Showing posts with label blizzard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blizzard. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

My Favourite Computer Game of All-Time

*this is an entry to join the World Cyber Games Blog Contest by Nuffnang & Samsung. =)

Last Friday, i was chatting with a few friends on our past times. From TV shows like power rangers, He-Man, Transformers to games like Tank, 1942, Super Mario, and etc.

Looking back at the kids nowadays who're all hooked up to computer games and only computer games, i felt that i have a much more nicer childhood time than them. My childhood involving me getting some bling bling Dragonball cards from some card vending machine after school or turning another type of vending machine to get some stuffs in an "egg".



Other than that, we have MicroGenius back then. With the lame controller which consist of select, start, up, down, left, right and a b buttons, i had lots of sleepless nights playing those games. Sitting near to the televisions, having many scoldings from the parents, going through higher levels and different worlds in the games made my day as well as making my fingers pain/tired/sore.

Computer came into the scene then and took the world by storm with their multi-function features. I was introduced to various computer games back then. Only a few did impressed me and made me hooked up to computers. I'm sure some of you know what games are those, the likes of Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Starcraft, Warcraft, Diablo, Red Alert and maybe Age Of Empire.

Among all the games that i've played, i'm most impressed by the games made by Blizzard. Especially the Diablo series.



I still remember the first time having Diablo at home. It was a win95 pc if i'm not mistaken. Back then it was a hit. I was so exciting when i was installing the game on my pc. If i'm not mistaken, the game only require 200mb of hard disk space.



The quests were all accomplished by going down one level by one level, slashing monsters and the Big Bosses. I still remember one Big Boss with the name, The Butcher. HAHA. I was so kan cheong when i fight with him, running here and there. Being a noob gamer, i spent quite long finishing the game, i actually did went online with the 56k line to find walkthrough. =P



Being such a hit, Blizzard came out with Diablo 2 with 5 all new character classes, monsters and ultimate Bosses. Here, players are allowed to explore more in the game.



More terrains were added where players can explore the outside world, catacombs, caves, and some historical buildings. Its much more exciting than the first game.


The 5 new character classes- Paladin, Necromancer, Amazon, Sorceress, Barbarian

Again, i spend endless hours and sleepless nights playing the game up down left right here and there and because that i'm such a noob gamer, i spend real long playing the game. =(



Soon, Blizzard came out with expansion set of Diablo2 wtf with 2 extra character class.


2 Extra new character classes - Assasin, Druid.

Blizzard are really good at making games as well as attracting people to play their games. They must have earned ALOT and i mean really ALOT through the games they made.



More money than i've earned in the game alone by selling items and pawning monsters. =P



With 7 characters to choose each with different skills and abilities, i spent a lot of time with my friends playing this game in multiplayer mode. I can still remember saving my character file in a diskette, YES DISKETTE!!! NOT PENDRIVE!!lolx and go to the cyber cafe near my school and proceed in playing the multiplayer mode for Diablo.



We traded various items, some useful, some useless, went to the blacksmith to forge new items with runes and etc.



Exploring the different terrains, up and down, deep and far away from base, with different weather conditions as well, running into traps and stashes of treasures..




Using the different spells, skills and abilities which i thought was a helluva graphic effects back then on the bad guys(some undead o.O), killing them aiding teammates and helping each other in battles..



Battling the Big Bosses, which require endless bottles of potion and mana, the right supporting spells, the abilitities as well as running skills when we were badly damaged by the big bosses, some bosses require us to have a few tries and different combinations of spells and tactics in order for us to kill them and finish the missions...



winning the battles and getting unique items together and celebrating our victories adding new stats and new skills to our characters.



One of the best moments playing a specific game. The excitement and syiok-ness whenever you finish a level, go to a different world, exploring the places, getting unique items, pawning the boss and monsters together with friends. From Easy to Hell difficulty level. It was quite a memory for me. =)

Blizzard really really do produce top level games and set the standards there for other games developer as well as impressing the many gamers from all over the world. Their games made an impact all over the world except for Starcraft Ghost.



Just as much as Robb love playing the game Starcraft (from blizzard as well!! haha), i love playing Diablo series.

and of course my favourite game of all time would be Diablo 2 Expansion : Lord of Destruction.

So, do you have a Favourite Computer Game of all time running in your head now? Don't tell me you spent your whole time reading books, doing homeworks and revision non-stop in the past!!

O.O

Anyway, my favourite Microgenius game is Tank. =) *shoot shoot shoot other tanks.... hehe*


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Monday, July 21, 2008

Diablo 3 & Starcraft 2 Coming Soon??

Just recently an online website GAMEPLAY published 2 new games for pre-order on the website.

The 2 games are the ones that millions are waiting for...


Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3

Many fans/players of the games were curious and have doubts on the credibility of the news itself. Blizzard haven announce the actual date and there're online website providing pre-order service on the game already. Furthermore, if you notice, in the picture above, they even published the release date.

and so, someone sent an email to inquire on the matter.. here's the original text.
"
After seeing the preceding pre-order for Diablo 3 and others for Starcraft 2 and WOTLK I sent the following email to Gameplay:
  Sent: 30 June 2008 22:41
  Hi, I was wondering how information regarding the release date of Diablo 3,Starcraft 2, and World of Warcrafts upcoming expansion Wrath of the Lich King was received.Is this just speculation or is this confirmed and if so by who?
  At 4:59pm today I received this reply:
  Hi there,
  Thank you for your email.
  All the information on our site is confirmed by the publishers, however all dates and prices are subject to change.
  If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
  Yours Sincerely
  Jo
  Gameplay Crew
"
HOWEVER, ALL DATES AND PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!!!!

WTF IS THIS!!!

swt..... syiok sendiri la then.... so guys.. well we have something to refer on look forward to, but then again, don't put too much hope in it!! =p






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Monday, June 30, 2008

Diablo 3 - Officially Announced

Remember the post i post a few days ago on the possibilities of Diablo3 being announce this weekend?

ITS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED!!!!

=)

While everyone is relaxing, spending their time with their beloved ones last weekend, Blizzard announced a news that brought smiles to the many millions diablo fans around the world.

Rumours have been around the internet for quite some years, some from the fans, some from the developers at Blizzard, and it all started becoming more OBVIOUS a few days ago.



It all started when this image appeared on Blizzard splash page. It was the first day.



The next day, they had this up.



Follow by this image...



and this....






Cool Aite??

The very first game of Diablo was one of the very first computer games i've played. Seriously, i played really very very little computer games all these years and Diablo have been one of my favourite game. I even replayed Diablo2 2 years ago with my diploma course mates through a "private server" and it was awesome still.

With this news coming out, you can imagine me having a big smile on my face hahaha. But again, we'll have to wait for a period of time, maybe a few years time till the game is actually out. At least now, we know that it'll be out. =)

There'll be 5 job classes in Diablo3, the ones that have been announced were barbarian and witch doctor with more updates coming out in the future. Players are able to choose to play as male or female version of the 5 job classes as well. More announced information on Diablo3 here.


"
Two decades have passed since the demonic denizens, Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal, wandered the world of Sanctuary in a vicious rampage to shackle humanity into unholy slavery. Yet for those who battled the Prime Evils directly, the memory fades slowly and the wounds of the soul still burn.
When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of Tristram's Cathedral seeking clues to new stirrings of evil, a comet from the heavens strikes the very ground where Diablo once entered the world. The comet carries a dark omen in its fiery being and it calls the heroes of Sanctuary to defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells – and even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself.
"



*crap wehhh, now i have to start saving money to get a new pc for starcraft2 and diablo3... swt...


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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Diablo3 to be Announce this weekend?

Fans of the game Diablo by Blizzard, there might be good news for you this weekend!!!

I have no idea how much you frequent Blizzard website. But if you have been surfing there these few days, you might have already see this.



Just yesterday, 24th June 2008, Blizzard have this image as splash page before you could actually head to the main page of Blizzard.

Speculations have been made since then on the announcement of Diablo3. Its 8 years since the last Diablo game came out. The expansion of Diablo2.



The image that is on Blizzard shows 2 rune underneath the ice that is from the previous Diablo games.



The left rune appears to be the Shael rune.



and the right Rune appears to be The Hel Rune.

Both from Diablo2.

This weekend there'll be this Entertainment Worldwide Invitational by Blizzard in Paris and people are guessing that Blizzard will make an announcement on Diablo3 in the event.

According to Diablofans.com. Blizzard contacted the webmaster of diablofans.com - Mockery to acquire the domain name diablo3.com and Mockery gave the domain name diablo3.com(which he owns it since 1998) to Blizzard for free.

For your information
2000 June 29 - Blizzard Announce Diablo2
2001 June 29 - Blizzard Announce Diablo2 Expansion : Lord of Destruction
2008 June 28/29 - Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational in Paris

So, Now you tell me!!! IS DIABLO3 COMING OUT???


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