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by Blizzard Entertainment 10 Feb 2012 02:00 UTC

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At BlizzCon 2011, the Diablo III Gameplay panel included this video from 3D Artist Kevin K. Griffith, Environment Artist Nate Bowden, Senior Artist Nick Eberle, and 3D Artist Richie Marella. In the video, they try to answer the question: “How hard is this game going to be in Nightmare difficulty (and above)?”

Check out their answers, accompanied by exclusive gameplay footage, right here:

Note: The above video was recorded for BlizzCon 2011 and references some outdated game systems information. See the Systems Changes blog by Jay Wilson for further details.

What do you think of the harder difficulties, now that you’ve seen this video? Let us know in the comments below!

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Hulk#1107

D3BETA

14/04/2012

freaking hell i cant wait!! im gonna be online the second the server is up.. and then i wont stop untill i reach inferno lol xD need alot of coffee i guess :P

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Bulls #174

26/03/2012

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4870/thisf.png

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Bull#2274

D3BETA

02/03/2012

All nice and such, but what are the character levels when they tried these monsters? Playing a lvl 13 character in Nightmare on a lvl 31 mob?

Anyone can stage a movie like this, especially Blizzard because they can just add "Beaten Normal = true" for any level character to start playing Nightmare.

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Flamelord
Silvermoon

12/03/2012

So you really think that blizzard would make the game piss easy and make a fake movie to tell you that it's going to be hard ?
Also, why would they do that ? Stop find problems where there are none

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Díamon
Emerald Dream

01/03/2012

Wonder full news looking forward to this!(have for 10 years)

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Khan#1758

UltraFlute

25/02/2012

LETS DO THIS!

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Kukunuko #372

22/02/2012

Y GKane, they will not do anything like they just say. It will be like tetris.

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GKane #580

21/02/2012

This video is obsolete and doesn't reflect the current in-game reality. It's from september when chars were less powerful and skill runes were farmable. The game is much easier now.

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serkONE #155

20/02/2012

I just really hope they dont nerf Diablo3 just becouse some kids cant handle the difficulty.

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Yarbek
Grim Batol

20/02/2012

@serkONE: They said at Blizzcon they won't nerf it to make it Casual, but if they think that it's to hard even for the hardcore they would nerf to to make it actually playable :)

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MacGyver #101

19/02/2012

Get Ready to Die, of old age, before release.
But yes, it looks epic and harder then d2!

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Frontbutt#2293

D3BETA

19/02/2012

Hardcore will definitely be interesting this time around!

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Heave
Sunstrider

19/02/2012

GIEF!!!

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lostspirit #259

18/02/2012

I want to play it NOW

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Bigbuu
Nagrand

17/02/2012

damnit and i can't even start grinding gear yet!
i'll probably die trying higher difficulties and having to think things over

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PISGamer #717

17/02/2012

"Grin" CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!

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Georgefirst
Kilrogg

16/02/2012

I'm gonna die before game realese. -.-

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DeuXMAchina #402

15/02/2012

Ok time to learn how to play this game correctly... found some good Diablo 3 Guides... but im wondering if there is any free official guide... please blizzard? http://diablo3strategyguide.org/diablo-3-guide/

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Zackerus
Quel'Thalas

14/02/2012

"You get your asses kicked" Atlast now it sounds like a CHALLANGE!... and u said HELL was "hard" in DIablo 2... i was about to laugh my !@# of.

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Zackerus
Quel'Thalas

14/02/2012

God damnit! Tell us already when the Official Release is... IM GOING MAD HERE!

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seodoth #476

14/02/2012

YESSSS KICK MY SOFT BUTTOCKS YESSSS

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Simon #625

14/02/2012

AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOMEEEEEEEEE... ARGH I CAN'T WAIT... RELEASE NOW ARGHHH

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Qazy
Darksorrow

14/02/2012

old wine on new bottle. only the "best" for blizzard fans

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Bulls #174

13/02/2012

And people worry about not being able to start on Hardcore right away...

Just let them, and let them die MUHUWHAHAHAAA

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Sargoné
Shadowsong

13/02/2012

They actually have to promise the people that their game is going to be a challenge and make a video out of it... lol this is ridiculous.

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Bulls #174

13/02/2012

@Sargone: Because everybody is judging the game by the beta footage, well who couldnt get the Horadric mallus in D2?

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Sargoné
Shadowsong

14/02/2012

@Bulls: Oh, I thought that their fear is based on WoW which has become dull and easy according to many.

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TheMessiah #240

14/02/2012

@Sargone: Its just a reaction to the many complaints.. i think its great service actually.. they coulda just said.. be quiet community we know best.. but the fact they have a video for that just shows the dedication towards the community..

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Navhkrin #308

13/02/2012

Learn to play noobs :D

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Simon #625

14/02/2012

@Navhkrin: XD

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WarYonuT #374

13/02/2012

get ready to die, cause we'll see this game when we are at 80's

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Laursen #797

13/02/2012

Blizz<3

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Roggbiff
Bloodscalp

13/02/2012

I am ready to die! You can release now.

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DrLucifer #961

13/02/2012

Portugal, estonia, the smaller countries don't have access to beta, this is torture, this is taunting, and it's very unfair.

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DrLucifer #961

13/02/2012

"People of the world , you have played this 'much' of normal , which is this -much- of farming level....

Im sorry, did I miss an email about a beta cd key? Don't address "people of the world" when not everyone has access to beta, @@#!@@@#*.

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Rton #900

13/02/2012

Challenge accepted

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Stormwielder
Quel'Thalas

12/02/2012

we cant get ready to die before you release the game ^^

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Creeper#2331

D3BETA

12/02/2012

This will definately be whats needed to harden up the current Beta 'Normal', any chance of Nightmare/Hell?Inferno options being implemented on the Beta soon in an up coming patch? Also, any indication of Characters being able to be pushed past Level 13?
Great work guys, this is going to be a fantastic game when finished!

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Neami #308

12/02/2012

@D3BETA: lol? have you ever played D2? There aint no "options" :P you need to finish the whole of normal first to get to Nightmare and that is NOT gonna happen on beta.

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Creeper#2331

D3BETA

13/02/2012

@Neami: I'm well aware of how to obtain the higher difficulty settings in normal gameplay on D2 and D1........Currently D3 is a beta, therefore a testbed....so anything can be manipulated for trialing/balancing out, but I'm sure anyone who played D2 or had come across beta games before would understand that?

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