Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35428732)

I think they are going to release this for consoles and I've heard from various sources that there could be a console version available as early as July. But don't quote me on that.

Launch night was a disaster from a technical point of view, but kinda expected with about 3 million people trying to connect all at once.

I've managed to play and got a level 16 Demon Hunter and I am almost at the end of Act 1 and I have been playing for like 10 or so hours now, if you're used to previous versions and how big the game is, then, Act 1 in Diablo 3 is way bigger and deeper than Act 1 in Diablo 2. Plus I believe Blizzard are going to introduce future expansions, with added content and a possibility that they could bring back some of the old characters. Sorceress, Paladin, Amazon etc.

There isn't actually any 'grinding' the character like in previous versions. ALL Stat points upon leveling up are distributed automatically, Blizzard wanted to remove the aspect of people not knowing how to build their character properly and breaking their character early on in the game, which happened in D2 until they introduced the respec of stats and skills in a recent patch update, yes Blizzard still patching a 12 year old game!!!.

Skills are also automatically assigned and I have to say, in D2 you had to wait until level 30 to get some proper decent killing power with a decent skill in itself. But the Skills in Diablo 3 are pretty nifty early on and I am not finding, like in Diablo 2, that I am never going to use a lower end skill again after a certain level.

The looting is overwelming, you do get a lot of useless stuff, but some of it can be used to salvage and can then use the ingredients to make a more powerful item.

All in all, it's a great game, it's not Diablo 2, even though it's owned by Blizzard, it wasn't made by the same team who made Diablo 2. (They were called Blizzard North, who have since moved on to make games like Torchlight and are currently making Torchlight 2 which is due for release very soon actually).

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35428950)

Sounds good. C&VG like it so far: http://www.computerandvideogames.com...rst-ten-hours/


I managed to get a Guest Pass key from another forum last night, so I've downloaded the client and will give the "Starter Edition" a whirl to see if I like it (& if it runs well enough).

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35429492)

Ordered the disc version last night :) Not immediate like buying a key / digital download, but *cheaper*!

This is good:

PC Gamer: Diablo 3 review as it happens

Originally Posted by peanut (Post 35429874)

It seems the game is getting slated in the reviews. Probably down to the launch issues, and some have completed it on normal in about 7 hours. 12 years in the making and completed in 7 hours isn't good enough. Okay you have harder levels afterwards but it depends if the novelty stays or wears off if you want to do it all over again.