http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/diablo-iii

And the bad user reviews cannot come in fast enough. I was fortunate enough to beta test the game before launch and was left completly unimpressed. I am noticing the reviews are reflecting what my beta input stated. I wrote incredibly detailed lenghty messages on the beta test forums but let's be honest, it is far easier for Blizz to just stand up on the table, unbuckle their belt, pull down their pants and drop a gigantic steaming pile of shit onto your plate. 

Metacritic is useless. It's been gamed so many times in so many ways it's even worse than the hype ratings here.

I think it was based purely on people not being able to play for that first day. So instead a bunch of people rushed Metacritic and gave mass zeros.

I guess that's the price they paid for online only single player. A really, really low Metacritic user score. At least no one takes it seriously.

Majority of the posts are bitching about battle. net not about quality of the game. D3 is so much better then D2. I can not remember when I had so much fun in any game

some of the reviews were about connectivity -- like this one

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carlbme
May 16, 2012
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I'm giving it a 1. It would be a 9-10.....IF I could play it single player without having to worry if the servers are going to go down and kick me out of the game. I'm so upset about it that I'm planning on returning what I consider a 9-10 game. Only because I'm able to only get a hour, two max of playtime without being kicked off due to server issues...for a SINGLE player game that is terrible.

Originally posted by zymurgeist

Metacritic is useless. It's been gamed so many times in so many ways it's even worse than the hype ratings here.

I think this review is hardly "useless" as you so state. Let's actually do some leg work and, oh I don't know READ what the people are complaining about SHALL WE?

Page one, very first review

- Charater customization was so confusing, so they removed it (no more skill points to distribute, no more attribute points to distribute, skills unlock automatically as you level up)

- Legalized gold selling, pay-to-win auction houses

- Scripted scenes EVERYWHERE 0Bland,

-one dimensional

-WoW inspired skills

-World PvP removed and the only PvP options is a WoW-clone arena (REMOVED TILL LATER, LOL)

-Voice acting is HORIBBLE compared to D2

-Timed log-outs in a game which its gameplay is based on being fast-paced (even on hardcore mode)

-FREQUENT CHECKPOINTS that revive you from where you are left off (how much more casual can they make a diablo game I wonder)

-region lock

-DRM that requires you to be constanly online

-blizzard 'promising' not to put any items in the RMAH Gee, I **** wonder what's gonna happen

-LEVEL 60 CAP Surely to be raised to 70,80,90 and so on with yearly expansions that consists of cut content for only another $60!

-reviewer by the name of koroshiya_ichi

It is hard to argue with many of the points this person made. Care to revise your statement there zym? Or are you too busy stuffing your mouth with Blizz Diablow three turds to read?

Metacritic is crap. People who post there are retarded.

The game is amazing.

Originally posted by colddog04

I think it was based purely on people not being able to play for that first day. So instead a bunch of people rushed Metacritic and gave mass zeros.

 

I guess that's the price they paid for online only single player. A really, really low Metacritic user score. At least no one takes it seriously.

Apparently the OP does...lol

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Charater customization was so confusing, so they removed it (no more skill points to distribute, no more attribute points to distribute, skills unlock automatically as you level up)

Legalized gold selling, pay-to-win auction houses

World PvP removed and the only PvP options is a WoW-clone arena (REMOVED TILL LATER)

Checkpoints that revive you from where you are left off (how much more casual can they make a diablo game I wonder)

Region lock, DRM that requires you to be constanly online

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Originally posted by TurkeyBurger

Originally posted by zymurgeist

Metacritic is useless. It's been gamed so many times in so many ways it's even worse than the hype ratings here.

I think this review is hardly "useless" as you so state. Let's actually do some leg work and, oh I don't know READ what the people are complaining about SHALL WE?

Page one, very first review

- Charater customization was so confusing, so they removed it (no more skill points to distribute, no more attribute points to distribute, skills unlock automatically as you level up)

- Legalized gold selling, pay-to-win auction houses

- Scripted scenes EVERYWHERE 0Bland,

-one dimensional

-WoW inspired skills

-World PvP removed and the only PvP options is a WoW-clone arena (REMOVED TILL LATER, LOL)

-Voice acting is HORIBBLE compared to D2

-Timed log-outs in a game which its gameplay is based on being fast-paced (even on hardcore mode)

-FREQUENT CHECKPOINTS that revive you from where you are left off (how much more casual can they make a diablo game I wonder)

-region lock

-DRM that requires you to be constanly online

-blizzard 'promising' not to put any items in the RMAH Gee, I **** wonder what's gonna happen

-LEVEL 60 CAP Surely to be raised to 70,80,90 and so on with yearly expansions that consists of cut content for only another $60!

-reviewer by the name of koroshiya_ichi

It is hard to argue with many of the points this person made. Care to revise your statement there zym? Or are you too busy stuffing your mouth with Blizz Diablow three turds to read?

 

 

 Why would I care what they have to say? Do you base your purchase decisions on what random anonymous internet people say? I looked at the game. I didn't buy it. None of those is the reason I didn't buy it.

Originally posted by Psychow

Originally posted by colddog04

I think it was based purely on people not being able to play for that first day. So instead a bunch of people rushed Metacritic and gave mass zeros.

 

I guess that's the price they paid for online only single player. A really, really low Metacritic user score. At least no one takes it seriously.

 

Apparently the OP does...lol

Yeah I had the priveledge of being a beta tester on the game. I spent a huge amount of time offering criticism and advice on important game changes as did MANY other playtesters. Seemingly we were all completly ingored. It is not only frustrating but insulting to know how much time we spent attempting to help Blizz improve the game series that so many people loved and yearned for only to see Blizz stand up on the table and take a crap onto our plates. It is like trying to play chess with a pigeon. In the end the pigeon is just going to strut around the board knocking all the pieces over shitting everywhere.

Take the blinders off and realize that smell of bullshit is not coming from user reviews, it is coming from inside the Diablo 3 box.

This would imply that the hundreds of games on Metacritic that got 4's, 5's and 6's are better than Diablo 3.

So go play those.  I'm sure you'll have a blast.

What are you too poor to afford shit?

So how is this game compared to PoE?

I wonder what kind of horrible incoherent mess we'd have if developers accepted every teenage game tester's ideas... /shudder

I'm sure there are some ideas that are brillient...some...not so much. Since I am not a game developer, nor are the game testors, I have a feeling that there is a slight chance they may know more about the game than me/us. Just a thought.

Originally posted by loeslein

This would imply that the hundreds of games on Metacritic that got 4's, 5's and 6's are better than Diablo 3.

 

So go play those.  I'm sure you'll have a blast.

 

Hehe, exactly

D3 is far from perfect, but come on... 3.6?? That alone is proof enough that Metacritic is useless nowdays.

Being unable to log in to a single player game.  That's what matters.  Regardless of gameplay quality, this game deserves to be lambasted for implementing such an idiotic and onerous form of DRM.  And one that supports it's other pillar of stupidity:  the RMAH. 

I frankly don't care how misrepresentative that score is of how the game actually plays.  I just hope it puts some people off from buying it and supporting Blizzard's bold one-upmanship of Ubisoft in the race to f*ck over gamers with more and more intrusive forms of DRM.  I will give credit where it's due though.  Tying the scheme in to support their RMAH was clever.  I'm sure they'll net a lot of suckers with it.

Originally posted by Unlight

Being unable to log in to a single player game.  That's what matters.  Regardless of gameplay quality, this game deserves to be lambasted for implementing such an idiotic and onerous form of DRM. 

i agree - thats an annoying DRM for players that only want to play the single player game

Originally posted by Psychow

I wonder what kind of horrible incoherent mess we'd have if developers accepted every teenage game tester's ideas... /shudder

 

I'm sure there are some ideas that are brillient...some...not so much. Since I am not a game developer, nor are the game testors, I have a feeling that there is a slight chance they may know more about the game than me/us. Just a thought.

While I am not a teenager I am pretty sure that this game has a huge teenage gaming consumer target audience. I have been playing video games since 1983 when I was six years old with the Telstar Arcade, Atari, Coleco Vision, Sega, Nintendo, one of the very first home sales of the IBM PC Junior etc. My gaming experience is extensive and vast. I had hoped my input would have been at least listened to.

But you are right that the corporate board who handles the investors dividends holds more sway that people who love playing video games and want to see the best possible game made. Power point presentations handling the revenue shares from the real money auction house took priority over graphics. Morning meetings and confrence calls discussing pre-order sales took precedance over customization. Words like "metrics" were used more than words like "gameplay".

Money > a good game. This is the current state of Blizz's gaming model. Bli$$ard Ent$rtainm$nt

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Let me see, I am not a teenager either and I am having a blast playing this game. Never read Metacritic, I am pretty good at deciding for myself...