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Diablo III
Simply put Diablo 3 has just been announced today and the official site has been opened, so I guess I have to eat my own words from a previous post; and I do so happily.
this announcement was definitely the most stunning and unexpected of the year, truly not even the announcements of a couple other sequels of great decade old games (StarCraft 2 & Fallout 3) didn't even compare. The release of this game screws up several of the count downs I have made namely The wanted games and the unlikely sequels. The secrecy of the game's development was what truly surprised me; the only mistake was asking the diablo 3 rumor site to change It's IP 'quietly' which was later blurted out of the sites mouth like some gargled turrets click ..... But you don't want to hear about my reaction to blindly stumbling across this you want to hear the so far mentioned details; and I will for all of you who are lazy enough not to click on the link and go to the official site to read it for yourselves (you lazy bastards).
First of all the game is still an isometric hack 'n slash RPG that takes place in the world of Sanctuary (twenty years after the events of the last game), but you could figure that due to the title. Now to the known differences; first and most obviously the game will be I 3D, It also appears that your hero will not be fighting the prime evil this time around; but rather a completely new enemy. There will be five classes, but only two have been revealed: the old limb-chopping, head-removing, spleen-eating barbarian Is back, and a new comer: the witch doctor, the name says it all a cursing, murdering freak-from -way-back. Many characters featured in previous titles will make a come back in this installment (hopefully not as a zombie though). According to Blizzard there will be more randomly generated events, quests, and encounters throughout the game. The sound design has been significantly improved, of course just about anything would be an improvement over the crappy sound of the original two.
From what I have read this gore coated, testosterone filled (an interesting term considering all classes so far can be played as a female), and loot covered Installment will challenge the masculinity of the previous two, and them crawl down to the bar and order a couple of Shirly temples.
And the chunks start flying!
