New Diablo 3 Screenshots: Here's Your UI

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  I can see some serious attempts to mod the Skill Trees and general look and feel of the game a few days a... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • One can hope. : Memphis-Ahn

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• Amen. : Digital-Hero
• Amen. : erikman619
• This is all I have left to hold on to :/ : Reeves
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  Had faith in Blizzard North, never liked anything by Blizzard major : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I wholeheartedly agree... Sadly. : Memphis-Ahn

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  *rage* Blizzard North... doesn't really exist anymore. : Memphis-Ahn
  • ^^ This : Mr. Goodwrench

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• Deal. : The Campin Carl

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• Well said : Mr. Goodwrench
• props for linking a pic hosted at the IBM domain : wwonderboy334
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  You honestly miss the icons that looked nothing like the item as it appeared on your character? : Vincent Grayson
  • Judging from what I see in these screenshots, that bit, at least, hasn't changed at all. Note how the... : Zyrusticae
• I´ve been very liberal towards all the graphical discussions regarding D3, always thought it looked pret... : gebz
• its sad that the d2 items, inventory, and equiment graphics look better than the d3 ones : gyokuro
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  I haven't agreed with the art crap before, but I agree with this particular nugget. The inventory icons a... : mxcl
  • Actually, not in this one: http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=11680&game_id=5483&id=132726#im... : mxcl
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  I agree. Also, it's a bit strange how Blizzard has kept on refining Starcraft 2's looks after what the co... : fffortune
  • Precisely. The fact that Diablo 3, a game with only a relative few characters on the screen at any one po... : Zyrusticae

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• Mad props to this guy. Get off the graphics people you are being ridiculous! : khroma
• Agreed. Looks great all the way to me. No idea why people are nit picking UI of all things. : Dr_Tran

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  Which doesn't really matter as long as it works well. : Johnnsen
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    I have no complaints. I loved WoW. I was just pointing out how similar it looked. : Ellissd
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      That's because it is the same company and they saw that it works out well in these kind of games. I think... : Johnnsen
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        Same company?!?! NO WAY. But seriously, I certainly don't want to be playing Diablo 3 and being reminded ... : Ellissd
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          It's a gui. It works out well. They seem to be using it. That doesn't mean you are "being reminded of Wo... : Johnnsen
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            God you people are hilarious. Did you even look at the screenshot I linked? : Ellissd
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              Yes, which was covered by somebody else saying that summoners are nothing new. You are talking about t... : Johnnsen
              • I was talking about the UI in a completely different sub thread. : Ellissd
  • it would be nice if Diablo3 had its own style instead of looking like World of Warcraft : gyokuro
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  Yeah you've never seen evil summoners standing in a circle summoning something from hell in any other gam... : Chod
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    Oh please. You could overlay the WoW UI on that and call it WoW 2, it looks that similar. : Ellissd
    • There are a lot of games using that layout these days anyway. : Johnnsen
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      You can also do the same thing with Diablo 2 holy shit they are similar too! :D : DM7
      • No you can't. Visually, color and environments, not to mention 2D and 3D, WoW and Diablo 2 are worlds ap... : Ellissd
• To be fair, you missed the part where the virgins exploded and their remains slowly built up into that bi... : lerlerson
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  Hmm, in-game avatar doesn't have a scalemail vest on. Does that mean no per-item visuals? :( : jake
  • that, or they dont have it in the game yet... work in progress and all... : radio_babylon
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  Its abit crazy that noone sees what you are saying here. Honestly I completely agree with you and if s... : SlingBlaze
  • I would have guessed the same as well. It's not even a matter of "taking a side", it's a matter of being... : 69gooch69
• WoW is a fucking drag, but it's not because of the UI. As long as you don't have to spend 45 minutes of y... : Dynotaku
• Hurrrrrrrrr Skill trees are completely unique to WoW amirite : leaked
• No complaints here. I wish it was coming out now. : Sylvanus

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• Weak. People discount graphics all the time, but while gameplay is important, if it's really THAT imp... : Zyrusticae

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  I swear to God I don't see how this looks like WoW. Looks like diablo to me. : natepalm
  • im beginning to suspect that no matter what it looked like, if it didnt look like ass, it would be accuse... : radio_babylon
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    The skill tree shot does look identical to WoW's talent panel layout. Other than that there are similarit... : eoladis
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      The skill tree looked like that in Diablo 2 as well. : Johnnsen
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        Diablo 2: http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/3319/screenshot0443kf.jpg Diablo 3: http://www.shacknews.... : SockMonkeh
        • Would you really like the skill tree that cluttered in a current gen game? I said it before and I'll say ... : Johnnsen
  • Compared to what the older Diablos looked like, I'd just expect it to be closer to something like Fallout... : Shadsy
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    I only see shades of Diablo. Everything looks "painted", which, while not a bad thing in and of itself... : Zyrusticae
    • I don't think Blizzard (Non-North) CAN do gothic/realistic. Look at their track record: Warcraft 3 Wor... : Memphis-Ahn
• grow up kid. : vujinovicm

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• Why, because the skill tree looks like WoW? God, get over it. It looks far more robust than the one from ... : waxthirteen
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  So don't buy the game because it resembles WoW in some ways. That will teach 'em! : Miller_TYM
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    Copying the talent/skill trees from WoW kind of makes sense though. Very intuitive. : Ellissd
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      I don't get it, did people not play Diablo 2? The only thing different here from the skill tress is that ... : Chod
      • Exactly what I was thinking. LoD had even more of a complex tree with synergies, unlike WoW. WoW did no... : Eclipse^
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        Yeah I agree, it looks very much like the D2 skill trees and D2 inventory. Here is pic from D2 skilltree... : Lagiv
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          It looks more like the trees in WoW than in Diablo 2. Functionally they all work the same though, he was ... : Ellissd
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            The only thing more WoW like is the use of colors that's it. Oh and they added one more column which isn'... : Chod
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              Are you saying the talent tree doesn't look like WoW at all? Okay... : Ellissd
              • I should clarify that it makes sense for Blizzard to update it visually. Obviously making it look better ... : Ellissd
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                Absolutely no more than Diablo 2. : Chod
                • You're right. : Ellissd
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                They're saying who fucking cares what it looks like. : jake
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                  But what are you saying. : Ellissd
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                    They're saying who fucking cares what it looks like. : Ebu
                    • I see what you did there. : Ellissd
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  I don't know whether you're referring to the looks, that doesn't pose a problem but... What does make me... : Memphis-Ahn
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    IT'S THE EXACT SAME THING For the love of god, you can still put points wherever you want, or max a tr... : Ebu
    • But it seems that if I want to make a support/buff Barbarian with plenty of Warcries (example), I'll have... : Memphis-Ahn
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    Not really. You couldn't mix and match however you pleased and get a "good" Barbarian (or any other class... : Vincent Grayson
    • Finding the best builds is half the fun of the game. : FireCage321
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  There are several mechanics that I feel make diablo what it is. 1: Classes are able to wield every typ... : Wombat Woo
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    How do you know what the skill trees will be like ? from 1 pic ? you got any facts to back up your crazyn... : Reaver420
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      They have already made it clear that they have removed the players control over stat points when leveling... : Wombat Woo
      • I agree with this post entirely. : Memphis-Ahn

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• Diablo 2 meets Buldurs Gate : Melll

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• the engine needs training? : RikiTiki2

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  I do. I'll buy it anyway because I might be pleasantly surprised.....but I really think the art style is ... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • Year me too. Not gothic enough for my tastes. : ihya
• I'm looking forward to it, the UI looks fine to me. It will work and get the job done. Can't please the... : clickles
• I'm looking forward to the gameplay, but the art style turns me off something fierce. At first I was like... : Zyrusticae

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• Same here. Joining in on this ass biting party. : moneyshot

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  Well, what's superior about the scroll in superior scroll of protection? It still casts protection, but i... : kungfusquirrel
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    This is the correct reply. : Titaniumcloud
    • I knew that partial English major would come in handy for something! : kungfusquirrel
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  That health orb needs to be REALLY fucking noticeable. In Diablo 2, I think I died more because I just d... : SqueegyTBS
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    Health and Mana to either side of the cursor. : Ebu
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      Left half of the screen is shaded red, right half is shaded blue. You can vary the opacity in the option... : lolpatrol
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        Too intrusive. Crescents to either side of the cursor (alternately: center of screen or centered on chara... : Ebu
        • * L O L P A T R O L ' D * : biofrog
        • I hope you were being ironic cause that sound worst. Knowing how frantic it can get on screen, you wanna ... : bryanvlo

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• Sacred 2? You hold Sacred 2 up as an example of good graphics?? Sacred STANK, so unpolished it was unpla... : Yxalitis
• what is a dime bag of coke : chrisschutz

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• Haha good observation, didn't even notice and I was looking at the inventory pretty closely. : Eclipse^
• He is just sticking his pinky out. Practicing for tea later. : CRasterImage
• Haha, that is hilarious : Ebu
• Did they bring back cursed items from D1? Broken right-handed gloves of the vampire? : schnitz76

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  Maybe quest items? : mobab
  • That's my first guess too. : Geoffrois
• Maybe that is the stash and you can only access that when your in town? : DM7
• large items / small items /quest items The dev mentions that in the podcast. I can't wait : bighirst

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  Why? : SqueegyTBS
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    No rational or defendable reasons, honestly, the new way is much better functionally and is less frustrat... : kaddar0
    • Haha. Ok. I can actually support that rationale to some degree. : SqueegyTBS
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  You could always just keep playing D2. : Miller_TYM
  • What? I'm just being nostalgic. I think you misunderstood me as complaining and that is why you are bei... : kaddar0
• I really these screenshots, because they made the armor and weapon icons larger than runes and gems etc. ... : Lagiv
• It looks like they are in there. I see at least 2 different sized inventory items. : CRasterImage

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• Probably, because in some ways Diablo and WoW are overlapping. A good example is the skill trees / talent... : Lagiv

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• i was thinking that too, it looks better if you fullscreen the images : brainchild420
• you're right. : eonix
• They're probably going to change it back to the old diablo font that we all know and love. : SkeezPimp
• The font reminds me of the Mythos font for items on the ground. : Eclipse^
• Its old school Diablo font. This is a good thing. : VictoriouSecret

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  A demon rainbow of butrape : one random winner
  • needs more fuschia. : SkeezPimp

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• wtf?? no more inventory tetris??? oh GOD this is NOT a diablo game! im going to start a petition to force... : radio_babylon