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[slimgrin]

Diablo 1 was a revelation for me due to the atmosphere alone.

[Lukertin]

its funny because diablo 1 wasn't actually made by Blizzard

[Karl45]

Lukertin wrote...

its funny because diablo 1 wasn't actually made by Blizzard

Who was it made by then? Everything says blizzard.

[upsettingshorts]

It seems Blizzard North was more or less blown up.

[Lukertin]

Karl45 wrote...

Lukertin wrote...

its funny because diablo 1 wasn't actually made by Blizzard

Who was it made by then? Everything says blizzard.

A company named Condor.  Blizzard bought it 6 months before Diablo was set to release, and it got renamed 'Blizzard North', which also produced D2.

Back to the original thread...isn't Witcher 2 going to feature a dialogue wheel type thing?

Modifié par Lukertin, 07 novembre 2010 - 08:08 .

[slimgrin]

Lukertin wrote...

Karl45 wrote...

Lukertin wrote...

its funny because diablo 1 wasn't actually made by Blizzard

Who was it made by then? Everything says blizzard.

A company named Condor.  Blizzard bought it 6 months before Diablo was set to release, and it got renamed 'Blizzard North', which also produced D2.

Back to the original thread...isn't Witcher 2 going to feature a dialogue wheel type thing?

I've seen nothing so far of that nature. The game was in alpha stage a couple months ago, so it may still be evolving. They are, however, using paraphrased dialog options, as well as some timed responses in certain situations. They've said they are going for a cinematic presentation.

[upsettingshorts]

slimgrin wrote...
They've said they are going for a cinematic presentation.

And is the sky falling over on the CD Projekt forums, too?

[slimgrin]

Upsettingshorts wrote...

slimgrin wrote...
They've said they are going for a cinematic presentation.

And is the sky falling over on the CD Projekt forums, too?

Not in the least. The amount of indifference is remarkable, in fact, when you look at the changes:

-QTE's. I've been outspoken on this from the beginning. I hate the idea of them and they have said they are optional.

-Timed responses.  

-Paraphrasing. 

-No potions taken during combat. Ever. Not sure how this will work.

-Stealth options. Again, I can only speculate...

-Geralt has a ponytail. This is the most oft-cited complaint. No kidding.

[Wyndham711]

I don't think any old school RPG fan that enjoys story and narrative in their games can just ignore Diablo 3 offhand. Just having a guy like Leonard Boyarsky (originally from Interplay and Troika) as lead world designer should award the game at the very least the benefit of the doubt. The guy had a similar position in games like Fallout, Fallout 2, Arcanum and Vampire the Masquerade. Yeah, D3 will be great.

[Lukertin]

I'm sure it will be great, I just probably won't be playing it...for a quite a while

[upsettingshorts]

Wyndham711 wrote...

I don't think any old school RPG fan that enjoys story and narrative in their games can just ignore Diablo 3 offhand.

Oh yeah?  Just watch me!

/ignores
//but seriously unless the game is completely different than Diablo II I'm not gonna play it

Modifié par Upsettingshorts, 07 novembre 2010 - 08:38 .

[Wyndham711]

Upsettingshorts wrote...

Wyndham711 wrote...

I don't think any old school RPG fan that enjoys story and narrative in their games can just ignore Diablo 3 offhand.

Oh yeah?  Just watch me!

/ignores
//but seriously unless the game is completely different than Diablo II I'm not gonna play it

Sorry, apparently you can - I ought to have said 'should'. Seriously - you should read up on the game and watch some gameplay videos etc. Diablo 3 has had extensive gameplay walkthroughs/trailers for years, and it will still be spending a long time in development.

[Onyx Jaguar]

Personally I would be more excited about Diablo 3 if it was Blizzard North was still around. The atmosphere and music of those games were especially great. Personally though I never could play those games for more than 10 hours without wandering off and playing something else.

[Dsentinel]

SWTOR, DA2, Diablo3, witcher 2, and more. Next year i'm going broke.

[Bann Duncan]

Lukas Kristjanson wrote...

Upsettingshorts wrote...

ErichHartmann wrote...

Diablo III is going to outsell every RPG combined next year. Doom for us all! Actually I'll be buying Diablo III too.

Awesome, another Blizzard game to ignore.  I can't wait.

The lead designer from Jade Empire is on it. I hear he's good. Might be worth a look.

Is he its lead designer? I ask because I have never enjoyed a game world more than I did Jade Empire's and if even a bit of that sense of exploration and wonderment is being carried over, I'm preordering.

[upsettingshorts]

Bann Duncan wrote...

Lukas Kristjanson wrote...

The lead designer from Jade Empire is on it. I hear he's good. Might be worth a look. ../../../images/forum/emoticons/wink.png

Is he its lead designer? I ask because I have never enjoyed a game world more than I did Jade Empire's and if even a bit of that sense of exploration and wonderment is being carried over, I'm preordering.

According to a video of Jade Empire's credits I've found, the Lead Designer was Kevin Martens and this post on Battle.net identifies him as the Lead Content Designer.

They also identify a Game Director and a Lead World Designer, so I'm not sure what Mr. Martens is precisely responsible for, but I imagine quite a bit.

Modifié par Upsettingshorts, 07 novembre 2010 - 09:55 .

[KendallX23]

Dsentinel wrote...

SWTOR, DA2, Diablo3, witcher 2, and more. Next year i'm going broke.

true...i'm gonna have to find another job..

[Shepard Lives]

Jesus Christ, does every pompous moron who decides DA2 sucks have to create a thread about it? I mean, you have your opinion, that's perfectly fine.

But can't we just sticky a thread and call it 'The "Cancelling Preorder" Thread' so that all the people who don't like DA2 can meet up and rrrraaaaaaaaaaaageeeeee about the changes?

A place of doom and gloom, of elitism and overreacting, of nerdrage and nostalgia. There, I found you a tagline. Now make a single goddamn thread and stop polluting the forum.

[Rogue Unit]

shepard_lives has spoken.

Make it happen.

Seriously, there's like 3 different rage threads on the first page alone. Why? I don't know.

Modifié par Rogue Unit, 07 novembre 2010 - 10:05 .

[MIke_18]

I can't believe anyone who speaks against the obvious dumbing down of a greatly loved game get's called a hater and a troll.



And yes you're right i too will buy The Witcher 2 because the first one was on a level of storytelling amateur writers like BIoware who recycle everything can never achieve.

[upsettingshorts]

Technically, neither Bioware or CD Projekt have "amateur writers" because they're all employed to do it.



But somehow I don't think accuracy was the guiding principle of your post.

[Leonia]

MIke_18 wrote...

I can't believe anyone who speaks against the obvious dumbing down of a greatly loved game get's called a hater and a troll.

And yes you're right i too will buy The Witcher 2 because the first one was on a level of storytelling amateur writers like BIoware who recycle everything can never achieve.

I can't believe trolls are calling the non-trolls trolls! It boggles the mind, really.

[MIke_18]

Oh really?



Illusive man : The Whole galaxy has gone to hell and there's only one man that can save it. Get me Sheppard.



DA II : The whole world has gone to hell and theres only one man to save it. Get me Hawke.



And in both the main focus will be the character quests, or loyalty quests right?



I'm not a troll i love The Witcher and Dragon Age, but you can't deny how much recycling BIoware does and how poor the quality of the writing is (Giant terminator pumped with human goo)

[upsettingshorts]

Reductionism is fun, isn't it?

And you realize The Witcher is an adaptation based on a series of novels and short stories, right?

[MIke_18]

I'm mentioning this because i dont wanna "Button mash my way" just to see what happens in a heavyly recycled generic poorly written story.



DA best part was the gameplay and the combat. And now that's gone.