Bucky wrote on Jul 23, 2012, 13:20:

Fibrocyte wrote on Jul 23, 2012, 12:54:
I really enjoyed D3 when it was first released. I wasn't one of the ones bickering about the online DRM. However, I quickly hit a ceiling in Act1 of Inferno that would require me to switch from casually playing the game and farming items to intensely playing the game and farming items just to progress. While the gameplay is certainly fun, constant farming (with little to no forward movement) with nothing else to do in the game world becomes very boring.

I'm in the same camp. Instead of playing the game, you'd end up spending more time in the AH. The story and writing felt weak to me, the 'randomized' maps don't even deserve the term, and the loot is not inspired at all. There are a lot of other minor flaws, but others have detailed them better than I can.

I picked up the CE, and I've put over 200 hours into D3, so I certainly got my money's worth. It's just that D3 ends up being more of a one-off game than one you return to month after month. For that, I suggest Guild Wars 2.

...sorry, I couldn't resist. The last BWE was a blast.