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-Diablo III Information-

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http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/?rhtml=y

I. Introduction

I will be talking about what is added so far for Diablo III. Such as graphics (visual), weather effects, sound effects, fighting effects, events, camera, traveling distance, moving, surrounding effects, skill bar, potion & rune effects, item effects, partying up, map, quests, world, leveling, meeting people, the loot, chests, character communication, pvp, pvm, monster effects, inventory, gold, vendors, fee, release date, and updates. Folks this will be the most realistic and most creative game made yet.

-Where do I get the information? I watched the video and studied it and listened to what he said. Then put it into words. Everything I wrote down is what they added to the game. They said it will be like Wow, but will be different and better. Not to mention have more to offer. This made me excited!!!!

• Graphics will win you over faster than anything. You will think dang what kind of math is behind all the graphics. Mostly a headache and some tylenol. The graphics are simply one word "Perfect" all of the pictures you see now is rough pictures. Wait what?! it still looks good, but imagine when they're done fixing it. Also, the moon is amazingly done, the outside environment, monsters, characters, weapons, chests, ok everything!

• For the weather effects, it will be so realistic. For example, thunder, lightening, heavy rain, heavy snow, light snow, etc. Will take place the same way as it takes place in real life. Another example in the video you see the lightning. Imo they should have snow. Also, I noticed in the videos. There is wind and it moves the tree branches, etc. Weather Effects Update... They've added tornadoes to the game. They can cause damage to you, but with these weather events. You can lure your enemies to the tornado and watch them get picked up and thrown around or whatever you might just think of.

• For the sound effects, it will be so realistic. For example, when hearing thunder, rain, animals, etc. You will almost feel like your in the game. At nightfall is the most amazing job well done. You might hear animals or monsters lerking through the night. In caves you feel like your in the cave as an echo of a monster is near. Not just terrible sounds either. Meaning litterally professionally and realistically sounding. Not saying you hear a monster in real life. I would really hope not lol.

• For the fighting effects.. let's say your almost dead. The monster your facing is programmed to know and could pick you up and toss you or break you in half. You can see this is the videos below. After this you'll probably be a little mad, but will think it was awesome. Then again what more can they do right? Well, another thing you can do is when your hitting the ground. It makes impacts and places in the ground and on anything you hit. Put it like this anything in your way. Of course it will disappear after few minutes, but it's still cool right?

• Events: on some quest there are timed events. For example your in a tomb. After killing and handling something of that quest. You will have to get out before the tomb collapses.

• The camera is amazing because you set it the way you want. It's basically a 360 camera. So no more overhead unless you like that I prefer a little close, but not to close maybe little face vs face just to see how scary that will be.

• Traveling, well you still have those tp's. You can tp back to your area, BUT if walking somewhere to the quest. Where ever this might be it could take along time. I love this because you get to explore and it makes realistic. I'm sure they will have awesome looking waypoints then again maybe they want. When your walking it want be so close-up everything that surrounds you will be big and look more realistic than ever.

• Moving yes they've finally made this more realistic. You can jump, even use your power/skill while jumping. Not to mention climb, etc.

• Surrounding aww this is sweet. You can hit walls, rocks, or whatever your mind might think of to crash down on your enemies. You can break down doors, and just do anything. Yes, this is realistic of course. This is 2010 come on they made it look as realistic as it will get.

• Skill bar is now at the middle. So you can take your mouse and click which one you want to use and then use it. No more hot key trouble. Also, works same way when you to heal yourself. That is if you need to be healed. Most of the time those are used for special occasions. After you kill a monster a red orb will pop up. This is going to be alot of fun and really easy to do.

• Potion & Rune Effects NEW UPDATE on this is pretty amazing. There's so many potions. I noticed elixer potions and more. Also, runes that add special powers. After reading the small decriptions on a few. Wow, what really else can get better?!

• Item effects, wait didn't D2 have the same thing? Yes, but not so much realistic as what they've made it. Think of adding a cold/light/fire/magical/etc. rune or jem. It will create aura around it, but just a sitting one one that looks realistic. For example the light effect will have sparking lightning around your wep.

• Partying up will be another different thing you can have alot of people in your party. They will be shown at top left at your screen. Guards can join you to fight along your missions. So far I've seen two that has a joined with the character, but more can join if needed. After all your friends might not be on to help you with big quests and monsters. Instant Join Feature, let's say your in a world and you want to get to a certain location. There will be a button that you can push and you can go straight to an area where people will be the same level as you in that world. It also works if you and your friend are at the same level. So it's like instant join wherever they might be.

• Map is way better shown now. It's at the top right of your screen. So party screen and map screen are far away from your vision. All eyes on the beautiful surrounding and battle. Not to mention the skill bar screen etc is in the middle at the very bottom.

• Quest's are fun to do right? After all that's what makes the game. A blizzard employee said that quests are so challening and impossible to complete all. Yes, I'm sure there is an ending to the game. Then again maybe not, but think of it like this. Atleast you will have more quest to do afterwards.

• World I like the way that sounds. Now if they said that the D3 World will have more to offer/bigger than any other games in the past they've created. That kind of scares me, but then again makes me excited. Think of all the exploring you can do. Now as of joing games you want. You will be joing the world. World of Warcraft just turned into World of Sanctuary. In major cities will be guards guarding the cities from actual enemies. They will of course follow the road paths as well.

• Leveling is so fun because then you can add a point each time and wonder what will the be like. Think of it like this no more easy leveling welcome to the real gamers life. Go play d2 if you want to easy level *Cough*. D3 is about hard leveling and working to make a good character. It's about damn time.

• Traveling is easy because of course you still have those teleports. Don't think it's that easy though. Traveling can take up several minutes/hours depending on where your going. Remember this is a world it's huge.

• Meeting people is pretty cool. Hopefully there nice and not jerks, but you will be in the world of sanctuary so there will probably be plenty of both. You never know really. You could be walking somewhere and just find an awesome friend. This will work if it really is the world, but apparently how they put it in words. Your just in the world and not joing games.

• The loot has gotten better. Items, and all sorts of stuff will still drop. You want always get something good, but you must make due with what you got. After all it will be hard to get good stuff. Call it the next "WoW", but with way better gfx and things to do. Also, after killing if you need life it's programmed that after you kill a monster a red orb. By going into this red circular orb will regenerate your life in 1 sec. So no need for potions, only when you want to find them and put in your bag for backup. Aww long journeys! Every drop is random not the same. Bosses can drop better stuff, but not always. If your in a party. Let's say you kill a monster. Each person in your party can get something out of it. Which means I get an item and my friends gets one to.

• Ever heard of being to greedy? Well, you'll know the expression after opening a chest, traps doors,etc. You might think what items, what artifacts, or even possibly gold could be in there. Not so fast, a deadly trap like tons of monsters could appear and smote you because being to greedy unless of course that is you can take them.

• Magic Find: They will keep magic finding, but to a certain level. Most people are like.. okay, what can I magic find to get good gold or a profit out of it. No it's not like that. Jay said they don't want it to be based on that. They don't want each character to be built by that. They want it to be hard and challenging.

• Character Communication?! Yup, your character can talk now. Really couldn't he on d2? Sure, but not full sentences and full conversations with people. When doing quest he talks back in forth to. Same as vendors, etc.

• Pvp is so fun right? Well, it just got better you can hostile anywhere pretty much. Nking someones body will probably be impossible since they might be a ghost walking to the body back and fleeing away. Kind of like WoW. This is IMO.

• Pvm just got better! Monsters will be so hard to kill and some of them will be freaking huge. You might need help from your friends on bosses and even not bosses. Walking and exploring the world might be dangerous if your not the right level. You never know how tough the monster might be.

• Monster effects? What possibly more could they do. Well, let's see they could cimb up walls/etc, they could jump from high cliffs, wade through water, they could determine how much life you have & if you don't have much life kill you with there finisher (crush you, pick you up and throw you to your death), knock you down, and well just about anything really!!!

• Inventory just got way better! The inventory as you've saw from pictures has room for 30 items. The new inventory system contains bags and stash. So while your traveling on the road. You'll be able to keep nice stuff that you find or maybe sell.

• Gold hmm this seems to me that D3 Gold will be worth its pay. As you can see you now have bronze, silver, and gold. I think D3 Gold just turned like WoW Gold. If this is the case. You will be making really good fg! From videos that you've seen gold drops, but like he says in the video. They got it rigged to do everything. When playing the game you want be so lucky to get nice gold or anything. Every player should be rewarded for doing something good. To Make it to where if you get gold. You actually feel like you've achieved something. Also, while speaking of gold. You want gold to be worth something and just not about repairing. They want you to run a good profit of buying stuff and getting stuff. Crafting comes into that matter to. Selling your crafts to traders apart of the world or selling to vendors.

• Vendors? Really? Haha just give your crap off to them! Think again! You have good items you might sell for good gold who knows, BUT I know that you can get good items to use from them just like on WoW. About time there worth something instead of giving garbage to.

• There will be NO fee. Wow is the only game that they make people pay money. That will never change. There has been no fee for battle.net d2 so NO there will be NO fee for D3. They're going to get plenty of money from people just buying it.

• As of right now yes I know it's long time, but release date is in 2011. Diablo III's release date has been officially clarified. During the presentation, Activision Blizzard CFO, Thomas Tippl said the division has a full pipeline of content, which he presented in the slide pictured on this page. According to the slide, Diablo's return won't happen until 2011 at the earliest. So pretty much sometime in 2011 or AT 2011.

• Updates?! Aww what keeps us alive LOL. As more new updates occur. I'll be sure to update this thread.

Note: Down below are videos for you!!!

This post was edited by Darkro on Mar 16 2010 08:50pm