Quote (ulmaguest @ Sep 19 2022 10:55am)

Dark and gothic isn't just about gore, it's about the visual design

I agree D4 seems to be going in a much better direction compared to D3, the character and environment design are so far better, but the attack and spell animations are still cartoony and over the top

Just seeing that Barb whip out a magical 20 foot whip that hits the entire screen in a 360 pattern is lame af, more anime stuff like D3's WOTB, Hammer of the Ancients, etc

Quote (Brandon9405 @ Sep 19 2022 10:49am)

Did you even watch the original cut scene? I also watched some leaked cut scenes with spoilers, guy literally getting shredded apart by a pack of dogs flesh ripping from every part of his body. This game will be every bit as gory and metal as D2 from a gore stand point.
How come every thread I see you in you miss the mark everytime with some stupid take. "blizz is scared of giving people ptsd visual" L O L

Sure the game looks very unpolished and is hard to see it shipping in this state, but Friends and family betas tend to be many builds behind the actual beta. They have all the ground work laid out and have 9 months to get all the VFX in fix visual polish etc. A lot of the stuff is literal place holders to test the system.
Another thing to note is the guy never used a mount and the world is so big the mobs felt a bit lack luster. I feel once mounting is unlocked it makes the world feel more evenly distributed.

My biggest problems with D4 isn't gameplay or the look of the game, but the way they added big damage numbers to items and smart loot. It seems like they have some really cool robust systems in place to keep the game fresh literally tons of content. There is a chance it will flop, but I am not going to judge a game off of 35 minutes of gameplay.

Quote (KDACardano @ Sep 19 2022 11:43am)

Spam reported. I was commenting on OP and so should you.

Quote (BlueRevo @ Sep 19 2022 03:52am)

Skills and movement is too much like D3

Quote (nowaisolame @ Sep 19 2022 02:14pm)

this pretty much

skills and movement are what make d2 fun.

but they'll focus on visual and story because videogames have to be developed and written like movies now.

Quote (KDACardano @ Jul 20 2022 09:50am)

D3 and D4 were made to be non-violent, non-upsetting, and MMO style. A story telling abra-cadabra that brought Cineplex into your gameplay making it less interactive.

Quote (lynzee @ Sep 19 2022 01:20pm)

People still had hopes for this game?

Quote (Madmaxio @ 22 Sep 2022 14:28)

I forced myself to watch full 50 mins.
Probably it will look better after release, but overall feeling it is just D3 engine where you just don't care about any positional combat - just nuking everything around, and what scared the scene is not clear at all - hard to see monster when strange aoe effects go out constantly.