Diablo III Size Comparison?

[Sodka]

In Diablo II it was approx 4 times the size of Diablo I, any information on how much bigger his one will be compared to Diablo II? Also since it is more a part of BattleNet now will there be downloadable content like WOW down the road? cant wait either way.

[Sanitius]

There will be at least 3 expansions.

[Sodka]

There will be at least 3 expansions.

Any idea how big it will be compared to Diablo II?

[rezoacken]

They said one playthrough should be a little bit shorter than D2. But you have 4 difficulties instead of 3 so I'm not worried.

[Kira2169]

And if inferno is anything like they've been making it out to be, it will be soul-crushingly hard so...... Atleast Dark Souls built up my soul's resilience :P

[bbr]

And if inferno is anything like they've been making it out to be, it will be soul-crushingly hard so...... Atleast Dark Souls built up my soul's resilience :P

I fear it'll be nerfed eventually either way...

with 3 expansions, each raising the level cap, the game will play a lot more like WoW than D2.

[BoomChickn]

I fear it'll be nerfed eventually either way...

with 3 expansions, each raising the level cap, the game will play a lot more like WoW than D2.

Well, since the game isn't really competitive they won't nerf inferno that much I believe. Don't forget there are two different design teams with two different philosophies. And the structure with cap at 60 makes sense.

[Raizuda]

I await HC inferno with baited breath...

[Troll Sacrifice]

I guess it takes about an hour to rush through all quests in beta and I think beta is about a third of act one. If you just sum it up, you get 3 hours per act which equals 12 hours for one walktrough, maybe faster as you get more gear/skills/runes and your killing speed increases. So 10-12 hours without roleplaying stuff. Sounds pretty much for a rush on normal, not sure.

[denominator]

I guess it takes about an hour to rush through all quests in beta and I think beta is about a third of act one. If you just sum it up, you get 3 hours per act which equals 12 hours for one walktrough, maybe faster as you get more gear/skills/runes and your killing speed increases. So 10-12 hours without roleplaying stuff. Sounds pretty much for a rush on normal, not sure.

Beta speedruns are about ~15m

[Troll Sacrifice]

rush:
unlocking and finishing all content/quests and killing all stuff on your way to gain experience in a hurry and skipping all lore and artisan stuff

speed run:
trying 20 times to be as fast as possbile up to a certain point, skipping everything possible and making a video of it to show off on youtube

[Grassfarmer]

And if inferno is anything like they've been making it out to be, it will be soul-crushingly hard so...... Atleast Dark Souls built up my soul's resilience :P

Dark souls build up my soul for D3, which is good because of how crushed my soul was after getting wow's Professor title in archeology.

[Ghul]

they even said at the blizzcon that they WANT inferno to be frustratingly hard and thus wont nerf it... they might buff it tho

[Khelor]

Mmm, should be fun working through inferno. Fun in a head bashing sort of way most likely, but fun nonetheless :P