Daigomi - I did normal in just over 4hours with a 2player group. I know I wasn't do anything special that other racers weren't, other than seeing the Korean stream and knowing where to go, but everyone on a later than Asia release had that advantage. Given a little time speed runs could probably get normal down to 3hours.

Teence

Canada157 Posts

May 15 2012 16:44 GMT

#7682

Really enjoying it so far. I just finished Act I in a little over 4 hours as a DH. I must say the last boss was a nice touch, not to mention some fairly interesting boss mechanics. I've come close to dying a few times, though the hardest part to date was dealing with a Jailer pack of those charging bull mobs about halfway through Act I. Anyone that says this is not a suitable sequel to D2 is honestly fooling themselves. The last boss of Act I alone probably has more mechanics than Andariel, Duriel and Meph combined.

KillerSOS

United States4207 Posts

May 15 2012 16:48 GMT

#7683

How are people doing normal in 6 hours? I just did first 2 acts in 6 with 2 of my intelligent friends...

Latham

9593 Posts

May 15 2012 16:49 GMT

#7684

Sorry to ask this here, but is anyone else getting error 37 for Europe realm?
I started to play the game and it defaulted me to the Americas probably because the beta client was set there too. Then my friends told me to get my ass on the EU server later that day for a gaming night, but I tired to log in now and can't seem to be able to do so.
Game purchased in EU and am in EU ATM (not that it matters, it's global play...)

SKC

Brazil18828 Posts

May 15 2012 16:49 GMT

#7685

On May 16 2012 01:44 NotSorry wrote:
Daigomi - I did normal in just over 4hours with a 2player group. I know I wasn't do anything special that other racers weren't, other than seeing the Korean stream and knowing where to go, but everyone on a later than Asia release had that advantage. Given a little time speed runs could probably get normal down to 3hours.

Well if the fastest people managed is around 4 hours, how the hell is that suposed to be the average time a casual player will spend on the game? Specially someone that will only play Normal and then give up on it. Saying the game will only last for 4 hours and then there will be no replay value is simply wrong. And even if 7 hours is too much for Normal, his estimative of 21 hours for Hell is very conservative, considering the jump in difficulty.

SirKibbleX

United States479 Posts

May 15 2012 16:50 GMT

#7686

Hey guys, I know Starcraft II had a Facebook Friend Finder that helped me get onboard with my friends quickly. I don't know how to access this feature in D3 or if it even exists. Anyone know what the deal with this is?

Thanks for the help guys.

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

May 15 2012 16:58 GMT

#7687

Seriously? how the fuck are people beating the game in, supposedly 4 hours? the first act took me and my buddy 4-5hours and we were playing nonstop! If your watching streams of people beating the game that's another thing, but in that case you have only yourself to blame for watching another player beating the game before you.

I'm a Diablo veteran and i'm at the end of act three and i have played ~12hours, i haven't been playing SUPERserious with the intention of speedrunning it, but NO casual is going to beat the game in 4hours (without looking having watched another player beat it first)

Agathon

France1505 Posts

May 15 2012 17:06 GMT

#7688

On May 16 2012 01:43 SKC wrote:

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Have you actually played this game or Diablo 2? I can understand people not liking Action RPGs, but saying it has 4 hours of gameplay is a joke. It should take around 4 hours to complete Act 2 on Normal, playing at a reasonable pace. I don't know how big the other acts are, maybe Act 4 is small like it was on D2, but it still should be at least 6-7 hours for your first playthrough on Normal. But that will leave you with a single character around level 30. The fun in this kind of game is playing through the other dificulties, leveling diferent characters, collecting items and in the future maybe PvP. If you feel the game is about finishing it a single time on normal, you probally don't really like the genre, but don't blame the game for it. Diablo 2 was pretty short as well.

This. And way more than that. I played D2, and played D3 from midnight to 8:30 AM, and 3:00 PM until now, i'm in act2, lvl 21.

I just take my time, no rush, i visited every dongeon, and it's not short at all. Rushers made all the game(in normal mode) in 4-5 hours? Ok, cool, but the game is way deeper than that.

@Mango Chicken : If for you playing a game means "rushing to the final boss without following the story", then yes, don't buy D3.

Ansinjunger

United States2451 Posts

May 15 2012 17:06 GMT

#7689

May have been said--but I find it amusing that the featured stream list shows a ton of foreigners playing D3...and Koreans still plugging away at SC2 like it's their job.

Anyways, I love Barbarian, although I'm only level 11 atm and have to prove my worth or some such. I feel like I haven't really "got" the game yet as far as crafting and bringing companions (Templar, Scoundrel, etc.), and the story hasn't quite hooked yet, but hopefully that will happen by the end of act.

CROrens

Croatia1005 Posts

May 15 2012 17:09 GMT

#7690

EDIT: moved to simple questions simple answers

LoLAdriankat

United States4307 Posts

May 15 2012 17:12 GMT

#7691

AWWW YEAH
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Now to lock my collector's edition away until the time is right.

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

May 15 2012 17:15 GMT

#7692

played for a while, I really like that, I take my time and it took me quite some hours actually to finish Act 1 with 3 other friends, however we like to explore every part of the entire map and every dungeon aswell as listening to dialogus and taking frequent shop trips.

BUT THEN I GOT DCED AND NOW I CAN'T LOGIN ANYMORE

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