08-19-2004, 09:13 AM
For crying into a bucket, can we just get back on subject again?
This is my view on "THE DUDE IN THE CINEMATICS":
When Blizzard started on D2, they knew they were going to have a couple of characters (5 at first obviously), so they couldn't make hundreds of megs of cinematics for each. Enter Marius, the poor sucker who gets into this mess.
The way he was woven into the story was brilliant. He goes through a story parallel to yours, some parts involving you, some not. Like, I think after you kill Diablo, he speaks of some hero eventually smashed the soulstone, meaning you the Paladin/Amazon/Necromancer whatever. And, as Smoketest said, Cain speaks of Marius in the game.
Another cool thing about the story is the different greetings from the NPCs. The necro takes quite a tune from Nihlathak :) While finishing the game with all the chars I liked hearing all the different responses to different classes. Lame, but amusing.
The D2 story is so awesome, but a lot of people I know don't even know the whole story or pay attention to the cinematics. Well, the game is good enough, but the whole package is obviously what you want. The amount of effort Blizzard put into the two games and their stories is immense. Check if you can find a Diablo 1 manual, and check out the stories in there; Andariel, Duriel, Mephisto all the Prime Evils get a mention, despite not even being in the game yet.
This is my view on "THE DUDE IN THE CINEMATICS":
When Blizzard started on D2, they knew they were going to have a couple of characters (5 at first obviously), so they couldn't make hundreds of megs of cinematics for each. Enter Marius, the poor sucker who gets into this mess.
The way he was woven into the story was brilliant. He goes through a story parallel to yours, some parts involving you, some not. Like, I think after you kill Diablo, he speaks of some hero eventually smashed the soulstone, meaning you the Paladin/Amazon/Necromancer whatever. And, as Smoketest said, Cain speaks of Marius in the game.
Another cool thing about the story is the different greetings from the NPCs. The necro takes quite a tune from Nihlathak :) While finishing the game with all the chars I liked hearing all the different responses to different classes. Lame, but amusing.
The D2 story is so awesome, but a lot of people I know don't even know the whole story or pay attention to the cinematics. Well, the game is good enough, but the whole package is obviously what you want. The amount of effort Blizzard put into the two games and their stories is immense. Check if you can find a Diablo 1 manual, and check out the stories in there; Andariel, Duriel, Mephisto all the Prime Evils get a mention, despite not even being in the game yet.
"we have been sent to earth during this dark hour/
to help free the humans from the evil forces that are presently controlling them/
differentiate the holy men from the phony men/
only then will you see the patterns in the pandemonium"
- The Constructus Corporation
to help free the humans from the evil forces that are presently controlling them/
differentiate the holy men from the phony men/
only then will you see the patterns in the pandemonium"
- The Constructus Corporation