Diablo 3 Media Released: Videos, Screenshots Galore

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  The FAQ states that there are 5 characters planned, and 2 have been revealed. So... Hm. : sevogajre
  • lead designer said in Q&A number of classes and what they are aren't nailed down yet. : Ziggurat
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  The Old Diablo II held a lot of clases: - Druid - Assasin - Rogue - Sorceress - Barbarian (On D3) ... : Mini-d
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    I'd image they would include something like the Sorceress and Paladin, so you'd have a pure magic orient... : loboVT
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      The ranger/archer class. Because every single Diablo had the bow using class. Amazon perhaps? : Nighteyes
      • Male and female models for every class. Amazons were all female in the lore (as were Rogues), so they wou... : jet-poop
  • From the start Diablo II had 5 classes, minus the Assassin and Druid which were added in LoD. : Frejik
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    Rogue no... Amazon yes : RogerDandy
    • True… and that's an important difference. : Mini-d
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      What exactly is a male Amazon? : Chod
      • I'm guessing the class will be called something like Archer or Bowhunter... : tunis5000
  • I'm guessing there will be no Druid, my favorite class :( : Shai-Tan
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    The Witch Doctor is not a replacement for the Necromancer. The lead designer said they may still choose t... : datoo
    • the wall of zombies is cool as fuck : whistletits
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  If they don't have necromancer I will declare this game a failure. : the_burd
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    Prediction Barb will be the only old class, all the others will be new. : yoshimi20
    • That's a fair guess. : Killrig
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    get ready to call it a failure because the Witch Doctor already has a lot of Necro type skills : derelict515
    • This, plus the main mechanic of Necro was raising dead from corpses on the ground or exploding them, etc.... : Jiven
  • The Witchdoctor is basically like the Necromancer (minions raised from slain enemies, curses...), so I do... : code-e255
  • if theres only 5 classes might be hard to fit in a necro with there already being a witch doctor : neodoom
• Some "traditional" caster for sure (mage/wizard/sorcerer). : code-e255
• I hope there's some shapeshifting class (be it Druid-like or something new) : derelict515
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  My fav char was the assassin... I'm sure we'll see some "colorful" "innovation" on a hero type that has c... : Master_Leep
  • I'm with you guy - lead on. : MBlueD
• and a ranged class, of course... some kind of hunter/ranger type. i love me some bows. : waxthirteen
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  I would love to see a samurai class. Totally fits the demon ass kicking role and they'd have a HUGE amou... : cetra00
  • Check out Throne Of Darkness - a Diablo Clone set in Japanese myth...the game isn't fantastic, but the we... : AxeMan808
  • To replace the Paladin perhaps! : MBlueD
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  if there is no paladin there will be hell to pay... : johnny rotten
  • there surely will be some form of priest/holy warrior type class. Some class will have a good number of a... : derelict515
• I hope for the other 3 classes they say "fuck you guys watch this" and make them Knight, Archer, Wizard j... : DOOManiac
• A priest might be a new class : whistletits

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• Titan Quest is what you want. : jet-poop
• I was playing titan quest for a while. It is a pretty close approximation but D2+LoD is more fun. : crimrOw
• I installed Diablo 1 :) Titan Quest is a nice game. I lost all motivation to play midway through the gam... : MBlueD

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  Is this the new thing? To be sexually aroused by a video game? Why do people think this is cool? : Jobos
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    Protip: He's not actually aroused, it's a figure of speech : CaptainFwiffo
    • lol, i think he must be new to the internet : fufux
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    New thing? Somebody never got to play GLQuake 1 at ultra-high res 640x480 at a breakneck 30fps. : DOOManiac
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      AT A COAX LAN : [7]kami
      • Best days ever. : afty04
      • thicknet FTW : Gwyndion
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  i'm dripping precum like a leaky faucet : snackula
  • hahahahahaha! I only laugh to share the sentiment! : RogerDandy
• Us older gamers will allwasy remeber our first lan game of more than one one that we got from dialup : funluvncriminal

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• Especially if it's exactly what the people want anyway - or if there isn't any more room for improvement ... : psycho100
• If what they said about the quests and the story is true, I'll gladly take more of the same. Diablo and ... : crimrOw

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• get out : mourningstar
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  It doesn't look cartoony to me at all...I don't get it. : Dave-A
  • Clearly. : Arceihn
• colors are gay and so is anyone that likes this game : derelict515
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  Whatever...I think this is the most beautiful game I've seen in years. : scythe_guildhall
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    Really? : quadeh
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      It's gorgeous. Some people are saying its way low poly but if you watch the video and pay attention to t... : johnny rotten
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        Yes. But the most beautiful game in years? Please. Blizzard has a solid, proven art team, but there has b... : quadeh
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          technically yes with regards to scaling upward but technically no, when talking about scaling downwards. ... : italiano3d
          • That still doesn't make it the most beautiful game in years by any stretch. Unless you're still running y : quadeh
• Agreed, when I look at the full res screenshots WoW is what immediately comes to mind. It uses more poly... : dubiousbrick
• Go get a monochrome monitor. : code-e255
• you can clearly see influences of WoW into here... but I love how you can definitely see the look of you... : Xencer
• LOL no it doesnt : two50six
• the movie looks good.... but the screens look like wow artists are working on this..... lots of color and... : Vladfrost
• ridiculous! looks nothing like WoW. I'd of actually played wow if it looked like this. Whens the last tim... : Master_Leep
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  So, games that are colorful are bad, and games that are all brown and grey are still bad? What does that... : Lunaran
  • legions of internet retards unfortunately : fufux
  • They aren't inherently bad, but it's a different feel for this series. And not so much the color but the... : tigeN
• these are the same people who complain about quake being all grey and brown :P Go away griefers! : Master_Leep
• It does look like WoW... Those were my first impressions. Violence aside... : Athlon7
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  If anything they went overboard on purpose to see the reaction. It's easier to "nerf" that kind of stuff ... : Jiven
  • I don't mind, though there is a different feel than D2 and that picture example above does a better job o... : Jiven
• http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/_images/screenshots/ss9-hires.jpg This totally gives me the WoW-feel : Function Pointer
• I hope you have never posted about how games like Gears of War are too Grey. : Derringer
• looks like WC3 lame.....at least the Lord of the Rings inspired cut scenes look good.....though it just s... : bbmar23
• Could it be that the area shown in the teaser is the only part of the game with the colorful 'New England... : kl899
• ur eyes are broken : Lawgiver
• that's what I thought too, not a bad thing, but the interface looks a lot like WoWs. : Dan 101
• I'll agree to a point. It does seem that Blizzard's artist-departments have troubles moving away from the... : fffortune

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  Isometric view again...thank god... : ^rec
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    Seriously, isn't this exactly what fans would have hoped for? You get potentially a similar kind of inte... : DinK
    • I'm one of those fans, and that is exactly what I hoped for. Actually, I take that back, I had lost hope... : ^rec
  • word, I wanted d3 to be d2 but prettier, looks like what we're getting. I'm not against a diablommo-... : Peace frog
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  It isn't isometric, there's definitely a focal length. Isometric != fixed camera. : Benoit Stordeur
  • There's a focal length in diablo2 as well, but it's referred to as isometric because the game mechanics a... : ^rec
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  Why are you surprised? It's... it's Diablo. : David Craddock
  • Yeah... otherwise it would be Hellgate London *shiver* and we don't want that. : Gwyndion
• I am so glad they did. It fits much better with the diablo gameplay. Any other view and they would have t... : byorn
• What were you expecting? First person? : freshyk
• It better be fucking isometric... sheesh! : RogerDandy
• go suck a lemon : Chandler55
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  Are you insane? This is exactly the problem with most remakes and sequels. They mistake view points as re... : jayacheess
  • fucking exactly^. I can't stand RTS games that insist on giving you wonky views of the action. Give me th... : aeg1x
• Maybe they learned from Hellgate London's mistake. :) : coyoterys
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  This is stupid. It's like complaining about the upcoming Half-Life episodes being in first person. : Mikuya
  • its like bitching about bothering to do anything with your life since you are just gonna die someday anyw... : jarek99
• isometric view FTW! : buttawippo
• \o/ : [7]kami
• IMPROVED isometric action. : Wolfanoz
• Indeed. I'm very happy they went with isometric as well. : fffortune

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• That was pretty kickass : jonin
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  Best part of it was when he picked up the barbarian and bit him in half :D : Poor Yurik
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    My jaw dropped at that. I mean, if you're gonna die in a game, you gotta go out all hardcore right? : jimmy_legs
    • if your gonna die, die with your boots on : jonin
  • Lol yeah, that was pretty nice. : MrGrindy
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    I had to immediately rewind that part :O : derelict515
    • Me too, thats FATALITY. I can't wait to see more example of fatalities from other bosses. : Mini-d
  • That was so f-ing sweet... I kinda blanked out for a minute right at that part then was like HOLY F! : RogerDandy
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    yeah, i'm curious if that was completely scripted, or if bosses (and other enemies) will have animations ... : Ziggurat
    • Oh god i hope it only happens when the game works out that the boss's last move is going to kill you -.- ... : SigENeaT
    • Just as unscripted as when the Combine kicked the door in in the first HL2 demo. (That is, completely an... : DOOManiac
    • Depends what you mean by 'completely' scripted. There's no way it would be scripted to happen rigidly (al... : Dr_Tran
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    I really hope that wasn't a hardcore character. : fleabug
    • hey, if you're going to lose a HC character, thats the way you want to lose it.... : johnny rotten
  • Agreed. Overall, this is going to be amazing. : Wolfanoz
  • Yes, that was over the top awesome! Had my friends and I replay it several times screaming with joy. I... : fffortune
• Oh yeah, for sure. I am PSYCHED for boss fights in this :) : silentw
• Skeletons. : My Documents

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• Don't try and ruin it. : Cliffzorz
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  Only as much as WoW looked like Diablo II but with a larger, fully 3D world and a vastly different art st... : Vincent Grayson
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    Um, I meant the art style...not the gameplay. Trust me, I know how both play. O.o : IndigoAK
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      while not exactly the same genre, i believe warcraft and diablo series share a lot in terms of story and ... : doomed
      • Diablo II never hooked me. Granted, I was living with my parents at the time (I was 15) and they sucked ... : IndigoAK
    • No. The color pallet appear to be a more washed out version of those used a lot in WoW, but the actual a... : walker270
• maybe the dungeon in the trailer looked vaguely scholo-ish but even if it had the exact same world map as... : dooberzoo
• That is so wrong on too many levels and aspects that it's not even worth commenting. Saw it as well on an... : Fjornsvavne
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  well yes, that all of the 3d games made by blizzard look like they use the same engine is probably not a ... : Luminair
  • No they do not, and D3 is using an entirely new engine. : datoo
• Not even death can save you from the flames. : Jimbo Ro
• Yeah, Diablo 3 resembles WoW in the same way a Van Gogh always looks like a Van Gogh. : mrwolf710
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  The screen shots have a kind of oil painting look to them don't they? The first couple shots I saw, I th... : Gwyndion
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    I rather liked those shots... That look isn't consistent in the dungeons though? : Athlon7
    • No, exactly. It seems to be mostly the outdoor scenes with vegetation that look that way. When I first ... : Gwyndion
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    It looks like they tried to do a 2d sprite art style in 3d. I love 2d sprites but imo, what's missing is ... : Shai-Tan
    • I have to say though, compared to the outdoor environments, the dungeons look pretty nice in comparison ... : Shai-Tan
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  starcraft was just warcraft in space : Medium Heavy
  • bahahaha : Xencer
• Hey guys Diablo 3 looks like WoW! They're both 3D and have colors! OMG : Psigun
• Isometric is a three-quarter view with no depth. Diablo is just a 3-quarter view, isn't it? : Jobos
• Huh? : Kaerof
• there's a faint trace of crossover art style, but just like it? no way. : thebigbeefsandwhich
• Unfortunately...yes. : Mitchell Gant

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  Can you explain why something that was fun 10 years ago can't be just as fun now? : lapskaus
  • tetris is still fun. poker is still fun. chess is still fun. sports are still fun. : johnny rotten
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    Seriously. What kind of stupid-ass fucking retard logic is that. God, this D3 announcement has brought ev... : jayacheess
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      Yes we're just naysayers... it couldn't possibly be that some of us used to be huge blizzard fans that ar... : Toth21
      • It couldn't possibly be that you're just a bored troll? You should try some innovation in your posts... : gyvoji
• Don't you click to play every PC game? Never understood this argument. : slax0r
• Yeah don't play!!!!! : lavaflare
• I said the same about d2 when it came out. It ended up keeping my interest for years. I hope they do i... : Peace frog
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  clicking is so last decade : fried rice
  • All games should be controlled by the fleshlight pressure sensor addon from now on i say! : lapskaus
• More SoJs for me :) : bipolar
• Diablo 2 is the only game i still, year after year, install and play through every 6 months or so. If the... : rmjackson
• For some reason I envision you playing a rogue in WoW to get all your interactive not clicking needs sati... : Zuchu
• No gameplay? Are you crazy? The gameplay dynamics for each individual character are very deep. Knowing ... : ^rec
• diablo2 still owns 99% of the rpgs out there : Chandler55

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• i'm coming too : pyide

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  As soon as I saw the monsters climbing up the walls onto the floor I knew Blizzard got it right. : mrwolf710
  • Got a zerg rush flashback from watching that : Dave-A
  • Right, I've got an orgasmic shock when I saw such interactivity. Also, when you blew up stuff like tables... : Mini-d
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  Man, I feel bad for Iron Lore. After looking at Diablo III gameplay videos and Titan Quest, I can see tha... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Why this is what Blizzard does. They make it look better and more popular. WC3 was just a refinement (A ... : mordaken
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  Everything looks so awesome you could put a baseball cap on it sideways and it would still be awesome, bu... : coldumbass
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    Randomness is in the game. : FunkytownP
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      Can I get a source on that? If that's true that is awesome as all get out, but I'd like to be able to con... : coldumbass
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        How about reading the faq on the Diablo3 site? Amazing! : Chod
        • Oh shits, I read parts of that but not the part that said anything about random environments. Right, it s... : coldumbass
  • It's just as random as it was in the previous games. : leaked
  • Random level generation is definitely part of what "made" the past Diablo games. Also the one big thing t... : Dr_Tran

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• No Doubt : RogerDandy
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  no i disagree it is better : Chandler55
  • :( : Dan 101
• i opt for bj's : Flinz

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  divx : jonin
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    at least thats what i had to get to make the trailer play : jonin
    • thx. will try that. : TPSReport
• VLC player FTW http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ : shug

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  mercenary : aeg1x
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    yeah, those are just mercenaries. I hope it's the paladin, I loved that class. Thorns was an awesome ab... : valael
    • All 3 of them?? Where's the Player? : vacous
• That first one screams "Our town is under attack!" rather than "Uhhh AHHH ... not enough mana.. bloorp" : Function Pointer

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• christmas 2009 at best. : jarek99

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  It was good for what it is, but if you've played D1 and D2 there's no reason to read through it as it jus... : leaked
  • exactly, thats why i liked it. It brought back memories of the last 2 games. : jonin

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  Are you posting from the future? : DOOManiac
  • well we all know it'll be an FPS on a similar engine to oblivion. Which means it'll feature faces made ou... : buttawippo
• yes yes yes, imagine fallout 3 on an engine like that ... that would be pure sex : buttawippo
• Yeah, wished they made a 3d isometric fallout 3. Oh wait, Black Isle was.... : mobab
• WTF are you blaming consoles for a switch from isometric, turn-based combat to first person, real-time co... : nudel

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  health is not through potions, instead you pick up orbs that immediately restore : Maarten Goldstein
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    (although there might still be health potions, i dont know. but its not the only way) : Maarten Goldstein
    • I think there's both health potions and these regening orbs. I do think there are going to be some serio... : mobab
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      An 'Elixir of Vitality' drops in the gameplay video so it sounds like they might still be doing potions f... : pancake humper
      • The orbs are for people to not have to worry about spamming health potions while laying waste to enemies.... : Nighteyes
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  There are still health potions, although they are not the central way to heal yourself. You can pick up ... : mourningstar
  • Yeah after downloading the high res gameplay I saw a potion drop. : Turd Ferguson

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  I see a place to purchase it to download...but I dont see a place to enter a cd key. : jarek99
  • You don't go through the shopping process like you'd think. What you need to do is sign up for an acco... : DOOManiac

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• diablo's golden shower, eh? : jarek99

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  Well maybe I didn't want the same thing again? However, I didn't expect anything more, so I guess I'll sh... : Toth21
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    unfortunately for you, you are part of a vast minority that wants something different in those franchises... : AroundTheFur1380
    • too many "vasts". i recall the first use of it. : AroundTheFur1380
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      the thing is they can't milk the franchises in their current forms forever. eventually the fans at the fr... : DeBurgo
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        i agree. if they dont make us wait another 10 years for sequels, i would think they would start to evolve... : AroundTheFur1380
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          Good luck, I disagree, they have soooo many fans that its going to take forever to wear out their juggern... : Toth21
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            and a lot of other people who played it thought it showed some promise but was highly unfinished and as t... : derelict515
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              Its no great theory to say they saw the game wasn't worth their investment for maximum profit, and so swi... : Toth21
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                What was WoW? that was another rehash? They took an existing IP and put it in a completely different genr... : derelict515
                • Thank you for proving my point... your acting like a corporate mouth piece but not getting paid. That... : Toth21
• I love the look of it i'm still stroking my after bone. Some people need to relax and wait till they can ... : RogerDandy

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• yeah I noticed that also. : Turd Ferguson
• Patience.... patience. Bug fixing is a long way off : donjuancarlos

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• Yea no shit... Cain was hilarious! : RogerDandy

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• It looked really nice. Damn. Can't wait : jonin
• Me Too! : RogerDandy