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As someone else who is also unemployed at the moment, the amount of thoughtless comments about "just get a job" in this thread are as surprising as they are insensitive. For some people, getting a job is not as easy as picking up the phone and asking for one, and just because someone is unemployed does not mean they are being useless lazy people on benefits that are taking from society instead of being productive members. So, Stinkfist, I'm glad to hear that you've got enough money to keep you going and wish you luck when you decide to search for a job again.

rant over with...

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I agree with this rant. I'm currently unemployed, but only because I'm going to finish school in December. My classes start back up end of this month, so I'm currently in limbo, but I don't consider myself unproductive.

rant over with...

I don't really expect to get in because my system specs are so low. I'm waiting for the official release of system specifications of D3 to get a new machine. I know the beta specs are out, but I want to wait for the full game.

Yo,

This thread is for discussion of anything Dark Souls related.

So earlier this year, I pre-ordered Skyrim and was extremely excited for it's release on 11/11/2011, until I heard about Dark Souls.

Dark Souls is everything that I have been looking for in a game, and more. It's a forbidding, dark, harsh rpg in terms of story, violence, etc. But what makes it even better is that it is difficult (hence the website name preparetodie.com). Probably too hard for little jiblet players. This makes the game a challenge, and gives more of a sense of accomplishment while playing.

Consoles: PS3 AND Xbox 360

This game is preceded by Demon's Souls, which is a game that came out in 2009 on PS3.

Awards for Demon's Souls
In their 2009 Best and Worst Awards, GameSpot awarded Demon's Souls with Overall Game of the Year,[69] Best PS3 game,[70] Best Role-Playing game[71] and Best Original Game Mechanic for the online integration.[72] Game Trailers awarded it Best RPG[73] and Best New intellectual property.[74] IGN also awarded the game Best RPG for the PS3.[75] X-Play awarded the multiplayer Best Gameplay Innovation.[76] PC World awarded it Game of the Year.[77] RPGamer awarded Demon's Souls RPG of the Year 2009, including Best Graphics and Best PS3 RPG.[78][79][80]

Awards Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon's_Souls

Official Website:
http://preparetodie.com/en/

I have included some of the latest and best trailers below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7U-a9pJtHQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xp6YBQqzkc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ-Gbb0hRjE

Dark Souls will be released Oct 4, 2011 in North America.

The stock market. I'm dreading looking at my brokerage account after yesterday.

Between Skyrim and D3, (if D3 is released this year) I think D3 would win.

However, I was really looking forward to Skyrim, until I heard about Dark Souls coming out October 4th. Here is a link to the latest trailer,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xp6YBQqzkc

Dark Souls is a "spiritual" sequel to Demon Souls, which won Gamespot's 2009 game of the year. The problem with Demon Souls is that it is only offered on PS3. Dark Souls is offered on PS3 and xbox 360.

After looking at Dark Souls, I think it has more of a chance at 2011 game of the year than Skyrim does. But, I still think D3 would beat them both...

You can find PS2's for pretty cheap nowadays on craig's list and other sites.

Final Fantasy 10 was one of the best stories in a game I've ever experienced, so I would say yes.

ha ha. I only have 13, which means only 3. No bragging over here...

I know that Bashiok would like to make money worth more in Diablo 3 than in Diablo 2, so I think a good way to kill two birds with one stone is to have a blacksmith system. Upgrade weapons with cash. Better blacksmiths cost more, and would be found in different areas. You could pay more for magic upgrades, maybe also have some kind of system in which you can only upgrade a weapon so many times.

Sorry if posted already.

Monk
Demon Hunter
Barbarian
Wizard
Witch Doctor

Here are a few pictures I found elsewhere. I have not seen them (after searching around) on this site, and I thought they were good pics, so here ya go.





4th difficulty reveal/confirmed


Below is a Wizard armor spell breaking up...unsure of what it is


Below is the Monk's Blinding Flash skill


Below is the Wizard's Blizzard skill






























Below picture is of 'Slaughtered Calf Inn'

Although we all pretty much knew this would be coming, anyway, the Diablo III Twitter feed was updated today:



Can't wait to see what surprises wait for us this October! Stay tuned to DiabloFans for all your Diablo III needs.

Another factor in choosing the Monk over say Paladin-type character is that they don't want a holy warrior defined in terms of subserviance to Heaven. I think the conclusion to D3 (or its last expansion) will see humans rising to stand on their own, independent of both angels and demons, unlike the past games where the heroes were aligned with the angels. We already got hints with Tyreal being "cast from heaven" and the whole nephalim backstory setup, and while demons will continue to be the main antagonist, I wouldn't be surprised if we end up fighting an angel at some point. Hence the "holy warrior" monk serving spirits *within* sanctuary rather than from without.

Bashiok recently commented on a member's question about Monster Mobs that aren't too generic.

Battle.Net Member
This is more of a "is it easily possible?" or a "how can this be done?" to the techies out there who know 3d modeling and making games:

I was looking at the new Unburied screenshots, namely this one (http://us.media.blizzard.com/1901200114/_images/screenshots/ss81-hires.jpg).

On his own, the Unburied looks pretty cool. When there are three or four standing next to each other, exactly identical, it looks kind of less-amazing. What I want to know is can there possibly be a RANDOM generation of features on mobs (particularly big ones like this guy where you really notice it) such as the position/number of spikes on his back, the size and shape of head and limbs, etc?

Does this put too much strain on CPU/GPU to be feasible? Will creating the code for this random model maker take a team of coders six months of hard work to get working? Would it be easier to just design say, 10 models of each mob and then when populating a map with mods, randomly select from these 10 models?

Bashiok
Well to be perfectly honest all of these shots are set up. Generally you're probably not going to run into that many at one time. So a couple dispersed within a sea of every other monster, you don't see the stark repetition. I don't think normal spawning conditions would have that many facing you at once, especially because they're kind of tough.

As far as having randomized creatures... mmm... it would take a lot of work but of course it wouldn't be impossible. The question is though, does that massive undertaking just to make sure a creature doesn't look the same as the one next to it matter when they're dead within a matter of seconds? Probably not.

Or a more important question is, how many unique types of monsters do we cut from the final game so this guy doesn't always have an arm in the same place?
The stark reality of production schedules! They give me nightmares too.

There will be creature variations, but it's not quite the same as randomization of body parts.

So there you have it, you probably won't see screens filled with nothing but the unburied.