With the lack of multiplayer, torchlight is not really an alternative form me. But as soon as there is some kind of patch, mod or something, i will definitely pick it up.

I don't concern myself with all that Starcraft nonsense. Diablo 3, however, is my heart's desire.

Looks a lot like Torchlight.

GET IT?

I read that as "just desserts" even though it says "deserts." I was hoping there was going to be a level where you fight demons and other monsters on top of a giant cake.

Whenever it arrives, I hope it has the same longevity as Diablo II. There isn't another game where the longest I go without playing is about a month. It's still the game I play most with friends and siblings online. I'll take a Mephisto/Diablo/Baal run any day over Borderlands.

I really don't get why everyone loves Diablo so much. The gameplay is so incredibly shallow. The only real gameplay mechanic is left-clicking. All you ever do is left-click things, occasionally right-click, and then collect loot and gear for the sole purpose of making your left-clicking prettier and more effective. I tried playing II, and I couldn't take it anymore, even when playing with friends. That's probably why I like Borderlands so much; it took the addictive Diablo formula and gave it GAMEPLAY.

@Leviticus

Subtle troll is subtle, but still a troll.

-or-

Read your books kid. You're obviously too young to get it...


And the AI in borderlands is about as boring as hell. I love how they will always stand 30 feet away, loosely behind cover, and sit there and shoot infinitely in the same spot. No tactics, no teamwork, same shit over and over and over. And can I please have more than 6 types of enemies?

I think Diablo 2 has a "you had to be there" factor. I never played it years back when it was new. I bought it a few months ago after hearing all the love for it, and just could not get into it. I played Torchlight a bit and grew sick of that as well after maybe 15 hours of play total. I sort of get the appeal, but it just gets boring after a while.

That said, I'll probably try D3 when it finally comes out, because I'm a sucker for the fantasy genre.

@Jim

I think you overestimate the intelligence of your average reader.

Not impressed. Looks like I'll prolly be getting this on the cheap instead of day one tbh...

To those that don't get the appeal of Diablo games. I think it's the simpleness and the fact that it's (at least for me) nearly infinitely re-playable. You can play the game with as little as just two buttons if you choose and yet it manages to stay frantic and fast paced. Also due to loot and environments being randomly generated, the moment you step out of town it's time to explore since you never have a chance to learn where things are.

Think of it like this. In a game like WoW for example, everyone learns what loot drops where so they just do that over and over until they get what they want, that's boring. And in a game like Borderlands, you step out of town on your 3rd or 4th play through and...everything is the same, you know where to go and where things are, this is also boring. Diablo games aren't perfect in these respects but at least it manages to stay fresh even years after release because you always have to explore and it's the surprise of loot drops that gets you places.

Blizzard needs to hurry shit up or else a Torchlight sequel will ride in and impale Diablo III on a glistening unicorn horn. Gameplay videos have been out for awhile now and D3 still doesn't have a release date.

Blizzard barely ever seems to fail in their creations... I am going to continue watching the dev on this puppy. For now, I will look at these screens at least 3 more times.

I think that while Diablo 3's graphics will probably be dated by the time it comes out (just like the 2nd one), it WILL feature legendary gameplay once more, and I look forward to sinking play hours into that one. :)

Its kinda underwhelming, Titan Quest pretty much still looks better than most D3 screens. Then again, Titan Quest had some of the best textures i've ever seen in a hack n slash (look at the egypt section, the interior walls and pillars with hieroglyphs, fucking spectacular.).

Yeah.. I REALLY loved Titan Quest :)
Diablo 3 is gonna be the bee's knees thats for sure. Too many mediocre german hack n slash games, not enough quality ones like Diablo, TQ, etc.

@KrazyKraut: That's not the way your eyes work. Stare at bright yellow too long, and everything else looks blue.

Also, @Nitex: What exactly are the graphical differences between these screenshots and Act 2 of Diablo 2? To my eyes, they look awfully similar; the screenshots just have a bit more texture and seem a bit less pixellated.

Blizzard said they would release two titles this year, this means StarCraft II and WoW expansion Cataclysm. They also said that Diablo III won't be out before StarCraft II so you do the math.

StarCraft II was announced in 2007, comes out 2010 (or else I will kill myself slowly and painfully). Diablo III was announced in 2008 comes out in 2011... this all makes very much sense, because Blizzard are bastards that take too long releasing games, but you can't blame them when they make such wonderful games.

And to all of you out there who say that WoW is bad (fine, you can have your opinion) there are 11 million other people out there to prove you wrong...

I would be excited for more on D3 but it looks like the game is pretty much done & yet they are going to refine it until the end of time, glad that Torchlight (aka Diablo with WoW art) is out & only $20.

It'll be ok.

but i think since this is the second sequel... people will know what to expect.

King's sword of Haste! Diablo 2
Hacked Games Online I can't talk about the quality of Diablo series because I'm not a PC player until 2007.