I didn't see any threads on Diablo III so I wanted to hear people's thoughts on the game. It is supposed to be released at the end of 2011 if the beta test goes well.
Supposedly the beta test will start somewhere between July 1st and September 30th I believe. If there are snags with the beta then it will be pushed back to 2012. Ten years in the making. Heh heh.
I usually like turn based strategy myself but I also love a good mindless hack and slash and the Diablo series are my games of choice for that. Well, Torchlight too as well. (Made by the original creators of Diablo I and II.)
There appear to be some interesting changes to the game. Some I think are good and some not so good. For example, limiting PVP to a PVP arena is good. Let IOwnzALL and HAkZOrKinG duke it out there. Not being able to choose your stats when you level up doesn't sound quite so good as well as no stat requirements for items. Region locking is lame as well.
Seems to be some fear by people that even with a simplistic game like this, there is too much hand holding or that with the rumoured console port, the game will be dumbed down. Not saying this is true or not but I do
see some discontent about the game creeping in. Any criticism will be shouted out on the official forums (horrible BTW) and you can be darn sure that the big game reviewers will all give it extremely high marks regardless of
whether the game is up to snuff or not.
Any thoughts on the game from the information given out so far?
Supposedly the beta test will start somewhere between July 1st and September 30th I believe. If there are snags with the beta then it will be pushed back to 2012. Ten years in the making. Heh heh.
I usually like turn based strategy myself but I also love a good mindless hack and slash and the Diablo series are my games of choice for that. Well, Torchlight too as well. (Made by the original creators of Diablo I and II.)
There appear to be some interesting changes to the game. Some I think are good and some not so good. For example, limiting PVP to a PVP arena is good. Let IOwnzALL and HAkZOrKinG duke it out there. Not being able to choose your stats when you level up doesn't sound quite so good as well as no stat requirements for items. Region locking is lame as well.
Seems to be some fear by people that even with a simplistic game like this, there is too much hand holding or that with the rumoured console port, the game will be dumbed down. Not saying this is true or not but I do
see some discontent about the game creeping in. Any criticism will be shouted out on the official forums (horrible BTW) and you can be darn sure that the big game reviewers will all give it extremely high marks regardless of
whether the game is up to snuff or not.
Any thoughts on the game from the information given out so far?