Bottom line ignore any user review less than a 5 or a 10.  They're etheir trolls and epic fanboys.

Originally posted by p_c_sousa

the problem is that single player need to have online (hope after Diablo 3 companys give up on this). i dont see the point, someone  will eventually make a private server like many did for WoW.

Those priated servers did not run the game, the guys running the server had to create the content and it was always buggy.

I know there was a bunch of pissed off people that the regular difficulty verison of the game only contained between 12 and 15 hours of gameplay.

Originally posted by Shaike

Originally posted by William12

Originally posted by dubyahite

The game is actually extremely good.

 

My guess is a combination of the usual fake reviews and people that are raging out about the launch. I mean, there were like 3 emergency maintenances in one day today. 

 

No a HUGE % of diablo fans do not like what they did to the game.   Being a fan I don't think its what I wanted in a D3, but if you judge the game on its own its a great game people are judging it on what they waited 10 years for and didnt get though.

How else would you judge the game?

GW2 and Torchlight II were both judged the same way - and even in their Beta state i would prefer them to the "final" D3 state.

GW2 and Torchlight II for me :-)

The only numbers that actually "matter" (if you into numbers that is) are the SALES-numbers......then suddenly D3 OWNZ with a cool fiew million sales wont it?

GW2 will be its only competition on the market.....the rest fails.....egain if you are a numbers kinda fella :p

To me number aint shit......i play the games i like no matter what the internet polls say.

Get a mind of you own people.....

For those of you with half a brain that actually read those "reviews", they are people mad about the launch day servers rather then the game itself.

The entire "review" system on Amazon and sites like that are just voting booths.

Originally posted by Rhianni32

For those of you with half a brain that actually read those "reviews", they are people mad about the launch day servers rather then the game itself.

The entire "review" system on Amazon and sites like that are just voting booths.

Are you blind?

I see plenty of reviews like this one:

I fully accept that this is entertaining for some people - though I fail to understand how it can be, but I think its utterly annoying that every bloody game with a decent budget is aimed at these peope. Even games in series that used to be above decent - Like Diablo.

Damn, I am  glad I didnt support Blizzard by buying this game. First they ruin the MMORPG-genre by reducing WoW to a nobrain-actiongame (which is copied by all other semi-large companies) and now the Action-RPG genre is reduced to simple action aswell. They deserve nothing but being mocked.

Originally posted by Kickaxe

What about Metacritic?  3.4 with 1694 ratings.  Harsh.

I was going to buy this game but by the 300th "Faggot blzrd pay2win actionhouse wowtard arena game 4 casuals lol failz" review on metacrtitc i changed my mind

It's complete bullshit. This game will be the most successful game of this year. Amazon cranked up the price of the game through the roof at 45 pounds because so many people are buying the game. 

People will QQ now because of the problems with the launch. In 1-2 months when millions of people still play the game, they will just put it as a small negative highlight. 

Also I looked at metacritic user score and I wasn't surprised at all. I hate that website with passion and everyone who reviews on it. To me they are all just one huge waste of internet space. I would say wait for critic reviews. To hell with user reviews :D They are so biased these days. Simply because of one thing, e.g. no offline singleplayer they will give it a 0

Originally posted by fascism

Originally posted by Kickaxe

What about Metacritic?  3.4 with 1694 ratings.  Harsh.

 

I was going to buy this game but by the 300th "Faggot blzrd pay2win actionhouse wowtard arena game 4 casuals lol failz" review on metacrtitc i changed my mind

This clearly shows the mental capacity of the person reviewing the game.

Originally posted by fivoroth

It's complete bullshit. This game will be the most successful game of this year. Amazon cranked up the price of the game through the roof at 45 pounds because so many people are buying the game. 

People will QQ now because of the problems with the launch. In 1-2 months when millions of people still play the game, they will just put it as a small negative highlight. 

Also I looked at metacritic user score and I wasn't surprised at all. I hate that website with passion and everyone who reviews on it. To me they are all just one huge waste of internet space. I would say wait for critic reviews. To hell with user reviews :D They are so biased these days. Simply because of one thing, e.g. no offline singleplayer they will give it a 0

Originally posted by fascism

Originally posted by Kickaxe

What about Metacritic?  3.4 with 1694 ratings.  Harsh.

 

I was going to buy this game but by the 300th "Faggot blzrd pay2win actionhouse wowtard arena game 4 casuals lol failz" review on metacrtitc i changed my mind

This clearly shows the mental capacity of the person reviewing the game.

 So I have been enjoying the game enough when I have been able to play. Your right that people are raging over launch....Me too on that one. If you are going to allow for a single player (or solo play) experience contingent on a persistent connection it better darn well work from the get go. I don' care what other say this game is NOT an MMO but we have all the MMO launch woes without the MMO benefits.

I would be fine if they had some challenges with Co-op and PVP as long as I could play my single player game but I am not able to consistantly do that.

Will it be the biggest game and have a million players....maybe in PVP or multiplayer but certainly not in the single player mode. The game is too short and starts too easy. With expacs, maybe that could change. I never heard people saying they finished D2 in 12 hours.

So, as I said. I am liking that game and will finish it, and will likely play again with different characters and in hard mode but I won't be forgetting this terrible launch experience too soon and don't see myself playing it still in a years time.

This is my biggest beef with Amazon, anyone can post a review, they should make it so you can only review items you've purchased. reminds me way back when you could leave feedback for people on Ebay without buying from them, they finally figured out people used it as a way to boost feedback artificially.

Looks like they rated battle.net not diablo 3

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Originally posted by expresso
t's all QQ'ing about launch .. D3 is a 9 easy.

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Single player game you need to be online to play and maybe 12+ hours of actual content and the rest is a complete grind fest. TADA!

I like the breakdown.

Those people reviewing it must have played PoE like I did. If I hadn't tried PoE, I would give Diable III a better score. But, after playing a game that I thought was somewhat superior, I can't bring myself to rave about Diablo III. It is a good game, but not worthy of anything above a 5 out 10...IMHO.

Originally posted by Numquam

It is with great regret that I have to say this, but Diablo III epitomizes everything that is wrong with the current generation of gamers - gamers, who never had to learn things the hard way or actually work for their characters. Instead, they click re-roll/re-spec whenever things go wrong. Obviously the emphasis has been to please the masses - make a game that sells, regardless of how proud you are of it. At some point of the design process Blizzard became a game studio that saw things as they were and asked why, instead of being the studio that dreamed of things that never were and asked why not.

 

After seing WoW becoming a game for kids that just wanted action and had no attachment to their characters nor any interest in in-depth character customisation, I just knew this would be how Diablo would be. Blizzard is spitting on a genre by calling this an RPG, really.

 

Its fair enough that a lot of people can enjoy this, but during these years a huge group of RPG-gamers are being ignored because its easier to make money from kids than adults. Almost every game being developed by companies with decent budgets are overly simplified and lacking depth. It is all about being fast on your fingers and being easy to impress with visual effects and other shiny stuff.

I fully accept that this is entertaining for some people - though I fail to understand how it can be, but I think its utterly annoying that every bloody game with a decent budget is aimed at these peope. Even games in series that used to be above decent - Like Diablo.

Damn, I am  glad I didnt support Blizzard by buying this game. First they ruin the MMORPG-genre by reducing WoW to a nobrain-actiongame (which is copied by all other semi-large companies) and now the Action-RPG genre is reduced to simple action aswell. They deserve nothing but being mocked.

this review right here. agree completely and it really hurts to say that. :(

This is the same thing that happened with Mass effect 3, everyone rated it and raged over the last 15 minutes of the game.  Bottom line, people are stupid.

It was destined to get a low score due to people who hate one or more of the following:

1) That it doesn't have an offline mode

2) That it has a money auction house and/or that they take 15% and another 15% for paypal xfer

3) That it abandoned skill trees

4) That it wasn't made by the guys that made D2 (only partially true)

5) That it doesn't look like D2

6) Blizzard haters

The launch only made the non-offline mode crowd grow.  I was pretty perturbed as well.  I also wouldn't rate the game until I've beaten it on at least normal.

Most is just people raging over not been able to play and the lag when they playing by themselves. I got a friend key to play up to the first 10 lvl. I'll say if you like hack and slash you will like this. To me i prefer mmorpgs with open world rather than co-op, but i play it if i have a friend to play with but i defininally will never solo play D3. But thats just me, but ya overall game is good for what its built for.

Originally posted by FrodoFragins

It was destined to get a low score due to people who hate one or more of the following:

 

1) That it doesn't have an offline mode

2) That it has a money auction house and/or that they take 15% and another 15% for paypal xfer

3) That it abandoned skill trees

4) That it wasn't made by the guys that made D2 (only partially true)

5) That it doesn't look like D2

6) Blizzard haters

 

The launch only made the non-offline mode crowd grow.  I was pretty perturbed as well.  I also wouldn't rate the game until I've beaten it on at least normal.

Yep, pretty much all the above.