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Yup, ever since they went Activision, Blizzard has become retarded about DRM. From SC2 onward, you need an always active connection to play their games.
 
shortylickens said:
Yup, ever since they went Activision, Blizzard has become retarded about DRM. From SC2 onward, you need an always active connection to play their games.
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Sadly, this makes me NOT want to buy the game. I played D2 for hours and hours with my 56k disconnected. Unplugged baby, it's been so long...
 
Actually no. With SC2 once you activate your copy of the game you have a permanent account. You also automatically get a forum account.
 
zerogear said:
After playing the beta, I think I will wait until price is ~$20.
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Yup, same. For a while I didn't really care much about D3. I played D2 a ton and loved it, but don't really feel like playing an updated version of that game, which is what D3 sounds like to me.

I got into the beta and played a couple hours of it. Initially it was pretty cool, but I quickly lost interest and didn't even care to finish the beta.

It's definitely a great game, but I don't think it's something I'm interested in anymore (FYI I'm 29, since we seem to be listing off our age here..🙂

I might get it 6 months or more after release when i have more time, but no preorder for me. It's also coming out the week I get married, so pretty sure that wouldn't work anyway😱
 
obidamnkenobi said:
Yup, same. For a while I didn't really care much about D3. I played D2 a ton and loved it, but don't really feel like playing an updated version of that game, which is what D3 sounds like to me.

I got into the beta and played a couple hours of it. Initially it was pretty cool, but I quickly lost interest and didn't even care to finish the beta.

It's definitely a great game, but I don't think it's something I'm interested in anymore (FYI I'm 29, since we seem to be listing off our age here..🙂

I might get it 6 months or more after release when i have more time, but no preorder for me. It's also coming out the week I get married, so pretty sure that wouldn't work anyway😱
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This. D3 will not be as addicting as D2 was, especially if the beta was any indication. I might get it eventually and play through the story at least. Constantly farming and min/maxing a character doesn't really appeal to me in this game (especially since PVP won't be in until a future patch).
 
i hate the difference in prices all around the world; even between the retail and digital purchase there is like 20 euros in some parts of the world
 
For anyone on the fence about this game, I'd suggest doing what I plan on doing. Wait until Torchlight 2 comes out and compare the reviews.
 
shortylickens said:
Torchlight 2 will NOT be a better game than Diablo 3.
It might be a better deal for the money.
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Yeah I loved the demo of Torchlight, then I bought it for like $7.50 and beat it. Gawd did it get awful. I'm kind of a loot person and I beat the game at level 30 something (or high 20's) wearing mostly level 15 gear.

It's a huge grind with terrible loot rewards. The only benefit was the story, which was nothing magnificent.
 
shortylickens said:
Torchlight 2 will NOT be a better game than Diablo 3.
It might be a better deal for the money.
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Two things, it might not be better for YOU and you can't know this for certain as both games are not complete.

More than likely, for you TL2 won't be a "better" game when compared to D3. For me, the direction D3 has gone, it's a 50/50 toss up at this point.
 
One of the mini-games my friends and i have made over the years is: loot first kill second. So we might have a horde of monsters swarming us and see an epic drop and immediately stop trying to kill the horde in order to grab the loot. It can make for some pretty damn fun moments

from what i hear, D3 has implemented loot tables for each player, so that you can only pick up what drops specifically for you. meaning, no mini-game for us which is quite a bummer :|

at this point, i plan on waiting for either 'real' reviews or til it is around the 10-15$ range (which would mean 10yrs from now).
 
ockky said:
One of the mini-games my friends and i have made over the years is: loot first kill second. So we might have a horde of monsters swarming us and see an epic drop and immediately stop trying to kill the horde in order to grab the loot. It can make for some pretty damn fun moments

from what i hear, D3 has implemented loot tables for each player, so that you can only pick up what drops specifically for you. meaning, no mini-game for us which is quite a bummer :|

at this point, i plan on waiting for either 'real' reviews or til it is around the 10-15$ range (which would mean 10yrs from now).
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Really? I didnt know that. So in big coops of monster destruction, you can only pickup what dropped for you? That sounds dumb.

I have always been a big fan of diablo and played D2 so many times, I just hope they dont screw the game up. I like the clickfest rpg style games.

I just want a good clickfest rpg to get released that isnt a disappointment.

Jules said:
Never got a chance to play Diablo 1 or 2. I think im in on the pre order.
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Thats just sad. Sorry. 🙂
 
hansmuff said:
That's gonna take a good long while. SC2 is still waiting for it's first expansion, and the second one is planned. Meaning a "battle chest" thing is years away. SC2 was $30 directly from blizzard around Halloween, that was a really good offer.
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I'm willing to wait. I'm not one of those people that needs the latest or the greatest.
 
Grooveriding said:
34 here, most anticipated game release ever for me. I think you're good :thumbsup:
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Nothing to worry about. In fact I'd imagine people like us (33 here) are exactly the prime target for D III, since there must be quite a lot of us that were addicted to D I+II back in the days.
 
Played Diablo 1 on the PlayStation and Torchlight on the PC. I'll skip D3 and wait for Torchlight 2 if for one reason only: I like to play these types of games with a controller, not mouse+kb.
 
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