This game plays like Diablo 2 did. Why Blizz didnt stick to the gold old ways is beyond me but this game goes to show you that there was nothign wrong with it! I feel like im playing a updated D2 and LOVING IT! Been having the most fun ive had in a year that no other game has yet to deliver. Shur they have there problems here n there but are adressing it!

Here are some of the highlights i loved about this game:

-MODS and DEVS in GAME! they actually talk to there players and moderate chat! I seen 1 mod hand out a temp mute to a spammer who was spamming in all caps! A++ never seen any other game that has mods dedicated to the global chat!

-NO there will NOT be a AH! Is what a Dev told me! PRAIS BE TO ALLA!

-Skill tree looks confuzing at first but really its easy ass cake! And most of it isnt even skills its just stats like DEX and  STR.

-PvP PvP PvP..need i say more?

-NO GOLD AS CURRENCY! yup no gold you trade items FOR items even at vendors! Kinda fun actually i liek it!

and much much more but i dont have time to type it all cuz im going back to play sum more!

I see this game taking up ALOT of my time just like D2 did...i would GLADLY play 59.99 for this game if it wasnt FREE TO PLAY!

The cash shop is purly 100% cosmetic items! Pets, glow effects too your weapons, or armor, dance moves, bigger bank slots, more char slots. So really there is ZERO need to even use it...but i did since i love this game O SO MUCH! Bought me a lil green frog pet :p and a purple glow to my sword :p

THIS IS DIABLO 3! Not the utter failure Blizz released!

It's good and it's better than D3 in more ways than it's not.. but I think a lot of people are suffering from the 'new shiny' syndrome. It's not perfect by any means.. there's just more discovery and less handholding. Once that novelty goes there's a lot of issues the game has. Some people are overhyping.

.. but it's good. Everyone should at least try it, it's free afterall.

Originally posted by Wraith0
I have only played a few hours and this game is really good.  A true heir to the old D2.  

Actually I feel like its more of an heir to Diablo 1 than too. Diablo 2 had a bit more of a Blizzardesque animated feel not as dark and gritty. Also Diablo 2 had strict classes more like diablo 3.

PoE however seems to have a more open system similar to Diablo 1 where you pick a class but all the skills(gems) and what not are shared amongst all the classes. Also that dark more realistic spooky look is similar to Diablo 1 rather than 2.

Yea, I have to agree POE is way better than Diablo 3.

Originally posted by Aeonblades
I want some easy ass cake. Sounds bootyful.

I loves me some easy ass cake.     However, yes this game is great.  This is one of the best F2P setups I have seen in a game.  You can tell the devs made this game with a lot of luv too in the passive skill tree and the way skills work.  It has a few rough edges, but I'm sure those will go away since the game just started it's open beta.  It's definitely closer to D2 than D3 was.

What did you guys want from Diablo 3 in the first place? 

Mounts?

Houses with a farmville component?

An expansive world bgiger than 64 WOW maps glued together to get utterly lost in?

A full-fledged MMO set in Sancturary to do raids agianst Diablo and all the other lords of Hell?

Even with the online requirement and no LAN or Offline mode, I think they did a good job.  Kill packs of monsters, grab increasingly powerful items do pimp yourself out and ultimetly kill the devil.  That is the CORE of the entire Diablo franchize. 

Hoardslaying.

Originally posted by Mondo80

What did you guys want from Diablo 3 in the first place? 

Mounts?

Houses with a farmville component?

I can only speak for myself, but I was hoping for: 

• meaningful character development
• longevity
• dark atmosphere
• no P2W

So you wanted D3 to be a poor D2 clone?

Glad we cleared that up.

You're throwing support to a game which doesn't even have a viewing distance to truly support a ranged class. Something which I told them in my almost 1 year closed beta tenure. Yet, I was IGNORED. 

This game's features were dictated by D2 fans with biased and unrealistic views of what D2 was like. And it shows.

Funny how PoE fans desperately try to look down on D3. You should see ingame general chat...

Both games are pretty good. You guys should instead be happy for different options in same genre and thank for it.

Grow up, not down.

@OP I agree..

This is a great game and what D3 should have been instead of that scooby doo style graphics and other crap that D3 turned out to be..

Originally posted by Mondo80

What did you guys want from Diablo 3 in the first place? 

1. PvP.

2. Random maps.

3. More than 1 viable build for my monk.

4. I would LOVE a never ending dungeon that got progressively harder each level. 

I have hopes that the game will have 2 of the 4 on my list before too long. I don't know that I will ever see the other 2.

To be on topic though, I have been playing and enjoying Path of Exile. I like how characters develop in the game and the skill system is nice. The lack of currency besides items is an interesting concept too. It will be interesting to see how PoE evolves from here on.