DIII, worth the time?

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...but it's not very good either.

Actually, I'd disagree. It's very good. Metacritic gives it an 88/100, or A- (same score as D2 btw) and I think that is a fair objective score.

It's just not what I wanted DIII to be, but I still play it and I enjoy it. But, I was expecting more than a remake of D1/D2. Had it been more innovative then it would have deserved an A+. If we had all never played D2 already, this would be an awesome 2011 release of D2.

I feel the same way when they remake old movies. Why? I've seen if already. But, yes, it's still a good story, with good acting, and was well made. However if someone hasn't seen the original that was made 20 years ago, then perhaps they'd think it was outstanding.

Umm no. "Awesome" to me is a game that I play exclusively for at least 6 months. I played D1 exclusively for 2 years and D2 for 4 years. I played D3 exclusively for 3 weeks. Well, you might say that that's why you said "If we had all never played D2 already". Ok.

But I also played WOW exclusively for 5 years. A host of earlier Bioware games for months and months at a time. I know people play Skyrim for months at a time. Now that's awesome.

D3 is just semi-ok, nothing more. I'm sure that there's those who will think it is much better than that, but they are the exceptions and not the rule.