Playing Diablo 3

Hello guys, how is everyone going with Diablo 3? Personally I have slowed down a little ever since hitting inferno mode. The game is great, but feels rather unpolished in regards to the over need to use the real money auction houses are farming for enormous amounts of gold. It just seems that farming for a decent usable weapon is far out of reach due to many factors based on RNG (random number generation) chance. I still enjoy the game and like to jump in once in a while to do certain runs with friends, but taking the time to actually farm and compete with others who readily make micro-purchases from the real money auction house is just very cumbersome for now. In essence, due to time restrictions of the casual gamer, I guess one of the very reasons the real-money auction house was established was based on this very logic. However, when you have over-priced items that are priced well more than they are worth it does become a chore to sift through all the trash to find that diamond in the rough. Mark my words there are many great finds on there, but currently I have neither the patience nor the time to sit there and devote a good amount of my time looking for good purchases. What does everyone else think? 

Diablo 3: Wizard Trailer

Ok, new news from Blizzard regarding Diablo 3 is always good welcome news. Blizzard has released a teaser trailer concerning the revamped wizard class. I must say that watching the sheer power of this class sends all sorts of tingling sensations down my spine as I highly anticipate the release of this game. Blizzard sure knows how to tease their players and they've definitely captivated myself with that display. The wizard looks powerful to say the least, the spell effects look fantastic and the way they interact with the physical environments looks simply amazing. Honestly, I am not the biggest fan of magic wielding classes, but blizzard has surely changed my mind with the introduction of this class. What can I say? I can barely wait... For those of you yet to see the trailer, you can view it below. Enjoy :)

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A brighter Diablo III?

Despite an online petition being signed by fans that accumulated over 52, 000 signatures for the redevelopment of a darker themed Diablo. Blizzard has come forth and stated that it was too late to change the current palette unveiled at the E3 demonstration this year. A vast majority of fans were displeased with the new-art style and feel of the demo with much crtiscism towards the cartoony look and brighter palette.

Blizzard does however, ensure that the game will possess the same dark feel as the previous installments and that the color change was to help differentiate a vast number of on-screen sprites. Personally, I feel the new change in direction is for the better as the dark themed setting was getting a little old. Furthermore, the game will still maintain it's dark storyline even though the art-style has been changed accordingly. On a lighter note, the current demo looked very refreshing and it did demonstrate that the game maintained it's original game mechanics of bird's eye view playstyle. Much to my delight, I was afraid with all the new 3d action-rpg's on the market that Blizzard decided to stay true with the game's original workflow. As a fan of the series I will place my faith in Blizzard's hands, so far I am more than impressed with what I have seen. Additionally, it is much too early on to be making any major criticisms on any part of the game, let's just keep our fingers crossed and hope it continues to impress.

The Screenshot is a taste in what we will expect from Diablo III.

Diablo III

Blizzard has come to us with goodnews involving the release of Diablo III. Like many of you would know Diablo is an RPG which allows a player to choose their character class and play through the game increasing in power as they level up and acquire fantastic items. The items are scaled in terms of the game's difficulty setting. The difficulties could only be unlocked as a player reached certain levels, and the last setting being a real challenge for players who did not spec their characters well enough for the challenge. Now with the coming of Diablo III, I am sure many of you have rekindled your spirits to once again traverse the highly addictive dungeon hack and slash environment to reach the highest ranks of Battle.net. Even though many people will argue that diablo and WOW are two different games and peers of the same company, I do believe Diablo will make it's rightly deserved mark once more.

For you guys who have yet to see Diablo III in its prestages, here it is on gametrailers.com, ENJOY! :D