Diablo III - OPEN Beta Weekend starting today for EVERYONE!

[lestatdark]

Staude said:

lestatdark said:

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.

Well, from the open beta, which was only in new/old tristram and the sourrounding area, as well as the cemetary - I just don't think the art direction is dark enough. But that's just opinion. The atmosphere is mostly fine.

I have no doubt it's gonna be a great game. I would however, have liked to see the world of diablo - post diablo 2, as a fully realised 3d world :P

Most of the videos I've seen detailing the characters backgrounds and other pieces there have been plenty of dark dungeons and tombs, probably that area was shown to have been recovered to simbolize a return of hope for Tristram after two gruelling developments there? I dunno, probably we'll know more once we play the actual game.

I agree with you on the last phrase. I would have loved to have a fully developed and realized 3D version of Sanctuary, but that would have been a lot to hope for I guess, given the actual dimensions of Sanctuary itself (the areas we explored on DII are just very tiny fragments of it).

@Chark - Old Oblivion mod right? I had to use that same mod for my very first laptop because it too could barely run it. That's the problem with laptops, if you don't buy a top-end one, you'll run out of gaming capaciticies pretty fast or have to be constantly upgrading, since you cannot switch the essential pieces to keep it up-to-date. My current one can run everything on the market on all max settings or pretty close to it, but it costed me an arm and a leg and a couple of years of saving up to it.