Diablo 3 20th anniversary patch 2.4.3 video reveals how it all came together
The patch will include the Darkening of Tristram homage to the original game.
The 20th anniversary of the Diablo series hit on December 31, and Blizzard has been feverishly working on an update for Diablo 3 that will include a throwback to the original game called the Darkening of Tristram. While the 2.4.3 patch has been on the PTR since mid-November, it appears that the testing may soon be over.
A new video for the patch has been released, showing the dev team talking about how the Darkening of Tristram came together. And while the team talks about one aspect of coming update, a new blog post offers more details on the changes and "quality of life" revisions, as well as details on some Legendary modifications.
No official release date has been revealed, other than "soon." The official PTR patch notes have not been adjusted since early December, which could indicate that the team is happy with the changes as they are now and launch could be as early as next week.
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replyJohn Keefer posted a new article, Diablo 3 20th anniversary patch 2.4.3 video reveals how it all came together
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man it looks like the engine improvements are really good too :(
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/20362179/patch-243-ptr-patch-notes-11-22-2016
I will however extend them one Sensible Chuckle :
Players on the PTR will now receive a special bag from normal Rift Guardians Djank M'iem, a vendor who appears in each town hub in Adventure Mode and Campaign Mode
DJANK MIEM. well played. -
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The best part about it the anniversary thing was hearing the original music again.
Everything else was simply visual tweaks, the gameplay and level art and design for the most part is still exactly the same as Diablo 3.
- post process filter to make things look low res and lacking color depth
- reduced frames of animation on movement, attacks, and breakables
- 8-way movement is also done by animation reduction, you still have the same exact 360 degree control
- darker areas w/ slightly reduced light radius
- slightly altered UI
Can't really hate it on since it's free, and there were a few surprises in there, but on the whole it was pretty disappointing because of how much it felt and played like Diablo 3 and how little it resembled the original game for being a throwback. It must have been far simpler to just slap those visual tweaks in there than actually change the game to play like an old game, so I understand why it is like it is.
I can't say I'd recommend to people who like the original games, but fans of Diablo 3 might get a kick out of it. It's something uhhh... different? But still exactly the same.-
When they first started to announce it in the stream I was getting my hopes up for a real remake in the D3 engine - D3's graphics but D1 classes with a modernized take on D1 gameplay. i.e. slower and more methodical, old school skills, separate character pool, etc. I would have bought that as DLC no questions asked. What they did instead was basically the exact opposite - just D3 with some cheap retro tricks. Really disappointing, they had the kernel of a good idea but I guess not the budget.
Thinking about it makes me really sad that there's no mod support in D3. Imagine if they actually exposed modding tools like SC2, and custom games could have access to online persistence and authentication with their own separate character pools. I would buy that as a standalone game for sure.-
Modding is why Torchlight 2 is vastly superior. D4 better embrace modding.
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