Poll: Diablo 3: Will you buy it?

[spartandude]

Diablo 2 was alright, i wasnt a huge fan but i enjoyed it, however after the recent news i will not get it at all

but do you know whats a real shame, if this game flops and blizzard lose money, people will get fired, however the people in the senior positions that surgested this will keep their jobs

 

[ImprovizoR]

If we accept this, soon all games will be on cloud and we won't own any games we buy! They already got away with selling us a license instead of the actual product. We need to stop this before it's too late.

You already own very, very, very few games that you buy. As you said you own a license to play it that can be revoked at any time for any reason. This includes retail games.

And don't be naive. Have you seen how much the internet has taken over just in the last few years? Everything will be on "the cloud" within your life time. You sound like an old man raging against the system because 8 track tapes are ridiculous because they make you buy all your music again. There was nothing wrong with record players!

Cloud isn't necessarily a bad thing. But game companies are full of greedy bastards. That's the problem. When those guys take over and force you to play on cloud you will be paying them and you won't own nothing in return. I have absolutely no issues with Valve's Steam because they treat their customers with respect. Others don't. Just look at Activision, EA and Ubisoft. Face it. Gaming used to be so much better in the past. I'm not a nostalgic person, I'm being realistic here. Just look at all the DLC's and exclusive content for some and not others, idiotic DRM, content that is on the disc but it's locked etc. The only reason companies such as EA and Activision are getting away with this is because there is still no law against it. There is still no law against selling a faulty game. If there was, Obsidian would not release a game in a million years. And they shouldn't!

 

[Fetzenfisch]

NO no no.
Feel free to aquire youre "Offline copies" when they are available.
since then Viva la Revolucion!

 

[Hiphophippo]

If we accept this, soon all games will be on cloud and we won't own any games we buy! They already got away with selling us a license instead of the actual product. We need to stop this before it's too late.

You already own very, very, very few games that you buy. As you said you own a license to play it that can be revoked at any time for any reason. This includes retail games.

And don't be naive. Have you seen how much the internet has taken over just in the last few years? Everything will be on "the cloud" within your life time. You sound like an old man raging against the system because 8 track tapes are ridiculous because they make you buy all your music again. There was nothing wrong with record players!

Cloud isn't necessarily a bad thing. But game companies are full of greedy bastards. That's the problem. When those guys take over and force you to play on cloud you will be paying them and you won't own nothing in return. I have absolutely no issues with Valve's Steam because they treat their customers with respect. Others don't. Just look at Activision, EA and Ubisoft. Face it. Gaming used to be so much better in the past. I'm not a nostalgic person, I'm being realistic here. Just look at all the DLC's and exclusive content for some and not others, idiotic DRM, content that is on the disc but it's locked etc. The only reason companies such as EA and Activision are getting away with this is because there is still no law against it. There is still no law against selling a faulty game. If there was, Obsidian would not release a game in a million years. And they shouldn't!

I really feel like you're just being alarmist here. The industry, like almost every other, is going through growing pains trying to figure out how to best deal with the internet's prevalence. Things will iron themselves out, man. Chin up. Just play the games and enjoy yourself.

 

[veloper]

Let's see now. No tactics or thinking involved. Weak action made worse with a bad control scheme. Strictly lineair plot, having no choice. Tells a lame story about a christian hell, but without any of the other religious context.

All the game has in it's favour is cute graphics, competent music+sound fx and a bugfree experience. That worked great for D2 sales before, but not with me.
I like my games to be more than just a technically proficient basket.

 

[DirgeNovak]

No, because my shit computer probably won't run it. I might get it in 2-3 years, once I get a real job and have money for a real computer...

 

[Levethian]

The whining about these issues is incredible.

The majority of Diablo 2 players played on Battle.net, so there was a default 'always-on' internet requirement for most.
You can play by yourself online if you're desperate to play alone.
Auction Houses will exist, whether they are conveniently controlled by Blizzard or not.
It is not 'pay to win' because it is not a game you 'win' - it is an eternal grindfest.
I'm trying Diablo 2 mods (Median XL Omega, Eastern Sun 3.0), and while interesting, they are unbalanced.

Holy mother of god.... another human being that ACTUALLY GETS IT! I don't believe it! Another member of the minority who is willing to think straight through the controversy and emotions! Props good sir, props. I've said almost the exact same things in every D3 thread, yet everyone is too busy whining to actually GET those points. It's refreshing to see someone with a similar train of thought as myself.

I have problems with the AH and such, but you put it perfectly more or less: people are making a huge deal over this when they probably shouldn't.

Ta. It's difficult to distract people when they're busy being outraged.

This will wear off. The game will be excellent. Most of the people who liked Diablo 2 will buy Diablo 3.

Trying to play 'Eastern Sun 3.0' - seems a touch less stupid than Median XL Omega.

Hope Torchlight 2 is good. It'll still lack that Blizzard 'je ne sais quoi'.

 

[Jdb]

No. I will not support a money printer that takes away player control over the game. Especially since this money printer will find its way to more games if Diablo 3 is successful.

 

[Jimbo1212]

There's a minimum deposit to prevent the AH from being flooded with trash. Your argument is invalid. Plus you can MAKE MONEY FOR PLAYING A VIDEO GAME. This is a dream come true if you decide to take it seriously. It's a stock market, but you get to kill hellspawns between meetings. Seriously, nerd heaven.

Erm, why?
The amount that it is thought to be is only 10-20% so the player still sees the majority return.

But I do agree it is a dream come true. I get to make money by sitting on my fat arse killing things as fast as possible. Thank you Blizz!

 

[The Lunatic]

I wouldn't go as far to say "I'm boycotting it", but, the little interest I had in the first place has been snuffed due to the various announcements.

 

[Evil Top Hat]

It looked interesting at first, but I don't approve of the "nickel and dime" attitude of most big name developers, and I refuse to give blizzard a penny more of my cash.

 

[Odbarc]

So we've heard about the interesting decisions Blizzard have made for Diablo 3, specifically A real money auction house, an always on internet requirement: so no offline play, and no modding.

has this given you pause for thought about buying the game?

Neither of those things are really required for me to play the game to begin with. My intention has always been to grind my characters, get made loot, and have fun the entire game with the randomly generated dungeons and mixing up my character builds to see what's ineffective.

An auction house people have been doing with third parties hasn't stopped me from playing D2.
Losing the off-line component will stop me from playing D3 when I don't have internet connected (or lag), but my main intention was to play via battle.net anyway.

I don't know what Diablo 3 means to other people, but boycotting a game for these reasons is for their own reasons. The decisions they've made so far don't break the game or retract from the fun I'll have when I play it.

If anything, I may be able to profit off the game and make my money back.

 

[kebab4you]

Eh, not boycotting[footnote]Well maybe it is but I wouldn't consider it as one[/footnote] but no mods, chines gold farmers AH and torchlight 2 made me realise that the diablo I want is not in diablo 3 but in torchlight 2. So yeah cancelled my preorderd of d3 and waiting for Torchlight 2 to pop up on steam.

 

[Asti]

No, Torchlight 2 comes at half the price and including offline multiplayer.
Why should I bother to get this victim of marketing strategies gone awry?

 

[chstens]

Yes, because I have a stable internet connection at home, and when I'm travelling, I have mobile broadband wherever I decide to travel (in this country), I don't care that much about mods in games like this and the auction house is 100% optional. To people who whine about stuff like the auction house: IT'S GODDAMN OPTIONAL! YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT!

 

[Fishyash]

I do care a lot about the issues, but honestly I am still going to get it since none of them affect me whatsoever and in the end it's my enjoyment that matters.

I dunno, maybe it's because I was just far too excited despite this bombshell of fail dropping on everyone just before the beta comes out.

Yeah it kind of sucks, I just don't have the willpower cause I am just too excited for the game, and now the beta

 

[Scarim Coral]

Yes I will be buying it but ONLY because my friend (who is a hard core fan of the series) is dragging me into it. He would buy me to no end if I didn't get it but first I would need to buy a new pc first to run it (my pc is old).

 

[Kevlar Eater]

I'm boycotting it because it's a Blizzard product, and I don't like them at all.