Quote fromr u kidden me?? hes like 60 at most. (in d2 LOL, he had white hair boney as hell) 20 years later is diablo 3. But they said he might come in the expansion. And for all we know the expansion might be another 5 years later ( in the story). So therefore he will be 85 when he is introduced in the expansion. LOL
Have you read the books? There was a necromancers over 100 years old and he was really powerful.
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Some people out there may disagree, but pornography is destructive and addictive. What is more likely to happen to a person after playing a game with violence/nudity in it, murder and violence or looking at some real porn?
I can only speak for myself, but I am trying to prevent thoughts leading back to past choices and their ramifications.
I have posted my viewpoint on this topic multiple times now and this is always the outcome, most everyone downplaying nudity(or simply disregarding it as an issue) and emphasizing the harmful effects of violence. I agree that violence is no positive force either, but nudity is destructive as well.
I probably should just abstain from commenting on the topic, but my feelings are strong. I know D1 was dark and had "mature" content, but it was also made over ten years ago. D3's graphics will be clearer and more advanced, making whatever is included in the game in the same manner.
It is interesting that people construe "maturity" as being old enough or mature enough to do certain things, while in reality those things are destructive at whatever age they are done at.
I'm fairly certain my feelings will be only scorned, refuted, or ignored, but oh well, that's how it usually is; I'll just hope that I can play D3 with a clear conscience, I'll probably end up playing it and trying to ignore anything I wouldn't choose to see if I had the choice.
I would never commit an act of violence because I play a video game, and I don't believe many people would either. All the of the pointless fights I have seen take place have been because of pride. People getting offended over nothing or thinking they can do whatever they want because they're somehow better.
I do not want to create a philosophical argument, but I know what I know even if others regard it as naught.
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I think they were fine in D2. The ones in D1 were very annoying with any character without a ranged attack anyways, chase hit or miss, chase hit or miss until dead, I never liked them.
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I opted in for the SC2 beta, wouldn't care much if I got in, but my brother would enjoy it.
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Bought it a few weeks ago.
When D3 comes out I probably won't play D2 very often.
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Thanks for the info; I don't know much about SC2 progress because I haven't been following it(but all I know is there's a lot of blues on the forums), I hope as well that the beta for SC2 starts soon.
It makes sense to move the beta sign up to WoW if the servers can handle more. Hopefully this means that Blizzard wants more people to test the beta so they can get feedback from more people and more quickly.
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This is actually a good sign, the new battle.net will be launching with SCII and if it is not done then SCII cannot launch. I could care less about SCII, but it has to come out before D3 does.
This is a sign that they are making progress.
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I should have clarified; I have not played very many games. I have only until recently been able to play PC games on an old PC with no graphics card(besides an outdated onboard); and my most recent console is now the gamecube, which is a recent purchase.
I am not trying to insinuate that all the games in the genre failed; I do not see the Diablo games as amazing and unblemished; I am thoroughly bored of D2 and won't pick up D1 now because it feels too slow after faster paced games(walking speed).
In my experience, many games are linear without randomly generated content. With Sacred, there was only a save/load game feature, and the storyline was not too compelling. (that is not to say Diablo's storyline is amazingly compelling either).
I hope Sacred 2 is successful, as well as other games out there; there has been a lot of time and effort put into making them.
I like games like Secret of Mana, Soul Blazer, Secret of Evermore, Final Fantasy 3, Earthbound, Illusion of Gaia, and the Zelda games. I have not explored many of the hack and slash options out there or even the more modern options of games available now.
On the PC the only games I've ever played are: D1, D2(and mods), Sacred, Doom, Unreal Tournament, Darkstone, sacred 2 demo, TQ demo, a small amount of fable, some of Warcraft 3, and some free MMO's. Basically, I am not the best person to judge what games are "successful." Seeing as I have very meager experience of many games.
I wasn't trying to sound like all other games failed, and I have not played most of the titles you listed, maybe I'll make a list of them and if I feel like playing games check some of them out. A feeling of stagnation has led me to a discomforture of playing games while I should be doing something more productive. Basically my views are my own, though narrow and twisted by circumstance they may be.
I am not trying to "assume" anything, my response was based on my experience, and I am not trying to imply just because a game is not Diablo it is "junk;" I am sure they are great games, I (again) simply do not see games without random drops/content being as re-playable as games with them are. (and replayability is a large factor to me). Granted, I have played and beaten secret of mana many times even though it is the same every time and I have the whole thing memorized; but if even a piece of a game is different every time around that refreshes the experience greatlly.
Oh and one more thing, "just because this is a diablo fansite..." I would not go to a game's fansite and thrash other games just because it was a "" fansite; thats just dumb and counter-productive. I was simply stating my opinion, narrow though it may be on this subject; oh, and I used the term " Diablo clone" because it is such a widely used term for the games inspired by Action RPG gameplay, the term is not very accurate; but I just used it by default; I guess I should stop because others may not like the term...Yes maybe I do need to "open my eyes..."
I should get some sleep.
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Blizzard owned/owns the right to the Diablo franchise; (even if it was condor games-(Blizzard North) that made the games). Because those who left Blizzard failed at their attempts to bring forth improvements to the Diablo franchise and bring forward action RPG gameplay(largely due to lack of funding), the Diablo franchise and basically a sequel to Diablo 2 is now left to Blizzard.
I don't find the bias alarming, because what he said is basically true, Blizzard owns the right to the Diablo franchise, and there have not been any games that can truly eclipse or even match the Diablo experience(in its genre).
If you know of any let us know; there have been many "diablo clones" that have tried to add to the features of D2 and bring the genre forward, but none of them have really been as addictive as Diablo 2 is/was.
I have played the titan quest demo, own sacred/sacred underworld, and though both were decent, (sacred was fun for a while); they do not create an experience which is extremely re-playable and which has been played and modded for years.
I do not think there is a very large modding community for TQ, Sacred, or any of the other "diablo clones" out there, but D2 has an extensive modding community with many mods released. This shows how much we like the gameplay and mechanics/random loot, etc. of D2.
I really should be doing something else...
I am not the most experienced gamer(am actually quite picky when it comes to what games I like) so I may be wrong (as always).
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I'm sure D3 will be fine in those regards. It's the ideas people on forums come up with that scare me sometimes. Like demons having exposed genitalia. That's just gross and unnecessary to me.
I've also seen a lot of threads about the game not being "evil" or "gory" enough. I don't see where people are getting these ideas; D2 was not a gorefest. D3 is already more bloody and people want more; there is a thread on B.net about health orbs not looking evil enough. That to me is just ridiculous.
Basically, I have faith that Blizzard will do what is right for D3; I'm just scared they'll follow some of the bad suggestions people have. (of course it is nice when Blizzard acknowledges our ideas and feedback)
I guess as a response to the thread topic: my greatest fear will be that when the game is released I will not be in a position to play it. I am already 21 and don't know what I'll be doing at the time of release.
I also fear that some of the unnecessary and over-doing it type suggestions will be followed or implemented.
Besides that D3 looks amazing as is; and the game is far from complete. :thumbsup: (thumbs up for looking good at such an early stage not at the long wait ahead)
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I haven't played Fear 2 so my response was based on this: (usually these ratings under-state the content of at least movies; I don't see why they wouldn't in games too).
I was also referring to sexual themes, and nudity in my comments.
I don't want D3 to say things like "oh heavens" or the like when something terrible happens; but based on the above list I don't want the rating description to read like that either. I fear that is the way rated M games are going now days.
I basically do not want to compromise my morals by playing a game I love. As long as D3 does not go in the direction of Grand Theft Auto then it should be fine.
I am not trying to remove any "strong language" or make the game rated T for Teen. I know Diablo 3 will be M for Mature.
My feelings are that we cannot choose to avoid vulgarity and innuendos throughout the day because we have to go out and work or go to school and live our lives; but we can make the personal choice to not then subject ourselves to the like for the rest of our day on our personal time. This is my feeling for movies, games, and TV. This is a very hard thing to do because any of the "good" movies, shows, and games will almost definitely have some of these elements in them. (and yes, today's pg-13 rating is in many cases basically an R).
I am hoping that Diablo 3 will not be one of those things that will be an iffy choice for me to make based on its content.
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Just because almost everyone sees profanity as perfectly acceptable doesn't mean we should all be subjected to it in D3. We are subjected to it whenever we watch movies/TV, go to school or work, or do almost anything else; but we should not be subjected to it in Diablo 3. Sure the minor ones will be present, that's fine; but the ones majorly used and accepted today should not be included(I will not type them, but your know which ones I mean, ones that start with F, S, A.
In music, profanity is a huge turnoff for me, I generally don't listen to songs with severe profanity. If Diablo 3 had unnecessary profanity and if I not only have to go out and hear it all day, but come home for some good D3 fun and then hear it some more that will be very disappointing and annoying.
The evaporation of morals in society should not be deeply integrated into Diablo 3. That is one thing I do not want Blizzard to add to Sanctuary using our world as its model.
I just read why F.E.A.R. 2 is rated M. It would be horrible if D3 had those same things in the ratings description when it's released.
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Welcome to the forums.
I think Diablo is more about getting better loot from drops, not keeping one weapon and upgrading it the whole time. This could possibly help with set items or unique items that you may like but begin to become too weak as you progress(you have a whole set, but the item becomes too weak to use, and you don't want to break up the set). Equipment is tricky... It is such an important part of the game that it is hard to make just right. You don't want (really)good drops to be too requent but you don't want them to be too seldom either. I hope Blizzard can come up with a good solution to drops. Diablo 2's really good drops were too rare.
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I agree, editing is good.
Profanity irritates me, so now I can fix that!
Anyway... The new site looks good.