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5.0 out of 5 starsFINALLY playable!
Byr88myon 15 March 2014
I bought this on release having never played diablo however unlike most people I didnt really have an issue with the gameplay/story as I didnt have the previous games to compare it to.
My biggest problem with the game and why I lost interest after a while was that everything was centred around the auction house, and for a casual gamer like me it was awful. In order to get decent equipment, crafting materials or blacksmith plans you needed to go to the auction house. The loot drops were farcacal, so much so that after playing with all 5 characters and levelling 4 of them up to level 60 I didnt have any legendary loot or items of real worth to show. I had to go to the auction house to get my gear, which in turn meant having to spend alot of gold (or real money) which in turn made the game a grind and i felt i was just playing the game to earn gold to spend in the auction house. The loot drops for my characaters were so weak and not suited for the character class that i had no choice or the game became too hard as i moved up the difficulty or participated in multiplayer.
Fast forward to patch 2.0 and what a difference. No more auction house, the loot drops are fantastic and relevant to the character class. Having spent a couple of hours on each character I have already had multiple legendary drops, various (inc a green very rare) blacksmith plans, and every other item dropped has stats which are relevent to the class being played. This is the way the game should have been from the beginning, its actually a joy to play now and loot hunting is my favorite aspect. There are also some other minor tweaks too. I would say to anyone who has played this game casually in the past like me but put off to give it another try, I guarantee you will see a difference.
My biggest problem with the game and why I lost interest after a while was that everything was centred around the auction house, and for a casual gamer like me it was awful. In order to get decent equipment, crafting materials or blacksmith plans you needed to go to the auction house. The loot drops were farcacal, so much so that after playing with all 5 characters and levelling 4 of them up to level 60 I didnt have any legendary loot or items of real worth to show. I had to go to the auction house to get my gear, which in turn meant having to spend alot of gold (or real money) which in turn made the game a grind and i felt i was just playing the game to earn gold to spend in the auction house. The loot drops for my characaters were so weak and not suited for the character class that i had no choice or the game became too hard as i moved up the difficulty or participated in multiplayer.
Fast forward to patch 2.0 and what a difference. No more auction house, the loot drops are fantastic and relevant to the character class. Having spent a couple of hours on each character I have already had multiple legendary drops, various (inc a green very rare) blacksmith plans, and every other item dropped has stats which are relevent to the class being played. This is the way the game should have been from the beginning, its actually a joy to play now and loot hunting is my favorite aspect. There are also some other minor tweaks too. I would say to anyone who has played this game casually in the past like me but put off to give it another try, I guarantee you will see a difference.
Top critical review
13 people found this helpful
2.0 out of 5 starsTHE DEVIL IN THE CORPORATION
ByNeuroSpliceron 14 December 2013
Even if I was a great fan of the original Diablo and D2, I was late in deciding to take D3 on. It was a combination of factors, from the bad reviews the game kept getting, to the constant servers errors I kept hearing about and to me being too busy to take up such a time-eater. However, I came across it at a great discount and, on an impulse, decided to give it a try. Three weeks of (casual) gameplay later this is what I think.
DIABOLICALLY GORGEOUS
The game is beautiful to look at and a visual pleasure to play in. The environments are meticulously rendered and yet they loose none of their details when zoomed in or acted upon. Blowing up tree trunks or exploding bodies of enemies is both fun and physically accurate. Sure, some heads or pieces of wood can be seen to spin for too long, but that is part of the game's appeal, right? You are become Death, the destroyer of Worlds!
YOUR CHORD SOUNDS FAMILIAR
The sounds are better than the music but they are both quite well made. What I found strange was that, at least once, throughout Act I, the background music clearly reminded me of the main theme from Baldur's Gate. Let's chalk this one off as ...tribute.
GRINDING BUILDS CHARACTER.
The bad news is that it builds exactly the same kind of character for everyone. There are no choices when leveling up. Everything eventually gets unlocked for you and you only get to choose what 4 skills to use and which runes to combine with each one. Your strength, dexterity, intelligence and vitality get automatically increased, depending on your class. No more making a tank out of a ranger I am afraid. And this is where the game looses its first star.
The fact that you get to have a sidekick that does practically little more than keep the mobs occupied until you dispense of them, does not help either.
CULTURAL PHOBIAS DO NOT A GOOD STORY MAKE
Yes, the story plot is infantile, disrespectful to the original games (I will refrain from spoiling it) and it offers very little help in immersing into the game world. It is unfortunate because, BLIZZARD has proved in the past that they can produce games with a very good back-story, such as Starcraft II.
However, this a game franchise that is heavily invested on the Judeo-Christian culture of the Devil. Just read the name on the box! So, taking away demonic pentagrams and most religious symbols (some crosses can still be found) fools no one. Because once you go down that road and then decide to backup, you should make sure not to step on yourself and trip. As in: if a golden-eyed Fallen Angel (Hello!) is helping you fight Diablo, are you sure who is the Devil and who is not?
LOOT. LOOT NEVER CHANGES.
Well designed and clearly labeled items make all the difference in the world. I would love for Borderlands 2 items to have such a clear Damager-Per-Second (DPS) number to make comparisons easier. Pair this with an inventory that is big enough and free of the need to play item-Tetris in (all items take up either one or two vertical squares) and you have yourself almost loot haven. Almost because you still get too many unusable items, mostly because of class restrictions.
You can stash such items in your common stash to share with your other heroes (on the same BattleNet account) but make sure to find the necessary...700,000 gold to pay for all the extra stash space. Hint: use the Auction House while you still can.
The only thing I found missing is the ability to add sockets to magical items and enchant regular ones.
THE AUCTION HOUSE: BRILLIANT! (WHEN IT WORKS)
I am going to go against the current here but here it is: I found the Auction House a brilliant idea. Well designed and decently executed. I am going to be sad to see it go on March, as announced. I can only hope they change their mind before then.
In all honesty, I am currently a Demon Hunter at Nightmare difficulty. And I have heard the complaints that it is impossible to finish Inferno without Real-Money Auction House (which is clearly not how it is supposed to work) but up to Nightmare, using the Auction House is the only way to get enough money to be able to do the enhancements you want, craft or buy the items you covet and unlock the precious extra stash space you need.
CHAINS IN NEED OF BREAKING
I withheld the second star because of the always-online requirement. Because it is indeed a hassle and a hindrance (just try pausing in town for longer than half and hour and see what happens). Yes, the game does offer some gameplay features (namely, the Auction-House) to compensate for the inconvenience but they all give way to anger and frustration whenever BlLIZZARD's servers go down and you are unable to play a Single-player game for days at a time(!). Take away the Auction-House, however, and the always-online requirement becomes a severe and now unjustified hindrance!
THE ORIGINAL SIN
No, D3 looses its third and final star for being both short and boring at times. There, I said it. Yes, it is a well balanced eye-candie, with tons of loot, problematic character development yet the gameplay feels like at chore at times and it is over before you know it. I even found Act I (the one offered for free as a demo) to be better designed and longer than the rest.
It is like that old Woody Allen joke: two old ladies are complaining about their retirement home catering. "The food was awful, barely edible", "I know", her friend replied, "and such small portions!".
DIABOLICALLY GORGEOUS
The game is beautiful to look at and a visual pleasure to play in. The environments are meticulously rendered and yet they loose none of their details when zoomed in or acted upon. Blowing up tree trunks or exploding bodies of enemies is both fun and physically accurate. Sure, some heads or pieces of wood can be seen to spin for too long, but that is part of the game's appeal, right? You are become Death, the destroyer of Worlds!
YOUR CHORD SOUNDS FAMILIAR
The sounds are better than the music but they are both quite well made. What I found strange was that, at least once, throughout Act I, the background music clearly reminded me of the main theme from Baldur's Gate. Let's chalk this one off as ...tribute.
GRINDING BUILDS CHARACTER.
The bad news is that it builds exactly the same kind of character for everyone. There are no choices when leveling up. Everything eventually gets unlocked for you and you only get to choose what 4 skills to use and which runes to combine with each one. Your strength, dexterity, intelligence and vitality get automatically increased, depending on your class. No more making a tank out of a ranger I am afraid. And this is where the game looses its first star.
The fact that you get to have a sidekick that does practically little more than keep the mobs occupied until you dispense of them, does not help either.
CULTURAL PHOBIAS DO NOT A GOOD STORY MAKE
Yes, the story plot is infantile, disrespectful to the original games (I will refrain from spoiling it) and it offers very little help in immersing into the game world. It is unfortunate because, BLIZZARD has proved in the past that they can produce games with a very good back-story, such as Starcraft II.
However, this a game franchise that is heavily invested on the Judeo-Christian culture of the Devil. Just read the name on the box! So, taking away demonic pentagrams and most religious symbols (some crosses can still be found) fools no one. Because once you go down that road and then decide to backup, you should make sure not to step on yourself and trip. As in: if a golden-eyed Fallen Angel (Hello!) is helping you fight Diablo, are you sure who is the Devil and who is not?
LOOT. LOOT NEVER CHANGES.
Well designed and clearly labeled items make all the difference in the world. I would love for Borderlands 2 items to have such a clear Damager-Per-Second (DPS) number to make comparisons easier. Pair this with an inventory that is big enough and free of the need to play item-Tetris in (all items take up either one or two vertical squares) and you have yourself almost loot haven. Almost because you still get too many unusable items, mostly because of class restrictions.
You can stash such items in your common stash to share with your other heroes (on the same BattleNet account) but make sure to find the necessary...700,000 gold to pay for all the extra stash space. Hint: use the Auction House while you still can.
The only thing I found missing is the ability to add sockets to magical items and enchant regular ones.
THE AUCTION HOUSE: BRILLIANT! (WHEN IT WORKS)
I am going to go against the current here but here it is: I found the Auction House a brilliant idea. Well designed and decently executed. I am going to be sad to see it go on March, as announced. I can only hope they change their mind before then.
In all honesty, I am currently a Demon Hunter at Nightmare difficulty. And I have heard the complaints that it is impossible to finish Inferno without Real-Money Auction House (which is clearly not how it is supposed to work) but up to Nightmare, using the Auction House is the only way to get enough money to be able to do the enhancements you want, craft or buy the items you covet and unlock the precious extra stash space you need.
CHAINS IN NEED OF BREAKING
I withheld the second star because of the always-online requirement. Because it is indeed a hassle and a hindrance (just try pausing in town for longer than half and hour and see what happens). Yes, the game does offer some gameplay features (namely, the Auction-House) to compensate for the inconvenience but they all give way to anger and frustration whenever BlLIZZARD's servers go down and you are unable to play a Single-player game for days at a time(!). Take away the Auction-House, however, and the always-online requirement becomes a severe and now unjustified hindrance!
THE ORIGINAL SIN
No, D3 looses its third and final star for being both short and boring at times. There, I said it. Yes, it is a well balanced eye-candie, with tons of loot, problematic character development yet the gameplay feels like at chore at times and it is over before you know it. I even found Act I (the one offered for free as a demo) to be better designed and longer than the rest.
It is like that old Woody Allen joke: two old ladies are complaining about their retirement home catering. "The food was awful, barely edible", "I know", her friend replied, "and such small portions!".
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ByHappy Customeron 9 June 2012
I am going to be brutally honest about this review.
I have Diablo and Diablo 2. Played Diablo 2 and finished hell level. Played softcore, hardcore as well as PvP.
Overall, I'm going to say this: THIS GAME IS NOT FUN TO PLAY. What game can be considered good if it's not fun?
Note: mobs - monsters
Plus of this game:
1. More hints to help you move along the game. More idiot-proof (too much guidance in my opinion, but some players may like it)
2. Relatively enjoyable cutscenes, though it's repeated for every character class with little variation. Both genders offered for each of the 5 character classes.
3. Bigger stash, shared among characters so transferring between characters is easier. Items take up less space compared to previous games.
4. References to older games which many players can identify with.
5. Abilities are more impressive, lots of explosions and earth shaking attacks.
Minus of this game:
1. IT IS NOT FUN TO PLAY. This is the biggest problem. Save yourself the anguish and go play some other game that's fun to play. I believe most gamers expect to at least finish the game and enjoy it while doing so. This is the biggest problem with this game - balance. The game has not been play-tested properly and sufficiently for balance. Some mobs are relatively meek but others are downright impossible to go up against. Elite mobs are more difficult than bosses.
2. Part of the fun in Diablo and Diablo 2 is in finding nice items (loot) when killing mobs. The items drops in this game are bad enough that I did not find a single legendary item (highest level item type) after completing the game in normal, nightmare and hell difficulty. Many other gamers reported the same experience. It's not fun picking up lousy stuff 99% of the time. Finishing the game 3 times in 3 difficulty levels and not seeing anything nice at all? That's not right.
3. The Development Team of the game wanted to make gold a valuable commodity of the game. In order to do that, they made all the items worth very little when you try to sell them. Normal level items are worth 2-20 gold (very little), so nobody picks them up anymore. They also made repair costs higher (several thousand per repair at higher levels, which 'forces' players to look for and pick up the gold they find). It makes it very painful to die, especially at higher levels. They also imposed a timer to stop players from playing, from a few seconds to 30 seconds - to stop players from taking dying too easy. Some players like it that way, most don't.
4. Playing the game, especially at higher levels, entail a lot of dying. Not fun. At hell level you will die if any mob scratches your back if you do not have decent equipment. At inferno level (most difficult level), most players die to 1 hit by any mob. It it not fun to play. Its just frustrating. The only time you can get through with reasonable fun if you have super equipment, but the only way you get super equipment is to get to the last part of inferno (act 4 inferno), so it becomes a catch 22. The development team's idea of difficult is you die and die and die. Fun right? No.
5. Some elite mobs are downright impossible to beat, so you have to skip them (run past them as quickly as possible and move to the next area of the game). Its not fun to have to do that a lot of time at the higher difficulties.
6. Many elite mobs take a lot of time to beat. Some are more difficult than bosses. Part of this is due to the mobs getting totally random affixes (abilities). The balance is totally and completely off.
7. In inferno mode, many characters will die in 1 hit. Many tank characters die in 2 to 3 hits. That is not right. If a tank with relatively good equipment can't survive then who's going to tank? Dying all the time and spending most of your time waiting to resurrect is not fun. Now the development team wants to make dying even more undesirable by increasing repair costs by 6-8 times. Even worse because now you have to spend time looking for gold in lower levels (like gold farmer in wow). So now you're not enjoying your leisure time killing mobs, you're spending time doing gold farming. I'm sure many of you already have a full-time job if you're working, or a full-time studies if you're a student. You don't need another job - gold farming.
8. This game has so many flaws it glows with it. Although the franchise is still strong, it appears to me at least, this game is not complete when it was released in the middle of last month.
9. This game also requires you to be online when you play it, even if you're only playing single player mode. When the server is under maintenance, you can't play. When there's unscheduled maintenance, you can't play. When your internet connection is not stable, you can't play.
10. Last but not least, this game only supports up to 4 in multi-player (Used to be 8 in Diablo 2) In the beginning I couldn't join my friends because there are already 4 players in the game. To make things worse, nowadays we don't play together. Why? When we play together the mobs get stronger (higher life) and their damage goes up. I just had a game where I joined my friend's game and after playing for a while he told me he can't play with me because the mobs are too difficult to kill. So he goes off to play single player and I go play single player. When playing solo, we die very often. When playing together, we die again and again and again. I wonder if the purpose of this game is to die and die and die? Fun? No.
Please save yourself the frustration of an unfinished game and play something else. I feel that Diablo 2 is a better game than this one.
p.s. In Diablo 2, if you're in trouble you can open a town portal to escape to town. You can choose boots that allow you to run up to 40% faster so that you can outrun mobs. You can leave the game instantly so that you don't die in hardcore. So the development thought, that's unfair to the mobs. So, in Diablo 3, you can only run up to 12% faster? but mobs can have fast affixes meaning they'll run faster than you ever will. They also added a 5 second timer on town portals and 10 second timer on exiting the game if you're not in town so you cannot escape easily. If there's one thing they did right, that is the way they made sure it's difficult to escape from bad situations. They made it difficult alright.
I have Diablo and Diablo 2. Played Diablo 2 and finished hell level. Played softcore, hardcore as well as PvP.
Overall, I'm going to say this: THIS GAME IS NOT FUN TO PLAY. What game can be considered good if it's not fun?
Note: mobs - monsters
Plus of this game:
1. More hints to help you move along the game. More idiot-proof (too much guidance in my opinion, but some players may like it)
2. Relatively enjoyable cutscenes, though it's repeated for every character class with little variation. Both genders offered for each of the 5 character classes.
3. Bigger stash, shared among characters so transferring between characters is easier. Items take up less space compared to previous games.
4. References to older games which many players can identify with.
5. Abilities are more impressive, lots of explosions and earth shaking attacks.
Minus of this game:
1. IT IS NOT FUN TO PLAY. This is the biggest problem. Save yourself the anguish and go play some other game that's fun to play. I believe most gamers expect to at least finish the game and enjoy it while doing so. This is the biggest problem with this game - balance. The game has not been play-tested properly and sufficiently for balance. Some mobs are relatively meek but others are downright impossible to go up against. Elite mobs are more difficult than bosses.
2. Part of the fun in Diablo and Diablo 2 is in finding nice items (loot) when killing mobs. The items drops in this game are bad enough that I did not find a single legendary item (highest level item type) after completing the game in normal, nightmare and hell difficulty. Many other gamers reported the same experience. It's not fun picking up lousy stuff 99% of the time. Finishing the game 3 times in 3 difficulty levels and not seeing anything nice at all? That's not right.
3. The Development Team of the game wanted to make gold a valuable commodity of the game. In order to do that, they made all the items worth very little when you try to sell them. Normal level items are worth 2-20 gold (very little), so nobody picks them up anymore. They also made repair costs higher (several thousand per repair at higher levels, which 'forces' players to look for and pick up the gold they find). It makes it very painful to die, especially at higher levels. They also imposed a timer to stop players from playing, from a few seconds to 30 seconds - to stop players from taking dying too easy. Some players like it that way, most don't.
4. Playing the game, especially at higher levels, entail a lot of dying. Not fun. At hell level you will die if any mob scratches your back if you do not have decent equipment. At inferno level (most difficult level), most players die to 1 hit by any mob. It it not fun to play. Its just frustrating. The only time you can get through with reasonable fun if you have super equipment, but the only way you get super equipment is to get to the last part of inferno (act 4 inferno), so it becomes a catch 22. The development team's idea of difficult is you die and die and die. Fun right? No.
5. Some elite mobs are downright impossible to beat, so you have to skip them (run past them as quickly as possible and move to the next area of the game). Its not fun to have to do that a lot of time at the higher difficulties.
6. Many elite mobs take a lot of time to beat. Some are more difficult than bosses. Part of this is due to the mobs getting totally random affixes (abilities). The balance is totally and completely off.
7. In inferno mode, many characters will die in 1 hit. Many tank characters die in 2 to 3 hits. That is not right. If a tank with relatively good equipment can't survive then who's going to tank? Dying all the time and spending most of your time waiting to resurrect is not fun. Now the development team wants to make dying even more undesirable by increasing repair costs by 6-8 times. Even worse because now you have to spend time looking for gold in lower levels (like gold farmer in wow). So now you're not enjoying your leisure time killing mobs, you're spending time doing gold farming. I'm sure many of you already have a full-time job if you're working, or a full-time studies if you're a student. You don't need another job - gold farming.
8. This game has so many flaws it glows with it. Although the franchise is still strong, it appears to me at least, this game is not complete when it was released in the middle of last month.
9. This game also requires you to be online when you play it, even if you're only playing single player mode. When the server is under maintenance, you can't play. When there's unscheduled maintenance, you can't play. When your internet connection is not stable, you can't play.
10. Last but not least, this game only supports up to 4 in multi-player (Used to be 8 in Diablo 2) In the beginning I couldn't join my friends because there are already 4 players in the game. To make things worse, nowadays we don't play together. Why? When we play together the mobs get stronger (higher life) and their damage goes up. I just had a game where I joined my friend's game and after playing for a while he told me he can't play with me because the mobs are too difficult to kill. So he goes off to play single player and I go play single player. When playing solo, we die very often. When playing together, we die again and again and again. I wonder if the purpose of this game is to die and die and die? Fun? No.
Please save yourself the frustration of an unfinished game and play something else. I feel that Diablo 2 is a better game than this one.
p.s. In Diablo 2, if you're in trouble you can open a town portal to escape to town. You can choose boots that allow you to run up to 40% faster so that you can outrun mobs. You can leave the game instantly so that you don't die in hardcore. So the development thought, that's unfair to the mobs. So, in Diablo 3, you can only run up to 12% faster? but mobs can have fast affixes meaning they'll run faster than you ever will. They also added a 5 second timer on town portals and 10 second timer on exiting the game if you're not in town so you cannot escape easily. If there's one thing they did right, that is the way they made sure it's difficult to escape from bad situations. They made it difficult alright.
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Bytdebugon 16 June 2012
Dumb "1-button-click" action. Where exactly is RPG part here? Storyline is primitive as well as dialogs. There is nothing new but just remake of Diablo 2 storyline (simplified version, though).
"Dialogs" actually are also not dialogs, but pre-defined story tellings from characters, which you can't basically interact in any way.
RPG is not correct description for this game. It's action.
Graphics is good but cartoonish. I bet many people expect a lot more dark and feral surrounding, which would fit the "end of days" storyline.
Surprise-surprise - internet connection is ALWAYS needed, even for single player game. How come? I guess Blizzard afraid that no one would pay money for this and so, that is the reason they spent 12+ years, developing severe security measures, not the game itself.
"Dialogs" actually are also not dialogs, but pre-defined story tellings from characters, which you can't basically interact in any way.
RPG is not correct description for this game. It's action.
Graphics is good but cartoonish. I bet many people expect a lot more dark and feral surrounding, which would fit the "end of days" storyline.
Surprise-surprise - internet connection is ALWAYS needed, even for single player game. How come? I guess Blizzard afraid that no one would pay money for this and so, that is the reason they spent 12+ years, developing severe security measures, not the game itself.
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ByDaveyBoyon 3 September 2012
I think the main problem with the game is that it was written by a team that did not really understand the principles. Also I think size wise, the game is identical to the previous one that is 12 years old. The size of game may of been fine back then, but these days people (well I certainly did) expect much more.
The game starts off so easy you fly through it in no time at all. Then you realise you have to do it again on harder level - which is still very easy, until you have completed it 3 times and, supposedly the real game begins. Sadly this is not the case, it is so boring by then you really wonder what the whole point was.
The original game was built around the idea of hunting for items, pure and simple. With an Auction House as part of the game this has meant the game is slanted towards that, so there is very little chance of ever getting a decent item. You end up hunting for money to buy items instead - which is extremely dull.
There have been panic fixes to try and rectify the game but it really is just very very poor and a mere shadow of the one 12 years ago.
Considering 12 years have past this game should of been an enormous world with say 15 acts, not 4 tiny ones.
Blizzard used to make very solid games, that time has now well and truly passed.
The game starts off so easy you fly through it in no time at all. Then you realise you have to do it again on harder level - which is still very easy, until you have completed it 3 times and, supposedly the real game begins. Sadly this is not the case, it is so boring by then you really wonder what the whole point was.
The original game was built around the idea of hunting for items, pure and simple. With an Auction House as part of the game this has meant the game is slanted towards that, so there is very little chance of ever getting a decent item. You end up hunting for money to buy items instead - which is extremely dull.
There have been panic fixes to try and rectify the game but it really is just very very poor and a mere shadow of the one 12 years ago.
Considering 12 years have past this game should of been an enormous world with say 15 acts, not 4 tiny ones.
Blizzard used to make very solid games, that time has now well and truly passed.
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ByMaxon 7 October 2013
So you go through a level killing lots of mobs and are rewarded at the end of each level with an easy boss fight. This is not as good as the first two not by a long shot, wish that I had never bought it waste of time and money.
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ByDefeng Wuon 13 November 2014
The server is a joke - losing connection every 5 minutes. Sometimes even have to queue to log in. Very laggy if you do not have a super fast internet. Do not buy if you simply want to enjoy a smooth game and relax! the frustration and stressing of dealing with Blizzard's joke server is way beyond my tolerance! And yes I use bt in UK and the EU server is basically constantly dead! What a failure!
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ByTrevor Jameson 19 October 2012
Just to warn new players to the world of Blizzard. There appear to be problems with accounts being hacked and Blizzard do not make life easy for the customer. I had played the game for about 10 minutes just to check it out. When I attempted to come back to it I received about 5 emails from Blizzard telling me my account had been hacked. I had to run a virus checker, change my password for my email, change my password 4 times (yes 4 times) for the Blizzard account and in the end it still wouldn't let me play. You *must* log in online just to play the game and to get any customer support you have to go through a long winded process of creating a support ticket, entering your password, product ID and secret answer just to get a response. All of this for a game that arguably isn't as good as Torchlight which costs half the price. Oh, and if the constant spamming of emails from Blizzard to your account gets too much, be warned, once you create an account with them they refuse to let you cancel it or remove your details. Awful.
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ByF. C. Fletcheron 8 June 2012
Having pulled my hair out with frustration the first couple of weeks the game was released and it was impossible to get online to play it, I finally managed to experience the long awaited and highly anticipated D3. As a huge fan of the original Diablo and the sequel, I expected at least the same amount of enjoyment from playing this game.
At first, it seemed the game had lived up to all it's expectations, but as I progressed further, all the frustrations came flooding back when I hit the hardest difficulty level inferno.
Now I admit, I'm not going to be asked to join any kind of league for 'top gamers' anytime soon, but I did expect the game to at least be possible to complete. Sadly, I do mean that literally, not figuratively speaking. The hardest level, inferno is a massive shock compared to the other three levels. There are four acts. Act 1 IS possible - only after you spend a fortune on the ah upgrading your gear, but due to the random generated attacks of the mobs you are likely to come across, some simply CANNOT be killed.
There is a small minority of players who have completed the game, but only by dying, running away, dying, running away the entire levels until they get to the bosses, who conversely are easier than the mobs you run across randomly.
In short, the end part of this game is a huge let down and spoils much of the enjoyment for many many people.
At first, it seemed the game had lived up to all it's expectations, but as I progressed further, all the frustrations came flooding back when I hit the hardest difficulty level inferno.
Now I admit, I'm not going to be asked to join any kind of league for 'top gamers' anytime soon, but I did expect the game to at least be possible to complete. Sadly, I do mean that literally, not figuratively speaking. The hardest level, inferno is a massive shock compared to the other three levels. There are four acts. Act 1 IS possible - only after you spend a fortune on the ah upgrading your gear, but due to the random generated attacks of the mobs you are likely to come across, some simply CANNOT be killed.
There is a small minority of players who have completed the game, but only by dying, running away, dying, running away the entire levels until they get to the bosses, who conversely are easier than the mobs you run across randomly.
In short, the end part of this game is a huge let down and spoils much of the enjoyment for many many people.
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ByLuis Anangurenon 25 August 2013
The story line is childish, predictable and extremely short.. The game feels like a cheap copy of WoW. The action house (+ loot rate)is one the most shameless attempts I have ever seen to milk players. Blizzard with your greed you have destroyed one of the most beloved RPGs of all times... to potential buyers, would you spend money in a game that scored 2 out of 5 starts in amazon...really?
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ByKBon 4 June 2012
Firstly let me say that this is not another rant about the issues of having to be connected to battlenet in order to play. As countless other reviewers have ranted it's a huge inconvenience that in order to play your own game you're completely at the mercy of the battlenet servers which go down from time to time. That aside this is still a terrible terrible game. What makes for a good and addictive game in my opinion is the balance of challenge and reward - sadly this game offers neither:
- Challenge. Blizzard have dictated that for each character you play with you have to endure the game on normal difficulty (20ish hours) in order to unlock harder difficulty (i.e. I've just completed the game for the first time with my lvl 35 Barbarian, now nightmare mode is available for my lvl 35 Barbarian only - if I wish to try another class it's back to normal mode). Normal mode offers no challenge whatsoever - most enemies are one hit kills (coupled with the chain reaction of Cleave and Rupture this means I'm clearing scores of enemies with one hits. Nor is there any real threat of dying - in fact if I'm fighting regular minions I can leave my PC unattended and they're still unable to kill me (my armour plus health regeneration override the damage they inflict). This makes the games completely tedious - I've never had such a boring game experience and found it more chore than enjoyment.
- Reward. I'd advise anyone unfortunate enough to have purchased this game to avoid the Auction House. The Auction House offers vastly superior gear than you can come by in the game at a fraction of the price which makes in-game looting completely pointless and unfulfilling. Given the lack of challenge offered by the game I decided to stop using the Auction House at the end of Act II (mid-point) and rely on in-game loot only - two acts later I was still using the same gear as nothing I'd uncovered during the game came close to the gear I'd bought in the Auction House many levels previously.
To add some context I loved Diablo 1 back in the day.
Overall I find it insulting that having forked out £45 on this game (the most expensive game I've ever bought and possibly the worst) Blizzard now dictate when I can play my game (dependent on battlenet being online with capacity) and how I play my game (having to endure 20+ of normal mode per character before any challenge is offered). There are so many more worthwhile gaming experiences out there that I'd recommend you don't waste your precious time and money on this one!
- Challenge. Blizzard have dictated that for each character you play with you have to endure the game on normal difficulty (20ish hours) in order to unlock harder difficulty (i.e. I've just completed the game for the first time with my lvl 35 Barbarian, now nightmare mode is available for my lvl 35 Barbarian only - if I wish to try another class it's back to normal mode). Normal mode offers no challenge whatsoever - most enemies are one hit kills (coupled with the chain reaction of Cleave and Rupture this means I'm clearing scores of enemies with one hits. Nor is there any real threat of dying - in fact if I'm fighting regular minions I can leave my PC unattended and they're still unable to kill me (my armour plus health regeneration override the damage they inflict). This makes the games completely tedious - I've never had such a boring game experience and found it more chore than enjoyment.
- Reward. I'd advise anyone unfortunate enough to have purchased this game to avoid the Auction House. The Auction House offers vastly superior gear than you can come by in the game at a fraction of the price which makes in-game looting completely pointless and unfulfilling. Given the lack of challenge offered by the game I decided to stop using the Auction House at the end of Act II (mid-point) and rely on in-game loot only - two acts later I was still using the same gear as nothing I'd uncovered during the game came close to the gear I'd bought in the Auction House many levels previously.
To add some context I loved Diablo 1 back in the day.
Overall I find it insulting that having forked out £45 on this game (the most expensive game I've ever bought and possibly the worst) Blizzard now dictate when I can play my game (dependent on battlenet being online with capacity) and how I play my game (having to endure 20+ of normal mode per character before any challenge is offered). There are so many more worthwhile gaming experiences out there that I'd recommend you don't waste your precious time and money on this one!
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Bydrywater132on 7 October 2012
The first hundred of play of Diablo III is exciting, after that it is going downhill. The game lacks of endgame. Imagine in real life your job is picking thousands of thousands coins on the street, and you only get 1 or 2 coin(s) worth keeping or after 1 weeks of repeating the same thing again and again, what would you feel? That is exactly what Diablo III is. This game is obviously not worth the money.
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