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    What Diablo III's Interface Got From World Of Warcraft

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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    03/30/09

    In reply to What Diablo III's Interface Got From World Of Warcraft
    See:My last post on Diablo III.
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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    03/30/09

    In reply to What Diablo III's Interface Got From World Of Warcraft
    Looks good so far in terms of the interface, icons, and such. Playing WoW, it's amazing how many players there had never touched Warcraft 3 so they never knew any lore, and similarly many players hadn't played Diablo/D2/D2: LoD. But D2 and LoD heavily influenced what Blizzard did with WoW, now they're taking their own ideas from WoW and adding it to D3. The skill icons in WoW were a legitimate improvement so that's a welcome change I guess. Hard to say till we get to play in ~2-5 years.


    As long as it doesn't just feel like WoW all over, it's fine. Diablo has to retain some sense of identity that's unique, at least I hope so...


    Also, I'd make a blanket statement about gamers who enjoyed the Diablo series before the announcement of Diablo 3, but there doesn't seem to be any room on that bandwagon. :(

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    Image of Strangelove Strangelove
    03/30/09

    In reply to What Diablo III's Interface Got From World Of Warcraft
    I just hope the AI has evolved beyond the run-straight-at-you-and-attack radius.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    03/30/09

    In reply to What Diablo III's Interface Got From World Of Warcraft
    Actually I liked the classlessness in Diablo 1 - I played a rogue, but I knew how to cast town portal so I never used scrolls (And mana shield, chain lightning, fire bolt... elemental, guardian, and so on.) I carried 90% mana potions 10% hp since I always had mana shield on...


    I'm not hating on the new (Diablo 2? NEW? haha) way of doing things, but it was fun just reading any books I found and making a wickedly powerful rogue-mage.

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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    03/30/09

    In reply to What Diablo III's Interface Got From World Of Warcraft
    Looks like Diablo to me ... and tons in WoW looked like EQ mixed with Diablo.


    So I dont see an issue.

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    Image of Comatose Turtle Comatose Turtle
    03/30/09

    In reply to What Diablo III's Interface Got From World Of Warcraft
    Noooooo, I like Diablo-II-style inventory systems! It appeases the OCD inside me when I sit around for 5 minutes reorganizing everything so it all fits!
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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    03/30/09

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    I get where the outcries are coming from but give the guy a break. I mean if they did the same thing just with shinier graphics people would definitely complain abou Diablo not "innovating" or whatever with the times.


    I know I want the inventory issues I had before resolved. Let's give it a look see what they can do first and then bitch about it! It's not like they can't patch it or anything.


    Diablo is the only PC game I would consider upgrading my dinosaur PC for.

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    Image of Captain Pretty Good Captain Pretty Good
    03/30/09

    @excaliburps: I know I am.
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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    03/31/09

    @Ultron100: I assume there's a lot of us who would!
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    Image of MonsterKingRen MonsterKingRen
    03/31/09

    @excaliburps: They're still not innovating. They're just taking cues from another one of their games, instead of going in a completely different direction.


    That's boring.

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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    03/31/09

    @MonsterKingRen: They are doing something. Especially considering they could've just released a new one with a fresh coat of paint and it would still have sold bajillions because of the Diablo name...


    Not every game/genre needs to innovate. Sometimes tweaking the bells and whistles and whatnot can and might do the job.


    We'll never know unless we actually play it I suppose.

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    Image of HeyApples HeyApples
    03/30/09

    In reply to What Diablo III's Interface Got From World Of Warcraft
    I find Blizzard becoming less and less relevent these days. They've stopped innovating (both in storytelling and game mechanics) and it takes forever for anything to get released.
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    03/30/09

    @HeyApples: You haven't been following Blizzard very long, have you?


    (Hint: They have ALWAYS TAKEN FOREVER. and by the way--I hate to tell you this, but here's the relevant games list starting, honestly, with the games people love Blizzard for.

    Blackthrone

    Lost Vikings

    Rock 'n Roll Racing

    Warcraft

    Wacraft II

    Diablo

    Starcraft

    Diablo II

    Warcraft III

    World of Warcraft

    (Upcoming) Starcraft II

    (Upcoming) Diablo III


    You notice that there are a lot of sequels since, oh, I don't know, Warcraft?

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    Image of Babelfish Babelfish
    03/30/09

    @Evdor: Blizzard may be relevant, but they're not important. They bring nothing new to the table and haven't for quite some time. They take their own old ideas and new ideas of others and combine them. It works well, but it contributes nothing to the gaming environment.
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    Image of Đipic Đipic
    03/30/09

    @Babelfish: Who the fuck cares, honestly? I appreciate games (and the developers who make them) that innovate but most of my favorite games don't do a damn thing new. In most cases they just take old ideas and improve upon them, refine them, and/or execute them really well. What's wrong with that? Making very polished, fun and addictive games (so long as they aren't innovating) isn't important? Funny way of looking at things.
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    Image of Pombar Pombar
    03/30/09

    In reply to What Diablo III's Interface Got From World Of Warcraft
    D3 looks cool. I personally think that for all that WoW took from Diablo 2, it's only fair that D3 takes stuff from WoW too.
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    Image of Đipic Đipic
    03/30/09

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    Looks good. Damn "hardcore fans".
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    Image of bableebooblah-new and improved. bableebooblah-new and improved.
    03/30/09

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    i memorized those damn power symbols with the passion. and now they wanna go with the wow icons and destroy OUR hard work of memorizing them?


    how can they do that to us diablo fans, they should stick with the original symbols. remember, if it's not broke, don't fix it.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    03/30/09

    @bableebooblah-new and improved.: i too am confused and angered by new things
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    Image of Carl Carlson Carl Carlson
    03/30/09

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    You all have no idea how glad I am not to have to carry the Horadric Cube with me everywhere. That thing was the bane of my existence...
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    Image of OtisElevator OtisElevator
    03/30/09

    @Carl Carlson: You have quite a treasure there!
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    Image of supo supo
    03/30/09

    @OtisElevator: Is your name based of the 2 most annoying game design choices? (Otis from Dead Rising and elevators from Mass Effect)
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    03/30/09

    @supo: [www.otisworldwide.com] It's an elevator company.
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    Image of supo supo
    03/30/09

    @der13manner: Interesting choice of name..
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    03/30/09

    @OtisElevator: Stay awhile and listen!
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    Image of Squaretangle Squaretangle
    03/30/09

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    100,000 Diablo fans just cried out in anger.


    I just contemplated purchasing my first Diablo game.

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    Image of supo supo
    03/30/09

    @Squaretangle: Eh, while I am a D2 fan (wouldn't call myself nuts for D2 though, first time I played through it was less than a year ago), I see no problem in fixing problems with the older games. It's true that the inventory was a pain, and most of my TP's were used to get more pots or selling items to make room.
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    03/30/09

    @Squaretangle: Also, I hope they take a few ideas from Titan Quest, game had some great improvements over the UI from D2.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    03/30/09

    @supo:


    <3 Titan Quest

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    Image of KirbyMorph KirbyMorph
    03/30/09

    @Squaretangle: You think highly of yourself. Why would 100,000 people cry out in anger over you contemplating getting a Diablo game?
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    Image of conko conko
    03/30/09

    @KirbyMorph: He's saying the changes to the game will piss off 100,000 fans and that those same changes may cause him to buy it.
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    Image of supo supo
    03/30/09

    @conko: @Squaretangle: I think he was joking.


    But yeah, these improvements are looking great, and I can picture all the bitching I'll get from my girlfriend when I "waste" hours and hours on this beast :D

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    03/30/09

    @Komrade Kayce: For a Prinny-Free Kotaku.: Ya same here, pretty much a spiritual successor to D2.
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    03/31/09

    @supo: Titan Quest was awesome.
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    03/30/09

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    My god, I don't think I have ever wanted a game as badly as this one. Please release it this year.
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    03/30/09

    @KillerBee: Not going to happen. *cries with you*
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