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• sexy time : rythex
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  I'm glad to hear that they're solo-only. Mercs plus a bunch of players made for too much shit on the scre... : Zek
  • Haha, but I loved being a Skelemancer with a aura Act 2 merc (might) with 12 skeleton warriors, 8 skele m... : HisDivineOrder
  • Called it. : DrZettl
  • Sounds like they're not solo-only. Just that they wont be as relevant in multiplayer... (i'm guessing t : yAak
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  yeah.. 1) Deafeningly loud 2) Eww, ugly graphics.. this isn't 2008. : Vogerl
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    What should it look like then? : pigvomit
    • http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/2468/38799_full.jpg : ryuuseki
  • diablo was never about the graphics : EvilDolemite
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    It's very strange that the graphics are this primitive considering Starcraft II has already been released... : Zyrusticae
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      How do you qualify that statement? Is there some technical aesthetic that I'm missing? The best I can f... : pigvomit
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        - Models look flat and uninteresting, like they're not being properly lit. Even worse than that, it's ver... : Zyrusticae
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          lol : code-e255
          • why lol? : boring gegtik
        • Perhaps they just disabled a lot of the advanced features until they fix them. It was D3 that had the sh... : tw3kr
  • ugly graphics? care to elaborate? are you thinking about the shadows? : umegastar
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    Really? People really think this looks bad graphically? I think it's one of the best looking game ... : razlebol
    • The graphics look great but they look "just OK" considering how long they're taking on this. : Gorkgork
    • D3 does look good, but not in that video. : JarEme
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    I agree about graphics. No realistic lighting/shadows is the biggest problem, but in general things just ... : bigimp
    • Admittedly some videos look MUCH better, e.g.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbsODnb1VYo Still, feels l... : bigimp
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      The game's not even complete yet. You think this is the state they're going to release it in? This is ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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        They're not going to do a complete overhaul of the rendering pipeline, if that's what you're suggesting. : Zyrusticae
        • You know, shut up. : walker270
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    I agree that it looked pretty terrible in that video : OverloadUT
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      But hey Diablo II looked like shit when it was released and that didn't stop it from being awesome : OverloadUT
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        I disagree, Diablo II had the benefit of using pre-rendered sprites for most of its visuals. While low-re... : Zyrusticae
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          I remember Diablo 2 was only 640x480 at release... oh man what a shit storm that was. What was it, LOD ... : yAak
          • Yeah, LoD added 800x600. It may have been patched into Diablo 2 for those without it at a later point, bu... : RaptorII
  • Environment graphics are reasonable. Not really what I envisioned for the Diablo series but doesn't dist... : cetra00
  • Thanks for this review! Now I can save $63.59. That was a close one. So glad that Vogerl is on the case... : Ebu
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    The graphics don't look bad, they just don't look like how a Diablo game should look. It's all very carto... : Mr. Goodwrench
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      i'm always amazed when people say D3 looks cartoony and D2 did not. How do you do that and keep a straig... : yAak
      • D2 didn't look cartoony, it just looked like ass : kiddygrinder
  • there's people playing the BETA right ? maybe they can tell us whether the graphics suck or not. : doomed
• As long as one of them can carry Insight I'm good. I know there's no runewords in D3 :( : Dynotaku
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  Is there a sight that does OCD breakdowns of all Diablo 3 news? I have a few things like PlanetDiablo in ... : Dynotaku
  • diii.net : RogerDandy
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  I am curious about the lack of dynamic lighting from spells and abilities. I'd be damn surprised if it w... : yAak
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    maybe it was too colorful : GloriousCow
    • /wrists : yAak
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    By best guess is that its a design choice. Obviously, Blizzard wants people to notice the spells. Evide... : pigvomit
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      Well, I hope its an option to turn on. I remember reading them saying that with a bunch of spells going... : yAak
      • **seems an odd thing completely crazy to just throw away entirely. : yAak
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    Pre-release/pre-beta Blizzard videos always look like shit compared to the released product. Fuck, even ... : walker270
    • Even WoW? Yeah because WoW is so old, people must have noticed. Or not. Besides, not everyone plays it... : Curike
    • WoW looked like shit at RELEASE. It STILL looks like shit to this day. I don't think that's a very goo... : Zyrusticae
• It doesn't look awesome, but man... It's still a pc game. I'm sure there will be a fair amount of graphic... : Ksey17