Zero Punctuation: Diablo 3
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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If they made it at all like Diablo 2, then sometimes you won't even fight some bosses, or have some quests available, because they weren't generated. It does make for different games.Grey Day for Elcia said:
Oh get off that high horse already. D3 had a predictable Blizzard style ending, and you had an actual final boss fight. ME3 did not actually have a final boss fight, and had an ending that was unexpected, illogical, and abrupt. Comparing games that have mediocre and predictable endings to ME3 is just plain rude.Jas0913 said:
called it
second i saw the game knew he wasn't going to like it cause, when has he ever liked this kinda game.
but really? whining about the 'random dungeon generator'? what -.- did he need a 'filler complaint' or something.
second i saw the game knew he wasn't going to like it cause, when has he ever liked this kinda game.
but really? whining about the 'random dungeon generator'? what -.- did he need a 'filler complaint' or something.
I remember on one playthrough of the first Diablo I didn't have to fight the Butcher.vxicepickxv said:
But the core experience is the exact same.vxicepickxv said:
It's a silly concept if you're not going to go all the way with it. The little shit they change is so pointless and comes down to little more than varying distractions along the grind fest to Hell.
"I got the quest to find the sign at the bottom of the first dungeon!"
"Well I got the quest to kill the guy at the bottom of the first dungeon!"
Riveting.
I hope he didn't actually pay blizzard money to review the boring, shit game the with forced online. That would be contributing to more boring, shit, forced online games.
This review sums up why I don't want to play Diablo 3. I can still respect why others like it, though. Although... I part of me still doesn't understand the MASS appeal or why Blizzard uses it's endless resources to make THIS vs. ANYTHING ELSE IMAGINABLE.
Come on Yahtzee it's pronounced Dee-ah-blo (as in block) its spanish for devil.
Also I think Nethack has the best example of randomly generated dungeons, since some important areas are always bound to appear like the Dwarven mines and Sokoban.
The Binding of Isaac also manages to always give you a free in each stage.
I guess Yahtzee would prefer Roguelikes since they don't concentrate a lot on Glowy swords of phallus +3 and rely more on grabbing food, unidentified potions and scrolls and progress is made in part by player cleverness instead of gear.
Also I think Nethack has the best example of randomly generated dungeons, since some important areas are always bound to appear like the Dwarven mines and Sokoban.
The Binding of Isaac also manages to always give you a free in each stage.
I guess Yahtzee would prefer Roguelikes since they don't concentrate a lot on Glowy swords of phallus +3 and rely more on grabbing food, unidentified potions and scrolls and progress is made in part by player cleverness instead of gear.
I think it's a subtle way of him saying "Diablo 3 is pants" (read: crap), which is seeing as how he's a cynical Brit is exactly what I'd expect him to do, actually.Hiname said:
I mean the moment so many pants started flying around, I immediately thought "Damn, he must have really hated the game."
Well one time I didn't. Don't ask me to explain it, 'cause I don't really understand it either.Grey Day for Elcia said:
I never did see why everyone was so excited for this game, it looked and sounded pretty crap even when I first heard about it. Good to know I'm not missing much then.
Correction, it has a typical Metzen style ending...that is to say the usual, cliched high fantasy, chosen one, save the world and create rainbows and puppies ending.medv4380 said:
The previous games didn't. Diablo 1 and 2 had pretty murky bittersweet endings and D2's expansion ended on a cliffhanger with it heavily hinted that your actions only made things worse.
Diablo always had a somewhat peversely satisfying approach in that way...no matter how well you do you always lose somehow in the end. Pretty fitting for gothic/pseudo-low fantasy.
Then 3 came along with a new writer, bucked out all the old tropes and story style and inserted generic black and white, chosen one saves teh wurld plot # 460175
Game's good enough, if you don't like dungeon crawlers it won't make you like them though.
6.3 million retail copies sold within 24 hours of release. Anything else you don't understand?LostintheWick said:
I can only assume Yahtzee loved this game, since he makes a point of invalidating most of his criticisms during the end credits. He just knows no one wants to listen to him not complain.