You know what they say if it isn't broken why bother fixing it? Seriously though from what I've read from people playing the Beta its a huge step up in features from D2 and to be honest most fans already know what to expect game play wise from the series already. I'll report back tomorrow what I think and I'll post a small write up.
The first Diablo was pretty much the first PC game I was into. Way, back when... god damn. Feeling old. It was fun as shit though and I almost had to do another semester of school b/c I'd sit around smoking cigarettes playing it all day. Fun times... repetitive as shit though.
I've never gotten into Diablo. Should I play the first one? Or just skip to two? Or just do 3? haha, i don't have a computer that could run 3 all that well though.
got it and played a couple hours before the servers collapsed i don't get the people having problems with the graphics... they look good and smooth and are quite decent 3d too. how it can't be an improvement from the pixellated D2 is beyond my grasp ( and i love both d1 and d2 an played them to death)....
Yeah, I haven't been able to play for several hours because the servers are overloaded. It's absolutely ridiculous that you can't even play single player without logging in! Oh well, that's PC gaming in 2012 for ya: fuck your customers over at every opportunity, then wonder why nobody buys PC games anymore.
I recommend just getting D3 mate and getting stuck in online Well judging from the servers going down i guess the demand for the game was too much. Main problem with PC gaming is how easy it is to just torrent and game which has greatly effected developers choice on developing games these days for it. Obviously the online at all times is to combat the high level of piracy of PC gaming today even if it maybe a bit excessive. On the other hand though it gives the developers money to keep bringing new content for years to come!
True, but screwing your paying customers over is hardly the answer. Seriously, you should at least be able to play single player offline, even Steam has an offline mode.
Just had a good few hours play and so far I'm loving it (hopefully my laptop can take the stress of my hours to come!) Anyone who has played the others will be right at home with D3 the core game-play remains the same with some tweaks here and there to how things work. Was confusing at first with the whole always online thing which basically means you can take your characters online with people at any time which is pretty decent. Although I kind of miss the lobby D2 used to have where you could chat to anyone and see what other games are join-able. Not had much experience with the playing online with people yet but can you pick a game to join or is it just random?
After searching around for footage of the game on Youtube I realize what I hate most about modern gaming: the commentary.
I'll play it and love it. Come on. It's a Diablo game. Who cares if you need to stay connected to play. It's like Duke Nukem Forever. I like it no matter what Call of Duty fanboys think. And it's "usually" very likely that they will allow the offline mode after some years. I mean, usually for other softhouses, because we still can play Diablo online after all those years. Blizzard proved that they can handle servers and not "OMG they took down my game!!!", like big names did. Of course it's a shame that they choosed to take this path to reduce income loss, but for a Diablo game, it's kind of worth it. And yeah, it's my opinion and I would play it with the first Diablo's graphics anyway...
most of the feedback on this game has been generally positive... im trying to get a hold of a guest pass to try it out, but if i dont get a hold of one soon, i may just go ahead and dish out the dollars.
Pretty much a fail launch. And this inane retarded Constant Online connection just for SP have destroyed any interest i'll ever have in this title. OH BLIZZARD. <3 You can lie about "Income loss protection" all you want and all the fanbois will eat it up. But there is no logical way you can prove that having a completely offline mode, unrelated to the online mode(With the inability to take that and play online AT ALL. Thus 0 access to 3rd party RMT, outside of maybe the sparse idiot paying for a cheat program). Would cost you money. The way I see it, in the online mode they are offering RMT Auction houses to buy stuff for your character right? It's more like "We dont' want people to play offline, because then they wouldn't be able to purchase RMT items and give us more of that peverbial fat hard earned cash!" Think about it. They are in this to make money. And if you force your users to play online and give them no offline mode, knowing that they will bitch about it but still play online anyway and end up someday potentially using the RMT auction house. Thus giving them the opportunity to earn more money from you after your initial 50/60$ Purchase through the use of fees. Think about it. Even if the fees are small, You add that up over a few million listings and that's SERIOUS MONEY. It's pretty fuckin genius and almost downright insidious if you ask me. With a clear cut, cut-off offline mode with no access to any multiplayer at all. You wouldn't have to worry about players doing outside "illegal" RMT to buy items.
played 3-4 hours so far. not bad, look like a reboot of diablo 1, but i have tosay i don't like the inability to customize my build and skillsets. in any case, quite good so far.
Internet access required for single player? Failure of the year right out of the gate. If I can't play the game in 15 years without having to hack the crap out of the game it is beyond broken. Anyone paying money for this abortion should feel ashamed for supporting a company that abuses its "customers" so blatantly. My challenge to anyone who says this game is "good" to "great": unplug your computer from your internet connection and then tell me how good the game is. If you can honestly say that without an internet connection it is just as fun as with a connection I'll go buy three copies. No cheating by being drunk and/or tripping on mushrooms or other hallucinogens.
