Get into the Diablo 3 beta!
You get an email the second Blizzard announce the Diablo 3 beta.
For those of us impatient enough (isn’t that everyone?), a Diablo III custom map has been released.
You need Warcraft III in order to play it and the map is still in beta. However, I’m really amazed at the graphics – the world editor is indeed powerful enough to change the game completely. It does look like Diablo III.
P.S. Maybe it was my bad luck with skill selection as a Wizard but even the first wave of zombies proved insurmountable for me!
I really hope that the graphics don’t get even close to what warcraft looks. Diablo is an epic series and should not be revamped in a wow-like version for fuckin sake.
LOZL and it should be obvious by now they’re using W3’s engine to make Diabo 3.
SUCKERS
this one makes it look more like warcraft don’t like, um the old one much better!!! also a lot better if it did not have the pic of character.
So I just got done ALMOST beating this map with just one other partner. We 2 manned it as a Witch Doctor and Wizard. Here’s my thoughts on this incredible masterpiece. Excuse me if theres any gramatical errors, since it is 2am for me here and I just got done playing this map for almost 2 hours.
This has honestly been a pleasure to have played this custom map. The amount of detail that was put into the game was simply incredible. Every little wall and spawn location seemed like it would all fit into Diablo 3. And he even put every scene that was showed in the gameplay footage onto the map. Now I’ll try not to give any spoilers away, so I’ll stay away from certain topics. But from what I can explain to you right now, is this is officially my favorite Warcraft 3 mod out right now.
The combat was extremely (as far as 2 manning it goes) difficult but not impossible. It felt like the game was made that if you wanted a hard mode that 2 manning it would be the way to go. 5 man seems like it would be much easier, and a lot less stress on your back.. But it wouldn’t be nearly as fun. All of the mobs are well balanced to where it’s not too easy to kill but not impossible to kill either. As far as the items goes it seems like theres much love that goes to the barbarian when it comes to drops, but that could be because hes more of an item based character rather then spell. All the items are very unique and some (since it is beta) aren’t fully functional right now but most of them have their own use. The 3 different tiers for gear was a great design as well. Instead of just picking up and stacking certain armor you could only have two of each per tier slot.
The classes seemed somewhat balanced as well. I played the Witch Doctor and a random (but luckily well played) pug teammate rolled a Wizard. At first it seemed like he was having a lot of trouble doing much with the little skills he had, but towards the end of the game he really cought up and did the bulk of the damage. The Witch Doctor can heal tank bosses and do some good amount of damage with its pet tanks. What I would do is use the mana leech spell, then heal myself as the boss is hitting me, hit locust swarm, and the wizard would burn the boss down. There’s a lot of running away and coming back which saved us a bunch of times but it made for an intense game. I would have to say that’s the only downside, is the amount of running back and forth kiting mobs that we did. But we were also 3 men short.
All in all, I give this custom map a 10/10, and 10x better then dota. It’s just as deep as well. It made for an honestly really really REALLY good map.
***WARNING, SPOILER ALERT IF YOU CLICK THIS LINK*** (Don’t press it if you plan on playing it)
Below are the screenshots from our group. Unfortunetly I forgot to screenshot the first oh.. hour? of the map which was mostly the dungeon stuff. But I did screenshot the most interesting stuff which was the jungle area. I might add a description for each SS later, but I’m too tired now. Check it out if you dare:
http://s904.photobucket.com/albums/ac245/stevo73901/
I would pretty much have to agree with everything Two Times Over had to say. I was fortunate enough to be on last night and randomly join the game. I was worried it was going to be another download and leave kinda game, but I was oh so wrong. If this map is just a taste of what the real D3 is going to be like, then we’re all in for a magnificent treat. The visuals are stunning, the character play was excellent, and the attention to detail was spectacular. Nearly everything about this map had been carefully planned and crafted to create a masterpiece. I’m even more excited about the fact that this is only the BETA! Considering this, the gameplay was nearly perfect.
On to the cons of the map. Like Two Times said, the items seemed to be heavily aimed at aiding the Barbarian, however, this may be due to the fact that we only played the game one time. If loot is based on random drop rates, a 1 in 3 chance to drop most in a game can happen pretty easily.
Health and Mana potions take up a slot that is very much needed for the items you come across. (Limited though they were, they were essential to your class’ survival) The potions are too weak to bother sacrificing inventory space, so my teammate and I ended up dropping a piece of gear when the coast was clear and taking a few hits of potion and then passing it back and forth before re-equipping our items. This posed a greater problem later in the game when boss fights were more drawn out and mana became scarce.
Also there were a few minor camera/environment glitches. These however, were extremely rare and easily ignorable.
All in all, this map is solid, play worthy and a ton of fun. It is definitely worth a download. Tell your friends and spread this game so the dev keeps working hard on it!
fuck u john wow is for fairy luvn oger fuckin fagots diablo 3 is gonna shit on sum dumb ass world of bore craft that game is fuckin wack
i have warcraft3 but can anyone explain to me exactly how to play this map. it would be greatly apreciated.
i have warcraft3 but can anyone explain to me exactly how to play this map.
Well, you copy the map to your Maps folder. Once you start Warcraft III, you choose custom scenario and load the map. You don’t need other players (like DOTA), it’s a single player.
Looks like starcraft or Warhammer 40000 (some stratagy game) with the character HUD. Unless the character face has some neat animations and shows scars, damage etc then get rid. Just makes it look childish.
For the love of (insert own diety) please make it darker!