"Chief"

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Official Site



So with Blizzcon over there is a bit more news out on this. The Collector's Edition was announced and it has the goodies we have come to expect in the Blizz-CE release.




Included in the CE release are:
- Collector's edition (awesome looking) box.
- Full Game for Mac and PC on DVD.
- 4GB Soulstone USB which has the install files for Diablo 2 and its expanision.
- Ingame item for Diablo 3, a WoW pet and StarCraft 2 Portraits and decals.
- Making-Of DVD and Blu-ray.
- An Artbook.
- and lastly the Soundtrack

Standard Edition here.

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I am waiting to see how internet bound this will be. Would LOVE to ahve it, but if it becomes a MMO, I'm out

 

 

 

  

The Fluffy Puppy

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Ill be buying the collectors even if i cant play it till i upgrade :p

 

 

 

  

Only comes out at night, mostly

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This is one game I'm super keen on the collectors as well, nevermind a game that I'm very much excited for.

Now we just need a damn release date Blizzard. Hopefully they'll also prove all the nay-sayers wrong that predict it to be awful on the basis that Blizzard North, the original Diablo dream team, was dissolved.

 

 

 

  

The Fluffy Puppy

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Not going to have to wait to play, my laptop can handle the minimum specs just needed a-bit of a stronger gfx card, but hey

PC Minimum System Requirements

Due to potential programming changes, the Minimum System Requirements for this game may change over time. Mac Requirements

Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 (Updated with the latest Service Packs) with DirectX® 9.0c
2.6 GHz Pentium® IV or equivalent AMD Athlon® processor
128 MB PCIe NVIDIA® GeForce® 6600 GT or ATI Radeon® 9800 PRO video card or better
12 GB available HD space
1 GB RAM (1.5 GB required for Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 users)
DVD-ROM drive
Broadband Internet connection
1024X720 minimum display resolution

PC Recommended Specifications:

Windows Vista®/Windows® 7
Dual Core 2.4Ghz Processor
2 GB RAM
512 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon® HD 3870 or better

 

 

 

  

"Chief"

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Gamespot did an article on what specs the beta is able to run on.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6337821/index.html?tag=nl.e579

of course we all will want to play this at max setting though

 

 

 

  

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Hey Guys,

This item is Up for Pre-Order:
Diablo III
Diablo III Collectors

As its always the case with blizzard limited edition product - Stock will be limited and orders are supplied from first in onwards.

 

 

 

  

Only comes out at night, mostly

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PRE-ORDERED!

 

 

 

  

The Fluffy Puppy

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Done

 

 

 

  

Mr Annoying

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My PC is utter crap but i want that collectors edition

 

 

 

  

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Was expecting this:

Executive vice president of game design Rob Pardo notes that the wealth of improvements and features Diablo 3 brings to Battle.net necessitate the always-online requirement. Specific additions that he refers to include:

A persistent friends list.
Cross-game chat via the RealID system.
Persistent characters that are stored server-side (no more having to play online once every 90 days, nor item duplication cheats).
Persistent party system.
Player-versus-player and public game matchmaking.
Dynamic drop-in/out for co-op
Larger item stash that gets shared among all of your characters (at the moment, up to 10)
The auction house, outlined here.
The Achievement system and detailed stat-tracking, both of which feed into the final point:
The Banner system, a visual way to display your prowess in the game. Banners start out like emblems, where you can choose from an array of symbols, patterns, and overall shape/design. Then, you can tweak its appearance through Achievements and other accomplishments. Examples Pardo cites include whether the character is in Hardcore mode, how many Achievements have been earned, how many PVP victories, and so forth. Additionally, the Banners also have gameplay features; in-game, rather than use Town Portal, you can click on a player's Banner to instantly teleport over to said player.

While Pardo recognizes that people sometimes want or need to play offline (such as internet outages, or playing on a laptop during an airplane flight), he notes that the increased security, plus benefits like the above, outweigh those other concerns. "I want to play Diablo 3 on my laptop in a plane, but, well, there are other games to play for times like that."

So no go.
Don't have the need or funds to install ADSL at home (3G is not stable enough for gaming) just so I can play Diablo 3.

Meh

 

 

 

  

The Fluffy Puppy

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I can understand from the security side for the always connected bit but yea pisses me off the way they put it across

Not that phased either way will probably only play it at home and hardly do any of the online stuff anyway

 

 

 

  

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That's the point. You Must be online even if you don't want to be. The game will be geared towards online so I'm guessing all your drops are tracked online.
It's like Heroes of Might and magic 6, where you can play offline but 70% of items and skills are not accessable.
And you probably can't save offline either

 

 

 

  

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Everyone on this forum should have some sort of internet connection at home, it's so cheap these days anyway, not like you need something blistering fast just something that allows you to connect and that's it. R200 a month isn't a lot, stop buying an overabundance of crap and most people can afford the cheapest of adsl lines.

I'm always connected online when I'm playing games, even with Dark Souls that automatically utilizes online play, hardly ever realize it till I get invaded and crap and the amount of cap it uses is hardly noticeable. It's just how games are going and with PC games every single one of them should implement something like this.

 

 

 

  

"Chief"

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I honestly like that blizz games are all going online only. It helps with securty from both sides. Blizz can root out piracy easier as their player base will need to have purchased the game to play it else they can ban your account. And for players it will their data is always safe online and players can't hack the game as easily.

I rememeber back in the old Bnet days of Diablo 2 and getting completely floored by a player with a hacked weapon. One took pity on my noobiness and gave me a hacked item too. It was fun at first but it really killed the experience so I deleted the item. Even after that the game felt cheapened for a long time after that especially when I thought about all those players with their hacked OP items breezing through the game.

And like DP said its not too expensive to get ADSL in your home now.

If my net goes down I will probably be cursing that D3 is online only, but for now i don't see anything wrong with it


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