I get that it’s an easy tag to apply because it’s the same company, but seriously, where’s the similarities that go WoW -> Diablo as opposed to vice versa.

WoW took the skill system from Diablo. Diablo didn’t take it from WoW. Saying “look at the skill systems, they’re the same!” is pointless.

I mean honestly:

Diablo Screenshots: http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/screenshots.xml?rhtml=y

WoW Screnshots:
http://www.wow-screenshots.com/screenshots/img_11598_1024px.jpg

One is slightly less architecturally gothic, the other is a Napoleon Dynamite riding a purple chicken. Stop the meaningless comparisons.

I just don’t think that we will get the same eerie feeling from Diablo 1 & 2. Such as the only sources of light are the torches and your light raidus. That eerie feeling that your get is just so great! Especially when you go into a new cave in d2 that you havent explored yet and everything is just DARK.

Yet from Diablo 3 the gameplay trailer that they made, was so light and full of color in the cave. Yet you do notice the way better graphics, you just wont get the same authentic eerie feeling from D1 & 2.

Don’t get me wrong I will love and enjoy D3 when its realeased and I get to hold it <33.

I just guess the 2nd coming of darkness will be a gay demon that sheads evil light across the world and breeds demon babies that want to rape you! This 2nd coming will be much easier to vanquish even if the graphics might make him look like a 3headed rapist. (Not flamming callin like i seez it).

I hope andariel returns too. I like the bathtub chains they got wrappin around her nipples in the earlier diablo.

What I meant by mentioning Torchlight is that the team that is working on it is mainly the Blizzard North team and if you go check it out you will see that most of the skills from its skill trees are the same from D3, like Seismic Slam or Hammer of the Ancients and with a even more childish and “WoW-ish” feel to it, my point being that torchlight might actually be what D3 would look like if Blizzard had not fire all those guys.

Probably they got fired under the terms of being able to use the ideas they had had so far on whichever other game they would work outside Blizzard.

So what I have to say here and I think I back it with some facts and fairly accurate deductions is that attribute this “WoW-ish” feel to the new team is not fair or accurate.

I do not believe it to be “WoW-ish” to begin with, and I think it translates well into a dark and gothic feel even if sometimes is a fantasy gothic instead of a architectural correct gothic, but that to me is quite ok since it is not Earth but Sanctuary that we will be playing in.

The only think I dislike so far is the green and purple mists they use to fade out the backgrounds. I would be ok with them if they were poisoned or magical(arcane) dungeons, but not if they are normal ones. I much prefer the gray fog of the “outside at night” screenshots. That said I trully believe that while this green and purple take their toll on the screenshots while immersed in game they will pass by without much ado.

So for me the game looks terrific! And just wait for the promised darker dungeons at later levels that Blizzard has hinted at.

I agree with the rating of the games. My issue is that it’s turning into WoW. Look at the skill system that WoW has (ripped straight from D2) and now D3 has a system ripped straight from WoW. Don’t get me wrong, I like both games, but I don’t want to play the same game twice. The cartoon feel is just another thing that I’m irritated with (mainly because it is a gothic fantasy). It’s like the story writer forgot to tell Blizzard that.

First of all, if you don’t like our complaints about the game, why read the article. What you are getting is another form of WoW. It’s as simple as that. Sure, there are things that I do like about the game. Even if I can’t stand the game, I’ll probably play it anyway just for the story. Diablo and Diablo 2 had some of the best game mechanics for the genre, and yet, you think that turning this game into Gauntlet is a better way to go? Get your facts straight.

@ the_architect

Yes, you are right, Runic Games is working on a title called torchlight and they have been at least since the beginning of the year. But on the flip side of the coin, if you want a game that mimics other games, go play those games.

Otherwise, I do enjoy some changes, but don’t ruin the game that brought your fans Blizzard. Next, I want to bring up an issue because the writer hasn’t brought it up, I’m sick of the bashing for other points of views. I’m not going to call the people out, but if you have a problem, you should bring the facts to the board. Maybe then you can persuade some people to your view.

No news lately on D3, I wonder if they are putting their effort into the new MMO and StarCraft 2.

so with the cartoonie graphics, your willing to not play it, to not enjoy the great game?
I mean if you think about starcraft 2 is also a little cartoonie but its gonna be beyond great.

get over the fact that its not LoD get out of the past, Its new, Its 3-D, it has a new game engine, all im trying to say is that the game is a diablo game, its going to be awsome!

also on a personal thought
D1 graphics > D2
D2 gameplay > D1

sooo, its’s not the same sh!t, it’s the same sh!t in purple? How’s that a satisfying change? Diablo morphed into Hello Kitty – Well, atleast it’s a change!!1

Well sir, that it is… That much we noticed… That’s why we complain.

Odd details like brutal deaths are ok, i suppose, but i still don’t wanna feel like playing some other game whos name i won’t mention, seeing as it seems to be ALL the devs have on their mind, and talk about, during D3 interviews.