Diablo III - OPEN Beta Weekend starting today for EVERYONE!

[lestatdark]

Staude said:

lestatdark said:

Staude said:

lestatdark said:

Chark said:
What are the minimum system requirements?

 

Minimum System Requirements

 

WINDOWS	MAC
Windows® XP/Vista/7 (latest service packs) with DX 9.0c	Mac® OS X 10.6.8, 10.7.x or newer
Intel Pentium® D 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4400+	Intel® Core 2 Duo
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT or ATI Radeon™ X1950 Pro or better	NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or better
1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB (Vista/7)	2 GB RAM
12 GB available HD space	12 GB available HD space
DVD-ROM (required for retail disc versions only)	DVD-ROM (required for retail disc versions only)
Broadband** Internet connection	Broadband** Internet connection
1024x768 minimum resolution	1024x768 minimum resolution

http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-iii-system-requirements 

Basically any computer or laptop since 2006 can run this game.  

Not true. I called my mom to tell her how she could try the beta, and she found that when she booted the game, it told her that her laptops graphics card couldn't run it.

I was expecting it to work though :P  But yeah, blizzard games can run on toasters.

 

I thought the beta was decent.. But I don't know.. I think I was expecting it to have evolved more, and not just become eh.. More casual :P In the gameplay department. I guess I'm one of the ones who aren't much for the artstyle either. It CAN look pretty, but it looks too much like a warcraft 3 mod :P and very cartoony too.

But I'll still get the game and play it :P

What graphics card does her laptop have, an inboard one?.

I've been reading on the blizzard and diablo forums (and on this thread too), that the game is basically the same as it was 10 years ago and I couldn't be glader. Too many games from long running series try to "evolve" and "adapt" to the current trends only to fail miserably. If it's tried and true then don't mess with it, I say. Change can be good for a series that thrives on it or if the previous adaptation needed desperatly to keep up with the times, which was never the case of Diablo.

Possibly. I can't recall. Her stationary should be able to run it but it's been beeping when turned on so next time i go, I'll have to take a look at it. Then she'll be able to run the game. I just wanted to remark that it's not Every laptop.

 

I don't know, I disagree with you. I didn't want the gameplay to fundamentally change, but it would be nice to see some changes. Otherwise you might aswell be playing a casual version of diablo 2. Which is my biggest issue. In many ways, it feels like a warcraft 3 mod. Both in art direction, but it also feels more childish than the previous game. I hope the full game prooves me wrong though :P

Usually when I talk about PCs and laptops that can run games I talk about those with actual gaming capacities. Inboard Graphic laptops (and some PCs as well) aren't exactly gaming status, but I see your POV.

I really don't think that about the art direction, mostly because from what I've seen so far, it has made sense. The dark atmosphere is there when it should be (like dungeons and so on) and there's a more natural atmosphere in the barely tainted places because it wouldn't have made sense to make a dark and gritty atmosphere there. DII also had that on Act II, mostly because the deserts surrounding Lut Golhein had barely been touched by Diablo&Baal before you get there. I do see a more "cartoony/BD" approach to enemy design, but I don't necessarily think that's childish since those can also be dark and gritty when they have to.