umm servers down again 1/10 is my vote

I don't really give 2 shits what any of you haters say, I've been playing the shit out of it with a couple of friends and this is the BEST multiplayer experience I have played in a long time.  Sure it had it's hiccups on release day but what game doesn't?  We are in act 3 right now and it just keeps getting better and better.  Not sure who the hell said they beat it in 8-12 hours, I've already invested 12 and I am no noob when it comes to Diablo.  First time through I watch all cutscenes and listen to the dialogue.  After that I'll skip it, but the story is so good and the action is fierce, combat is brutal and the loot is just gravy.  10/10

Alright, so yesterday at midnight I tried playing the game...And gave up.  I woke up at about 430am and took my dog for a walk, then at 5am I sat down to play the game and was able to log in...I played until 6am and actually had alot of fun, then off to work.  Stressful day, and on my way home all I wanted to do was grab my beer and have a smoke then sit down and play D3...Which I was able to play for 2 hours before the servers went down.  Dang.  Woke up at 530 and played the game for half an hour, then went off to work.  Got home, grabbed a beer and a smoke, then sat down...and after an hour and a half, the servers went down again.

I'm only playing single player...I want to play the game I spent 60 usd on....And I can't....It's a fun game, more or less, though I wish the outdoor areas were much bigger and I ignore the pointy arrows and pulsating circles (can you turn those off?).  Still...It's very very very very annoying that I cannot play this game every time the server goes down...what happens when I'm fighting a boss and a big treasure drops and I'm logged out due to server updates?  I'm 33 years old...I want to play the game that I had to save up for two months to pay for.  (yes, I budget my money, and put asside extra cash and gave up other fun things so as to buy this game).

Been enjoying the game just fine, I would place the game between a 7 and an 8.  

Guess the secret was that I didn't hype myself into a tizzy like some who heralded this game like the second coming of christ.  Oh, and I skipped midnight release, I worked that day, and picked up the game after work.  By the time I got the game installed, took a shower, made some food (yeah, priorities...) the servers were just fine if a little laggy.

Also, metacritic user reviews on most big name releases seem to get some serious vitriol.  I would imagine that is because the people who are actually enjoying the game are too busy playing it to bother going to some website to give their thoughts on it.  Meanwhile, the people who are upset or angry over the game are trying to find a place to vent.

Originally posted by TurkeyB

Originally posted by mad-hatter

I don't really give 2 shits what any of you haters say, I've been playing the shit out of it with a couple of friends and this is the BEST multiplayer experience I have played in a long time.  Sure it had it's hiccups on release day but what game doesn't?  We are in act 3 right now and it just keeps getting better and better.  Not sure who the hell said they beat it in 8-12 hours, I've already invested 12 and I am no noob when it comes to Diablo.  First time through I watch all cutscenes and listen to the dialogue.  After that I'll skip it, but the story is so good and the action is fierce, combat is brutal and the loot is just gravy.  10/10

0/10 troll thread. Rabid fanboy paid corporate shill. Enjoy Blizzard standing up on your table and dropping a stanley steamer onto your plate. We get it you LOVE the taste of shit. You wish blizzard would skip the middle man and just shit directly into your mouth so you could tell everyone how amazing the taste of shit is. You want to chew Blizzards turds endlessly. We get it.

10/10 because the taste of turds and shit is so delicious!

If you credit that review as a 100% worthless review, then you must, by default, credit the opposite reviews the same. Both provide an unreliable and unclear picture of what the game really is. Both provide a numerical score un-telling of the real story or relatable experience.

Of course the low rating for SWTOR on metacritic is deserved, but the low rating for D3 is inconsequential....

Pardon me while I fucking laugh out loud at all the hypocrits.

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.

 

this made to some degree my already great day...^^
...played D3 now for 36 hours. game is out for 52...

First playthrough normal mode, second hardcore. next thing is hardcore nightmare...last time I had this much fun with a MP title is long ago. Playing games since the 8bit generation.

So yeah, nice meta score indeed. (:

people still listen to metacritic? i thought they would get tired of the 10/10 and 1/10 whiney fanboy revies by now.

"noes, this game isnt exaclty what i wanted, 1/10!!!11!11"

Originally posted by mad-hatter

I don't really give 2 shits what any of you haters say, I've been playing the shit out of it with a couple of friends and this is the BEST multiplayer experience I have played in a long time.  Sure it had it's hiccups on release day but what game doesn't?  We are in act 3 right now and it just keeps getting better and better.  Not sure who the hell said they beat it in 8-12 hours, I've already invested 12 and I am no noob when it comes to Diablo.  First time through I watch all cutscenes and listen to the dialogue.  After that I'll skip it, but the story is so good and the action is fierce, combat is brutal and the loot is just gravy.  10/10

I'm glad you are enjoying the game, and it's decent no doubt. Remember just because you don't beat it in 8hours, doesn't mean somebody else couldn't.

What game doesn't have hiccups? Did you really write that? Haha sorry I'm being a bit of a jerk now. But please tell me what hack and slash game had trouble at launch like diablo 3. None, zero, nada. You know why? Because they where not online only. 

I can respect people buying the game because they love it. But the problems are unnecessary, and there is really no justification for doing it. Other companies may follow and think it's okay to do this. It's not, in 2012 we shoulds be moving forward, having no region locked bullshit, we should be moving forward. Online only drm is not. It's a huge step back, and it's sad to see people sometimes blindingly accepting it.

Fine buy and enjoy your game, but you shouldn't think this practice is acceptable. There is no justification for it.

Originally posted by dubyahite
No you got it Erin warnaster, they let you rate the game a 0.

Zero, I can't imagine what a game that could realistically get a zero would be like. What does that even mean?

I would say zero would be that the game doesn't actually exist/never got released.

Who are these idiots that seriously think any game is a zero, let alone a AAA title. Funny stuff.

Wow, thats especially sad, even teh worst games out there dont deserve a zero.

Originally posted by Dredphyre

Of course the low rating for SWTOR on metacritic is deserved, but the low rating for D3 is inconsequential....

 

Pardon me while fucking laugh out loud at all the hypocrits.

read the reviews.  they were made by people who couldn't log in lol.  Think about the purpose of a review?

two weeks down the road when everything is stable and no one even remembers the server problems, how relevant will those reviews be, especially to new buyers?

Originally posted by Dredphyre

Of course the low rating for SWTOR on metacritic is deserved, but the low rating for D3 is inconsequential....

 

Pardon me while I fucking laugh out loud at all the hypocrits.

Yea, I actually went and tried to find a game that I thought the ratings were way off on. I couldn't find one. 

Morrowind - 9.6

Skyrim - 8.1

Minecraft - 6.8

Asheron's Call - 9.6

WoW - 6.9

SWTOR - 5.7

I just randomly pulled up these games, and besides AC being rated a bit too high I don't disagree with any of these. I generally agree with aggregate metacritic scores 100% of the time. Obviously, that community likes games with some sort of depth, and they do not like games that are similar to other games. If someone's taste don't run that way I wouldn't expect them to use metacritic. They can use the paid for reviews from gamespot and others that rate crap/mediocre games outrageously high.

Undoubtedly, the rating for D3 will go up, but its still being percieved by a boatload of people as not good enough. I'm gonna trust that, and not buy it for a few years - if ever.

Originally posted by Golelorn

Originally posted by Dredphyre

Of course the low rating for SWTOR on metacritic is deserved, but the low rating for D3 is inconsequential....

 

Pardon me while I fucking laugh out loud at all the hypocrits.

Yea, I actually went and tried to find a game that I thought the ratings were way off on. I couldn't find one. 

Morrowind - 9.6

Skyrim - 8.1

Minecraft - 6.8

Asheron's Call - 9.6

WoW - 6.9

SWTOR - 5.7

I just randomly pulled up these games, and besides AC being rated a bit too high I don't disagree with any of these. I generally agree with aggregate metacritic scores 100% of the time. Obviously, that community likes games with some sort of depth, and they do not like games that are similar to other games. If someone's taste don't run that way I wouldn't expect them to use metacritic. They can use the paid for reviews from gamespot and others that rate crap/mediocre games outrageously high.

 

Undoubtedly, the rating for D3 will go up, but its still being percieved by a boatload of people as not good enough. I'm gonna trust that, and not buy it for a few years - if ever.

 Asherons Call is rated that high because its the best game on that list.

Originally posted by DrunkWolf

Originally posted by Golelorn

Originally posted by Dredphyre

Of course the low rating for SWTOR on metacritic is deserved, but the low rating for D3 is inconsequential....

 

Pardon me while I fucking laugh out loud at all the hypocrits.

Yea, I actually went and tried to find a game that I thought the ratings were way off on. I couldn't find one. 

Morrowind - 9.6

Skyrim - 8.1

Minecraft - 6.8

Asheron's Call - 9.6

WoW - 6.9

SWTOR - 5.7

I just randomly pulled up these games, and besides AC being rated a bit too high I don't disagree with any of these. I generally agree with aggregate metacritic scores 100% of the time. Obviously, that community likes games with some sort of depth, and they do not like games that are similar to other games. If someone's taste don't run that way I wouldn't expect them to use metacritic. They can use the paid for reviews from gamespot and others that rate crap/mediocre games outrageously high.

 

Undoubtedly, the rating for D3 will go up, but its still being percieved by a boatload of people as not good enough. I'm gonna trust that, and not buy it for a few years - if ever.

 Asherons Call is rated that high because its the best game on that list.

2nd best.

Originally posted by zymurgeist

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.

About 3/4ths of those reasons are why I did not purchase Diablo 3. 

Quite simply, not a good product and a shameful one at that to the Diablo franchise.

Any rating system based on anoymous user reviews is doomed to fail.  What's to stop a competitor from creating a thousand fake accounts and rating a game 0 a thousand times.

Now that said, the ability to actually play the game should be considered part of the review process.  If there is frequent downtime, server issues, whatever, then the game deserves to be downgraded because of that.  I personally haven't had any issues though, but I play in Australian times so off-peak compared to when most players around the world will be on.

Originally posted by mad-hatter

I don't really give 2 shits what any of you haters say, I've been playing the shit out of it with a couple of friends and this is the BEST multiplayer experience I have played in a long time.  Sure it had it's hiccups on release day but what game doesn't?  We are in act 3 right now and it just keeps getting better and better.  Not sure who the hell said they beat it in 8-12 hours, I've already invested 12 and I am no noob when it comes to Diablo.  First time through I watch all cutscenes and listen to the dialogue.  After that I'll skip it, but the story is so good and the action is fierce, combat is brutal and the loot is just gravy.  10/10

oh man, i have to ask all my friends to buy this game.

Originally posted by Ghabbo

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.

If Metacritic is useless these days, then to be honest any site that relies on user opinion to generate content also is...

Like this one. And this thread.

I guess the key message to take from this is that every opion you read from someone you don't know on the internet is worhless.