When I actually got in to play, I made a barbarian named "Dave".. It's pretty good, from what I can tell. Can't say one way or another how it stacks up to Diablo 1 or 2, didn't play it.
Diablo 3: Thoughts so far
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EA makes Online Only Game = internet explodes into hate.
Ubisoft makes Online Only Game = internet explodes into hate.
Blizzard makes Online Only Game with worse issues than any previous Online Only titles to date = Gamers are self entitled - just cause you paid, doesn't mean you deserve to play your game.
I don't usually like to pour venom out, but honestly: gamers deserve to be treated like scum.
Ubisoft makes Online Only Game = internet explodes into hate.
Blizzard makes Online Only Game with worse issues than any previous Online Only titles to date = Gamers are self entitled - just cause you paid, doesn't mean you deserve to play your game.
I don't usually like to pour venom out, but honestly: gamers deserve to be treated like scum.
Probably an unpopular opinion here but I was playing it with my best mate for a long time yesterday and we had a great time with it. He has never played a Diablo game before and he thinks it's great. Whereas I played both of them.
Really liking it.
As for the new look..I think it's very sensible of Blizzard to the game a painted look as it will restrict how much the game will age as technology gets better. Also those people who are telling you the enemies and environments are made to look less scary are talking rubbish. There has been multiple times when a new enemy would storm onto the field and we would be like 'THE HELL IS THAT?'
Frankly this whole 'If you don't hate what I hate you are a fanboy!' nonsense is getting very grating. Perhaps some people are mature enough not to nerd rage at the servers being wonky at the launch of a massively popular game. We had that for about an hour yesterday and we just went and did something else.
I get the idea that this is a 'big company = automatic hate' scenario.
Really liking it.
As for the new look..I think it's very sensible of Blizzard to the game a painted look as it will restrict how much the game will age as technology gets better. Also those people who are telling you the enemies and environments are made to look less scary are talking rubbish. There has been multiple times when a new enemy would storm onto the field and we would be like 'THE HELL IS THAT?'
Frankly this whole 'If you don't hate what I hate you are a fanboy!' nonsense is getting very grating. Perhaps some people are mature enough not to nerd rage at the servers being wonky at the launch of a massively popular game. We had that for about an hour yesterday and we just went and did something else.
I get the idea that this is a 'big company = automatic hate' scenario.
Diablo 3: (For me)Nurb said:
- On the fence about buying it
- Decide to buy it
- No stock online
- Go to HMV then Tesco and they have no stock
- Go home
- Back to on the fence about buying it
I had no issues getting in, but then I installed and tried it after the maintenance patch which apparently scared all the bats and chipmunks out of their servers. Full sympathy for the people who were excited about the midnight launch. While there is a certain amount of hijinx to be expected from any "multiplayer" game of this pedigree on launch day, having the servers down ENTIRELY for the first 15 hours seems a bit excessive even by historical standards.
It's...fun. I had fun. There's certainly nothing earth shattering here, but this is a timeworn formula and it's easy to slip into it and pew pew some monsters and feel good about your day. If it has an obvious flaw it's that it's too damn easy on normal.
Complaints about the visual style are mildly puzzling to me. If the game was any darker I'd have a hard time seeing the screen. It's certainly a murky/moody game. Murkier and moodier in many respects thus far than Diablo 2, much of which took place in some pretty brightly lit environments.
Only went through Act 1 though. I guess it's possible Act 2 has a rainbow level or something.
It's...fun. I had fun. There's certainly nothing earth shattering here, but this is a timeworn formula and it's easy to slip into it and pew pew some monsters and feel good about your day. If it has an obvious flaw it's that it's too damn easy on normal.
Complaints about the visual style are mildly puzzling to me. If the game was any darker I'd have a hard time seeing the screen. It's certainly a murky/moody game. Murkier and moodier in many respects thus far than Diablo 2, much of which took place in some pretty brightly lit environments.
Only went through Act 1 though. I guess it's possible Act 2 has a rainbow level or something.
FREAKING AWESOME.
Almost 30, about to end Act III. A bit sad that I was browsing Achievements and got a small spoiler. But then again, I was suspecting that twist.
Oh, and there are no more problems with playing. All servers are up and working. Some people still sometimes encounter errors downloading, but I did it two days before release so I could just hop in and play.
I'm not sure if everyone is just too young, or they just don't remember Half Life 2's release problems. 4 days without playing, I think? Or more? Not bad compared to 1 day for NA and about 10 hours for EU.
Almost 30, about to end Act III. A bit sad that I was browsing Achievements and got a small spoiler. But then again, I was suspecting that twist.
Oh, and there are no more problems with playing. All servers are up and working. Some people still sometimes encounter errors downloading, but I did it two days before release so I could just hop in and play.
I'm not sure if everyone is just too young, or they just don't remember Half Life 2's release problems. 4 days without playing, I think? Or more? Not bad compared to 1 day for NA and about 10 hours for EU.
I would just like to say again how much I hate the always online idea. I hear the argument about "not buying the game" but it's just so invalid. First off, me not buying the game will not change the fact that EVERYONE else did. Secondly, I'm a huge Diablo fan. I absolutely fell in love with the first game. When Diablo 2 came out I was in love again. Now here comes the third game and I want this more than ANYTHING. Even before I had ever heard anything about the game being a reality I was hoping and praying that a third one would be made at some point. Now it's here and my ability to play the game is based on my ability to connect to my shitty internet. It's just disappointing and I'm expressing this to the forums on a website about games. Why am I a bad person for this?
Just as a closing thought I'd like to mention that I never actually BOUGHT the game. I get it for free because of my yearly contract to WoW. My father has the same situation except that he is a truck driver so he will, most likely, never get to play the game. Most of his down time is spent in the back of his cab with no internets to speak of.
Just as a closing thought I'd like to mention that I never actually BOUGHT the game. I get it for free because of my yearly contract to WoW. My father has the same situation except that he is a truck driver so he will, most likely, never get to play the game. Most of his down time is spent in the back of his cab with no internets to speak of.
Totally understandable. This is the internet, so everyone has to polarize their arguments to an absurd degree. Those that bought Diablo III and aren't fussed about always online because they've been always online since 1995 are decried as corporate lackeys and turncoats and are blamed for every outrage the industry chooses to visit upon us for the next 50 years. Those who have crap internet and are legitimately irritated are called entitled crybabies. If there's one thing you can bank on it's that no matter what your opinion is someone, somewhere, is itching to call you a name.Tarrker said:
I feel that I got my money's worth in this game. Thus far I've clocked in a good 8 hours of game time and that's just act 1 completed. It's fast paced, gratifying and most of all...Fun. That's all I've ever asked for in a game. I've even came to LIKE the "Always online" model they've used. It makes it really easy for friends to join you. Hell tonight I was playing along and a friend asked "Hey what level are you?". After we found out we were the same level on the same quest, it was only a press of a button for them to join me. No making a new game, no stopping my progress to connect to another service.So all in all. I like Diablo 3, I got my money's worth and although I suffered the same problems at launch, they pale in comparison to the product I am now thoroughly enjoying.
To be perfectly honest, it seems that a good number of the people complaining about the "Potential" issues with the biggest hot-topic (The always online model), don't even suffer from these problems (No broadband connection, internet too unstable, ect) and that they're using the problems that very few suffer (In relation to the rest of the developed world) as an excuse to ***** about the game.
To be perfectly honest, it seems that a good number of the people complaining about the "Potential" issues with the biggest hot-topic (The always online model), don't even suffer from these problems (No broadband connection, internet too unstable, ect) and that they're using the problems that very few suffer (In relation to the rest of the developed world) as an excuse to ***** about the game.
This was sort of my perspective on it, and Penny Arcade's perspective on it back in the day when it was first announced.Mattlore said:
But my friend took me to task about it, claiming that unstable internet is not an unusual situation for many people. Mine has been rock solid for a long time now, but I imagine if I had a glitchy/finicky connection I'd be fairly sour about stuff like this.
For those who legitimately have unstable internet to the point of not being able to play, I do feel for them and it does suck that they won't be able to enjoy the game, but my argument is aimed at exactly what the comic depicted. People who complain, rant and rave about boycotting it because of it always being online, that their internet connection has been strong, stable and working for 90% of the time they're on their computer.BloatedGuppy said:This was sort of my perspective on it, and Penny Arcade's perspective on it back in the day when it was first announced.Mattlore said:
But my friend took me to task about it, claiming that unstable internet is not an unusual situation for many people. Mine has been rock solid for a long time now, but I imagine if I had a glitchy/finicky connection I'd be fairly sour about stuff like this.
Thanks, Guppy, for adding a bit of perspective to this. I'm just gonna go ahead, be prejudiced and say that most of the people spewing flames in my general direction don't know anyone affected or are themselves unaffected by the whole always online thing. I will never forget when my one friend eagerly bought Half-Life 2 only to find out that he couldn't play it because he didn't have any internet at the time. Comcast was the only provider then and he couldn't afford it. Not only that, but, Walmart wouldn't give him a refund because of some policy about copying games. I imagine that's about how my father feels right now. I wouldn't know, though. I haven't seen him since Sunday...BloatedGuppy said:
Well, I did get in for about ten minutes about 5 PM Eastern Time last night, but my internet decided to cut itself off, so... you guessed it, I couldn't keep playing.Frostbite3789 said:
I'm not going to uninstall the game or anything, as I can foresee myself having plenty of fun with it in the future, but it's definitely not pushing itself to the top of my "Games I must play now!" list.
Also, I've just stuck the shortcut in my MMO folder along with WoW and Star Trek Online (I like to keep my desktop clean), because considering there is server lag and latency in the single-player game... it might as well just be considered an MMO.
It's an instanced co-op multiplayer experience like the original Guild Wars. Something of a MMO lite, if you will.shrekfan246 said:
Fair enough, I don't typically get so in-depth in my sorting of things into separate genres. Either way, it belongs in my MMO-shortcut folder as opposed to my Normal-Game-shortcut folder.BloatedGuppy said:
In brighter news, yesterday gave me the opportunity of playing Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II, which probably has the most interesting boss battles in the entire series to date. Good fun.