02-04-2012, 10:37 AM
A very nice opinion piece.
Given my watching of streams, and the information I gathered from various D2 groups I play in... I'm going to agree. I mean I'll have to play the game myself to be absolutely sure, but I'm under the assumption (from what I see) that the replayability of D3 won't be worth talking about.
D2 was my main game for at least 8 years, I was even playing it heavily in groups last year. I finally eased up on it after achieving top 10 in the US-East ladder hardcore. After that goal was reached I pretty much had done everything. After about 2 years of D2 soft core I immediately switched to hardcore, when hardcore became a breeze I began making under powered builds, or playing in groups which set limitations and rules. Even that became rather stale eventually... but after playing probably 1000 + hours over the years it would get to that point.
I tried other games and always ended up going back to D2, just because I could come up with some strange idea that I could fire 50 + hours into perfecting and gathering gear for.
From what I've seen in D3 this intense variability is done differently, but in such a way that one only needs to make one character and they can adjust their builds constantly. So beating the game with one of each class is basically the end. I don't see the open concepts which would allow for some unique unconventional builds. This opinion reminds me a lot about how I felt about Guildwars. I beat each of the areas, had a few characters and after doing so much it felt all the same and I gave my account away.
That is my impression at this time, hopefully it will improve or the rest of the game will add the elements I've been wanting. I don't plan on buying D3 at release, I'll get it after I get some more opinions probably after one of my clan mates finish it for the first time. I honestly think that Gw2 will be my next D2 in the way of getting 1000 + hours in a game. This is mainly because I enjoy the PvP element and the single player is secondary.
One thing I haven't heard about D3 is any questions about difficulty, I like hard games. I found D2 extremely easy even on hardcore and only finding my own items. I find Diablo 1 very hard to a point. I have hopes that D3 will be very hard, or at least hardcore will be very hard. Could you perhaps comment on your opinion of the difficulty?
Given my watching of streams, and the information I gathered from various D2 groups I play in... I'm going to agree. I mean I'll have to play the game myself to be absolutely sure, but I'm under the assumption (from what I see) that the replayability of D3 won't be worth talking about.
D2 was my main game for at least 8 years, I was even playing it heavily in groups last year. I finally eased up on it after achieving top 10 in the US-East ladder hardcore. After that goal was reached I pretty much had done everything. After about 2 years of D2 soft core I immediately switched to hardcore, when hardcore became a breeze I began making under powered builds, or playing in groups which set limitations and rules. Even that became rather stale eventually... but after playing probably 1000 + hours over the years it would get to that point.
I tried other games and always ended up going back to D2, just because I could come up with some strange idea that I could fire 50 + hours into perfecting and gathering gear for.
From what I've seen in D3 this intense variability is done differently, but in such a way that one only needs to make one character and they can adjust their builds constantly. So beating the game with one of each class is basically the end. I don't see the open concepts which would allow for some unique unconventional builds. This opinion reminds me a lot about how I felt about Guildwars. I beat each of the areas, had a few characters and after doing so much it felt all the same and I gave my account away.
That is my impression at this time, hopefully it will improve or the rest of the game will add the elements I've been wanting. I don't plan on buying D3 at release, I'll get it after I get some more opinions probably after one of my clan mates finish it for the first time. I honestly think that Gw2 will be my next D2 in the way of getting 1000 + hours in a game. This is mainly because I enjoy the PvP element and the single player is secondary.
One thing I haven't heard about D3 is any questions about difficulty, I like hard games. I found D2 extremely easy even on hardcore and only finding my own items. I find Diablo 1 very hard to a point. I have hopes that D3 will be very hard, or at least hardcore will be very hard. Could you perhaps comment on your opinion of the difficulty?
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