Diablo III will not have higher resolution textures, no Ultra setting

Lydia Sung - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 1:56pm (PST) 1 Favourite (0)

Also no built-in voice chat, co-op limited to four

We never expected Diablo III to be graphically intensive, but not having higher res options is kind of surprising. Blizzard Community Manager "Bashiok" confirmed today that the upcoming dungeon crawler -- still without a more specific date than "2012" -- will not support higher resolution textures. Yep, no Ultra setting, though Bashiok mentioned that an Ultra setting wouldn't make much of a difference anyway.

Additionally, Diablo III will not have any built-in voice chat at launch, though the feature will likely be added some time after. According to Bashiok, Blizzard wants to "make sure [voice chat] is worth using" before they implement it for another game.

The four player cap is also set, despite there being five classes. Given that four players is the number for co-op games right now, this doesn't actually surprise us.

Beta players can also expect a new skill system with the next patch, not to mention class changes.

Source: Twitter

Alternate Source: DSOGaming

Section: PC Games

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omnious Feb 7, 12

to be honest, This is good news to me, ingame voice always seems less stable then having a second program dedicated to it, and I dont have a giant monitor as im only 2 feet from my screen, so high on a loow res suits me fine
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Hellfire29 Feb 7, 12

Only four player co-op? There must be some very lonely Blizzard devs...
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Crafter Feb 7, 12

A small cut here, a little trim there; next thing you know, there aren't any new dances!
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xodin Feb 8, 12

I imagine higher resolution options is something that could still be released in the future, much the same as it was with World of Warcraft. The lack of voice chat surprises me, but the limitation on 4-player co-op I thought was something set in stone months ago.
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Mystic Aurora Feb 9, 12

the resolution thing is annoying, but I'm not getting it due to always-on DRM anyway.
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Corey Feb 10, 12

Crafter there weren't any dances in Diablo 2, what are you talking about?
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Crafter Feb 10, 12

quote Corey
Crafter there weren't any dances in Diablo 2, what are you talking about?
A common practice of Blizzard, where they cut out a lot of content instead of finishing it. I was referring to the absence of "new dances" for the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for WoW, something that was advertised in all the trailers.