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zespri:
Stating the obvious: I was frustrated by the fact that it was not possible to get in the game for the first to hours. It seems that after the experience that they have with WoW and then Startcraft 2 and then Diablo 3 beta, they could have prepared better.

The requirement for permanent internet connection for single play and loosing half an hour of progress if internet goes down is horrendous too. They say it's not about DRM but I don't believe them.

But you know what, people are going to put up with this, and Blizzard knows it. Because what else can you do? Miss out on Diablo 3 because of it? Not going to happen.

I like the visuals in the game a lot. Al imagery is lovingly crafted and poor pleasure to look at. The gameplay is satisfying, however after having played two hours I feel impatient to level up since I feel that the combat options are really limited on the low levels (I think I got to 7th in two hours). Also not having ability to teleport to town to sale some inventory to free up space for new loot is annoying. I was told that the teleport will be given further ahead though.

All in all I'm seeing myself spending quite a bit of time with this game. Torchlight did start feeling a bit repetitive after awhile. It may happen with Diablo 3 as well. We'll see.

Anyone knows how multi-player works? Is it possible to play the main story-line with a friend? I'm sure I could have googled this one, but since we are all here =)

KingIsaacLinksr:
Yeah...I already ranted about the DRM in D3.  I also have great issues with the Auction House that encourages pay-to-win. Optional or not, I don't appreciate that in the game. Both of those things made this game a deal breaker for me so I'm not getting it.

King

Hearteater:
Not getting it.  Multiple reasons: online required for single player, real-money auction house, unlimited anytime respecs (I know about Nephalem Valor, doesn't fix the problem) obliterates replay value, Blizzard's whole "social media" bent to their accounts which makes me not want to play with friends in SC2, and giving money to Blizzard supports Activision which is almost as bad as supporting EA.

Meanwhile, I could get Torchlight 2 and be just as happy and have none of those problems.

zespri:

--- Quote from: Hearteater on May 15, 2012, 06:47:39 PM ---Not getting it.  Multiple reasons: online required for single player, real-money auction house, unlimited anytime respecs (I know about Nephalem Valor, doesn't fix the problem) obliterates replay value, Blizzard's whole "social media" bent to their accounts which makes me not want to play with friends in SC2, and giving money to Blizzard supports Activision which is almost as bad as supporting EA.

Meanwhile, I could get Torchlight 2 and be just as happy and have none of those problems.

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Yes. I'm actually sad that I can't do the same, al the while I do feel the same. I mean, every single complaint above - I agree with. You see, I started liking blizzard with Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. Played wc, wc 2 then diablo, then sc, then diablo 2, then wc3. And then WoW came about. When WoW started I was completely fascinated by it. I did not trust this whole MMORPG thing back then (ha-ha) and I was apprehensive that with WoW the best parts of blizzard experience would be killed. Amazingly this did not happen. Somehow they managed to mix the right ingredients, and although I hate both PvP and raids I spent very enjoyable 2 years in the world of warcraft. But then it became apparent, that not eveything nice and fluffy. Sure, I stopped playing WoW not because of this, but just because it got too old. 2 years! wow! I don't think any other game captured my attention for that long (I mean playing on regular basis). But certain things how blizzard managed community (I know, I know this is very hard thing, and with the amount of players it's hard to get right), how they decided to evolve the game... it did not feel right. It had no bearing on game play as such, but when the activision deal happend, I started wondering if it's time to stop loving blizzard.

Then startcraft 2 came about. Being non-competitive and not giving a shit about ladder and battle.net I regarded sc2 as lacklustre. Basically it's the same game as sc1 with modern graphics.  When I was pre-ordering sc2 just before its release I also pre-odered  diablo 3 at local retailer. From common sense perspective it's incredibly silly thing to do, I knew that the game would not be out for a year or more, but I decided that... well... that at that particular moment in time I don't care that much about that money that I spent on the pre-order. So I paid them just for the heck of it. I rarely if ever do this, so I figured, why not do it once =)

So basically from that point on back in 2010 I did not have a choice in not getting diablo 3. But even if I did, I would probably get it anyway. I guess this is remnants of my past respect for blizzard.

Well, I'm guessing it's really about time for me to stop. It does not mean I will never play any of their games, but I will certainly won't do any pre-ordering or collectors editions (which I was buying not because I wanted extra stuff, but because I felt that they deserved the money).

And I'll try my best to enjoy diablo 3. I'm looking forward to it.
 

BobTheJanitor:

--- Quote from: zespri on May 15, 2012, 04:24:07 PM ---Because what else can you do? Miss out on Diablo 3 because of it?

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That's pretty much my solution, yes. But of course, I never played the others, so I can get away with that. From what I understand there was a good story in D2 that has everyone chomping at the bit to play 3? I tried the open beta and it was an okay enough ARPG but it really didn't have anything that grabbed me. It just made me want to go play Torchlight and Titan Quest some more. The only thing I'm waiting on is Torchlight 2 which doesn't have some great story hook to bring me back (not that that's a bad thing, but if that's the main reason people want to play the game, is the gameplay itself actually that good, or would you rather just read the story?) but just promises more great solid gameplay. (and is actually made by the people that made Diablo 2 :D)

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