No cow level this time around, but access to Greed's domain instead. You heard it here first!

EDIT: Actually no you didn't, turns out it's a widespread theory. In one of the loading screen texts it says "There is no cow level", somehow I feel this is a truthful statement.

Elegance

Canada917 Posts

April 19 2012 19:59 GMT

#42

4. There are a few things that I don't agree with (skill system for example). It gets 4 mostly because diablo 2 was such a great game so this gets the benefit of doubt. The beta doesn't give much insight but the questing also feels more like WoW for some odd reason.

Exempt.

United States470 Posts

April 19 2012 20:00 GMT

#43

anything under 4 is unfair considering the amount of polish it has, even if it's an updown version of wow when a lot of us expected some things to be quite different. I'm hugely dissappointed that I cant throw 5 skill points into a random stat at each level, I loved that.

Nonetheless the game looks exceedingly good even when I have differing expectations, so I guess i'll give it a 4.

Amalaxi

United States180 Posts

April 19 2012 20:18 GMT

#44

I will be buying it for sure.
To the people who are saying the game doesn't fit your style, or you don't think it will be a hit, just remember that you have played enough of the game to be equivilent to killing blood raven in diablo 2, don't complain until you've played it all.

nOlifeTERRAN

United States153 Posts

April 19 2012 23:26 GMT

#45

Just too bad it doesn't feel like D2

Bairemuth

United States404 Posts

April 20 2012 02:55 GMT

#46

*blind fan-boy mode activated* 5 stars of course!

rezoacken

Canada2719 Posts

April 20 2012 03:46 GMT

#47

On April 20 2012 04:28 kuresuti wrote:

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There is probably some sort of cow level. The craft item Staff of Herding has a version for every dificulties (Inferno = Infernal Staff of Herding).

It also has "Only one bovine in all of sanctuary could possibly have a use for this" written on it.

Protocon

United States255 Posts

April 20 2012 04:21 GMT

#48

3 Stars.

Played the beta and i'm not impressed. They simplified this game so much, even babies can play this. D3 is catering too hard for casuals. Gonna still play though to prove myself right or wrong. We shall see.

Skoop

United States214 Posts

April 20 2012 04:32 GMT

#49

On April 20 2012 08:26 zergtossy wrote:
Just too bad it doesn't feel like D2

I get a similar impression from playing the beta, but I'm optimistic that the later parts of the game will have a more hack/slash feel with the mob count going way up later into it.

Nilrem

United States3684 Posts

April 20 2012 04:46 GMT

#50

Gave it a 5:

Has a lot potential for end-game content. More so than Diablo 2. The skill system will feel slow at first, but it will allow a lot more freedom and non-linear skills unlike Diablo 2. I am looking forward to it a lot and hopefully it will live up to my expectations. Also bought the CE.

sc4k

United Kingdom5454 Posts

April 20 2012 06:10 GMT

#51

-5. I'm glad they make such an effort to make this game a horrific embarrassment that looks like a Warcraft III UMS, with bouncy movement and WoW-y graphics, otherwise I would have sunk 100-200 hours on this easy. As it happens, I won't even bat an eyelid when it's released. Phew.

Chriscras

Korea (South)2812 Posts

April 20 2012 06:13 GMT

#52

6 STARS FOR SURPRISE OPEN BETA WEEKEND <3<3<3

zJayy962

1363 Posts

April 20 2012 06:22 GMT

#53

On April 20 2012 15:13 Chriscras wrote:
6 STARS FOR SURPRISE OPEN BETA WEEKEND <3<3<3

I'd be excited with you if I haven't played the beta already. I've decided to not play the rest of the beta and have everything surprise me when the game launches.

NotSorry

United States6722 Posts

April 20 2012 06:23 GMT

#54

I don't care for the direction it's going, everything is too limited and it looks and plays like something released in 2004, main reason I sold off my beta accounts.

zJayy962

1363 Posts

April 20 2012 06:24 GMT

#55

On April 20 2012 15:23 NotSorry wrote:
I don't care for the direction it's going, everything is too limited and it looks and plays like something released in 2004, main reason I sold off my beta accounts.

Honestly if you played diablo 2 you'd realise that the game was much more limiting than diablo 3. I could only name a couple viable ways to build each character in diablo 2 but I can imagine a lot more ways to build the characters in diablo 3.

NotSorry

United States6722 Posts

April 20 2012 06:38 GMT

#56

On April 20 2012 15:24 zJayy962 wrote:

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just because you played d2 wrong doesn't mean the rest of us did

You're comparing popular builds only of d2, to random combos you thought of while reading text of d3 and jumped to some conclusion where everything will work just the way you picture in your head without ever seeing half the abilities...

You've played ~3hours, I've had it since September. So you got what 1 lvl 13 character and just assumed every spell/rune was going to be useful or not completely overshadowed by more effective combos?

Don't get me wrong, I want this game to succeed and become massive. I want a game I can enjoy and sink countless hours into, I want them to have millions of players so that I can make money off of them, but as the game is I think anything more than a 3rating is just being a fanboi based on the information we have at hand. Now who knows maybe act2 and up is fucking amazing and blows us all away, honest I hope it does, but thats just hopes and assumptions, not anything realistic based on what has been given and shown so far.

Wurstbrot

Germany89 Posts

April 20 2012 06:45 GMT

#57

2.5* - I played alot of Beta and without the ladder and pvp the retail is gonna be really boring. And the RMAH is the worst thing ever!

miniwheats

Canada187 Posts

April 20 2012 06:52 GMT

#58

I've played the beta. I've played and enjoyed D1/2, but that was before I started playing MMOs of any kind. I personally can't help but feel that this series is dead for me. I feel gaming has just changed so much that this series, if originally launched today, would probably not get the praise that it has now from loyal fans. That being said, It's still going to be an enjoyable experience for those that do play it, especially once it gets more difficult. There are just sooo many games that I want to play, so I have to be more picky. Asides from SC2, I'm playing Tribes on the side and am excited for GW2/Planetside2 to take the mainstage of my gaming.

I am in no way saying don't buy this game. I think it's good but just not for me during these times. I am sure it will be fun! That being said I don't know what score to give it, but my explanation should be good enough.

tRavE

United States23 Posts

April 20 2012 07:49 GMT

#59

On April 19 2012 10:40 Mascherano wrote:
3 Stars. No pvp on launch? What joke.

Ya because, you're going to want to do PvP as soon as possible with no items or real long term game play yet? Have no idea what the late game classes will be like.

Reasonable

Ukraine1432 Posts

April 20 2012 13:42 GMT

#60

On April 20 2012 08:26 zergtossy wrote:
Just too bad it doesn't feel like D2

I think it will feel like D2 to a sufficient extent. I'm currently doing a solo run to kill Baal on Hell with a hammerdin, recalling those days of botting and running mephisto on hell all night with a sorc 2 days after the ladder reset. It is obvious to me that it is not the "feel" that we should be worried about, but the end-game gameplay and the combat system. You probably won't even pay attention to the settings of the game at all, let alone the feel of darkness. All you will see is "unique", "set", "ring", "ring", "magic find", "perfect unique"! *jizz all over*!.