Diablo III Preview

If you’re looking for another hands-on preview of Blizzard’s Diablo III, you need only point your browser over at Gameolio.

There are apparently five classes in which only four have been revealed. The Barbarian makes a return with their amazing physical prowess. No doubt they’ll be able to make full use of all the weapons available in the game to tear through the hordes of evil. Then there’s the Witch Doctor who can cast curses and summon minions to do their bidding. There’s the Wizard who will be a powerful magic caster who can use the elements and even control time/space around them. And the most recently announced class from Blizzcon 09 is the Monk a melee martial artist who can crush enemies in a bout of bare-fisted awesome. You can probably tell that I would probably choose the Monk to play with first it could come from my favoritism from the Dungeons & Dragons monk class, but lets not go there. Also, in the previous games the gender of the classes were set (the Barbarian was male, the Sorceress was female, etc), however in Diablo III it seems as though there is a model for both genders for each class. Makes me wonder what the female Barbarian looks like all the male Barbarian wore was like a fur loin cloth. Hahaha!

Now, for those who have played Diablo II, the sidekicks aren’t randomly-generated-meat-shield, replaceable hires anymore, they’re actually going to be NPCs. Here’s to hoping they’re both interesting and don’t die after like three hits. Also the skills are now customizable with Skill Runes which I feel is an interesting development. Apparently attributes like an area-of-effect can be added to skills to make them stronger.