Hmm, end of act II a little TOO familiar... (plot spoiler)

[Srikandi]

I have nothing against Diablo II, and certainly TQ has more right to the standard Egyptian lore than D2 does. But a valley full of similar tombs, and you have to figure out which one the bad guy is in?

I found him in Ramses, will he be in the same place every time?

[Kaka]

yup




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[medierra]

It is an unfortunate coincidence since that ending was decided based on the real Egyptian location: "the valley of the kings", which is littered with tombs. I personally did not want to do it because it really is too similar to D2 and I was afraid of what people might think. However, putting mythological locations in the game was one of our main goals so, for better or worse, we went with it anyway.

[Digit]

It's nice like Blizzard didn't take influences from things. *cough* Warhammer...

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[Srikandi]

Oh yeah almost nothing in games these days is really original. There isn't a lot of new ground left to clear. TQ of course isn't TRYING for originality; it takes its cultural references as a major selling point. And plenty of games have used the Egypt/bug theme before, as I can attest having just spent about three months in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj in WoW

TQ's own unique take on a lot of familiar concepts is refreshing though. I like the fire scarabs and the bipedal crocodiles.

[Kazuya]

The game is very refreshing, but obviously it's going to clash with Blizzard a bit.

It's funny though, when I was nearing the end of Act 2, I said to my brother: "I bet you Act 3 will be in a jungle, like the hanging gardens or something".

:O :O :O

[Gene]

Act 3 isn't a jungle is it? And if it is, it's surely not populated by little shrew people. *fear*

-Gene

[Digit]

Well, parts of it are, and no.

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[Armada]

*You have entered Flayer jungle* wouldve been a nice dev joke