justmea on 15/1/2012 at 17:19
well, in Blizzard defense, you can't really dumb down a clickfest series like Diablo more, so why not
june gloom on 15/1/2012 at 20:09
Yeah you can. Imagine just moving the mouse in the direction you want your fucko to swing his sword.
gunsmoke on 17/1/2012 at 12:03
You do remember that Diablo was on PS1, right?
faetal on 17/1/2012 at 12:06
After it was developed solely for PC, yes. Developing with consoles in mind tends to affect the game.
gunsmoke on 17/1/2012 at 12:20
You even read the second article? Seems to be the exact same scenario this time around.
faetal on 17/1/2012 at 12:51
Sorry, I didn't - lazy of me.
If that's the case then I don't see a problem. I might worry if I were a console owner as I am guessing console games can suffer from PC-centric development too, but I'm not, so I won't.
EvaUnit02 on 17/1/2012 at 13:16
Really, really old news (like a year+), but just look at what they're doing with D3 and it's clear as day that it's absolutely not being designed for console as the lead platform. For one there's a snowball's chance in hell that Microsoft would let all of that Real Money Auction House malarkey and the like fly on Xbox Live; a 360 port would at least have to have the game's player-to-player economy significantly overhauled.
Character building is virtually completely tied to equipment, so almost everything is hot-swap/modular in nature to accommodate this design. This is to encourage the crafting and selling of items amongst players.
Dresden on 5/2/2012 at 00:53
I've been playing the beta for a couple of days. The game seems okay, thought it's only the very beginning of the game so there's no real sense of danger yet. You really start to miss the skill/attribute point systems after a while. I can imagine characters will end up largely the same apart from what skill runes they are using. Then again, they were in D2 as well, with only an illusion of customization.
I like the wizard. Not having to carry a belt of mana potions around at all times makes being a caster a lot more fun for me. I haven't tried the other classes yet.
sNeaksieGarrett on 12/2/2012 at 20:42
Quote Posted by Dresden
Not having to carry a belt of mana potions around at all times makes being a caster a lot more fun for me
Could you elaborate on this point? That is, what is in place instead of a belt of mana potions? Did they go for a regenerating mana stat?
Koki on 13/2/2012 at 07:05
It's regenerating mana. IIRC Sorcerers have small mana pool that regens quick, Witch Doctor has a large one that regenerates slow, Barb's doesn't regenerate but you get "mana" for kills, Monk's regenerates normally, and the Hunter has two mana bars one of which regenerates normally and the other with kills.
Though they were saying they're still fiddling with mana system in the game.
