Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 4121 Location: Sheffield, UK
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject: Diablo 3 on the way
One of my all time favourite games. It's gone 3D but still looks like it plays the same thank goodness. A shame really as it means fewer people will be able to play it. I know WoW is 3D and they managed to make it look good while still working on any old rubbish 3D card, but Diablo looks to have gone shader crazy. Fingers crossed though.
Blizzard show the power of throwing near infinite time and resources at a game, the results speak for themselves. There's a real feeling of power and energy as the barbarian swings at those nasties.
Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 4121 Location: Sheffield, UK
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:31 am Post subject:
How dare you, sir !
Kneel before your master, Diablo !
Its brain sapping power is only matched by the fearsome Peggle !
My right index finger has grown weak since the passing of Diablo2, but with this third outing I'll soon develop a calloused hook capable of mouse crushing strength.
p.s. that was a lot of exclamation marks, but I feel it was warranted.
Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 4121 Location: Sheffield, UK
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject:
Ah, now, well.
Diablo used to be the triumphant result of many years of psychological research - it's since been overshadowed by WoW, but hopefully D3 will regain the crown. Humans are surprisingly predictable creatures, we like collecting, we like exploring, we like certain kinds of soothing repetitive actions and we love positive (and even negative) feedback through rewards. There are certain sweet spots related to the time between rewards, perceived value of a collectable items verses effort to acquire and probability of common and rare items, etc. Diablo3 brings brings together many years of research on laboratory animals and prisoner of war torture experiments to create the ultimate hypnotic brain washing software.
This is why Diablo, WoW and Peggle are actually very similar. Only the orgasmatron comes close to their addictive power.
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