Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35430073)

7 hours is utter tosh and so is even 12 hours. Any person who says they have completed normal, in such a fast time, they are definately not playing the game as it was intended. I've put 27 hours in to the game already, 21.5 hours on one character which is level 26 (60 is max level) and just started act 3 and just started another character which is level 14 and at the end of act 1.

I got 3 more characters to build up and several difficulty levels to trail though for each character and I need to get to the higher difficulty levels to get some of the best gear for each character. I am in this game for the long haul and with the probability of future game expansions and further added content, millions more are likely to be too.

People need to forget about the launch night, with millions of people World wide trying to connect to just three servers that are distributed on three different continents, it's hardly surprising they fell over.

Some of the criticisms are concerns that the game is nothing like Diablo 2, well to be fair, if it was going to be exactly like Diablo 2 then it should have been an expansion. Diablo 3 is a whole new game, with new game mechanics, new characters and it's the same type of game play, role play with strategy rolled in to one. Monsters AI in Diablo 3 is a vast improvement to Diablo 2. Graphics are richer and more enhanced.

My main concern before the game came out, that it was going to be short, but having now played through two large acts, the game is vast, both Act 1 and Act 2 in Diablo 3 are extremely large and deep. I am pleased to say that the game has exceeded my expectations in this regard.

And well, if people still aren't truely satisfied, then Runic games, (Team formally known as Blizzard North. The game developers behind Diablo 1 and 2). Will be releasing Torchlight 2 in the not too distant future.

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35616611)

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Diablo III has been ported to the 360 and PS3. The console versions are due out next week, and have had *very* good reviews.

They also benefit from...

- No need for Battle.net.

- No always-online requirement.

- No Auction House.

- Offline mode... including co-op.

Originally Posted by JMcB (Post 35618411)

Matt Seen you on Playing D3 last night, i was on just to have a quick look before bed. What did you think?

I have to say i was only playing for about 10 mins, and i loved it. I was a very very big Diablo 1+2 fan. first thing i noticed was the sounds. all the memories of late nights all weekenders came flying back.....hope D3 gets picked up

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35618623)

I love it :)


I played the PC version last year, but never got around to playing any further than the end of the demo/beta section. I don't really "do" computer gaming...


I'm really enjoying it on the 360, though. I prefer using a pad instead of keyboard+mouse, prefer using my TV instead of a monitor, plus it's missing the main things people criticised about the PC/Mac version :)