Blizzard is currently working on their much anticipated 3′d installment of Diablo.
The Graphics
From what we have seen of the graphics Blizzard plans to push way beyond anything else out there. The new game has much better and greater depth of colour. They have retained the gothic feel from Diablo 1 and 2. On the downside, you will need a top of the line game PC, to fully enjoy the game.
The Classes
Blizzard says that some of the classes won’t make it to Diablo 3. However we know that the Barbarian will be there as well as a new class the Witch Doctor. Also the Barbarian will still have his whirlwind and leap attacks. The Witch Doctor is a crowd controller, he uses summon and damage spells and they work best on large groups of enemies.
NPC
In Diablo 2 you only really had the one NPC helping you. Looks like Blizzard plans to expand the NPC help and you will be able to take a few allies with you. This will be important as your enemies will be using a better AI and their own strategies to kill you. The combat will be more strategic but still have the same hack and slash properties.
Game Play
As far as game play goes it looks like they are going to lean more heavily on use of skills and less so on quaffing lots of potions. The new player interface is setup to make using skills easier.
Diablo 3 will retain the random generation of dungeons, but there will be more side quests and these quests will also have random elements. The randomness of the game is partly responsible for the success of Diablo 1 and 2 and we are happy to see that Blizzard is retaining that.
The landscape in Diablo 3 plays a far greater role. It is not completely destructible, but you will definitely be able to use it in combat.
Blizzard is putting allot of work into the loot and we expect to see some great armor and devastating weapons.
Release Date
Blizzard does not give release dates for their games. They release the games when they are ready. I wish some other game companies would do this, instead of releasing half finished games.
I played both Diablo 1 and 2 and I will definitely buy Diablo 3.
You can watch the game’s trailer on the Official Diablo Site
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looks interesting, is Diablo series for wii too?
I’m not a Diablo fan but no doubt this game really made an impact in my childhood days. Fans would really love this upcoming game and not only that, take a look at the graphics! Whoa…
I think you are out of luck Narendra. The game almost certainly only run under Windows or Mac PCs.