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I'd return the game if I still got Error 37's or whatever. Gamers should make a statement and mass return the fucker.
... still glad I'm waiting to see if there is a console port. I'm sure a console version wouldn't require the "always on" DRM, and hopefully any issues/glitches are rectified by the time they get around to porting it (if this still happens... I guess it's still in the rumour category until they give an actual release date).
I have to admit I'd be pretty pissed off if I bought a game and couldn't play it!
I have to admit I'd be pretty pissed off if I bought a game and couldn't play it!
@Jim: Why is it that there are zero reviews from the gaming press? I've been looking forward to hear what Destructoid (and a few others) feels about the game. Is there an embargo? Is it because the always-on servers weren't activated before release?
portemanteau: The game servers came online at the same time for everybody. Even for those that *had* early copies, they couldn't play them until the game officially launched.
We have Jonathan Ross playing it right now and his review will hit Dtoid as soon as he's good n' ready.
We have Jonathan Ross playing it right now and his review will hit Dtoid as soon as he's good n' ready.
Always-online games and online passes/disc-locked content makes me wonder if later generations will be able to experience the games we play today to their fullest. I know I can always play Diablo 1 and 2 decades from now, but Diablo 3 might be dead before I am.
@Elsa
As soon as I read the news that Blizzard were hiring for a console port, I decided to lay off the PC version. The "always on" DRM really, really gets under my skin, and the fact that gamers are STILL waiting to play the damn thing tells me I made the right choice.
As soon as I read the news that Blizzard were hiring for a console port, I decided to lay off the PC version. The "always on" DRM really, really gets under my skin, and the fact that gamers are STILL waiting to play the damn thing tells me I made the right choice.
I'm not for meta-bombing. I think its childish to an extent. If all those reviews are well thought out, articulated and give proper scores, well that one thing. I doubt that's the case however. Sad to see people still having problems. Glad I didn't bite, because I'd surely be pissed.
To be upset that they can't play a game they purchased is correct. To be upset they can't play a game the very second it is released is absurd. If you didn't want to deal with login issues, wait a week and it'll slow down. I find some of the things with the D3 model annoying sure, 200ms ping times when I'm just playing with my girlfriend setting next to me is a bit ridiculous, but whatever. It's still marvelously fun and 2 months from now, everyone will forget this ever happened.
I really don't want to sound like a d-bag here but...Torchlight 2 all the way! :) I had to miss out on this game due too the amount of money I dropped in the Shadowrun kickstarter but I'm pretty confident Torchlight 2 won't have any of the issues D3 is having.
If people didn't like the always on, why buy it? Makes no sense.
Honestly, I doubt the vast majority of the reviews even came from people who bought it.
That said, I didn't get it, although not because of the always on. Honestly, I'm not big on hack n slash, and the beta didn't impress me.
Honestly, I doubt the vast majority of the reviews even came from people who bought it.
That said, I didn't get it, although not because of the always on. Honestly, I'm not big on hack n slash, and the beta didn't impress me.
For you Torchlight II guys, have they actually raised the difficulty? I played T1 and got bored because it was so easy and I'm not exactly a PRO GAMER.
Complaints about the story are imho not valid. I didn't think the story in D1 or D2 was all that great but that really wasn't the point. The gameplay made it awesome and addictive. Sounds like I will maybe enjoy this if they ever take out the always-connected BS.
Let me put it this way, just like my brother told me. THEY ARE SELLING AN MMO. Its not Diablo 2 sequel but an MMO.
ITS LIKE BUYING Guild Wars.
ITS LIKE BUYING Guild Wars.
I'm digging it. So far so good. Of course, I work for a living so I haven't been able to put much time in, but, I'm having fun with it.
Did WoW had this kind of stuff from Metacritic at launch?
Too bad Diablo isn´t supposed to be an online game, and yeah I am pissed I started playing last night and had to stop like an hour later cause the servers went down. But it´s still fun like good old Diablo 2 days.
Too bad Diablo isn´t supposed to be an online game, and yeah I am pissed I started playing last night and had to stop like an hour later cause the servers went down. But it´s still fun like good old Diablo 2 days.
@To the people thinking the console port wont require always online DRM
Is it really that out there to suggest console Diablo wont require a constant Xbox Live or PSN connection?
@Jim
People should have expected Diablo 3 to require a Battle.Net connection ever since StarCraft 2 required the exact same thing. Plus, Diablo 3 honestly shares more traits with an MMO than it does a typical single player game in my opinion -- especially if you compare it to Guild Wars. And with almost all MMO or MMO-like launches there are always issues.
Not saying Blizzard isn't without fault, they should have been able to look at all of the record breaking preorder numbers for this game and figured there would be a massive day-one surge on their servers and should have been prepared for it. When you invite 20 people over for dinner you don't cook for 10.
Is it really that out there to suggest console Diablo wont require a constant Xbox Live or PSN connection?
@Jim
People should have expected Diablo 3 to require a Battle.Net connection ever since StarCraft 2 required the exact same thing. Plus, Diablo 3 honestly shares more traits with an MMO than it does a typical single player game in my opinion -- especially if you compare it to Guild Wars. And with almost all MMO or MMO-like launches there are always issues.
Not saying Blizzard isn't without fault, they should have been able to look at all of the record breaking preorder numbers for this game and figured there would be a massive day-one surge on their servers and should have been prepared for it. When you invite 20 people over for dinner you don't cook for 10.
Worst user review I ever saw was one where the guy hated "playing" Deadly Premonition so much that he decided to reveal the killer's identity in the first sentence. I was so glad that I'd played the game by then, but Metacritic admins are incredibly useless when it comes to weeding out intentional shit stirring comments. Page hits through user empowerment, I guess.
People upset about the drm have a right to be.... but this is just starcraft 2 again. You know where the game is amazing but fans waited so long nothing could possibly please them. If only the game had more tits, then metacritic would be much higher.
Graphically, I think the game looks great. I don't understand those complaints. I'm convinced that's just grasping at straws in an effort to make your Metacritic rant more fierce.
That said, I do agree with the connectivity complaints.
That said, I do agree with the connectivity complaints.
I love the game. The server stuff is of course expected. DRM doesn't bother me one bit. Call me crazy. I will play this game until my eyes bleed, its that good. :)
I find it frustrating that Blizzard cannot find a better way to handle offline play, the way steam does at least. I understand peoples anger, but I still think its a really fun game, and the graphics are awesome I dont know what people are bitching about. The zones look handdrawn color paintings, really awesome looking. People need to calm down, in a few days they'll probably have this all fixed anyways, and everyone is going to feel stupid for throwing a fit.
Didn't have a single issue with it.
though I wasn't around at the midnight launch, ro the afternoon when the servers went down. But Tuesday morning, and then again Tuesday evening everything went flawlessly.
Are people really in Hysterics because they couldn't play Diablo 3 for a couple of hours on release day?
Wow. Ok.
I can see being a bit pissed. But review bombing a game for that seems a bit pathetic.
As for people waiting fo rthe console version, Blizzard said that it hasn't even started one yet. They're still looking at the POSSIBILITY of it. And I guarantee you that the server side architecture will come in to play.
It's no longer about just DRM. That architecture is HOW the game is DESIGNED. They will NEED that to be in the console version (if it ever shows up) which pretty much rules out current gen xbox at least.
though I wasn't around at the midnight launch, ro the afternoon when the servers went down. But Tuesday morning, and then again Tuesday evening everything went flawlessly.
Are people really in Hysterics because they couldn't play Diablo 3 for a couple of hours on release day?
Wow. Ok.
I can see being a bit pissed. But review bombing a game for that seems a bit pathetic.
As for people waiting fo rthe console version, Blizzard said that it hasn't even started one yet. They're still looking at the POSSIBILITY of it. And I guarantee you that the server side architecture will come in to play.
It's no longer about just DRM. That architecture is HOW the game is DESIGNED. They will NEED that to be in the console version (if it ever shows up) which pretty much rules out current gen xbox at least.
I wonder how many of these batshit furious reviews are from people who were bleating about "boycotting" the game 24/7, constantly complaining about the DRM issue, and then went and downloaded it minute one.
I wanna make it clear, I *DO* think its total BS that you should have to be connected online for a single player game. It's wrong that I cannot play it as and when I want to.
BUT, I bought the game because I wanted to play it, and, should I come across any issues related to this, I'll take them in my stride, as I pulled the trigger early fully knowing the risk I was taking and the problems I could expect.
Out of interest, I work in a videogame store and we sold out of copies clean today, and had to turn away a whole bunch of people asking for it...
..Because Metacritic matters :/
In two weeks, no one will give this matter two thoughts. Everything will be running fine and haters will have moved on to, well, I dunno, Whats coming out in two weeks?
I wanna make it clear, I *DO* think its total BS that you should have to be connected online for a single player game. It's wrong that I cannot play it as and when I want to.
BUT, I bought the game because I wanted to play it, and, should I come across any issues related to this, I'll take them in my stride, as I pulled the trigger early fully knowing the risk I was taking and the problems I could expect.
Out of interest, I work in a videogame store and we sold out of copies clean today, and had to turn away a whole bunch of people asking for it...
..Because Metacritic matters :/
In two weeks, no one will give this matter two thoughts. Everything will be running fine and haters will have moved on to, well, I dunno, Whats coming out in two weeks?
Im not usually a "graphics whore" but the visuals in Diablo 3 are pretty disappointing for a 2012 game from one of biggest, if not the biggest, developers out there. I dig the art style, and the game does look pretty good overall, but it could have looked so much better on my system(which isnt even high end).
It does run really well on my brothers 'older' computer running a 9600 with 2gigs of RAM, but it could look much better on better systems - the visuals just dont scale at all. Its as bad as a bloody console port really. The characters are low poly, the "high res" textures are not a high resolution, grass is low and sparse... etc. Looks like they used the SC2 engine or something.
To sum this all up lets just say Diablo 3 is a "Diablo-clone"-clone, and not a Diablo game.
I wont get too into DRM, its been discussed to death and Jim says it better than I ever could. Ill just say that even though I have a purchased copy already I am still going to download a cracked version when I can, just so I can play offline and over LAN with my two brothers - we live in a rural area where DSL and cable are unavailable.
If I were going to rate the game on Meta(which I wont because its a useless site), itd be a 3.5/5. Disappointing for someone who grew up on Blizzard games and has waited since D2, only to get a Torchlight clone instead of a Diablo game with horrible DRM.
It does run really well on my brothers 'older' computer running a 9600 with 2gigs of RAM, but it could look much better on better systems - the visuals just dont scale at all. Its as bad as a bloody console port really. The characters are low poly, the "high res" textures are not a high resolution, grass is low and sparse... etc. Looks like they used the SC2 engine or something.
To sum this all up lets just say Diablo 3 is a "Diablo-clone"-clone, and not a Diablo game.
I wont get too into DRM, its been discussed to death and Jim says it better than I ever could. Ill just say that even though I have a purchased copy already I am still going to download a cracked version when I can, just so I can play offline and over LAN with my two brothers - we live in a rural area where DSL and cable are unavailable.
If I were going to rate the game on Meta(which I wont because its a useless site), itd be a 3.5/5. Disappointing for someone who grew up on Blizzard games and has waited since D2, only to get a Torchlight clone instead of a Diablo game with horrible DRM.
P.S, Im not a Torchlight fanboy either lol. I actually didnt like Torchlight and am not very interested in Torchlight 2 even with my disappointments over Diablo 3.
@Jim: I figured it had something to do with the game servers, but didn't want to jump to any conclusions. Thanks. Also: what's the point of getting advance copies if you can't play??!?
Will D3 attract more nerd rage than ME3? That's the real question.
Oh and the "no advance reviews because the servers werent up yet for everybody is complete BS. Blizzard could have made arrangements tor reviewers to play through the game to get advance reviews up (Sony always does) and they chose not to. I can't see how D3 can be scored high with the advent of KoA, Skyrim, Dark Souls, and even Torchlight in the genre.
Oh and the "no advance reviews because the servers werent up yet for everybody is complete BS. Blizzard could have made arrangements tor reviewers to play through the game to get advance reviews up (Sony always does) and they chose not to. I can't see how D3 can be scored high with the advent of KoA, Skyrim, Dark Souls, and even Torchlight in the genre.
Eagerly awaiting offline mode.
The anti-modding excuse is pretty garbage when I cannot login to play single player.
Pleased otherwise. I also make sure younger (IE you didn't play Diablo 1 or 2) don't just jump into the game blind, since hack-n-slash dungeon crawling, isn't the standard MMO/FPS schtick.
The anti-modding excuse is pretty garbage when I cannot login to play single player.
Pleased otherwise. I also make sure younger (IE you didn't play Diablo 1 or 2) don't just jump into the game blind, since hack-n-slash dungeon crawling, isn't the standard MMO/FPS schtick.
To be fair, Diablo III doesn't look that great.
For a $59.99 game on PC, which is a bit asinine, the graphics are a bit behind the times, the always-on DRM is a giant pain in the ass for people who ever want to play without an internet connection, and the gameplay is fairly standard stuff. While it's a solid hack 'n slash loot RPG, it's cost and intrusive DRM are definitely annoyances, to say the least.
I'll be dropping Diablo III for Torchlight II in the coming months.
For a $59.99 game on PC, which is a bit asinine, the graphics are a bit behind the times, the always-on DRM is a giant pain in the ass for people who ever want to play without an internet connection, and the gameplay is fairly standard stuff. While it's a solid hack 'n slash loot RPG, it's cost and intrusive DRM are definitely annoyances, to say the least.
I'll be dropping Diablo III for Torchlight II in the coming months.
Don't care. I haven't encountered any problems outside of Blizzard themselves taking down the servers every 2 hours. I'll admit that the games infrastructure is kinda fucked at the moment. However, I really really enjoy teleport punching shit in the face.
I mean, I really like using my monk to teleport all over the fucking screen and Punching. Shit. In. The. Face.
I mean, I really like using my monk to teleport all over the fucking screen and Punching. Shit. In. The. Face.
Glad I didn't do a Day 1 purchase. I loved the beta but I'll be waiting for all this bullshit to calm down before I spend money on this game.
I do have some disappointments about the game, but not enough to stop me from enjoying it. The always on "drm" will not bother me, for the same reason SC2's did not bother me. The thing that does is that the skill points and talent builds that made diablo 2 so good, imo, is gone. Yes the skill points are automatically allotted, much like WoW is. I enjoyed putting points into different categories to customize the character. Also the skill trees are just oversimplified and did not need to be. But again, like everything Blizzard has developed, I will enjoy it. Do not ever enter into a game expecting it to shit gold. I think its a 7/10 (average).
I definitely did not like certain changes that were made when I played the beta, and consequently, have and will wait to purchase the full game later down the road. Though I would never say that the game deserves to receive a 1, that is just crazy talk. From what I have played, I would give it a solid 7.5-8, meaning anyone who is into the genre will have something to love, but if you are not a fan of the genre already, then it will not offer much to you.
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