Diablo III

legend-mdg · Post by **legend-mdg** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:39 pm

http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/

Stunna7516 · Post by **Stunna7516** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:48 pm

click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click

never really was into diablo, but I respect the series because everyone has a blizzard game (or two) thats crack to them. I might give this a try though anyways, whens it out?

ThaMexakin · Post by **ThaMexakin** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:27 am

drool. I cant wait to geek out and play this.

Seiko Flossberg · Post by **Seiko Flossberg** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:02 am

One of my most anticipated games. I've broken two mice playing this shit.

mishk · Post by **mishk** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:25 pm

2 was great but 3 doesn't look all that good, maybe I was expecting more after 10+ years

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:40 am

Blizzard looking to get more of that paper.

http://www.gamefront.com/diablo-3-aucti ... attle-net/

Diablo 3 Auction House Will Allow Real-World Money Transactions

Last week, we got to spend an entire day at Blizzard HQ in Irvine, California for a lengthy series of interviews and hands-on time with Diablo 3, the long-awaited, still in-development resurrection of the classic action RPG series that hasnגt seen a new game since the expansion pack for 2000′s Diablo 2. Thatגs a big deal in an of itself, but the biggest news is that when Diablo 3 launches sometime next year, it will include an official auction house for the trade of in-game items.

Much like World of Warcraft after it, once upon a time the Diablo series was known for a brisk gray market trade in in-game items. That trade had no official support, no oversight and relied on an awful lot of trust. That environment continued into World of Warcraft, where we saw outright speculation, stock market stye, that drove up prices on these virtual goods and negatively impacted playersג enjoyment of the game. People occasionally got screwed and quite often paid far more for an item than they should have. There was also the problem that items needed to be traded player to player in the game itself. These issues were particularly bad when the items sold for real world cash instead of in-game currency or barter.

After years of trying to stamp out the gray market, Blizzard eventually got wise and introduced the World of Warcraft auction house. The auction resolved a lot of those problems (and made Blizzard a ton of scratch. Ch-Ching!!), which worked out pretty well for them, unless you consider adding even more money to their massive pile a failure. So naturally theyגre looking to build off that success in Diablo 3 right from the start with a Diablo 3 Auction House that will be available day one.

So what will this mean for Diablo 3 players? In brief:

* The Auction House will two sections. The first is for sellers and buyer wishing to use real world currency. This will allow players to purchase items using גsupportedג real world currencies. A comprehensive list of allowed currencies has not been released, but assume the major world currencies will be accounted for.
* The second section is for sellers and buyers who wish to use in-game (gold) currency earned during play.
* Blizzard will be charging sellers two separate transaction fees; a fee for posting an item, and a small percentage of the final sale amount. No price point has been confirmed but Blizzard insists these fees will be גnominalג, amounting to גmicrotransactionsג.
* Players choosing to use real world currency will be able to utilize גan approvedג third party payment service. PayPal would be the obvious conclusion but Blizzard has not finalized a contract with any payment service yet.
* Players will be able to sell weapons, magical items and valuable in-game objects in these auctions at the time of launch.

@ the comments section.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:21 pm

oh no doubt.

China's economy is gonna get even bigger when this game hits the shelves though.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:47 pm

They need to go ahead and set a release date for consoles.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:48 pm

They need to go ahead and set a release date for consoles.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:35 am

Tired & Broke wrote:They need to go ahead and set a release date for consoles.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:53 am

^ there's always Torchlight.

Don't think Blizzard have had any games on console. That Starcraft third-person game from the last gen was the only one and it got cancelled.

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:28 am

Well there is this:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012 ... nsoles.ars

I reached out to Blizzard for clarification, and received the following from a company representative:

גBashiok's response on Twitter was intended as a confirmation that we're actively exploring the possibility of developing a console version of Diablo III, as we've mentioned in the past. This is not a confirmation that Diablo III is coming to any console platform. Our focus right now is on finishing the PC / Mac version of Diablo III and making sure it's a worthwhile successor to the Diablo series.ג

How will the console version of Diablo III impact the release date?

גIt won't. Actually, our console hires have been helping us with the PC / Mac version.ג

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:31 am

Nice.

360 · Post by **360** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:43 pm

That's cool. I just think that diablo 3 took too long to be released so it's not going to look as good as the current crop of pc games. Thats pure conjecture, though.

I would like to see guild wars 2 released on console.

VideoKilledThe · Post by **VideoKilledThe** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:29 pm

Seiko Flossberg wrote:One of my most anticipated games.

c/s

manwhore · Post by **manwhore** » Thu May 03, 2012 7:54 am

i'm a dedicated pc gamer but strangely have never played any diablo game.

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Tue May 15, 2012 4:26 am

I can't play games like this which require so much damn time investment.

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Tue May 15, 2012 12:36 pm

tons of server issues today apparently.

also if you didn't know; to play single player you need an internet connection. Characters are stored server side.
blizzard did this to curb cheating apparently

i was reading a review today where they guys internet connection went down during single player and the game froze and he lost a bunch of progress.

as someone who is only really interested in the single player i'm not sure if i want to buy this anymore because of that.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue May 15, 2012 4:58 pm

Think I'll hold out for Torchlight II.

RwithTF · Post by **RwithTF** » Tue May 15, 2012 5:59 pm

Great game so far. I haven't had one single server issue, but they just brought the servers down for maintenance for the people who are having problems. I was a BIG diablo 2 fan back in the day, so this is like a second christmas.

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:11 am

found a good explanation of the single player stuff on reddit

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed May 16, 2012 11:30 am

+150 Shadiness

Russian · Post by **Russian** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:50 pm

Balzac wrote:found a good explanation of the single player stuff on reddit

This might sound really stupid but I thought this game can do co op...?

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:31 am

yeah it can do co op. but its all still on the blizzard servers. a friend can't host a game. if you had a lan party type setup everyone would still need to be online and if the blizzard servers went down you couldn't play.

after thinking about it for a few days this single player thing isn't a huge deal for me since i'll be playing on my home machine that is almost always online. I just think its gay if my connection drops it will affect my single player campaign.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Mon May 21, 2012 10:15 am

So a co-worker of mine let me hold his copy with a guest pass code. I registered on Battle.net and made a monk. 5 minutes in and all I pretty much did was...

Stunna7516 wrote:click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click

This is pretty much what I expected, I just can't get into PC gaming. Which leads me to my next point...

Tired & Broke wrote:
Tired & Broke wrote:They need to go ahead and set a release date for consoles.

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Mon May 21, 2012 9:42 pm

installing the game now, pretty cysed!

i also went out and bought this ridiculous mouse to enhance my diablo experience.

i keep waiting for it to transform into a robot right on my desk

thinkhyphy · Post by **thinkhyphy** » Mon May 21, 2012 11:29 pm

Spartan wrote:
Don't think Blizzard have had any games on console. That Starcraft third-person game from the last gen was the only one and it got cancelled.

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Tue May 22, 2012 3:11 am

noshadesofgrey wrote:I beat Diablo on Friday night on normal, I'm level 31 Demon Hunter. Super fun, and I think the cinematics are the best that Blizzard has ever done (especially the one right after Act I).

I think some UI/design choices were retarded, but otherwise, fantastic game, great story, and really fun to play. I love how easy it is to jump in/out of games with friends too.

My Battletag is ironmaidann#1219 if you want to add.

Didn't this just come out and doesn't it take a shit ton of hours to do anything in it, let alone beat it?

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue May 22, 2012 5:18 am

thinkhyphy wrote:
Spartan wrote:
Don't think Blizzard have had any games on console. That Starcraft third-person game from the last gen was the only one and it got cancelled.

Didn't know about that one. There was also the first Diablo on PS1 which I only found out about just recently.

This was the cancelled game I was referring to:

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thinkhyphy · Post by **thinkhyphy** » Tue May 22, 2012 11:34 am

First and only time touching a console rts. Why they decided to throw split screen in there is beyond me.