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It is as good as confirmed - Diablo 3 will be announced over the weekend. And add this to your list of rumours, it will contain the option for a first person view.
There is an argument for the original style of the Diablo franchise to be retained. More recent games such as Titan Quest has sucessfully pulled off the feat, but it is one of few. The most successful combination has been in games such as Dawn Of War and Company Of Heroes, where you can zoom in to a soldier level. Hellgate: London was touted as a first person Diablo but failed to live up to expectations, more through execution than concept. And it was the first person Diablo that got people excited. Isomietic certainly doesn't seem to work within this style of game. The smart money is on a first person view option from an isometric view.
All Diablo needs is to be stepped into the modern day. The formula for success would look something like: Original Diablo voice chat / havok engine first person view = massive hit.
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Blizzard has the Paris event in a few days where they're announcing a new game. They've also got a splash image teaser on their site that updates everyday, itself incinuiating the topics of the three major announcements; WotLK, SC2, and then something to do with Diablo. Diablo 3 domain has been bought out, music has been scored, and god knows what else proves the game IS coming. Blizzard however, hasn't said so yet, and refuse to do so. That's just how Blizzard does business.
Like I said, when it's coming out of Blizzard's press release from the event, I'll believe it.
This reads more or less like
If D3 gets announced then yay, but it's already a given it'll be in development for at least 3-4 years or more with SCII still in production and WoW expansions taking priority for release years.
It's a bit odd to see people going on about it like fact when the hard sources aren't there yet. Hopefully it doesn't turn up like the prior Xbox rumors or Bioshock on PS3 rumors that ran for ages with only Bioshock showing an end result after going on and on.
A first-person mode doesn't sound like something Blizzard would do though.
I mean, everybody figures that the game was coming eventually, so an announcement isn't that big of a surprise.
The StarCraft II cinematic teaser and 20 minute game play video almost made me shit my pants last year. It would be great if Diablo fans got that too.
I'd love to fight hordes of demons Oblivion-Style.
I guess when random sites make predictions they should stick to doing ones which actually make sense instead of going so far off the grid they come off as a joke.
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