Diablo III (PC, Mac, Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Mick

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).

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).

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by Matt D

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).

That's what I did with starcraft, I do like the way blizzard do that. Its better than a demo and gives you a chance to test compatibility etc.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Well, I played for a while tonight, and I love it so far

Good fun, and runs well. Definitely plan to buy the full thing.

[Tezcatlipoca]

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

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by Matt D

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

If past blizzard releases are anything to go by you could download the digital edition now, get it installed and patched if it needs it and just apply your CD Key when it arrives.
A friend of mine has my game CD for another game I keep mentioning here so he could play with my guest key since his internet connection was fine for playing the game but would take an age to install. I formatted my machine a few weeks ago without thinking that I didn't have my CD back and just installed it from blizzard.com instead.

[Tezcatlipoca]

I've already got the game installed as a "Starter Edition" using a guest pass, but yeah I think all I need to do is upgrade my account with the key when the DVD arrives.

[Gavin78]

Played a little but of the game although I was a Beta Tester....so far so good still though I dont really rate the graphics on...I met be going for retro but I would have prefered an updated version of D2.

I'll plod on with the game see how it goes...I like the idea of buying and sell items for real money

[JMcB]

My graphic on my laptop is only 128mb so im not getting Diablo 3....

[peanut]

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.

[Tezcatlipoca]

It mostly seems to be the same sort of Metacritic trolling that Mass Effect 3 suffered.

Originally Posted by peanut

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.

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.

[Gavin78]

Lets face it any game you are going to get the die hard fans the low life of society...the teens that dont have a life or family they dont work or the benefit people they can stay up and play the game 24/7 and then rate it as a crap game.

They burn them self out far too quick but these people move on they have a point to show in life that they can do things better than anyone else only they dont have a life beyond the computer.

Real people have a computer and a life and I will spend plenty of time playing D3 it will take me a while to complete the game with 1 charactor.

I do like it so far although I used to like the bonding of Items from D2 I dont think you can do that with D3 can you? they seem to have taken out a lot of the elements D2 had for instance the ability to atribute you skill points to your character but they have simplfied the game for users not to mess up the character at the start

Bonding of items? You talking about Set items? Yes they are in D3 but I believe they are high end gear and appear in the later difficulty levels. I don't think there is any low level Set items, but given time, after they add content via patches and expansions, they may very well add such items.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Customize your Diablo 3 hotbar with 'Elective Mode'

EDGE review: 9/10

[Tezcatlipoca]

My disc version came today from Tesco Entertainment

No Guest Passes in the box though , so I can't spread the love

I've used the key to upgrade my Starter Edition to the full Standard Edition - no need to even touch the DVD.

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