June 28, 2008 · Filed Under Diablo 3 News, Gaming, Windows PC

Diablo 3 - Preview

Diablo fans are no doubt now rejoicing after hearing Blizzard publicize their plans for Diablo 3 at the Worldwide Invitational in Paris. Coupled with this a website full of concept art, audio and video clips, story info and images has been uploaded to view: http://eu.blizzard.com/diablo3/

The Story:

One of the biggest problems fans of the series have had with a sequel is if it could be plausible. With Diablo, Baal and Mephisto all killed where could the story go from there? Well Blizzard has released an eerie video teaser giving away some clues. The video is narrated by a young woman, as she talks you are shown shots of the Sanctuary, what looks like to be the angel Tyrael, a comet crashing into the landscape and lastly Diablo. Of course the teaser is extremely captivating and reminiscent of the epic Diablo 2 videos but I personally think the whole comet rising evil spirits sounds slightly cliché and hopefully more depth to the storyline will be revealed soon.

The Cinematic Teaser:

What’s New?

The interface and isometric view has stayed pretty much the same; the biggest change is that the belt displaying your potions has been replaced with a row of skill icons. Enemies will now drop red orbs that once you collect restore your hit points.

Judging by the released video clips it seems that an effort has been made to make the game more responsive to the player; you can now hit various walls and watch them collapse, one clip even shows a creature picking up the player’s character and ripping his head off. The AI in the game is also more advanced with even minor enemies adopting strategies to try and kill you, instead of just mindless walking around.

Altogether there will be 5 different classes to choose from in Diablo 3, these will also include male and female versions. Of these 5 classes only two have been announced so far, the Barbarian and the Witchdoctor. Fans will remember the Barbarian from Diablo 2, he has not changed a great deal. The Witchdoctor is a summoner character, with ability to call on creatures and use an array of spells; he seems very similar to Diablo 2’s Necromancer so I doubt the skeleton lord will be making a return. Below are the video clips released by Blizzard so far.

Video Clip showing the Witchdoctor and Barbarian Character Classes:

Video Clip Showing the Game Artwork:

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74 Responses to “Diablo 3 - Preview”

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dummy Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
no,Diablo is Eve of all RPG’s!
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Steve Says:
August 31st, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Diablo 3 looks really nice…I wish it comes out fast.
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Kaz Says:
August 25th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Looks gd
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Nobody Says:
August 6th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Diablo is titan quest’s granddaddy….