Romier S Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 Whooter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magness Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 Yes please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Diablo II with a PS controller, yes please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted February 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 44 minute presentation.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Still embarrassed to say I have next to no familiarity with the Diablo series, even though many years ago @iainl kindly had a copy of one of the earlier games on PC going spare that I just never got round to installing! . Would this be a better place to start vs III (which I note is already approaching nine years old)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 III is the only one I've played, and I only really got into playing through the levels in single-player for the plot and environments, rather than the loot grind side that seems to suck in so many. But my impression from the trailer is that this is still II but with shinier graphics and an awful lot (an AWFUL LOT) of clever real-time lighting effects. So my gut says III has a lot of variation in the environments compared to these rectangular levels, but as I understand it, II has more on the loads and loads of enemies and clever weapons stuff. So what are you after from the game? Angry the Clown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted February 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Angry the Clown said: Still embarrassed to say I have next to no familiarity with the Diablo series, even though many years ago @iainl kindly had a copy of one of the earlier games on PC going spare that I just never got round to installing! . Would this be a better place to start vs III (which I note is already approaching nine years old)? III is a more sprawling game with more build variety in its current iteration but II is the stronger game from a narrative perspective and frankly has stronger art direction overall. It's a modern classic that still has some of the most addictive gameplay in the ARPG genre and its loot drop system is sheer perfection in terms of giving the player a sense of progression and "building up power". I would wait for this to release and then move nicely into III. Of course I still adore the original and its piddly 16 "simple" levels for its atmosphere alone but we're not getting a resurrected edition of that (yet). EDIT: Surprised no one has mentioned that the Barbarian class in that video thumbnails has an uncanny resemblance to David Bautista... Angry the Clown and Whooter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 New trailer: Whooter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted August 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 The remastered (and classic) intro movie: Here’s the original: Whooter and Magness 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted August 13, 2021 Report Share Posted August 13, 2021 God, I remember being blown away by Blizzards CG movies back then. They seem so ridiculously primitive now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 There was an open beta this weekend (ends sometime today). Did anyone try it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 This is like the lowest key "major" release I've ever seen. Almost no big conversation around it, really. Given Blizzard's legal issues, I somewhat understand that. I did pick up the game on the Series X and played through an hour or so today. It's pretty great! The performance mode runs at a smooth 60fps and though the resolution downgrade is noticeable from the 30fps quality mode, it still looks like its running high enough to maintain a good level of sharpness/detail (seems to be in the 1440p range to my eye but I'm no great pixel counter). I *love* that the legacy mode is built in and easy to swap to (LT + view button on the Xbox controller). Having the OG visuals are your fingertips is just fun. The music immediately took me back to my days of apartment living and spending hours on my PC playing through the game. Nostalgia overload.:) It will be a bit before I really dive in as I'm still deep into Kena but I'm super excited to dive back in. It's still remains as one of the greatest ARPG's of all time, IMO. rustyjaw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 5 hours ago, Romier S said: This is like the lowest key "major" release I've ever seen. Almost no big conversation around it, really. Given Blizzard's legal issues, I somewhat understand that. I did pick up the game on the Series X and played through an hour or so today. It's pretty great! The performance mode runs at a smooth 60fps and though the resolution downgrade is noticeable from the 30fps quality mode, it still looks like its running high enough to maintain a good level of sharpness/detail (seems to be in the 1440p range to my eye but I'm no great pixel counter). I *love* that the legacy mode is built in and easy to swap to (LT + view button on the Xbox controller). Having the OG visuals are your fingertips is just fun. The music immediately took me back to my days of apartment living and spending hours on my PC playing through the game. Nostalgia overload.:) It will be a bit before I really dive in as I'm still deep into Kena but I'm super excited to dive back in. It's still remains as one of the greatest ARPG's of all time, IMO. Probably going to pick it up. Lack of local coop and cross play is disappointing though. Haven’t seen too many comments yet, any advantage to owning on X or PS5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 56 minutes ago, Paul said: Probably going to pick it up. Lack of local coop and cross play is disappointing though. Haven’t seen too many comments yet, any advantage to owning on X or PS5? There’s almost nothing out there comparing the two. I read that the PS5’s performance mode was pretty soft and lower resolution during the beta and the promised DualSense features are MIA so I went Series X for the better IQ and possibly performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Yeah, fuck Activision/Blizzard again…. Angry the Clown and Magness 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 I just tested it as a I haven’t played the game since shortly after launch. I booted up my Series X and went offline and started the game up only to be met with: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Remember when Blizzard wasn’t terrible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Yeah, before Activision bought them. That Blizzard does not exist anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 Maybe MS will let them be that company again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 19 hours ago, Paul said: Yeah, before Activision bought them. That Blizzard does not exist anymore. Blizzard releases games so infrequently. I have no perspective for whether they still make great games or not. I loved WOW and Diablo 3 when I played them. I assume Diablo IV will be great. I’m not sure how people rationalize that a big company being bought by an even bigger company will ever make the products better. I don’t think that has ever happened. Usually the only benefit is greater resources like QA, marketing, lateral moving employees, etc. But that already happened when Activision bought them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberwoo Posted June 2, 2022 Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 Decided to try this on PS4. I haven't played a Diablo game since the OG back in the day. I don't think I was PC gaming at the time Diablo 2 came out so I never played it (at least I don't remember doing so). Anyway after much mucking about while getting used to how the game plays (d2.maxroll.gg/guides has been a big help) I am finally in the groove and getting hooked. Finally died in Act 2's finale when I encountered Duriel for the first time. So I completely forgot you can put your gold in the personal or shared storage and I had over 100,000 on me when I died. Its all gone. I quit playing for the night when that happened. I was happy to see your body appears in town when you fire up the game again so all my goodies are still there. Spent some time farming for gold, leveled up a few more times, attached one of the magic offensive combat skills to my normal attack, rehired my old companion, put some thaw potions in my belt along with a bunch of health potions, put all my charms on and then defeated Duriel with ease this time. Messin' around in Act 3 now. Can't believe I never played this. Can see why people were so addicted to it. Is that failed to authenticate "feature" still a thing when you dont play the game for 30 days? Why on earth would they do that? Magness 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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