Diablo 3..... Am I Alone?

I also played just on this weekend beta. I played the barbarian one but there wasn't much to do but right or left click. Its hard to tell though because after about 30mins play I killed that skeleton king and it said "You finished the beta". Way too short to judge it as I didn't play the other two.

I already have this game from the annual pass so I'm going to play it regardless as I havent played wow since last year so I'll be trying to get my money's worth.

Wait for Torchlight 2. It will be better. And no monthly fees or pay 2 win bullshit.

I've never played a Diablo.
Am I missing out?

You can change what you have for your left and right click, select elective mode in the options. That way you can put anything anywhere.

Very short beta :/ I won all the prizes!

Ace game though!

I'm really enjoying it. The skill system is completely different to what D2 was but you can get used to it.
The monk is an amazing character, I'm surely going to be starting with him.

Too simplified from what I saw. Blizzard has been in the WoW mindset too long. "Here's a grindfest morons, pay us lots of money." Not impressed at all.

I tested it and it was what I expected it to be, didn't feel like a Diablo at all. It's too polished and with all those achievements/guiding arrows/pinpoints and so on, to me it's one big release along with those call of duties etc. If I actually wanted to buy this, I wouldn't do it because it's the long waited "Diablo 3", just another expensive game. There are plenty of better titles to be released if I wanted to play any such game.

Wasn't impressed either. Too simplified from the beta I downloaded a while ago. Not terrible just far too...simple, not enough rpg or rts. Of course, no one's surprised, or at least no one should be. Blizzard found success by reaching out to the more general playerbase (the "casuals" as we know them), so it'd be stupid of them not to go for it again. Still, my friends seemed like they had fun so who knows, we'll find out a couple months after it releases. Everyone worshiped SWToR like a god but now they've lost and are still losing subs like no tomorrow according to their reports.

Agree, Torchlight 2 will probably be the hit or miss for true fans of the RTS-RPG genre.

So now diablo 3 will be another medicore game like duke nukem forever, such a shame.

I hate it. Everything seems dumbed down and nothing really grabbed me. Which sucks, cause I've only been waiting for it for 33 years.

I cant even login :/

You gotta remember, Diablo has always been a very story driven game, and this is only 1/4 of the first act. Once the full game comes out, you'll have access to the full story (if you end up buying it), which should give you a lot more fun.

You can put anything on any of the action bars, when you click to select what ability, press the left or right arrow button to go to the previous/next category. On my Monk, I have two primary abilities on the mouse. One on each button, just by doing what I posted before

I havent played much of it (used a demon hunter and felt a bit like mario in slow mo with that low attk speed), but to be honest i can't complain much about the use of skills so far (granted i havent played Diablo II for a long time either).

It didn't really feel like increased difficulty doing 2 player co-op compared to single player. Co-op is more enjoyable though, that's for sure. I've never played Diablo 2, so I can't compare to that, but I do find it more enjoyable than Torchlight so far anyway.

I'm interested in the selling junk for money, anytime I can profit by playing games is always a bonus. I wish I got to try more, but it seemed too short of a test phase to really get a feel for classes abilities and stuff. Hopefully there's a ton more content on release.

"I don't like it. I liked how Diablo 2 did the skills. I don't like being limited to what i can and can't put on my right and left click...."
They dumbed everything down to easily port it to 360

D3 beta is very short and easy, it doesn't look as good as D2 was. Blizzard only give a chance to look at the new skill system.
40 min of gameplay cut from the first act is a joke.
I didn't enjoy the game so far, but I will definetly buy it.

I can't even download the freaking thing, it always crashes on 15-20%

Having frequent login issues, occasional disconnections in-game and moderate lag (latency seems stable around 280ms).
Having said issues playing solo is.. annoying.

Hopefully someone will create a local server emulator (or something) so that people playing solo on poor connections won't have to worry about issues like that.

Bought Diablo at launch, wasn't crazy about it and only played it a little. Bought Diablo2 at launch, same. I watched my friend playing the D3 beta about a month ago and it didn't interest me so I'm going to have to pass. I'm not going to try the open beta this weekend. Oddly enough I like Torchlight though. I haven't seen Torchlight 2 yet but based on past experience I'd have to say that one. As others have mentioned I don't like the whole idea of an in-game auction house in D3 or having to pay for the best equipment. I tried that in Spiral Knights and ended up just walking away from it. Never again.

Playing alone was boring, playing with friends was indeed more fun.

Someone here said it was dumbed down for 360 port. Does that mean I might be able to use my xbox controller to play on pc? I'd much rather control where i move than point the mouse.

Also, with the buying gear for real money. I've been lead to believe there is an end to Diablo3 so why would people want to buy items that you can't use after you finish?

You were more limited in D2 when you really think about it. When did you ever use more than 6-7 skills in a regular rotation? Never ;)

Also, turn on elective mode, and you can put w/e you want, wherever you want.

Same here. I love D1 and D2 but this third episode is just boring and shit like hell. I can't belive how Blizzard can release this. :(

Too bad I can't even complain about the game, I couldn't even launch it due to underpar hardware.