05-20-2012, 04:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2012, 04:25 AM by MongoJerry.)
(05-19-2012, 12:21 PM)Armin Wrote: The game itself is another step down from D2. No character customization, no stat point distribution, no skill trees. I already missed the spellbooks from D1, but THIS? The gameplay is VERY repetitive, mostly a hectical clickfest with a VERY low difficulty level in single player and no motivation to do the chore a second time in a higher difficulty (Yeah, I played all 4 acts once while waiting for my key to be deleted). I actually like the graphics though, the item collector's drive is back and the controls are really VERY good (apart from a terrible hotkey system). If one likes a hectical clickfest better than a stratetic game with RPG elements... it's not for me, though.
Wow, you really didn't play the game at all, did you? The skill system is genius. Seriously, I keep going back and forth on which six skills I want. And that's the key -- you can only pick six skills to use at a time and each skill can only have one rune option each. That's where the uniqueness of builds comes in to play. You can choose to be more offensive oriented, defensive oriented, or crowd control oriented based on the skills you choose. It's wonderful to play in pugs and see all the different versions of characters out there. So far, despite many attempts, there aren't the brain-dead cookie cutter builds of D2. In D2, you didn't have choices. You either played a cookie-cutter build or you were an underpowered outcast. With this skill system, the variation in builds actually playing the game is incredible.
Truly, everything Blizzard chose to do with the skill system was terrific. I don't know why you're complaining about not having to choose whether to put stats in int, vitality, str, etc as you level up. You have all the choice you could ask for in that department by gear selection. They also made a wonderful radical shift with the caster classes by making them dependent on weapon damage, which has really added a whole new dimension to them.
Your only having played normal just shows your complete ignorance, too, because while normal is wonderful, nightmare is where the game really starts, with some scary champion and boss mod combinations. Hell and Inferno are going to be jarring. I mean come on, D2 was a joke in difficulty level. I naked punched a sorceress through act 1 and someone at the Basin took it all the way through Act 5 (right before Baal). I want to see you try that with D3.
And to you and any others here who have complained about the lack of off-line play, I'm sorry, but I don't have any sympathy. This is the 21st century. Upgrade from your Apple IIe's and join the rest of the technology using community. All games are going to be internet only going forward. World of Warcraft has been doing it for years. So what that the authentication servers couldn't handle millions of people logging in and creating characters all at once on the first day. I and several Lurkers got in about two hours after launch and played nearly all day the first day, and since then it's been pretty smooth sailing. Internet-only allows companies to not be ripped off by people pirating their software, and it helps protect the game code to make it much more difficult for people to break it -- avoiding many of the duping issues that we saw in D2's day.
The game is truly wonderful. The character classes are great, the skill choices are great, the story is great, the encounters are great, and yes, when you get out of Normal -- which is designed to baby you through getting used to controls and skills just like in D2 -- the game really begins and the encounters get incredibly hard.
(05-20-2012, 12:32 AM)ClamsAreHot Wrote: Haven't played it, don't have to. I agree with Armin. As far as I can tell people who like D3 are diehard fanboys who have just deluded themselves into enjoying it because they really *want* to enjoy a new Diablo game. The worst part is these people actually make excuses for all the negative aspects of the game, generally in a very condescending tone. Anyway, it's a waste of $60. You can still play Diablo 1 for free. Spending money on this game simply motivates companies like Blizzard to keep putting out crap because they know the dumb masses will buy anything. Have some principles fellas.
Just play the game. You'll see. It's everything D1 and D2 should have been and more. It's truly amazing. Other than a few truly minor nits, it's terrific. It's nothing like the repeatedly buggy D2 that needed patch after patch after patch before it got to be a decent game.