Diablo 3 releases May 15!!

Played AoC as well, same deal.
Warhammer, same deal.
Aion.
Guild wars for a brief time.

But really, I only spent time on Diablo and WoW.

Crazy about the preorder, I never bothered with that. I did digitally purchase it so I already have most of the game client downloaded (the last part, installation cannot be done until May 14th- still before release).

Luca wrote:Played AoC as well, same deal.
Warhammer, same deal.
Aion.
Guild wars for a brief time.

But really, I only spent time on Diablo and WoW.

Crazy about the preorder, I never bothered with that. I did digitally purchase it so I already have most of the game client downloaded (the last part, installation cannot be done until May 14th- still before release).

Only preordered cus I wanted 2 CE's, otherwise I would never have bothered. My wifes a gamer too lol.

But yeah I agree Diablo and WoW (at the beginning) were the only ones worth while.

I might get this.

I never played Diablo 2 but heard it was good. Plus I like blizzard- despite WoW turning into crap and SC2 not being near as good as BW (which doesn't matter to me as I had never heard/ played BW before SC2)...they're still a great company and produce some of the better games to be honest- at least at first.

I will wait a while to see what the initial reactions to Diablo 3 is and then decide whether or not to get it.

Currently have it installing

billy_gr wrote:no paladin no diablo

Amen sir. I am so glad someone feels exactly the same as I do.

On the other hand this comes as no surprise. Blizzard sucks balls. Please don't be insulted, as I here criticize Blizzard not the players.

I grew up with Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft 2. These were some of my first games on pc and I became a huge fan. All I can say is that Blizzard sistematically went and ruined everything that made that kid love their games.

They turned the warcraft franchise into a money laundering bussiness (imo kind of feeding on explosion of then recent fantasy stuff remarkable successes - like LOTR and Hary Potter), too expensive for kids and young folks, playable only over the internet. Starcraft was to be made into a similar bullsh!t with Starcraft: Ghost but it failed. When Starcraft 2 came out, Blizzard games were no longer on my mind because I saw what they're doing, and now I think they're doing it to the Diablo franchise.

I'm not saying these games aren't/won't be great, but they no longer have that original spirit. Many will disagree, I'm sure, but Blizzard lost balls. That's right kids (for those younger here), Blizzard indeed HAD balls once. Diablo had that dark, hardcore, underground, dungeon creepy atmosphere and you could almost smell that thick, moist, old air from the tomb you entered. It had it's own identity. Now Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo all look alike - if you manage to go past some obvious superficial masks new developers tried to put there.

While, as a matter of fact, I think these developers WERE fans of the original Diablo, I think they failed to bring the original spirit into the 3rd part. Diablo 2 was not exactly the same game as the Diablo 1, but it still had balls. And you could see the fingerprints of the original makers still there, all over the game. Blizzard North is gone, the original makers are not there anymore - and now Diablo franchise has to sink into this identity stripped stinkhole with Starcraft and Warcraft franchise.

Again, I think Diablo 3 will be a great game, but damn Blizzard for stripping the franchises from their original identities. Now they all look and feel alike.

Now don't get me wrong. I'll give Diablo 3 a try for sure (not buyin it tho ), and maybe it will win me over later on, but damn I was expecting at least Diablo 3 to be that dark, hardcore game it used to be because we lack those today.

Luca wrote:Currently have it installing

anyway if anyone wants to hit me up and play at release (midnight) my battle.net name is Husux #164

Azmuh#1339

add me i am installing atm

actually sorry that isnt my real battle tag it is in fact Husux#2879

Any opinions on how the game is guys? Those who've played it? Is it worth buying?

spanky489 wrote:actually sorry that isnt my real battle tag it is in fact Husux#2879

yeah old one wasn't working

What kind of game is it ? singleplayer ? multi ? Wow-like ?

I used to play Lineage a lot

Both SP & MP

but must have internet to play SP

and it's a RPG reminds you of WOW (old ones) which is awesome

waiting for my game to get here so I can play it should have it tomorrow

You can ask someone here for a guess pass if you want to try it out first

Can give mine but don't have the game yet..

Do you have to pay ? Because I can't do that

NOPE

Anti-DNA wrote:NOPE

on the official site it says I have to purchase ... can u pls gimme the link pls

For online play :d

Oh I thought you meant if it was monthly pay like wow and other mmo's

sorry the game cost though..

DeviAngel wrote:

Anti-DNA wrote:NOPE

on the official site it says I have to purchase ... can u pls gimme the link pls

For online play :d

u have to pay once $60... no montly.... but if u have a friend who bought the disc it they can give you like a 14 day pass

Legend wrote:

DeviAngel wrote:

Anti-DNA wrote:NOPE

on the official site it says I have to purchase ... can u pls gimme the link pls

For online play :d

u have to pay once $60... no montly.... but if u have a friend who bought the disc it they can give you like a 14 day pass

hahaha that would be like salt to a wound

Alot of problems with the servers they crashing alot due o the load.... and last night it took 3 hours for me to log in... they were all packed

I want to play some good game similar to this but not wow got sick and tired :/

What about Private Servers ? are there any?

DeviAngel wrote:What about Private Servers ? are there any?

it will take a while before private servers are made....

but atm the game is more down then up.. they have to constantly take it down for maintenance....

btw some people have already finished it once.... in under 6 hours...

Legend wrote:

DeviAngel wrote:What about Private Servers ? are there any?

it will take a while before private servers are made....

but atm the game is more down then up.. they have to constantly take it down for maintenance....

btw some people have already finished it once.... in under 6 hours...

does it have at least single player option ? I downloaded the BETA version from torrent but ...