NortherWolf said:
snowplow said:
This game marks the acceptance of several things:
Always online DRM for singleplayer
Ridiculous money schemes (HI 30% BLIZZARD CUT FROM AUCTION)
Shit graphics
Shit gameplay
Shit voicework
Shit story
This is the future. Gamers willingly pay $60 for this trash, proving to the industry that gamers will buy anything as long as its made by a well known company.
I'd rather give up gaming as a hobby than see another idiot praising Diablo 3 (DURR 9/10 ACROSS THE BOARD DESPITE IT BEING OBJECTIVELY SUBPAR)
shintakie10 said:
...incomplete piece of garbage.
You don't need emulated Diablo 3 for that, the legal purchasable game is more than enough to fit that description.
Don't forget that some gamers cheer that evolution on.
To a very large group of posters in this thread; Thanks for reminding me why I genuinely despised Blizz-fans.
I really don't see how the graphics are so shit, or why they need to be the main focus of the game, I am very happy with the graphics in D3 and I really don't see why they would need to be UBER STYLES BEST GRAPHICS EVAR!!!! like that is the only thing that matters ;/. The game was never trying to break any records with the graphics, blizzard has never been about making crazy graphics, but they have always consistantly made amazing cut scenes and diablo3s are no exception.
The game play is actually really good and everything I expected from a diablo game, fun addicting and so intense in hardcore.
The voice work i havn't had a problem with, in some parts it is quite funny but I'm not really paying that much attention to it so far, I don't think it was ever meant to be the main focus of the game, same with the story.
However I enjoy the lore of the diablo series, and the setting of the game, its a lot of fun for me.
You know unlike other games that get released and that is basically the finished product apart from extra paid for DLC or expansions, where bugs are not really fixed, no patching is done, blah blah blah. I know blizzard will be patching this game, adding new features into the online system, providing great customer support, fixing any balance issues, any errors an bugs that come up. They will provide an excellent service for the game for a long time (Judging by their other titles, there were still patches applied to bw even 10 years after its release). The price is justified by the ongoing service they provide in upkeeping their game. That and the fact that the replay of this game is very high, I know I will enjoy it for a very long time, for me it is definately worth the price.
Blizzard is a good and solid company, they might not always get everything right but they consistantly make very good games and don't drop their standards.
The always online is not that much of a bad thing, it doesn't just prevent piracy(or at least delay it), it also prevents the game from being full of hacks and bots and duped items and all this other trash that can really make the multiplayer experience less, for me that is worth it.
I like the system they have made for the game to run this way aswell, it is so easy to join your friends games, or play alone if you want, I understand there are some issues with lag atm but I am confident Blizzard will make this not so much of a problem. They do actually address and fix issues their customers raise.
I am enjoying the gold auction house, I don't really care about the real money one, and I firmly believe it is not going to have any effect on the game for anybody except the people that use it. People can't buy hacked items, they have to drop in the game, the people who do buy these items have to play enouph to be at the right level to use them, and if you are really finding such a huge problem with it just play hardcore, the game is way more fun in hardcore anyway.
Yes they have appealed to a wider audience with d3, you can play more casual if you want in soft core, or you can play more intensly with hard core.