Every time you pull that handle, you might, just might, hit the jackpot. That’s because each piece of treasure is generated randomly.Ĭall it the slot-machine effect.
But there is a slim chance that you’ll end up with an incredibly powerful relic that no other player in the world has seen. Most important, though, each time you kill some slavering, otherworldly abomination, you never know what it may be carrying. The layout has changed from the last time, and so have the monsters. Every time you step into a dungeon, it’s different. The brilliant, fundamental roots of the Diablo game-play style are both psychological and neuromuscular.ĭiablo’s main lure is randomization. In the universe of Diablo and its imitators, like Torchlight, you are truly a conquering hero, mowing down evil monsters and raking in loot. While traditional role-playing games can be enjoyably painstaking affairs that test players’ ability to master tactics, complex rule systems and dozens of skills and abilities, Diablo has always been an orgy of wanton slashing and hacking. The original Diablo, released in 1997, basically invented the genre of action role-playing video games. At that, it appears Diablo III may end up without peer (at least in the electronic realm). I don’t think an hour has ever passed so quickly.Īnd that, of course, is what Diablo is all about: drawing you in so pleasurably, almost hypnotically, that time becomes an abstraction. (I didn’t actually fly across the country to preview this game I was visiting Orange County for a family function and stopped in at Blizzard.) For about an hour I explored the dungeon, hurling lightning bolts, summoning zombies and unleashing swarms of locusts to decimate the waves of bloodthirsty foes standing between me and the next treasure chest. So on Monday I found myself within Blizzard’s gated, guarded headquarters complex here, navigating my witch doctor and his canine minions through the Torture Chambers of the Mad King. But when it comes to a new game from Blizzard Entertainment, perhaps the world’s most accomplished and prestigious developer, an exception seems merited.Īnd if there is one game in the pipeline I can’t wait to play on my own time, it’s Blizzard’s Diablo III. It might end up as vaporware or simply not live up to the awesome impression that publishers can gin up in a short, canned demonstration. Writing about a game that hasn’t been released to the public can be risky. PvP | Challenge other players in uniquely-designed battle arenas scattered throughout Sanctuary.IRVINE, Calif.Artisans | Earn the services of the blacksmith, the jeweller, and the mystic to travel along with you to craft and improve items you need.Followers | Meet and recruit three followers on your adventures through Sanctuary: Kormac, the Templar Lyndon, the Scoundrel Eirena, the Enchantress.Extensive Character Customization | Available through a variety of methods: charms, traits, enhancements, gems, armor, weapons, dyes, skills, and runestones.Monster Encounters | A seemingly endless tide of new malevolent and diverse creatures, each with strategic combat styles to watch out for.Wizards | Channelers of arcane energy to manipulate the forces of the elements.Witch Doctor | Spiritual masked warriors who fight with curses, hexes, and a variety of summoned creatures.Monk | Martial art masters drawing upon the power of divine Spirit, skilled with and without weapons.Demon Hunter | Masters with an arsenal of deadly ranged weapons and traps.Barbarian | With their immense size and physical strength, Barbarians wield the most massive and most damaging weapons of battle.With tons of new and controversial features, along with 4-player co-op, Diablo III is set to divide or conquer gaggles of gamers when it launches in the future.Ĭontinuing the tale from the first two games, players will choose their class and then battle across the world either solo or online with friends to defeat the evil that plagues the world of Sanctuary. Diablo III is the much anticipated sequel to Diablo II from Blizzard Entertainment.
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