History
The world was saved from destruction twenty years ago by a handful of nameless heroes in Diablo and Diablo II heroes who, having survived the attack by the armies of hell, have gone mad from their sufferings. Represents a new generation of heroes to face the evil forces threatening the world of Sanctuary. Players will have the opportunity to explore places known as Tristan, in the dark fantasy world of Santuario.4
It has been two decades since the last time that Mr. Hell-Diablo, Mephisto and Baal, wandered the world of Sanctuary, subjecting humanity to its clean please. However, the memory of those who fought head to head against the armies of the evil fades slowly and the wounds of the soul still sting.
When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of Tristram Cathedral seeking to defeat the awakening signs of evil, a herald of the Apocalypse raging falls from the sky crashing in the same place she had entered the Diablo world. This fire of Heaven revives ancient evils and announces to all the heroes of Sanctuary's time again to defend the world that belongs to mortals from the powers that emanate from the Burning Hells. Deckard Cain, who has appeared in two games is now accompanied by his stepdaughter, Leah, a new character who accompanies the hero on missions from time to time.
The plot revolves around two demomios survivors Azmodan, Belial and an artifact known as the "Stone Soul" Dark. The Diablo world map is mainly composed of two main continents with several small islands in the northwest. The world of sanctuary has changed dramatically by the events of Diablo 2, Lord of Destruction, because the destruction of the stone in the world.
Gameplay
Diablo III is an action RPG with a similar style to its predecessor, Diablo II. while maintaining various elements of the original Diablo. Diablo III will focus on cooperative play and team. In the co-op multiplayer games have a maximum of 4 players, unlike in Diablo II were 8, Blizzard gave as an explanation to this that after multiple tests and due to various factors concluded that 4 players would be the "perfect" number because it would make the game more efficient and clearer. The proprietary engine will incorporate Havok. Developers are looking for the game to run on a wide range of systems, and have said that DirectX 10 will not be necessary. Blizzard plans to release the game simultaneously on Windows and Mac OS X, yet have no plans to launch in consoles
Character Classes
There are five available character classes. In the previous two games, each class had a fixed gender, but in Diablo III players may choose the gender they would like to play.
The witch doctor: is a new character reminiscent of the Diablo II necromancer, but with skills more traditionally associated with shamanism and voodoo culture. The witch doctor has the ability to summon monsters, cast curses, harvest souls, and hurl poisons and explosives at his enemies. Blizzard has stated that the witch doctor is not another version of the necromancer and that they may incorporate the necromancer in a future expansion if they so desire. To power spells the witch doctor uses mana, which regenerates slowly.
The barbarian has a variety of revamped skills at their disposal based on the use of their incredible physical prowess. The barbarian is able to whirlwind through crowds, cleave through swarms, leap across crags, and crush opponents upon landing. The resource used by the barbarian is fury, which is generated through getting attacked by enemies, attacking enemies and through certain abilities. Fury is used for certain strong abilities and degenerates over time.
The wizard is a version of the sorceress from Diablo II or the sorcerer from Diablo
. The Wizard's abilities range from shooting lightning, fire and ice at their enemies to slowing time and teleporting around enemies and through walls. The wizard fuels their spells with arcane power, which is a fast regenerating power source.
The monk is a melee attacker, using martial arts to cripple foes, resist damage, deflect projectiles, attack with blinding speed, and land explosive killing blows. It combines the melee elements of Diablo II's assassin class with the "holy warrior" role of the paladin. Blizzard has stated that the monk is not related in any way to the monk class from the Sierra Entertainment-made Diablo: Hellfire expansion. The monk is fueled by spirit, which has defensive purposes and is slowly generated through attacking, though it does not degenerate.
The demon hunter combines elements of Diablo II's amazon and assassin classes. Demon hunters use crossbows as their main weapon and also throw small bombs at enemies. Some of their skills have been revealed and among them are arrow skills such as Chain Arrow. The demon hunter is fueled by discipline and hatred. Hatred is a fast regenerating resource that is used for attacks, while Discipline is a slow regenerating resource used for defensive abilities.
Main Characteristics
- Deckard Cain and Tyrael the archangel will be present.
Rune Stones In Diablo III does not assign points to your skills, they improve sequentially. Rune Stones give you unprecedented control over your skills and powers. You can change the type of elemental damage, accuracy and the amount of enemies that are affected, adding new debilitating effects such as reduced movement speed and stun effects, as well as alter the essence and appearance of your abilities.- Followers, similar to Diablo II Minions are champions who have the courage to join your fight against the Burning Hells. It can be equipped with weapons and armor, select your skills to customize your fighting style and passive benefits they provide. They also have well defined personalities.
- Crafts and Craftsmen Under meet and assist other individuals on your travels by Sanctuary, some of the world's most talented artisans will join you. They are able to make good use of the materials you get during your adventures, creating tailored armor or combining gems to unlock their powers. Spend time and money on training of a craftsman, filled their shops with high quality materials and have the ability to produce, enhance or merge more and better items.
- It is also likely that this issue is access to the heavens, as the "Stone of the world," an ancient artifact that protected and kept separate from the spiritual to the physical plane (Heaven and Hell), has been destroyed. In all kinds of characters can make sex selection, whether male or female.
- To speed up the game, you will see some "orbs" to kill enemies, they will regain life more or less according to their size. The amount recovered will be a percentage of the player's life. In multiplayer mode the recovery affects all people close to the world at the time of collection.
- The multiplayer games can be up to four players, unlike Diablo II, which were 8.
- Randomness system will be improved, ie the distribution of dungeons and beasts will be different in each game.
- A new and interesting variation in Diablo III is the fact that you can find a few random objects called orbs of power (7 different), they can be combined with the character's class skills by modifying the natural behavior of this ability, for example if placed an onyx orb of frost in the magician's ability, the ability to frost instead of a thunderstorm is lightning around the pitcher, there are 7 levels for each orb, orbs level 1, 2 and 3 may be found in normal level, level 4 and level 5 in nightmare and levels 6 and 7 in the Hell level.
- There will be an auction house where players can exchange virtual gold objects (the coins you find in chests or when killing monsters), but if you prefer you can sell and buy items with real money (dollars).
