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KamikaseRider wrote:You guys hate the game or am I blind and didn't see a topic around??
After the beta weekend I was hoping we could discuss the game and talk about it.
I'll go first: I think I like the new mecanics are ok. I like the fact that you can use numbers to use spells and I really like the graphics.
Any thoughts?
Arclight wrote:KamikaseRider wrote:You guys hate the game or am I blind and didn't see a topic around??
After the beta weekend I was hoping we could discuss the game and talk about it.
I'll go first: I think I like the new mecanics are ok. I like the fact that you can use numbers to use spells and I really like the graphics.
Any thoughts?
I'm no fan of the franchise, this is the first time i played a Diablo game and i must admit that by the end i got hooked, although i must say it does have some problems.
1st of all, the fact that you need to be logged into battle.net to be able to play the single player. Idk if this is the 1st installment in the franchise that requires this or not, but regardles, i despise the idea. It lagged at the end many times....got booted a few times as well. Persistant connection for single player is FTL.
Blizzardvision says you're a loser for wanting to play alone. It's all about the challenge!
2nd I never felt challenged. I completed the entire single player in the beta very fast and easily. I think i died like 2 times, at the end when i fought the King's ghost, w/e his name was. As such it felt to easy. Also the attacks don't require much skill i just pressed Mouse button 1 till my finger hurt....
Blizzardvision says you're a loser for wanting to play a hard game. It's all about the graphics!
3rd WTF was with the quality? Even on max settings the beta looked bad, kinda unfocused....i can't describe it but it felt low quality.
Blizzardvision says you're a loser for wanting to play a good looking game. It's all about the single player experience!
Loop While They're Not Looking!
Arclight wrote:KamikaseRider wrote:You guys hate the game or am I blind and didn't see a topic around??
After the beta weekend I was hoping we could discuss the game and talk about it.
I'll go first: I think I like the new mecanics are ok. I like the fact that you can use numbers to use spells and I really like the graphics.
Any thoughts?
I'm no fan of the franchise, this is the first time i played a Diablo game and i must admit that by the end i got hooked, although i must say it does have some problems.
1st of all, the fact that you need to be logged into battle.net to be able to play the single player. Idk if this is the 1st installment in the franchise that requires this or not, but regardles, i despise the idea. It lagged at the end many times....got booted a few times as well. Persistant connection for single player is FTL.
2nd I never felt challenged. I completed the entire single player in the beta very fast and easily. I think i died like 2 times, at the end when i fought the King's ghost, w/e his name was. As such it felt to easy. Also the attacks don't require much skill i just pressed Mouse button 1 till my finger hurt....
3rd WTF was with the quality? Even on max settings the beta looked bad, kinda unfocused....i can't describe it but it felt low quality.
Arclight wrote:KamikaseRider wrote:You guys hate the game or am I blind and didn't see a topic around??
After the beta weekend I was hoping we could discuss the game and talk about it.
I'll go first: I think I like the new mecanics are ok. I like the fact that you can use numbers to use spells and I really like the graphics.
Any thoughts?
I'm no fan of the franchise, this is the first time i played a Diablo game and i must admit that by the end i got hooked, although i must say it does have some problems.
1st of all, the fact that you need to be logged into battle.net to be able to play the single player. Idk if this is the 1st installment in the franchise that requires this or not, but regardles, i despise the idea. It lagged at the end many times....got booted a few times as well. Persistant connection for single player is FTL.
2nd I never felt challenged. I completed the entire single player in the beta very fast and easily. I think i died like 2 times, at the end when i fought the King's ghost, w/e his name was. As such it felt to easy. Also the attacks don't require much skill i just pressed Mouse button 1 till my finger hurt....
3rd WTF was with the quality? Even on max settings the beta looked bad, kinda unfocused....i can't describe it but it felt low quality.
JohnC wrote:I don't think anyone really hates it... I've played closed beta, I didn't like it - it felt extremely "generic" and boring for some reason (I don't care if it requires constant internet connection - I have a fast, unlimited fiber-optic connection from Verizon and most of my games are Steam-based, Origin-based or MMORPGs). I'd rather re-play Torchlight all over again, or wait for Torchlight 2.
allreadydead wrote:Now, Diablo 3...To put it simply, The beta Lacks every quality it's predeccessors had. It doesn't have that atmosphere of DI, stats are gone, general intensity of D2 seems to be missing, the characters has loosy and shallow background due it was an already established universe and they were absent before. Crafting is nice but looked tedious to me due lacking of randomizing. Maybe it will have in later skill levels, I dunno. The graphics screams "I'm designed to work on consoles". The textures in d2 were better and it was 13 years before. Textures resolution is so low, it looks like Prime Evils puked all over the map. The skills are dumbed down compared to D2. The sigil stone system will add some diversity but it's shallow and uninteresting. And the elephant in the room, PvP is not present.
to put in a 1 word; Disappointing.
derFunkenstein wrote:Wait, what? There are no stat points or skill trees that you choose? What do you do when you level up? Nothing? No speccing or customization at all?My complaint and where I agree with y'all is the way that skills are auto-assigned. I want a tree, dammit.
Hawkwing74 wrote:derFunkenstein wrote:Wait, what? There are no stat points or skill trees that you choose? What do you do when you level up? Nothing? No speccing or customization at all?My complaint and where I agree with y'all is the way that skills are auto-assigned. I want a tree, dammit.
Hawkwing74 wrote:derFunkenstein wrote:Wait, what? There are no stat points or skill trees that you choose? What do you do when you level up? Nothing? No speccing or customization at all?My complaint and where I agree with y'all is the way that skills are auto-assigned. I want a tree, dammit.
Adaptive wrote:allreadydead wrote:Now, Diablo 3...To put it simply, The beta Lacks every quality it's predeccessors had. It doesn't have that atmosphere of DI, stats are gone, general intensity of D2 seems to be missing, the characters has loosy and shallow background due it was an already established universe and they were absent before. Crafting is nice but looked tedious to me due lacking of randomizing. Maybe it will have in later skill levels, I dunno. The graphics screams "I'm designed to work on consoles". The textures in d2 were better and it was 13 years before. Textures resolution is so low, it looks like Prime Evils puked all over the map. The skills are dumbed down compared to D2. The sigil stone system will add some diversity but it's shallow and uninteresting. And the elephant in the room, PvP is not present.
to put in a 1 word; Disappointing.
I'm pretty sure the textures are low quality to save on the download for the beta. This was true for the SC2 beta; you couldn't get high or even ultra settings until the final release. That being said, I do agree the graphics aren't particularly good, and personally I think the hand-drawn art of D2 was nicer in many ways; great things were also done recently with Rayman: Origins in that respect, but generating random maps is likely much easier this way. I'm sure the 3D will grow on me, as it did going from Age of Empires II to Age of Mythology, which I initially thought looked hideous.
Meadows wrote:I wish everyone would stop with expressing their subjective opinions about the "color pallette"