Originally posted by Castillle

Considering Lucas Arts is responsible for "That Which Shall Not Be Named" I put my blame on them.

Uhhh....

That is really disturbing.

Woo, $30 for Skyrim and $7.50 for Borderland GOTY....

Steam, you suck (money out of my bank account).

I did alot of the content for free when I played this game.  I played the auction house, buying the cash shop currency (diamonds) for in game currency.  I would then re-sell the diamonds at a higher rate on the AH and continue repeating the process.  Never spent a single cent of my own money.

Sure, it take time, but it is the same as playing the AH in any other game.

Only when my friends want to group up and do some dungeon crawling, otherwise.... no.

Yeah, I got an Assassin to about level 58-60, but quit because leveling was getting a bit tedious.  Leveling isn't so bad if you get the premium + exp boosters as they affect quest exp.  The secret was to do all the available quests for the level, pop a short term high exp booster, and quickly go turn in all your quests.  Would usually get your level or very close to it.  Leveling is pretty easy up to 45 or so without any cash shop exp boosts, and you can get pretty good gear and exp by doing instances like the Secret Lab.

Solid f2p game, was a good choice for those looking for f2p years ago.... but now I would just point people in the direction of League of Legends, Aion, or Lineage 2 for some cheap entertainment.

Tried the WD in the Beta, but I have been playing Wizard since launch.  Magic Weapon + Familiar (with +dmg rune) + Lightning shield (lower arcane cost) + Disintigrate (Nexus) = Stuff dies super fast.

Just beat Skeleton King in NM, so im not too far yet.

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.

I read this as "Hey guys.... can you please stop playing D3 and doing OTHER weekend betas to look at our game?  Please...... :( "

The wait is over for the game to release, but the wait to actually get to play because of server issues has just begun.

Originally posted by DiSpLiFF

yeah pretty much the reason I'm not going to midnight release. 

Figure servers will be a mess for at least a few hours after official launch. 

Hopefully it's better tomorrow as I took the day off work.. 

Exactly the same reason I am not bothering with midnight release.  Figure I will enjoy my night tonight, get a good night's sleep, and pick the game up after work tomorrow.  The servers will (hopefully) be in working order by then.

Skyrim was fun, but I enjoyed Morrowind much more.  At least Skyrim is better than Oblivion imo.

As for the the OP, the reason the basic mechanics have changed is probably to try new things, or to keep up with the changing preferences of gamers.

Well, that beta key is pretty useless to me atm.  I can't even download the installer, just keep getting a browser error that it could not connect.

/sigh

Very nice, got a key!

Yay for OCD checking for em every 15 minutes.

Yeah, the wait doesn't bother me anymore.  It was waiting for the announcement of a release date that was killing me.  Reading Game of Thrones and playing Portal 2 has been keeping my free time to a minimum.  Working 6 days a week also helps me keep busy, so I don't have too much time to think about Diablo 3.

Stay strong.

Originally posted by Aori

Well fiddlesticks, how'd I miss this -.-

 

Probably cause it was started in the middle of a workday?

Originally posted by grimfall

Originally posted by Vesavius

Originally posted by eric_w66

Didn't I play this in 1995?

 

I consider that a compliment to a title, considering where recent game design has gone on the whole.

Some quick math... 10 million registered users,  600,000 fans on Facebook.. that means 94% of the people who tried it didn't even like it enough to admit it to their friends.

 

Yeah, that is bad logic behind your math to prove a point.  You are assuming that 100% of their registered users have a facebook.  You are also assuming that every person who plays the game even cares about going to the game's facebook page to "like" it.  To put that in perspective, that is about as bad as assuming that every person who gets a mail in survey sent to them will respond and take the time to answer honestly.

The game looks okay, I will pass on it as I will be playing other games soon enough.

Originally posted by Tyroki

Torchlight will be cheaper, have mod support, won't be permanently online, and is being made by some of the original team.

 

Therefore, Torchlight is more the 'sequel to the greatest online hack 'n slash ever' than Diablo 3 has any chance of being, even if the worlds are different.

Heck, even Path to Exile is pulling it off better than Blizzard. Path to Exile may be a somewhat different beast, but at it's core it feels very similar. It even feels dark and gritty, unlike Diablo 3.

 

Blizzard lost their truely talented developers years ago.

Hello there fellow MtG player (maybe).

Been playing Rift since launch and still try to find some time to log in each day and do something.

The new ID raid is a blast.

Originally posted by Kehdar

 

I like Diablo 3 and I played that part, but what amazing about this video? o.O

 

 

It was probably shameless self promotion of his own video.

Originally posted by Lexin

FFXI.

This.