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I’m sure its just the same
Posted by frag_spawn on July 3rd, 2011 @ 16:27
My Top Ten Commandments for Diablo 3
Posted by tofu on March 16th, 2011 @ 01:54
In case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve been pining for Diablo 3 a little, of late—Scouring the news/rumour sites, searching for any scrap of hope, a release date, a beta program perhaps?
The world is quickly approaching it’s Final Act and I still haven’t had a chance to lose myself in nearly enough demon-bashing, loot-w*****g, or click-click-click-clicking!
To that end, I’ve been devoting some time to mimics of the genre: Torchlight (TL) and Dungeon Hunter 2 (DH2)—Not bad games really, and yet, still unable to satisfactorily scratch my gothic-action-RPG-itch. Why? Well, it’s the little things.
Top Ten
My top ten commandments for the genre should help explain—Diablo 3 devs take note! (who am I kidding?):
| # | Thou shalt not… | D2 | TL | DH2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | …force me to drag a pet along that all/most of the time, does very little |  |  | |
| 9 | …make the ‘normal’ game too dang easy | | | |
| 8 | …drop loot from almost every monster | | | |
| 7 | …make me trek back through a map to find the one spot I missed before | | | |
| 6 | …send me on a quest to kill 5 snarks—unless there are 5 snarks out there right now for me to kill, and even then… just don’t | | | |
| 5 | …obscure good items underneath piles of c**p ones | | | |
| 4 | …make me identify each item manually | | | |
| 3 | …snag my movement on obstacles | | | |
| 2 | …make me click to pick up gold manually | | | |
| 1 | …produce a game too similar too WoW * | | | |
* For example:
- Don’t make me ‘fish‘ in a game
- Don’t make the game look too colourful and/or ‘cute’
- See Commandment 6.
You know, I’ve learned something today
Diablo 2 still stacks up pretty well. And if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s ‘high resolution’ mode is only 800×600 I’d probably still be playing it.
We already know that Diablo 3 addresses a number of the issues from previous iterations, will require more strategy behind each click, and is starting to look freakin’ sweet!
I for one look forward to welcoming our new demonic overlords.
Get Back to Work
Posted by Ali on February 27th, 2011 @ 20:09All,
Here’s one for all the ‘Wowsers’ out there.
That is all,
Ali
Wow
Posted by tofu on November 11th, 2010 @ 21:34Tanks… you’re welcome
Posted by tofu on December 4th, 2009 @ 13:04It’s been a busy few months for myself and the clan. We’ve seen a number of new members — kidding, that’s not them 
— It’s been remiss of me to let the additions to the tribe go uncelebrated, so I will attempt to play catch up now…
Many of us snappers have wrestled with inner deamons. Wasted nights and days scouring the extremities of Azeroth, yearning for that epic raid, that perfect drop. It is the same sad tale, told throughout the ages, well, at least since 2004.
Continuing in it’s grand tradition as the foremost rehabilitation service for recovering WoW addicts, clan SNAP welcomes three new members: caethir, Palaanian and Annwn. We first met these three at a less-than-successful local WoWAnon meeting. Palaanian curled up in the fetal position, caethir rocking gently in a corner sucking his thumb and Annwn standing arms stretched in the middle of the room screaming at anyone who entered.
The three are already making good progress, but I want to remind them: In your moments of weakness, when you feel the call of Outland, always look to the example of Shmitee, our greatest rehab success story. And remember, we are all here for you.
