Why I’m Not Looking Forward to Diablo 3

Diablo 3 is undoubtedly all the rage in any PC gamer’s world right now. After all, after such an astounding hit that Diablo II was, the 2000 game’s successor could only be better, right? Especially after it’s been in development for, oh, eleven years?

Wrong.

[CommonSense]

Doesn't seem to be nearly as big as i would have expected for a blizzard game. i played the beta (which is just a demo), and i found it to be extremely boring. a game that was fun in the 90s isn't automatically fun now. this game is a prime example.

essentially all you're doing is spam clicking things so you can pick up loot to make clicking on things more efficient. it doesn't require any skill to play and since it's so repetitive, i can't imagine investing hours in it.

Diablo 1 was incredible, Diablo 2 was okay, but felt dated and the grind was getting annoying, Diablo 3 is actually just not fun to play.

@below: you're right. we're all entitled to our opinions. that's yours, this is mine. but i'm not going to leave it. criticism generally is what leads to improvements. not that we'll see a diablo 4 in the next decade. i will say that i have a tough time considering this game to be diablo 3. it really just feels like a re-coded diablo 2 using a physics engine. even though i already have diablo 3 pre-installed, max payne 3 is seeming more and more like a launch day purchase to me.

[mullerhun]

if you dont like it, leavit it.

I loved all Diablos and will this one too. It a matter of taste guys!

[Lucretia]

@mullerhun

yes it is a matter of taste, and i loved the first 2 diablos.

and i am 100% allowed to be dissapointed by D3 because its just a let down. The game looks barely any different from diablo 3. Im not a graphics junky, but wtf is up with those 2002 graphics?

the gameplay barely changed, barely any new mechanics, if anything they stripped things from diablo 2 that made it awesome like the pvp and other things.

you would figure that blizzard, a company who made so much money on wow would atleast be able to afford something. honestly this game is just D2 with new classes and a tiny itty bitty visual upgrade. The partical effects and spells arent even visually appealing.

so dissapointed by this game, sure it will still be some fun, but i dont see what took them years and years and years to make this because we could have enjoyed this game 10 years ago

@hay,

I did play it, its not good enough to buy day one. I will play it though and beat it because its diablo, but thats all

[hay]

You're gonna play it people. You just don't know it yet.

[Baka-akaB]

It's not just a matter of taste . i'm going to play because a subpar diablo is still better than anything else in the same genre (yes even torchlight) , but d3 lost quite of a lot of what made diablo interesting .

I'm not digging at all how it ditch the fun stats system for a run of the mill wow/mmo system of skills points and customisation runes . There is no defending it , it's not as if they added something new in return , it's just less stuff for a game that was already the most accessible .

Any more than that would be akin to venturing into molyneux crazytown

And it's way too easy so far .

It's ridiculous how they limited co-op to 4 .

Nor is the absence of pvp at launch making sense in any way and something that should be forgiven .

[closnyc]

yes, of course consiering torchlight 2 has all the features this game doesnt. diablo 3 is dead with this blizzard bullshit.

[fermcr]

I agree. I was kind of disappointed with Diablo 3 beta. Diablo 1 and 2 were great back in the days, but now they are outdated... and Diablo 3 seems to use similar gameplay, so in spite of the graphics improvements, online and co-op, the game's gameplay and graphics just felt outdated.

I was going to buy it on release... now I'm going to wait when it's cheaper. Getting Max Payne 3 instead.

[killerhog]

I think the problem is the art style and some of the new features they included in diablo 3 and excluded from diablo 2. I'm also not interested in diablo 3, after playing d2 since I was 8, till now (now here and there, got a life).

[Intentions]

For me: I'm still gonna get it. Imo it seems like they are leaning towards the casuals. Just judging by the fact that they are interested in a console port.

[Lucretia]

console players are casuals? wtf?

while i agree that they are making it so anyone can play (even people who computers from 1998)

to say that console plauers are casual is sort of......narrowminded.

I have a ps3,360,wii,dsi,3ds,psp,psvita ,gaming computer, and all prior gen consoles prior except for the sega saturn and atari.

i didnt know i was casual...man im in shock.

a game with those graphics, simple gameplay etc is an easy port to even the original xbox. porting to consoles means far wider audiance, which is all blizzard cares about. look at wow and how easy they made it so anyone can play.

maybe i consider PC only gamers casual because they play far less types of games as console gamers? :P

[Letros]

You're casual, nothing wrong with that though.

[killerhog]

Yes you're casual cause you're female. All female gamers are casual by law. Don't you dare try to defy our laws woman. Lol just kidding and imma also arrogate that you're female cause of you're name. But I'm just teasing though.

[FinaLXiii]

never played a diablo game and i want to play diablo 3.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

ummm...11 years in development...? Since we're all entitled to our opinions, the guy who wrote this is retarded for assuming Blizzard has been working on D3 for 11 years. It's just silly to think that.

I think some people are being a bit over judgmental here. Other than MoP for WoW, Blizzard has always delivered. I'm willing to bet this game will be a hit.

[Lucretia]

have you played the beta? because its not that good, and im a diablo fan. and your right, bliazzard was focusing on other projectsm there is no way they worked on this for 11 years, because if they took that long to be at the end result that is Diablo 3, then there is a massive problem. Maybe one guy worked on it alone and even did all his own voice acting, otherwise it wouldnt make sense, unless it was another Too Human....lol @ Too Human

[hellzsupernova]

theres a differnce between being a hit and actually being a good game

[meowthemouse]

torchlight 2 all the way!

[_LarZen_]

"I’m even willing to overlook the bad voice acting and four-player party size limit (might I add that this is the maximum party size allowed on consoles"

*I found the voice acting to be good in the beta, some voices I can agree could be better but for the most they are great.

There is no 4 player limit on consoles, I have no idea where you got that from?! They made it 4 player max as the screen wil be filled with attacks,magic and brains from monsters exploding.

There is so much going on im GLAD that there can be only 4 in a party, more and it would be just chaos.

"What I can’t overlook is how incredibly easy the game is now, not to mention its absence of originality. It’s essentially a D2 reskinning but made dumber for the younger generation of Xbox kids who grew up on easy games. The fact that it’s currently in open beta is not an excuse for this either; there are things that aren’t going to magically be fixed in the next couple of weeks"

*If you were realy interested in Diablo3 you would know that in the beta you are playing in Normal, and that there is in all 4 difficulty levles.

Normal,Nightmare,Hell and Inferno...so dont worry...you wil die ALOT.

And insulting X360 players is just silly, you actualy think that all console games are easy child games? You sir sound like a di*k. Grow up.

"Another thing I’m despising is the absence of PvP at launch."

*New players to the genra wil probably miss this from the start, but seriusly...old time Diablo players I would imagine wont care. They buy this game for the singleplayer experience...

But dont worry, Blizzard has allready stated it wil be patched in later. Somthing you should have known since you are so dedicated to the game series....

See you in hell!

[Baka-akaB]

"*New players to the genra wil probably miss this from the start, but seriusly...old time Diablo players I would imagine wont care. They buy this game for the singleplayer experience... "

Made no sense imo . It's essentially old diablo players missing the pvp and complaining about it . And they are probably the ones dreading a bit the form in wich it will return , as they most likely dont expect the free ganking and pvp aspect of diablo 2 to be including in the patch .

"If you were realy interested in Diablo3 you would know that in the beta you are playing in Normal, and that there is in all 4 difficulty levles. "

Not the point and i believe you know it . Take the dissapointing and abysmall Ninja gaiden 3 , it's still hard on higher difficulties , especially the new one from the dlc ... doesnt change how however it was designed to be way easier than past ninja gaiden titles .

It's too early to judge wholly , but that's how the beta felt .

I'll only agree with you at the silliness of those pc fanboys pretending the pc gaming world is elite and not full of folks mostly playing the Sims and WoW as well .

Blizzard always had the habit of simplifying their games and mechanics each subsequent sequel , this is just more of that , upcoming console version or not .

[Mythicninja]

The only real alternative you guys are going to get is grim dawn. Torchlight 2 will be good, but they are all about the cartoon graphics. Check grim dawn out, and contribute to the kickstarter if you can:

http://www.kickstarter.com/...

[Psychonaughty]

I went into the D3 beta unsure if I would like it (because I thought D2 was shit) but cautiously optimistic because hey it's Blizzard, I was not disappointed, the game jumped ahead of GW2 as the #1 game I'm looking forward too.

[barrelboyHD]

Path of Exile is a real contender for Diablo's heir. F2P doesn't hurt either.

[kingduqc]

I played a ton of beta, the game is neer perfect on the gameplay side and frankly I'm really exited for the 15th