The two posters above are right, unless they changed this in a very recent patch (I know they have patched the game as late as last year I think). If you actually play in single player, ESC pauses the game (but it doesn't in multiplayer mode when you click multiplayer, choose TCP-IP and play "alone"... This is how I always played myself because it allowed for higher Frames-per-second and things re-randomized every time I'd start my game... So for me there wasn't a way to pause the game, which is what you may be remembering). At least this is how it was when I played last. I even think that the PAUSE button on keyboards worked to pause the game, but that's vague in my head, I know that worked in D1 anyway.
Thoughts on Diablo III?
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The two posters above are right, unless they changed this in a very recent patch (I know they have patched the game as late as last year I think). If you actually play in single player, ESC pauses the game (but it doesn't in multiplayer mode when you click multiplayer, choose TCP-IP and play "alone"... This is how I always played myself because it allowed for higher Frames-per-second and things re-randomized every time I'd start my game... So for me there wasn't a way to pause the game, which is what you may be remembering). At least this is how it was when I played last. I even think that the PAUSE button on keyboards worked to pause the game, but that's vague in my head, I know that worked in D1 anyway.
MobBoss
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[to_xp]Gekko;10916855 said:
Perhaps the difference is that i'm playing single player but with a ladder character. I honestly never played the game any other way.
You can't play a ladder character in single player. Basically, what you're doing is playing alone in multiplayer, and not using the singleplayer mode. In Diablo 3, "alone in multiplayer" is pretty much the only option available. This is what I used to do too mind you.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Well, I would hazard a guess in that is how most people played it singleplayer in that fashion, and this is the vision of how singleplayer is realized in Diablo III.
Personally, I want to play this game. A lot more realistic IMO. 
http://vid.buffed.de/hdvideo/5037/Playtime-Max-Schaefer-besiegt-Diablo
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Maniacal
the green Napoleon
lolLARPing.
Pushed back to 2012 now eh?
The never ending story continues.
The never ending story continues.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Thrawn
Emperor
For someone like me, who has been playing WoW for about 6 years, and will most likely be playing in another year, that's essentially a win-win scenario. I get diablo 3 for basically no extra cost. 
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Well, in that case then yes. How much is a year of WoW anyway?
That's the question, I tried to figure that out and it didn't seem to want to tell me until I had given it new credit card info... ... yeah.
Edit: considering WoW is headed the way of Kung Fu Panda... Not sure I want to go back, hehe. Will this be Halloween's Fools?
Thrawn
Emperor
Around $US180 for a full year, if you pay per month. A bit less if you're paying 3 monthly or whatever other options there are. If you don't already play WoW it's not worth it, which isn't a surprise to me. They're probably looking for ways to retain existing wow subscribers, bring back people who may have left during cataclysm, and even maybe bring in new subscribers who are more interested in D3 than wow. Probably more the first two though.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
My friend and I were wondering if/when they were going to bring in the panda race. It's been mentioned in past patch/cataclysm files since before cata came out.
There must be a special price for a one year subscription, which is what I was trying to find on their website.
Thrawn
Emperor
The deal isn't a one year subscription though, it's more like a contract where you are locked into paying for a subscription for a year, and cannot cancel until that time is up.
For reference, the payment options are as follows:
Monthly: $14.99,
Three monthly: $41.97 ($13.99 per month)
Six monthly: $77.94 ($12.99 per month)
For reference, the payment options are as follows:
Monthly: $14.99,
Three monthly: $41.97 ($13.99 per month)
Six monthly: $77.94 ($12.99 per month)
Akka
Moody old mage.
They must really be bleeding subscribers away at by truckloads to propose such a deal (basically nullifying years of development just to have some people not revoke their subscriptions for a year).
Especially considering the frantic pace of making weird changes in the last few patches.
Guess gearing the game toward retards is not as lucrative as it seems in the long run
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I think I already played this one, it was called Hellgate London and it was awesome, yet everyone was incredibly mean to it when it came out.
I think around that time gaming articles were more jockish, now videogame writters try to show off whatever liberal arts degree they got on whatever spare time Vice City allowed them to. I remember tons of articles back then quoting the same stories for cheap giggles (Daikatana, ET, Virtual Boy, etc). I guess Hellgate just seemed like the next Daikatana, so it was just treated as such.
I think around that time gaming articles were more jockish, now videogame writters try to show off whatever liberal arts degree they got on whatever spare time Vice City allowed them to. I remember tons of articles back then quoting the same stories for cheap giggles (Daikatana, ET, Virtual Boy, etc). I guess Hellgate just seemed like the next Daikatana, so it was just treated as such.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Hellgate London was recently re-released by a different developer.
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