Bhruic wrote on May 28, 2012, 17:29:

RollinThundr wrote on May 28, 2012, 16:07:
That's the problem in a nut shell, in Diablo II, uniques were exactly that unique and usually the high end one's were powerful. In Diablo III it's oh hope the randomize dice roll plays nice for you.

I think you are remembering a different game. Uniques were quite common in D2. To the point where people would just stop picking up quite a lot of the low-end stuff. They did have some really good higher-end stuff, but even a lot of that wasn't that great. There's a reason most people switched to runewords when they came out - they were much better than what's available.

Presumably Blizzard will do something similar here - introduce better gear once the game's been out awhile. Although it'll be interesting to see what they add to go with it. The uber Tristram stuff was creative, but not exactly compelling.

Alamar wrote on May 28, 2012, 14:15:
If only it were the first game, or even action RPG that did this...

Was there this kind of uproar for GW when it came out? Or were people really fooled into thinking it was a massive?

-Alamar

Prez wrote on May 27, 2012, 00:44:

I saw this complaint a bunch, but I wonder, how is it more generic than Skyrim.

Fair point, but Skyrim is the latest in a crazy popular series (Elder Scrolls is legendary among RPG enthusiasts), so that alone makes it stand out enough to get noticed. Nondescript, derivative games aren't necessarily bad (I like quite a few games that could be considered "Cookie-cutter"), but for a first game in a brand new franchise by a new studio with very high sales requirements to meet, you need something special. From the reviews I read, while everything was pretty solid in Kingdom of Amalur, there was nothing special about it.

With a much lower budget and a lower price tag (say, 30 bucks vice the $60 it was at release), I'm betting it easily could have been a success. The failure here imo was far more on the part of poor business decisions than bad game design.

It's worse than that -- at least Ion Storm wasn't your tax dollars at work...

Correct me if I'm wrong but unless you live in Rhode Island it isn't your tax dollars. This was a state-run RI taxpayer-funded initiative to encourage business creation in RI, wasn't it?

The Half Elf wrote on May 25, 2012, 18:32:
Arma going back to Flashpoint has never really looked bad, it just has REALLY CRAPPY ANIMATIONS, VOICE WORK, CONTROL SCHEME, etc.

You can show me 1000 screenshots but it don't mean dick until they improve the other major issues of the game.

xXBatmanXx wrote on May 24, 2012, 19:14:

Cutter wrote on May 24, 2012, 19:09:
Are there no set items in D3? The demo allows you to get to 13 and finish the Skeleton King of which I've now done with a monk and found 2 yellows along the way and not many blues, but I have seen nary a set item.

50+ hours, came across 1 set item, early on, was garbage, sold it.

I have almost all 5 characters with about 50% of their gear is rare, and about 20+ extra rare items. Magic stuff is dime a dozen depending on your stats. Gems are what I go for now.

Creston wrote on May 24, 2012, 16:13:

nin wrote on May 24, 2012, 14:18:
edit: Oh, and have fun with your steam patches for torchlight 2!

So Steam is bad now? Did I blink?

Creston

Alamar wrote on May 24, 2012, 12:25:
Lots of complaints from peeps that built their chars around Smoke Screen or the Force Armor rune... Game breaking bugs get fixed... More at eleven...

I'm looking forward to trying out Force Armor myself... Looks like a real handy ability... If I don't foret to keep it up... Not a big fan of short term buffs in general, but 2(or 4 with a juicy passive) isn't that horrible, especially with 1-2 other 5m buffs in my build : )

-Alamar

ASeven wrote on May 23, 2012, 18:26:
I wouldn't bet much on that for the next generation.

Slippy wrote on May 23, 2012, 18:05:
Hey Walt,
Been thinking about purchasing Skyrim... Didn't have any time to game when it came out and then just never got around to it. Use Fallout 3 as a comparison... I love that game... do you think I would like Skyrim?

Thanks for your input in advance!

Optional nickname wrote on May 23, 2012, 17:38:
Blizzard is deleting all my posts in tech support, and here too.

I wrote stuff about how their game has melted some of my hardware components, due to the repeated shut downs that tens of thousands of players are also experiencing, (but have no alternate system to post on)

all my comments deleted, and here at blues too, the Nvidia driver update story, GONE.

good riddance failed sequel attempt that is Diablo 3, totally believed my gut feeling that this was going to be a disastrous dumbed down sequel, waiting all this time, for what, lol

COMON GRIM DAWN!!! TAKE US OUTTA HERE.

DangerDog wrote on May 22, 2012, 22:17:
They lost me with their whacked out graphic designs, Planetside 2 looks much better.

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on May 22, 2012, 22:30:

Kitkoan wrote on May 22, 2012, 22:16:
The app versions are free. Not sure about the SMS thing though. I'm not defending Blizzard here, but their knee jerk answer is free.

App version is free, sms version is free, and if you get hacked they give you an authenticator. Can't quite figure out the problem here for some people.

We've been taking the situation extremely seriously from the start, and have done everything possible to verify how and in what circumstances these compromises are occurring. Despite the claims and theories being made, we have yet to find any situations in which a person's account was not compromised through traditional means of someone else logging into their account through the use of their password. While the authenticator isn't a 100% guarantee of account security, we have yet to investigate a compromise report in which an authenticator was attached beforehand.

1badmf wrote on May 22, 2012, 18:22:
as much as I've loved star wars all my life, this last desperate attempt to shove mediocrity down our throats and have us shit out money for them had to fail for the MMO Genre to move on and evolve. I said so many a time when I was in early closed beta, hoping it was early enough that they could at least try to implement a few creative design choices. but of course the message was ignored when all they could see were the dollar signs WoW was raking in.

i suppose that comes with a built-in fear of experimentation, but any objective fan of MMOs at the time could see the writing on the wall - the WOW formula was dying, and the next attempt at it would likely be the saturation point of exhaustion for the market, leading to failure of said attempt. i don't know what the design evolution of MMOs should be, but please no more WOW clones.

Dev wrote on May 22, 2012, 01:17:

entr0py wrote on May 22, 2012, 01:15:
That is absolutely my No. 1 complaint about the game as well. In order to play on any of the fun difficulty levels you have to complete the entire game on normal (easy) once for EVERY character class. I was expecting all the online hassles, but I never thought they could screw up the difficulty so badly. It just about single-handedly ruins the game, it's not any fun this way.

Wait. WTF!? Easy on EVERY CHARACTER class? I thought I'd only need to play it once ever. How freaking boring is that. D2 wasn't that way I don't think.

Orogogus wrote on May 21, 2012, 19:32:

Yifes wrote on May 21, 2012, 18:55:

Verno wrote on May 21, 2012, 18:47:

someeone else saying stuff about consoles

It's hard to argue against the fact that their number of skill choices maps out well to gamepads though. In fact most of the interface will.

That's really an issue with ARPGs in general. The simplicity and repetitive nature of these game makes them naturally easy to adapt for consoles. Just look at Torchlight. The D3 interface is actually an improvement and has more depth than D2.

Really? As someone else pointed out, precision targeting is a problem. I played Sacred 2, which had a distinctly console feel. Small mobs, de-emphasis on ranged attacks, no inventory Tetris (a good thing in my book, but most PC gamers disagree). How well did Diablo 1 play on the Playstation back in the day?

MadBoris wrote on May 21, 2012, 16:49:
Let me see if I am keeping count on how the gamer benefits from all of this...

Some Cons?

One of the most expensive PC games.

Graphics resources kept within console resource limits by way of some decent art tricks, some say it's the most amazing graphics they have ever seen, fps performance is high.

Verno wrote on May 20, 2012, 12:35:
BDiablo is all about collecting crazy items and without those I might as well be playing WoW. This is a good example of what people are talking about on the forums.

ASeven wrote on May 19, 2012, 20:18:

Wowbagger_TIP wrote on May 19, 2012, 19:37:

ASeven wrote on May 19, 2012, 17:12:

Dades wrote on May 19, 2012, 16:34:

All things considered, the game to me is not better than Diablo 3. It's not even better than Torchlight 1, it's just the same with a larger game area. But what do I know? I'm just a Blizzard shill who can't see how amazingly brilliant Runic is for using 16 year old game design choices. At the very least they have the decency to not charge more than $20 for it.

Anyone who disagrees with your take on the game is obviously accusing you of being a shill, that's totally the same thing

And most of the downsides he mentions for T2 can be easily assigned to D3 as well.

Yeah, had to remind myself he was talking about TL2 rather than D3 once I got past the Alchemist point.

To be honest, Path of Exile has the best implementation of potion using IMO. You only get 5 flasks, period, which can be used for healing or mana or special powers but you only get 5 of them. You can drink them anytime but are only replenished by killing enemies. At least this way potions are limited to 5 slots only and it adds quite an edge to the gameplay.

Cutter wrote on May 19, 2012, 18:41:
Edit: Just checked Amazon to see if they state anything about online connection required and they don't. So fair enough, maybe some people didn't know, but I still find it hard to believe it's the volume it apparently is.