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    Diablo 3 Review

    Wait, what? I'll rephrase it more clearly. I perfectly got what you meant ("it resembles") and never meant what you read ("it IS"). The same applies for the DA:O argument, which (as clearly as possible) was: "DA:O is another game that contains more MMO elements than even D3, and hardly anyone...
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    Diablo 3 Review

    And where did I say that you meant it being an MMO, as opposed to resembling one? And where is even the line drawn? It's obvious that D3 is not an MMO (not in the WoW/SWtOR sense, at least); it also seems to me that in no particular way the things you pointed out imply it moving towards WoW...
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    Diablo 3 Review

    No. Just no. DA:O had way more similarities to WoW gameplay-wise (tank-DPS-healer/buffer roles? tons of buttons? warrior stances? taunts?); does that make it a semi-MMO? And golden question marks... Seriously? THAT denotes an MMO? Please, it's just what people currently expect to see as a...
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    Diablo 3 Review

    Wait, isn't GW like D3 in that you can only have n active and passive skills at a time, but can choose from any? The WoW model is only possible with (almost) unlimited buttons (multiple action bars with 10 slots each) and keybindings; though you have to understand that (especially as expansions...
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    Diablo 3 Review

    Not only the original team is not at Blizzard anymore, but it was a different team to begin with (Blizzard North, wasn't even in Irvine). Still, more than it looking like WoW, I think it looks more like any other modern game non-FPS (i.e. Torchlight), with more colours and less "realism", and...
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    Diablo 3 Review

    Actually both of the DH's pools are self-replenishing; there is a class of Hatred generator spells, but it still regenerates quickly by itself (it's possible to run without the generator spells, especially if you use a +regen solution like the Bat companion or use a low-Hatred spender like...
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    Diablo 3 Review

    As of now, the only real complaint I have it's the lag spikes: in many occasions (especially with my DH) they spell death; not that frequent, but VERY annoying. The customization is MUCH better than D2, it's not as granular, but it's much more meaningful. The stats customization you loose from...
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    Kingdoms of Amalur Studio Struggling to Survive

    I strongly disagree. First and foremost, it lacked the sillyness of the first Fable; second, it was WAY too padded with useless space and mobs. I can definitely see the argument about it being a sort of single player MMO, and it certainly felt like one to me, in a way like SWToR is a MMO-WRPG...
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    Scarygirl Review

    Woah, I rembember this from some kind of 2D Flash game, I'm pretty sure it was the exact same protagonist and setting. It's nice to see that the devs have made it to a full product!
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    Escapist Podcast: 011: Upcoming Games of 2011 & Diablo 3

    When/where? Still doesn't work from me through any mean, as it's been the case for the last few weeks. Couldn't they just upload it somewhere on the site instead of trying to tie it in with the file the flash player accesses? BTW with DownloadHelper on Firefox you can still download it easily...
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    Escapist Podcast: 011: Upcoming Games of 2011 & Diablo 3

    The RSS file points to an empty mp3, it's a problem on their side. Weird too, since publishing a podcast ain't exactly rocket science.
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    Activision Mad About Modern Warfare 3 Site, Trying to Get it Taken Down

    inb4 the UMAD jokes. I guess they will win as they really do have a good case, that will probably teach them to register every CoD-related domain up to CoD10...
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    Critical Miss: Spice Effect

    And now I have no idea what this is about. I'll go Google "old spice" (in the beginning I kinda hoped it was some kind of Dune reference)...
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    Notch Pumping Air Into Minecraft's Sky Dimension

    This. I foresee many deadly falls.
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    Ludicrously Ambitious Failed Dune Adaptation Lands Documentary

    Well it was intended by Tolkien to be a single volume, but the three parts were originally published as separate books, so I guess it depends on how you look at it.