[ALL] Diablo III

[Twigg4075]

Get it for 360 and I'll play.

Yeah, no. I downloaded on PS3 so that the wife and I can both play. I wanted to start last night but she doesn't want to stop playing the LEGO games.

 

[Twigg4075]

I finally got the wife to play the other night and she loves it. I really like it but it's because I love dungeon crawlers. Honest;y, I don't know what all the hype about this game or series is about. The graphics are decent but nothing to write home about. The story is just horribly dumb. But the game is super fun and that's all that really matters I guess.

I love how the load times are almost non-existent.

I have had the game freeze on me twice though. First time was when we were porting to the main down and during the load screen it froze. Then the second time was after we entered a new dungeon and wanted to quit. The wife quit first and then I went to quit. Hit the load screen and froze.

 

[jms493]

Diablo 3 is incredible DEEP. The hardcore players beat that game over and over to get the best loot and create the ultimate build in order to conquer the hardest difficulty. There is even a hardcore mode. Also playing throw the game as different characters is fun as well. I don't think the PS3 version is as deep as the PC version as there are layers and layers that the casual will never dive into.

If you are just going to play through once and throw it out...then it isn't anything special.

Does the PS3 version has the paragon levels?

 

[Twigg4075]

Does the PS3 version has the paragon levels?

I have no idea what that is?

I guess the other thing that baffles me about the game is that it took, what, ten years to develop? Or at least a good chunk of the time between it and Diablo 2. That just seems ridiculous for what is a pretty simple dungeon crawler. I mean, as basic and generic as Dungeon Hunter, a game that cost a fraction of what Diablo did at their respective launch, is not much different. I guess I was expecting to be blown away with all the hype the series gets for some reason.

I still love playing though.

 

[jms493]

They were pretty busy with a little game called World of Warcraft...

 

[Twigg4075]

They were pretty busy with a little game called World of Warcraft...

I'm pretty sure all of their development resources weren't tied up just keeping the servers up and releasing a few expansion packs for as game that released in, what, 2003?

I know they released that other Star-something game too, but come on.

 

[Maynard]

having tons of loot does not make a game deep. it just means it has a ton of loot.

D3 is about as over hyped as games come. there is nothing special about it. graphics, story, are pretty lame. the loot only now got good after 2 years of the community telling them how shitty of a game it is.

as for the gameplay...meh....torchlight 2 is fun and if you really want a true follow up to D2 play path of exile. not only does PoE blow away D3 in every way, its also completely free to play

 

[jms493]

You gotta remember Blizzard was a small private company at first. It took years and years to finally roll out WoW to the world. I think 7 years total. They did not have stock holders and they moved at the sound of their own horn. The released Diablo 3 and any other title when they wanted to and not when stockholders demanded it. The people that bitch and complain about Diablo 3 are the people playing for 100's of hours. The game sold 15M...I don't games sell that much based on hype.

It is like Valve not releasing Half Life 2 Episode 2/Half Life 3. If they released it next year would you say they were working in it for 10 years? No.

 

[Maynard]

You gotta remember Blizzard was a small private company at first. It took years and years to finally roll out WoW to the world. I think 7 years total. They did not have stock holders and they moved at the sound of their own horn. The released Diablo 3 and any other title when they wanted to and not when stockholders demanded it. The people that bitch and complain about Diablo 3 are the people playing for 100's of hours. The game sold 15M...I don't games sell that much based on hype.

It is like Valve not releasing Half Life 2 Episode 2/Half Life 3. If they released it next year would you say they were working in it for 10 years? No.

this game sold based on the diablo 2 reputation. 7 mil in sales its first week.

i sure didnt play it for 100 hours and i thought the game was below average especially considering all the hype it received. i find it to be all that fun and thought its systems were boring. the loot was all auction house shit so for a game that boasts loot drops, it didnt offer much by way of crawling for loot. but thats all info already known

i just think this game loses more points when you have a 100% free to play game that is 100 times better and more fun

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

have you played since the new patch maynard? it really did improve the game exponentially. its essentially "fixed" the most glaring issues of the game. blizzard admitting how huge of a mistake and getting rid of the real money auction house (something they themselves were making money off of) shows how serious they were in improving the game. i have played torchlight 2 and enjoyed it but i still like diablo more. i have not tried path of exile yet.

im not sure of the exact numbers but im sure a huge chunk of people have come back to diablo and will be getting the new expansion. i did regret buying into the hype and paying 65 dollars for diablo at launch but now i can say i really do enjoy the game.

 

[Maynard]

have you played since the new patch maynard? it really did improve the game exponentially. its essentially "fixed" the most glaring issues of the game. blizzard admitting how huge of a mistake and getting rid of the real money auction house (something they themselves were making money off of) shows how serious they were in improving the game. i have played torchlight 2 and enjoyed it but i still like diablo more. i have not tried path of exile yet.

im not sure of the exact numbers but im sure a huge chunk of people have come back to diablo and will be getting the new expansion. i did regret buying into the hype and paying 65 dollars for diablo at launch but now i can say i really do enjoy the game.

i have not and i should give it a try again. i have been playing to much skyrim anyways.

 

[KNUBB]

New patch is incredible. It made me no longer think twice about getting the DLC. Have you ever seen a tank demon hunter, cuz I ended up making one by accident and it is awesome


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[KNUBB]

OMG Reaper of Souls. New gear is the fucking tits

 

[KNUBB]

Its so beautiful

 

[KNUBB]

Oh and Adventure Mode ends a little like this

 

[Maynard]

i still cant find a compelling reason to reinstall this game. if i want to play a cool dungeon crawler i can pop in torchlight 2 or path of exile. the sad thing is that paid 60 bucks for d3 and still would rather play these other games.

 

[KNUBB]

i still cant find a compelling reason to reinstall this game. if i want to play a cool dungeon crawler i can pop in torchlight 2 or path of exile. the sad thing is that paid 60 bucks for d3 and still would rather play these other games.

I know your feelings on this, but Adventure mode and Loot runs are complete game changers.

 

[KNUBB]

I cannot stop playing. If anyone is mildly interested I suggest giving the game another shot with the new loot fix. If that hooks you then go ahead and buy the expansion so you can get sucked into Adventure mode. I really can't stop playing.

 

[Twigg4075]

When does the expansion release for PS3 and what will the cost be? Fuck Google. :alone:

Edit: Actually, it looks like the RoS expansion is not coming out for PS3/360. Oh well.

 

[krulmichael]

Any updates on when to expect the PS4 version?

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