Blizzard Announces Diablo III Release Date

[Tohuvabohu]

The long-awaited action RPG arrives early summer.

Spoiler: My reaction upon reading this

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Wow! I am trying so hard to contain my excitement. I've been waiting for this game for years. Not a week goes by where I don't think about it at least once, now it's finally here!!

I do have some concerns about it, but nothing that really comes close to putting me off from buying it. It's so close too!

 

[Weaver]

I just want Torchlight 2.

It's interesting to me you come on a lot of these D3 news threads saying you just want T2. But then why do you bother looking at the news articles with titles about D3.

I'm not actively seeking out every diablo 3 discussion. This one was on the front page in big huge letters, so I clicked it.

tprchlight 2? really? I mean, that game was cute and all, but once d3 hits, there wont be room for any other pseudo isometric loot gathering beat em up.

Well, single player will actually be single player, it has MP with no auction house and it will support community mods. Rumor has it Runic is aiming for a $20 release price as well. How this doesn't sound more lurcrative to people than Diablo 3 I just don't know.

Was anyone impressed by the beta? Playing the beta firmly made me decided I WASN'T going to get D3. It was boring, it was laggy and their skill system is still up shit creek. Hell, if you ask me it's WORSE than it was before they overhauled the entire skill system. And this game is releasing in 2 months? Hell, at least in Torchlight 2 I get to assign my fucking stats.

I predict a LOT of disappointment when people finally get to play D3. I'm just glad I got to try it out early to save myself the money.

 

[porpoise hork]

The Blizzard Activision union was the most unholy thing to ever happen in the gaming industry. Its like Satan having a love child with Kali at least as far as greed goes.

QFMFT...

Hasn't $60 been the standard for a new game for a couple years now?

If you buy console games yes. PC has almost always been cheaper. Enter CoD and BF those two titles pushed the $60 price tag ono pc gamers and now everyone of jumping on it.

 

[Weaver]

The Blizzard Activision union was the most unholy thing to ever happen in the gaming industry. Its like Satan having a love child with Kali at least as far as greed goes.

QFMFT...

Hasn't $60 been the standard for a new game for a couple years now?

If you buy console games yes. PC has almost always been cheaper. Enter CoD and BF those two titles pushed the $60 price tag ono pc gamers and now everyone of jumping on it.

Blizzard games have almost always been 60 dollars. Warcraft 3 was for sure.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

I hope the bastards from my gameshop site where I usually buy my games keep the preorder that I have made back in September 2011 valid.

Or else...

Now with that out of the way,the wait for this game is finally more tolerable.Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition,Risen 2 Dark Waters will keep me entertained in April while waiting for Diablo 3.

 

[scotth266]

END TIMES ARE NIGH

And if anything on the Escapist breaks after the release date, we'll know who to blame

 

[Weaver]

I just want Torchlight 2.

It's interesting to me you come on a lot of these D3 news threads saying you just want T2. But then why do you bother looking at the news articles with titles about D3.

I'm not actively seeking out every diablo 3 discussion. This one was on the front page in big huge letters, so I clicked it.

tprchlight 2? really? I mean, that game was cute and all, but once d3 hits, there wont be room for any other pseudo isometric loot gathering beat em up.

Well, single player will actually be single player, it has MP with no auction house and it will support community mods. Rumor has it Runic is aiming for a $20 release price as well. How this doesn't sound more lurcrative to people than Diablo 3 I just don't know.

Was anyone impressed by the beta? Playing the beta firmly made me decided I WASN'T going to get D3. It was boring, it was laggy and their skill system is still up shit creek. Hell, if you ask me it's WORSE than it was before they overhauled the entire skill system. And this game is releasing in 2 months? Hell, at least in Torchlight 2 I get to assign my fucking stats.

I predict a LOT of disappointment when people finally get to play D3. I'm just glad I got to try it out early to save myself the money.

Ah so youre going to judge the game on an old beta on the first 1/3rd of the first 1/5 of the game, good for you. Runic will be selling torchlight 2 for 20 bucks because its a 20 dollar game. You get what you pay for (with blizzard anyway)

Oh, this argument again.
Yes, I'm going to judge it based on the beta because there will be no demo. What do you want me to do, spend $60 on something I'm pretty sure I won't like just so I can come on here and, with absolute certainty, claim my disatisfaction to you? That's absolutely absurd. Your approval is not worth $60 to me.

A company needs to earn my dollar, I'm not going to carelessly throw bills into the wind at a whim. If the beta doesn't reflect fully the final state or quality of the product guess whose problem that is? Blizzard's. Not mine.

At the end of the day, the forced online single player is an absolute deal breakers for me and no amount of it being a full release is going to change that fact.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I...I...I almost didn't believe that heading, and now I'm all giddy!

I guess I should start informing my friends and family what is going on, and where they will find me for a good while.

 

[VanBasten]

The long-awaited action RPG arrives early summer.

May 15th is still spring.
Or autumn if you're upside down.

 

[lRookiel]

... Do you guys see my avatar?

... I am smiling FAR MORE than he is now.

I'm smiling as much as MY avatar! ^^

Blizzard has only ever disappointed me once(WOW) but I'm looking forward to D3 sooo much

 

[Scarim Coral]

Well shit... by all mean I am glad that the date had been annouce but I was really hoping Guild Wars 2 would be out first (rumour is GW 2 would be out in June but it's not 100% official). It's unlikely GW 2 would be out first seeing how Blizzard had the beta going months ago while it's this Apirl that there will be a public beta for Gw 2.

EDIT- Now I think about it, would this mean those beta giveaway winners annoucement would be soon?

 

[DeMorquist]

$100 for a game missing many features @ release...and has to be played online...


Hmmm


Maybe...

 

[Tiamat666]

Every time someone calls Diablo an RPG, a little, harmless kitten is sacrificed on Satans Altar in the Depths of Hell.

Please remember that.

Think of the kittens.

 

[Lunar Templar]

END TIMES ARE NIGH

if by end of times you mean thousands of nerds no lifing a brand new game, yes, they are 'nigh'

personally, i fully expect to put on a few pounds over the summer due to this .....

 

[Tiger Sora]

And a million wheezy gamer voices collectively cried out in joy.
How many of those are still gona be happy the day after launch is yet to be determined.

I was thinking about getting this game, but I'd rather pass and get GW2.