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Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Sep 28 2011, 1:45 am by DevliN. Reason: Let's not post links to that.
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So, some first first-hand impressions after finishing the beta content with Barbarian.
Graphics - The game doesn't have normal mapping and is rather low res. I don't consider d3 to compete with anything semi-recent (2006+) as a result. They're passable, but don't expect to be impressed. Color palette was never the issue, more or less the porportions. These seem to be a lot better now and I didn't mind them. Your character is permanently, brightly lit from some unknown light source, set against a very dark environment. This gave me considerable eyestrain and I soon had a severe headache.
Sounds - The music is decent, sounds are here and there (bow sounds are horrible). Voice acting for the most part is passable, but I always thought (in both d1 and d2) that Cain's voice is way overdone and sounds very out of place. A lot of dialogue lacks diction or emotion.
The sound effects need a lot of volume rebalancing. As a barbarian all of my ability impacts were incredibly loud but dialogue, music, and monster sfx were all very quiet. This also contributed to my headache, especially with headphones on. This seems like a no-brainer to fix during the initial implementation of SFX.
Gameplay - Nothing new since d2 (some of the stuff seems to not exist in beta, and little content to test by). Game is extremely easy. Extremely rarely was I in danger, and once I died completely unexpectedly to an Arcane-type monster that summons adds that deal shittons of damage. Attack rating and Defense rating are gone, which is a big + in my books since those were just an annoying, weird system in d2.
The problem with the difficulty lays in the extremely poor monster AI. Extremely rarely do they actually try to attack you. They usually just stand around. Melee monsters commonly run away for no reason, or stand around idle. I believe the AI engine itself may be bugged, like d2's was.
Performance - On my system with an i7, 12gb pc8500, and my new 6970, I repeatedly suffered unusual lockups and something I can only assume to be related to decompression... on a Samsung F3. I don't experience these particular issues in sc2, so it may be related to their new formats. The performance was remarkably poor for how small the textures are. I suspect this is related to Blizzard's difficulty in dealing with the i7 processor, something that is still present in sc2. It just so happens d3 performs even worse than sc2 for me.
Pros -
+ Physics system is amazing. Send shit into orbit with the slightest touch.
+ Changes to the attribute system have improved since d2.
+ Environmental design is decent.
Cons -
- Nothing new gameplay-wise since diablo 1 in currently available content.
- No challenge in the gameplay. Click click loot.
- Graphics have regressed in detail since Diablo 2.
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Sep 27 2011, 7:17 pm by IskatuMesk.
Graphics - The game doesn't have normal mapping and is rather low res. I don't consider d3 to compete with anything semi-recent (2006+) as a result. They're passable, but don't expect to be impressed. Color palette was never the issue, more or less the porportions. These seem to be a lot better now and I didn't mind them. Your character is permanently, brightly lit from some unknown light source, set against a very dark environment. This gave me considerable eyestrain and I soon had a severe headache.
Sounds - The music is decent, sounds are here and there (bow sounds are horrible). Voice acting for the most part is passable, but I always thought (in both d1 and d2) that Cain's voice is way overdone and sounds very out of place. A lot of dialogue lacks diction or emotion.
The sound effects need a lot of volume rebalancing. As a barbarian all of my ability impacts were incredibly loud but dialogue, music, and monster sfx were all very quiet. This also contributed to my headache, especially with headphones on. This seems like a no-brainer to fix during the initial implementation of SFX.
Gameplay - Nothing new since d2 (some of the stuff seems to not exist in beta, and little content to test by). Game is extremely easy. Extremely rarely was I in danger, and once I died completely unexpectedly to an Arcane-type monster that summons adds that deal shittons of damage. Attack rating and Defense rating are gone, which is a big + in my books since those were just an annoying, weird system in d2.
The problem with the difficulty lays in the extremely poor monster AI. Extremely rarely do they actually try to attack you. They usually just stand around. Melee monsters commonly run away for no reason, or stand around idle. I believe the AI engine itself may be bugged, like d2's was.
Performance - On my system with an i7, 12gb pc8500, and my new 6970, I repeatedly suffered unusual lockups and something I can only assume to be related to decompression... on a Samsung F3. I don't experience these particular issues in sc2, so it may be related to their new formats. The performance was remarkably poor for how small the textures are. I suspect this is related to Blizzard's difficulty in dealing with the i7 processor, something that is still present in sc2. It just so happens d3 performs even worse than sc2 for me.
Pros -
+ Physics system is amazing. Send shit into orbit with the slightest touch.
+ Changes to the attribute system have improved since d2.
+ Environmental design is decent.
Cons -
- Nothing new gameplay-wise since diablo 1 in currently available content.
- No challenge in the gameplay. Click click loot.
- Graphics have regressed in detail since Diablo 2.
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Sep 27 2011, 7:17 pm by IskatuMesk.
Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.
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