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Blizzcon thread (D3 / SC2 info)
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| Project-K |
I'll be using this thread in a blog-like fashion, updating posts with new info and links as they arise. Feel free to do the same. This will be a good hub of info for those who aren't as obsessed as I am and don't feel like struggling with blurry half-comprehensible shots and unstable servers.
- New D3 class announced: Wizzard
Screenshots: http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/med...eenshots.xml#54
Video (will most likely be up on blizzard's website shortly): http://www.incgamers.com/Videos/265/Diablo-3-Gameplay
http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/characters/
Looks like the wizzard is replacing the sorceress/mage. In the video we see a female wizzard using several lightning-based skills - chain lightning, charged bolts, as well as various other projectiles. I also noticed tornadoes - which is bad news for druid fans.
The skills look similar in function to their D1 and D2 equivalents, however more graphically pleasing and much faster to execute - which I like. Projectiles zoom across the screen very quickly (much faster than they did in D2). There also seems to be somekind of hold-fire lightning stream somewhat similar to Diablo's lightning inferno skill. Other abilities include protective spells - bubble-like shields, among other things. Looks like a fun class to play. |
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| Project-K |
Apparently the wizzard has many new spells that involve manipulating time and space.
If skills in D2 follow the D2-style 3-tab structure, it looks like the wizzard's skills won't be seperated into individual elements (fire / cold / lightning). We've already seen skills related to fire, possibly an ice nova, tornadoes, lightning and several "miscelaneous" magic attacks that seem to be display as somesort of glowing purple energy. |
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| Project-K |
Blizzard just uploaded a ty in-game video (different from the gameplay vid I posted in the OP).
http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/movies/wizard.xml
It's cheesy as hell. I'm hoping they won't have too many in-game stuff like this in the final release. It contains a lot of really good gameplay footage toward the end though, so definately worth watching. |
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| Project-K |
Very interresting article about the new skill system. Contains a short narrated video at the end explaining specific applications of the skill system.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55258
Basicly, rather than only being boosted by skill points, individual abilities can be improved in 2 dimentions. With each skill point assigned, their stats are modified (much like the D1/D2 system). Second, skills can be boosted by runes which assign specific characteristics to the skill. In one of the examples shown, a "multishot" rune is added to flaming skull (previousely named fire bomb in the announcement demo), thus making the skull bounce on impact and causing damage to a greater area. Then, that very same rune is applied to the wizzard's lightning skill, turning it into chain lightning (bounces from one target to the other). |
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| Project-K |
New starcraft 2 screens:
looks like terran siege tanks, hellions (previousely jackals) and nighthawks (previousely nomads)
hellions toasting zerglings |
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| Project-K |
Starcraft II to be released in 3 parts
While all three races are to be fully playable in multiplayer, the singleplayer campaign will feature only terrans, with a comparable ammount of missions spread out over one campaign rather than three seperate ones. Subsequently, two expansion sets are to be released at a later time, adding the zerg and protoss campaigns respectively.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55267
I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, I'm pretty dissapointed. This is something I would expect from EA, not blizzard. However, the justification seems to be a quicker release date, and with the devellopment time pushing 5 years, they presumably want to get this on the shelves ASAP.
Still... :( |
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| r5a |
wizard is ing awesome.
im gonna try the doctor today. sc2 is ing wicked. |
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| r5a |
| if you guys want me to check some out for you or ask questions to the devs or anything liket hat |
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| Darkarbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
Starcraft II to be released in 3 parts
While all three races are to be fully playable in multiplayer, the singleplayer campaign will feature only terrans, with a comparable ammount of missions spread out over one campaign rather than three seperate ones. Subsequently, two expansion sets are to be released at a later time, adding the zerg and protoss campaigns respectively.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55267
I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, I'm pretty dissapointed. This is something I would expect from EA, not blizzard. However, the justification seems to be a quicker release date, and with the devellopment time pushing 5 years, they presumably want to get this on the shelves ASAP.
Still... :( |
Seems somewhat fair enough, although really the zerg/protoss campaigns should be release together. |
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| Project-K |
| quote: | Originally posted by Darkarbiter
Seems somewhat fair enough, although really the zerg/protoss campaigns should be release together. |
As I understand it, the idea is to have every campaign be much more develloped. So instead of having ~30 missions spread out as 10 terran / 10 zerg / 10 protoss, we're going to get ~30 terran / ~30 zerg / ~30 protoss for a total of ~90 missions. This way they can release the game as soon as the terran campaign is done, then release the zerg campaign as soon as that's done - as opposed to having to wait over a year longer just to have everything. |
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| Darkarbiter |
| Yes but it makes sense that you pay extra for extended singleplayer together instead of 2 fricken seperate expansions, regardless. |
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| Yan |
Blizzard Activision's trollin' the gamers. First these "expansions" and now certain aspects of Battle.net not being free for D3.
Can anyone see the real 'Brood War-like' expansion on the horizon? That's right. There're three of them. |
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