Playing this game co-op campaign with a friend and I think it's fine. Then again, I never really played any of the other games.
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quick question: whats the difference between the end games in 1+2, and 3?
On the surface: not much.
And that's a big problem. Half of the players were expecting them to actually do something significant and the other half are disappointed that it's not exactly like Diablo 2.
They'll likely never satisfy the latter group because they aren't going to make any major changes to the core game mechanics. Right now my biggest gripe is the drop rate of good loot. Aside from two pieces all of my exceptional loot was purchased on the auction house. It doesn't feel like I earned any of it and I don't really like my character nearly as much as I liked my Diablo 2 characters. I had to buy all that loot in order to advance in the game because Inferno is just ridiculously brutal. But they aren't going to change drop rates and give you back that sense of ownership because it would ruin the auction house by flooding it with good loot.
To be fair there are some really core issues with the game. The AH being the biggest culprit and the fact that running dungeons is useless due to the fact items are 100% random... that to me are the worst things about Diablo 3! Almost feel like a pay to win free to play games... sucks you right out!
Blizzard is going to have a long tough road winning me back as a customer after Diablo III. Yeah, I know, they are really worried about losing one customer .
Prior to Diablo III my opinion was that Blizzard could do no wrong. They were a customer-oriented business and cared about their games and their customer's opinion of said games. They didn't release until thy felt it was a polished, fun experience. I happily pre-ordered D3 based entirely on Blizzard's reputation and my experiences with D2.
What I got was a game that felt clearly designed to drive me to the auction house. Virtually every item I ended up using was gotten from the AH...I found maybe one or two pieces on my own that could sustain me, but overall I was forced to hit the AH to make any progress. It was so obviously a cash grab that it managed to sour me completely on Blizzard in the space of a few weeks.
It really is a shame. It's not a bad game, it's just filled with questionable design choices that seemed motivated purely by greed. I'm hoping they can turn it around and make it an enjoyable game that I can revisit in the future, but without a complete overhaul that seems questionable.
I canceled my Heart of the Swarm pre-order and will be waiting on reviews before purchasing. That's a first for me and my Blizzard purchasing history .
On the surface: not much.
And that's a big problem. Half of the players were expecting them to actually do something significant and the other half are disappointed that it's not exactly like Diablo 2.
I fee like too much criticism is aimed at the AH. It doesn't even bother me and frankly there was basically the same thing in D2 except it just wasn't officially in the game. I think the issues with the AH are just symptoms being caused by the other bigger problems in the game.
Wait are we talking about diablo 1,2 and 3. Diablo 1's end game really felt nothing like diablo 2 or 3. In fact the game itself was just completely different i felt.
If they fix the itemization maybe. I also found it boring that the maps did not seem to change much like the previous games. They seemed less random and it got boring.
No matter what you do to please the community, they can never end up being satisfied.
I get that you're disappointed in the game and I agree with you on that but how can you honestly say a game that gave you 200hours of playtime is utter garbage? Not many games give you 200hours for 50 bucks or whatever.
quick question: whats the difference between the end games in 1+2, and 3?
I get that you're disappointed in the game and I agree with you on that but how can you honestly say a game that gave you 200hours of playtime is utter garbage? Not many games give you 200hours for 50 bucks or whatever.
I think it needs a full fledged expansion pack but it is salvageable.
1) Itemization needs to be improved.
2) AH needs to be less emphasized or removed completely.
3) Some runes need re balancing.
4) World needs to be improved and less linear.
5) New things need to be introduced to keep the game fresh.
If all that is accomplished I think it'll be in a much better place. I'll be waiting to see what comes of it when Diablo 3: Whatever of Whatever is announced.
Apart from itemization, one of the complaints i often saw was monster density. Act 3 is fine while the other acts have you sometimes run down empty hallways as if you're playing a survival horror game where they try to scare you with the absence of a monster. And yet, they couldn't even tackle that problem.
Blizzard is going to have a long tough road winning me back as a customer after Diablo III. Yeah, I know, they are really worried about losing one customer .
Prior to Diablo III my opinion was that Blizzard could do no wrong. They were a customer-oriented business and cared about their games and their customer's opinion of said games. They didn't release until thy felt it was a polished, fun experience. I happily pre-ordered D3 based entirely on Blizzard's reputation and my experiences with D2.
What I got was a game that felt clearly designed to drive me to the auction house. Virtually every item I ended up using was gotten from the AH...I found maybe one or two pieces on my own that could sustain me, but overall I was forced to hit the AH to make any progress. It was so obviously a cash grab that it managed to sour me completely on Blizzard in the space of a few weeks.
It really is a shame. It's not a bad game, it's just filled with questionable design choices that seemed motivated purely by greed. I'm hoping they can turn it around and make it an enjoyable game that I can revisit in the future, but without a complete overhaul that seems questionable.
I canceled my Heart of the Swarm pre-order and will be waiting on reviews before purchasing. That's a first for me and my Blizzard purchasing history .
I honestly don't get that idea that amount of spent hours = awesome.
If you want to review game like Skyrim or Diablo 3 you need to spent that much time to have proper opinion on it. I spent like 200 hours in Oblivion thinking it will get better eventually and still game was crap.
amount of spend hours =/= good game
I'd rather play a 2 hour game of the best gameplay ever than a 200 hour game of monotonous clicking.
I played Diablo 2 for about 2500 hours. :VDiablo 3 is a great game. i'm still shocked at how vocal the backlash is. People play it for 100 hours and still call it disappointing....i mean, if you can get 100 hours of enjoyment out of it can it really be that bad?
Diablo 3 is a great game. i'm still shocked at how vocal the backlash is. People play it for 100 hours and still call it disappointing....i mean, if you can get 100 hours of enjoyment out of it can it really be that bad?
It's not salvageable. It's the worst gaming disappointment in years.
Tried to like it and put in a lot of hours the first month. Have not touched it since then, and have no intention of doing so.
Well if you are a professional game reviewer and get paid to sit there for 200 hours playing something you hate I can understand. But video games are entertainment, if you play a game for 200hours you are getting some kinda enjoyment out of it or you wouldn't do it. Not saying that makes the game awesome but it sure isn't "utter garbage" or else you would have stopped playing well before that 200hour mark.
No kidding. My point was a person does not play 200hours of crap filled "monotonous clicking" unless they are enjoying it somewhat. I've dropped games after 2hours cause I felt they were awful and just not for me, noway in hell I'd continue playing something that bores the fuck out of me for 200hours.
nearly all those sales were done in the launch period when gamers were hyped for it. even i fell to the hype
So Perkel, did you actually just confirm that you did not try Diablo 3 since any of its major content/balance/revision patches?
No Uber runs, no Paragon, no Monster Power, no "Actually Useful Legendaries", no anything?
So Perkel, did you actually just confirm that you did not try Diablo 3 since any of its major content/balance/revision patches?
No Uber runs, no Paragon, no Monster Power, no "Actually Useful Legendaries", no anything?