Topic: Game News Dump (Read 297337 times)

Kazz · « **Reply #380 on:** June 28, 2008, 06:55:41 AM »

titan quest does N things right but N+1 things wrong

that 1 thing is lack of random generation. my god, going through the exact same area over and over is just pain.

MadMAxJr · « **Reply #381 on:** June 28, 2008, 08:29:57 AM »

I would like Blizzard to shoot themselves in the foot and release Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 on the same day.

François · « **Reply #382 on:** June 28, 2008, 09:58:14 AM »

Titan Quest is great for occupying your fingers while listening to podcasts.

...but so is minesweeper.

I'm sick of minesweeper though.

Personally I didn't mind the lack of random generation too much. The main problem with the game, in my book, is that the world is too much boring, run-of-the-mill wilderness and not enough cool architecture. There are genuinely great battlefields in there but that's only like 5% of the experience. 80% of the time it's all "here's some woods, dude, I hope you like grass and trees", and the remaining 15% is crappy dungeons that look like they could have been randomly generated (Minoan Labyrinth I am looking at you sternly).

Kazz · « **Reply #383 on:** June 28, 2008, 10:16:44 AM »

Yeah, if you're going to premake all your dungeons, make them fucking decent.

Brentai · « **Reply #384 on:** June 28, 2008, 10:45:48 AM »

I've been waiting for this for years.

...So yeah how come I suddenly don't give two shits about it?

Romosome · « **Reply #385 on:** June 28, 2008, 11:20:20 AM »

god damn I want to play a Barbarian so bad.

THUD, WHACK, SMASH, CRUNCH. I always though D2's melee combat was kind of boring compared to throwing down a hail of frozen orb or multishot, and this looks like it's been turned on its head.

Thad · « **Reply #386 on:** June 28, 2008, 11:23:22 AM »

...Deckard Cain?

Bastard From A Basket · « **Reply #387 on:** June 28, 2008, 11:32:32 AM »

Quote from: Change it to Brentai on June 28, 2008, 10:45:48 AM

I've been waiting for this for years.

...So yeah how come I suddenly don't give two shits about it?

I felt the same way about Starcraft 2. Let me know once you figure this out.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #388 on:** June 28, 2008, 01:00:18 PM »

I'm actually a little worried about Diablo 3; I can't help but think it'll adversely impact the success of Mythos.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #389 on:** June 28, 2008, 01:06:49 PM »

Doubtful. Blizzard just not announced Diablo 3, so it's probably still only 5 years away.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #390 on:** June 28, 2008, 01:09:11 PM »

Good point. It'll probably adversely affect Hellgate: Paris.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #391 on:** June 28, 2008, 01:10:59 PM »

I think Hellgate: London will more adversely affect it.

Bal · « **Reply #392 on:** June 28, 2008, 01:25:54 PM »

Oh Flagship, you're so screwed. Also who gives a shit about Mythos?

Romosome · « **Reply #393 on:** June 28, 2008, 02:09:02 PM »

I'm not going to dump on Flagship, but it seems everyone thought they were "Everyone who made Diablo" instead of "Like, 8 guys who worked on Diablo".

Mythos looks interesting, but at the same time its aesthetic seems completely at odds with D3, to the point where they might be for different audiences entirely. At this point Mythos is almost geared towards the asiatic Maple Story crowd.