All good demons go to... um... sequel? - Diablo 3 Announced

Nesrie · 2011-08-03T09:45:24.000Z

BleedTheFreak:

People who boycott Diablo 3 when they HAVE a solid internet connection (as evident by the ranting) are being rediculous.

Also, people who claim to boycott the game will be the same people who have it day one and bitch about “skill X being OP in PvP” or something. Nerds. Sheesh.

Nah it’s pretty easy to boycott games until they’re are in the 5 dollar rental bin where they belong. Ubisoft, for example, has been an easy pass, and I’ve never had a Blizzard account of any kind so…

WarrenM · 2011-08-03T09:57:13.000Z

You’ll be waiting awhile for Diablo 3 to be $5. Just saying.

Stepsongrapes · 2011-08-03T10:02:31.000Z

WarrenM:

You’ll be waiting awhile for Diablo 3 to be $5. Just saying.

Blizzard games are the ultimate non-guilty day 1 purchase. You’ll be lucky to find them $10 cheaper six months or longer down the line.

No other dev’s games are so price-sticky.

malkav11 · 2011-08-03T10:07:18.000Z

Personally, $0 is too much to pay for Ubi-style DRM.

Teiman · 2011-08-03T10:08:10.000Z

WarrenM:

You’ll be waiting awhile for Diablo 3 to be $5. Just saying.

I am still waiting for Starcraft 2 to release. And I check Steam daily, is imposible that I have miss it. I even have checked google, and theres box versions, but I am not interested in a box version. Where is the game for sale? Maybe you have to create a account in Blizzard to be able to see the game for sale? is very secretive.

I am not really interested in Starcraft 2 much. I have read that is too clasic and derivative. But for 5$ would buy it. But don’t seems for sale checks again in Steam nope, not for sale, for $5 or for $50.

James_Johnson · 2011-08-03T10:09:32.000Z

Anyone want to start writing down the names of those who say they’re boycotting? I’d love to see how many can actually stick to these principles they allegedly hold so dear.

Drastic · 2011-08-03T10:10:52.000Z

I am furiously boycotting Diablo 3 until it is released.

Kael · 2011-08-03T10:13:31.000Z

Teiman:

I am still waiting for Starcraft 2 to release. And I check Steam daily, is imposible that I have miss it. I even have checked google, and theres box versions, but I am not interested in a box version. Where is the game for sale? Maybe you have to create a account in Blizzard to be able to see the game for sale? is very secretive.

I am not really interested in Starcraft 2 much. I have read that is too clasic and derivative. But for 5$ would buy it. But don’t seems for sale checks again in Steam nope, not for sale, for $5 or for $50.

Blizzard games are unlikely to ever be on steam. You will need to buy a physical copy, or through their store (though the physical copy also requires you to make an account on their store so there isn’t any getting around it).

Teiman · 2011-08-03T10:16:04.000Z

I am not boycotting this game, I am just having fun with the trainwreck.

Jesus, legitimizing gold sellers, adding a Pay2Win model to one of the most hardcore games ever. This is one of these Perfect Storms scenearios that wheater scientist love.

Nesrie · 2011-08-03T10:17:42.000Z

WarrenM:

You’ll be waiting awhile for Diablo 3 to be $5. Just saying.

See the thing is, I won’t be waiting at all. It will just hit the memory bank that gather’s dust, and I’ll be on to new series and new games. Since they still want 20 bucks for their decade old games, well… good for them. Others will drool over the chance to shove them money, but its a big field and there are a lot of choices.

This game will get high scores, simulate wet dreams from its fanbase no matter what. I know that, and it doesn’t change the price I am willing to pay for Ubistyle garbage. Please feel free to roll your eyes at me.

Scotch_Lufkin · 2011-08-03T10:23:30.000Z

Drastic:

I am furiously boycotting Diablo 3 until it is released.

HAHAHAHAHA! Okay, cool. Have fun with that! :)

WarrenM · 2011-08-03T10:24:52.000Z

Nesrie:

See the thing is, I won’t be waiting at all. It will just hit the memory bank that gather’s dust, and I’ll be on to new series and new games. Since they still want 20 bucks for their decade old games, well… good for them. Others will drool over the chance to shove them money, but its a big field and there are a lot of choices.

This game will get high scores, simulate wet dreams from its fanbase no matter what. I know that, and it doesn’t change the price I am willing to pay for Ubistyle garbage. Please feel free to roll your eyes at me.

Shine on.

Brian_Seiler · 2011-08-03T10:26:02.000Z

I dunno. I kinda don’t want it any more, if it’s going to simulate a wet dream from a legion of nerds.

Nesrie · 2011-08-03T10:37:34.000Z

WarrenM:

Shine on.

It’s a glorified F2PMMORPG, complete with a cash shop. The difference is if the Koreans were selling it, there is no way the same excuses would be coming up and being bought so readily.

inactive_user · 2011-08-03T10:40:59.000Z

Nesrie:

It’s a glorified F2PMMORPG, complete with a cash shop. The difference is if the Koreans were selling it, there is no way the same excuses would be coming up and being bought so readily.

Keep herping that derp.*

* full credit to McCullough on that one.

DeepT · 2011-08-03T10:42:22.000Z

I have some questions for any of those who have access to the beta.

Do items still have durability? In Titian quest, they got rid of that mechanic and I really liked that idea.
Are there unidentified items? Another thing TQ did was get rid that that mechanic as well. I hope blizzard follows suit.

Stepsongrapes · 2011-08-03T10:44:19.000Z

Nesrie:

It’s a glorified F2PMMORPG, complete with a cash shop. The difference is if the Koreans were selling it, there is no way the same excuses would be coming up and being bought so readily.

“Good, I can feel your anger. The game is defenseless. Take your mouse. Strike Diablo 3 down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!”

Matt_Bowyer · 2011-08-03T10:45:57.000Z

I had a passing interest in Diablo III – not a big one, but a passing one. I picked up D2 and played it by myself and had fun, and with a friend of mine and had fun. We played it on a LAN. If I were to play it with one of my friends now, it’d be on a LAN since we still have nightmares trying to get online PC gaming to work reliably, with or without Battle.net. The lack of LAN play and the always-on online requirement, combined with a general feeling of a decline of quality in Blizzard games, has me skipping Diablo III. If I want to get an ARPG to play, it’ll be Torchlight 2, I suppose.

I don’t feel like raising a big stink about it online, though. What’s the point? All I’m trying to do here is say that there are people who are passing on the game, partially for these reasons. But we’re not going to go on big diatribes about it. Moderate opinions exist!

Also, everyone loves to talk about themselves, so I thought I’d get in on that. I totally predicted this on my blog.

FieryBalrog · 2011-08-03T10:46:02.000Z

Brian Seiler:

Yo danger yo. Some people - even some of the people who are okay with it, like me - still think of video games as products, rather than services, which means that when they sell me my copy, the game itself is MY product. You’re brushing up against the whole Spielberg airbrushing the shotguns out of E.T. zone. I don’t care in this case because I don’t have time for content mods, but it’s a legitimate point of concern.

Able to resell your Steam/Impulse/Battlenet PC games yet? Or access them if banned? Then how are they your products anymore?

The content mods part, of course, is pretty fucked up.

FieryBalrog · 2011-08-03T10:47:22.000Z

Teiman:

I am not boycotting this game, I am just having fun with the trainwreck.

Jesus, legitimizing gold sellers, adding a Pay2Win model to one of the most hardcore games ever. This is one of these Perfect Storms scenearios that wheater scientist love.

Diablo 2 already had a “pay2win” model; it was called the entire ecosystem of 3rd party Diablo 2 RMT, including D2JSP, which was massive.