yuck, it has to somehow vastly improve from the way it looks here or im gonna be upset :(

At least i still have skyrim to look forward to

 

Originally Posted by Duffy08

So how the eff is diablo any different than WoW? Does it actually take skill or just a compelte dedication of ur free time like WoW mindlessly grinding?

diablo 2 didn't have a monthly fee but there was obv alot less content than wow. It wasnt an MMO at all, you made private games that 8 people at max could join, there was also a single player mode. In order to get good items though, just like in every other game you have to grind and get lucky. The luck factor among other things made it an extremely addicting game to play. You didnt have to dedicate your life to the game like you do with WOW and raiding though

I'm finding it hard to compare diablo to a similar game, I can't really think of any off the top of my head

That being said, this game looks a lot more similar to WoW than diablo 2 was

 

Originally Posted by Hallettcopta

diablo 2 didn't have a monthly fee but there was obv alot less content than wow. It wasnt an MMO at all, you made private games that 8 people at max could join, there was also a single player mode. In order to get good items though, just like in every other game you have to grind and get lucky. The luck factor among other things made it an extremely addicting game to play. You didnt have to dedicate your life to the game like you do with WOW and raiding though

I'm finding it hard to compare diablo to a similar game, I can't really think of any off the top of my head

That being said, this game looks a lot more similar to WoW than diablo 2 was

Diablo is an action RGP that kind of defined a genre. There are tons of Diablo like games out there that you can pick up a demo for, or for cheap. I recently played Torchlight on Steam and it was all kinds of fun. Well worth the money.

 

Originally Posted by Niceguy

Baldur's gate, Champions of norrath, etc.

Diablo and Baldur's Gate are two completely different games. One is a story driven party game with D&D base and the ability to pause the combat while the other is a single character action driven loot fest. I enjoyed them both very much but to call them the same game implies you haven't played at least one of them.

 

Originally Posted by Duffy08

So how the eff is diablo any different than WoW? Does it actually take skill or just a compelte dedication of ur free time like WoW mindlessly grinding?

There's quite a bit of "skill" in WoW. :(

Baldurs Gate was the shit

 

Originally Posted by L0bstaM0bsta

so just wait for people to flood the market with items and they'll be cheap...gotta love infinate supply, limited demand economics

If they'd make items that didn't last forever, this auction house thing would work better, but would only tailor to certain players I guess. It would balance the economy and make the piles of gold you find actually worth something.

 

Originally Posted by Glo4m

meh, The Old Republic looks better imo

it didnt until these announcements and vids were made

So it looks like the Friends and Family Beta has begun, and the public beta is just around the corner. I was beginning worry about the final product, but the beta videos that I've seen look pretty damn sweet.

http://diablo.incgamers.com

Also, here's the official beta testers forum:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/3430582/

Looks tight. Cant wait to play it

 

Originally Posted by threeven

The beta is live, anyone get an invite?

NO :[[[[[ it looks amazing though. Day[9] streamed some gameplay last night.

 

Originally Posted by threeven

The beta is live, anyone get an invite?

its friends and family invites only iirc, have to be extremely lucky to have beta at this point

 

Originally Posted by KidKGB

nah, it's a public beta as of yesterday (meaning any of the general public that opted in thru battlenet could have been chosen).

Serlin - what do you expect out of a beta? a full play through?

oh, that beta mustve happened already then lol

I got into Beta last night... apparently a massive wave of invites went out. If you signed up check battle.net... I will probably go ahead and download it but wait til monday to check it out because of super bowl stuff. anyone else?

Have been in beta for about a month now, its a great game, has the complete Diablo 2 feel which is exactly what I wanted. Only thing you probably won't like is the targeting system, its called mesh targeting and its pretty bad but its not a game killer for me. Have played all the chars to max level in patch 9 and 10-11 (was no char wipe from 10-11) gotta say monk and dh are my favorites. Also this is the first time I've seen this thread and I couldn't stop laughing at the person that said Star Wars would be better than this game, Star Wars was terrible I played for like a week and got hella bored, never touched it again.