. The graphics are similar, in my opinion. Then look at Baldur's Gate for the consoles. I know the biggest complaint seems to stem from lack of a light radius, but who is say that the video's didn't just have them disabled for the preview?

It doesn't matter, all the complainers will buy the game. I will buy the game. And if you're reading this--you're really bored for one--you'll probably buy the game.



I don't think Blizzard has made one game that flopped, yet (no, not Starcraft Ghost or Warcraft Adventures, they didn't come out). Perhaps, this is the reason for the long development times and the "it's done when it's done slogans".

Well, that's what I think of Diablo...as if you cared.