Diablo 3 Beta "Soon"Follow

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Never played any of the Diablo games, so I have nothing else to add.

This, plus the facepalm in lol's avatar.

Seriously, WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?

Go download them and play, now. Seriously.

Can we please stop acting like Diablo is the greatest game to ever grace a PC yet? It had it's moments, but games have moved on quite a bit in the last fifteen years. At this point I wouldn't even put it in the top ten.

Edited, Jul 26th 2011 8:08am by Turin

Diablo II has actually aged remarkably well. It would be totally worth playing it now for someone who has never played before. Deep and interesting character development? Check. A unique experience each time you play? Check. Easy to understand, but difficult to master combat? Check. Variety in ability and class choices? Check. Variety in ways to play styles, even within each class? Check. Interesting gearing choices? Check. Variety in enemy types, abilities and strategies? Check. Decent graphics (though you'll need to play it windowed on any modern system)? Check.

Quite frankly, it might be one of the best aging games outside of the handheld genre (or games that could move to the handheld systems) that there is.

And afaik, there is still online support for it.

I'll grant that Diablo I hasn't aged as well, though. Then again, Diablo II was better in every conceivable way from the first one by a pretty big margin.

Most importantly, your comment as stupid. Just because modern games might have improved on certain things doesn't mean that a game, at its release, wasn't extraordinary. And just because technical skills have improved, it doesn't mean that an old game has to have become far worse by comparison.

You are like one of those people who reads a modern review for an older game and agrees with the reviewer that it clearly deserves a 3/10.

I was playing Diablo back and Diablo II at release, and I've played them both in the last year, no they did not age well. Their point and click game play hasn't been interesting in years. But hey, let's just completely gloss over the fact that I did mention it had it's moments. A decade ago it was good, but that doesn't mean that it still is.

Edited, Jul 26th 2011 9:19am by Turin

This.

And if your problem is because you think a clicking game is stupid, then I'm guessing you won't like DIII.

I think that the claim that a game sucks in the modern world because it makes heavy use of the mouse is retarded. I mean, really? What, EVERY game needs to give you auto-attack? How exactly does that make things more exciting?

Well that's just stupid. You use your keyboard to use your ability/potion hotkeys, and use your mouse to move/attack. What's so horribly old school about that? Is it a tactical game? Yes. If you are looking for action-adventure, go elsewhere.

How exactly do you intend to play a computer game without a keyboard and mouse?

I've never understood peoples preference of controllers, it seems like their built for people with tiny hands and like slow and clunky game play, even at the highest sensitivity settings. Although, I suppose that's why it's a preference.



I've always found Mice to be far superior in almost any type of game I play, espeically FPS games. Which is why I've been thinking about purchasing a XIM3, aside from the fact that I want to sell my xbox, and wish I hadn't purchased it in the first place.

The only problem I have with PC gaming is lack of people to play with, as all my friends are of the "lol you can play games on a pc?" mindset. It's frustrating.

I got an Xbox 360 controller for my PC and often play games that support it from Steam. I think it's nice to switch up my repetitive motions sometimes to give my hands a break.

Sometimes I even play part of the same game with both depending on which adapts better to a situation. It's nice to lean back in my chair with the controller but for sure nothing beats mouse for FPS headshots.

So yeah Diable 3 and stuff. woot

The one I never understood was: Why does Oblivion for the PC not support an xbox controller?

I have no problems using the keyboard/mouse, it's just something that I've always wondered about.



As far as other games go- typically, I like the keyboard as I feel it gives me more control over the game, but a controller seems to be easier on the hands after long periods of time.

Edited, Jul 27th 2011 3:22am by xypin

The Elder Scrolls series is great, just buggy. But with it being so open sandbox-ish, I can't say I'm surprised. There's a lot that I think the Devs kind of just put in but didn't go back and test, because they were too busy putting in more stuff.

Basically, it's a pretty unstable game for such a major release.

Everyone is completely shocked that you don't like Diablo, I'm sure.