Time to Play Some Diablo II, Huh? | Posted at 1:48 PM
I am going off to my best friend’s high school graduation party today but since I have yet to leave I am pouring over all the Diablo III screenshots and videos. I am downloading the 800MB 19-minute HD footage right now, in fact. It should finish when I get home.
So now this means that I will have to finish Diablo II with my friends on the Nightmare difficulty since we finished it on the easiest.
One thing that I think is silly is the fact that many of the people who were going to kill because they wanted Diablo III are now claiming to be angry at the footage of D3 for small changes. There’s no pleasing you, is there? If you wanted a Diablo II clone, play Diablo II. Blizzard isn’t going to release Diablo II in new clothes, they are going to spice things up a bit.
D3 is an entirely new engine, new particle effects, new everything. It’s not just “Diablo II in 3D,� since that would be a waste of effort. If you’re going to create a new engine you’re going to add new gameplay elements. The whole idea of environmental physics sounds awesome, destructible elements, etc.
The beauty of it is, it’s good it looks so much like Diablo II. D2 is a tried-and-true formula, a top-notch game. It has its own feel and D3 looks to match it. If they had added radical new changes some people claim to want, those same people would probably be mad if they did. Blizzard knows what fans want and they’ll deliver. They know how to keep the same feel for the game.
Just stop pouting and be happy that there is a Diablo III!
