Diablo III

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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 10199 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 2,918 out of 10199
  2. Mixed: 1,570 out of 10199
  3. Negative: 5,711 out of 10199
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  1. Thrax
    May 30, 2012
    1
    The game is an unplayable mess, weeks after its release. Unable to log in, being booted out of a single player game, and an unrewarding experience when finally being able to play make this game a terrible disappointment.
    I am new to the Diablo series, and I am not impressed. Blizzard might have sold its last blockbuster game.
  2. GamePlayingRole
    Jun 1, 2012
    0
    It's a really awesome game, but in my humble opinion, if exactly the same game was released by another company and another name, it wouldn't sell so much. Critic Reviews would have a much lower average score than 89 out of 100 because it wouldn't be a Blizzard game and on the other hand User Reviews would have a much higher score because people wouldn't have so high expectations from thisIt's a really awesome game, but in my humble opinion, if exactly the same game was released by another company and another name, it wouldn't sell so much. Critic Reviews would have a much lower average score than 89 out of 100 because it wouldn't be a Blizzard game and on the other hand User Reviews would have a much higher score because people wouldn't have so high expectations from this game. Personally, I will give this game an absolute ZERO, not because it is bad, but to protest against the constant DRM, because if this game is successful and people accept the online DRM, then all the companies will adopt this method to protect their games and eventually the games industry will be filled with games that we will only be able to play as long as these companies support them. Remember Tabula Rasha or other MMOs? Who can play these games now? Nobody. If you like games, then DON'T buy Diablo 3 and give Blizzard a lesson how to respect their customers.… Expand
  3. Drenamai
    Jun 1, 2012
    1
    Let's talk seriously. B L I Z Z A R D S U C K. That's all.
    They made us wait for a game full of bugs, and too much related to an internet connection that is ****

    I'm playing.... I lag.... The server kicks me out......... AND...... MY HARDCORE PG DIED.
    That's all. Blizzard has to pay, he **** has to pay for mocking a whole community of players.
  4. fuzzyfriend1
    Jun 1, 2012
    1
    Truly disappointing lack of end game content as well as poorly thought out enemies and bosses in addition to bad item design make this a very short-lived game, hardly worth the 45 pound price point. (more details about the poor game design can be found in other reviews so I won't dwell on them here) The game's combat system and graphics are brilliant, however even if approached as a singleTruly disappointing lack of end game content as well as poorly thought out enemies and bosses in addition to bad item design make this a very short-lived game, hardly worth the 45 pound price point. (more details about the poor game design can be found in other reviews so I won't dwell on them here) The game's combat system and graphics are brilliant, however even if approached as a single player console game, this fails in replay value and longevity. Taken as an online multiplayer RPG game however (which is what diablo is meant to be) allows me to rate this game as I have done. The game does not achieve what it sets out to do and the price is extortionate, hence the low score.… Expand
  5. Skaownsj00
    Jun 2, 2012
    2
    This game is a horrible excuse for a sequel. Diablo 1, Diablo 2, and Diablo 2:LOD had a very gritty, medieval/dark/horror art style. Diablo 3 on the other hand, still has the horror style, only done with a crayon. The game's art direction is a total "slap in the face" for any old school fan of the franchise. Many people bought computers, and equipment for Diablo 3's release. WhenThis game is a horrible excuse for a sequel. Diablo 1, Diablo 2, and Diablo 2:LOD had a very gritty, medieval/dark/horror art style. Diablo 3 on the other hand, still has the horror style, only done with a crayon. The game's art direction is a total "slap in the face" for any old school fan of the franchise. Many people bought computers, and equipment for Diablo 3's release. When servers went live, it was quite obvious that the multi-billion dollar company Blizzard was not prepared. Servers were overwhelmed, and I personally was not able to play the game due to login errors two hours after launch. The story is a absolute disgrace. Villains have a very campy feel to them, telling you they're exact plans and taunting you in such a way that it insults your intelligence. You can only play the game online, even though it was tested and designed to be a single player game. The real money auction house and the gold auction house is hit/miss with me. It works because there are no more community lobbies like there were in D2 to set up trades. This however, ruins the atmospheric fun in joining your own games from channel lists. Let it be known that the gold currency auction house was comptely inflated with people farming explotable "gold chests" that blizzard took over a week and a half to hotfix. These "gold chest" farming runs, allowed players to continuously farm the best loot in the game, with little if any effort. The result was a inflatuated market early on, with people selling items for the upmost of 20,000,000,000 gold peices. The game automatically throws you into a random public game, if you so choose to play multiplier. It is designed to allow you to pick a starting point in a quest, and join a public game from there. The feel of the "community" is like a ghost town because of it. You can only play with up to four players, which is half of what you could do with Diablo 2, for it had eight player coop.

    The itemization is a joke. Once epic and sought after legendary's like Windforce and Grandfather are replaced by blue and rare items. Legendary items are no longer a viable option for they are always outclassed by a blue or yellow. There are no skill trees, stat systems, or anything that old school Diablo 1 and 2 players may remember.

    After hitting 60, and beating the Hell difficulty mode, you are thrown into a mode called Inferno. Inferno makes it almost downright impossible to conquer without purchasing items that other players who found exploits early and profited from it on the gold currency auction house. In inferno, coming from Hell, you can expect to get two shotted by almost anything. Act 1 inferno is a rough thing to beat, but if you can manage to survive and farm it, the drops you will receive have no benefit what so ever towards the impossible brick wall that is Act 2 inferno. The progression of loot and drops vs the severity of challenge and impossibilities that lay ahead are overwhelming for most classes, where as wizard's and demon hunters can face-roll up to act 4 with little, if any, good gear.

    The in game crafting system, blacksmiths, is an absolute joke. It skips item levels, and doesn't really provide you with anything worth investing in. From personal experience, I have sank almost all my gold into my crafting systems and I have yet to make anything that is even viable for Inferno.

    All and all, Blizzard did not deliver a addition to one of they're most loved franchises, but a mere insult to old fans intelligence levels. If you haven't bought the game yet, and are a fan of D1, D2, or D2:LOD, I highly suggest you stay away from this game. Blizzard tried to reinvent the genre, and the franchise by not listening to the fans and making horrible design decisions, most likely biased off of the successive history of World of Warcraft.

    2/10. Never buying another Blizzard product.    … Expand
  6. howare
    Jun 3, 2012
    1
    game is screwed up hardcore!

    security breached and victims ingame become the faults also, fanboys and mercs hired to control forum is crazy! anyone with normal mind will not buy or play!
  7. Bool
    Jun 2, 2012
    1
    Diablo 3 is a garbage collection simulator with a dumbed-down, uber-monetized Diablo clone tacked on as an afterthought, featuring TWO great big tacky gift shops full of overpriced crap conveniently located by the EXIT.

    In a game about loot drops you can go to level 60 without ever finding a viable upgrade. Loot drops are deliberately withheld in order to force players to purchase all    Diablo 3 is a garbage collection simulator with a dumbed-down, uber-monetized Diablo clone tacked on as an afterthought, featuring TWO great big tacky gift shops full of overpriced crap conveniently located by the EXIT.

    In a game about loot drops you can go to level 60 without ever finding a viable upgrade. Loot drops are deliberately withheld in order to force players to purchase all upgrades at the Auction House, for a 15% transaction fee. The loot you do find all has completely useless stats, and 10-15 levels lower than you throughout the game, providing the carrot on a stick. The entire game is loaded with conspicuously large money sinks that offer the false promise of another route to obtaining viable equipment, but end up costing a fortune and never end up providing any practical benefit.

    The game makes extensive use of procedurally generated content, the product of random number generators, without any apparent thought given to whether the resulting content makes any sense. Examples: item stats uniformly suck, maps aren't very random at all, elite monster pack super-powers bypass skill and stats entirely. The "Inferno" difficulty setting seems to be little more than "a place-holder of infinite difficulty" to provide Blizzard time to finish the game after release, but of course players beat it right away and found that the loot there sucks as much as it has all along.

    It is grind-tastic and cartoony pastel, as though it was made by the World of Warcraft team. Oh wait, it was!

    At every opportunity for the game to reward the player, it instead rewards Activision/Blizzard. It is perverse. Do not buy. The game itself feels like it could have been slapped together in a year and every design decision appears to have favored their micro-transaction scheme over game design principles and player enjoyment.

    While a major loot overhaul might make this game a lot more bearable to play in the short term, I do not expect to see meaningful changes in the near future, and even so it would certainly not be enough to make this game worthy of the name it bears. Activision has spent a fortune on marketing and buying positive mainstream reviews. I expect they will rely on that investment and generally refuse to acknowledge that this release is an utter disaster, so long as people are still buying it because they don't know any better. Don't be that guy.

    Path of Exile is a much better game, currently in beta, and its developers are opposed to "PAY2WIN".

    RIP Blizzard    … Expand
  8. Toaster
    Jun 2, 2012
    0
    This is the biggest let down for a video game I have ever had. This game is not worthy of the title "Diablo". No world PvP. The drop rates are drastically reduced from the previous games. (As a way to force you into using the auction house, more specifically the real money auction house - Note: This was officially confirmed by D3 forum mods) There is no community, as there are noThis is the biggest let down for a video game I have ever had. This game is not worthy of the title "Diablo". No world PvP. The drop rates are drastically reduced from the previous games. (As a way to force you into using the auction house, more specifically the real money auction house - Note: This was officially confirmed by D3 forum mods) There is no community, as there are no tanglible chat rooms to hang out in, only a WoW based in-game chat box, which is usually filled with spam. This game is empty, and has no replay value. Don't waste your money, I think it's time to support a different company, and leave Blizzard to rot.… Expand
  9. Crebstar
    Jun 3, 2012
    0
    Not worth the 60 dollars. It is nothing like Diablo2 at all and is completely linear. Expect boring guided gameplay with little to no customization. Also you are forced to use AH to progress in the game. Terrible thing Jay Wilson has done to the Diablo franch
  10. pinoyzzz
    Jun 3, 2012
    0
    Continuously pushed back for "polishing", no attributes, limited amount of skills to be used, no commitment made to character progression, no PvP on release (duels/hostile flagging included), absolutely broken itemization, tedious affixes to mobs in higher difficulties, no skill required (only gear check), Bobby Kotick auctions, broken auction house with terrible UI, hacking issues (noContinuously pushed back for "polishing", no attributes, limited amount of skills to be used, no commitment made to character progression, no PvP on release (duels/hostile flagging included), absolutely broken itemization, tedious affixes to mobs in higher difficulties, no skill required (only gear check), Bobby Kotick auctions, broken auction house with terrible UI, hacking issues (no experience first-hand), server downtime, no offline mode, awful latency, nerfing classes instead of fixing others, worthless legendaries which they are going to "fix", garbage graphics for all Windows ME users, story was a letdown (I've read the Sin War trilogy, so I don't say it lightly), required to hit Esc everytime they have their worthless dialogue, sudden appearance of the "Thieves Guild", random server shutdowns wiping Nephalem Valor stacks, and class imbalances.

    That is just a small list of the issues that I have found while playing the game, and I could continue listing things had I nothing to do. The rest of the the reviews are evidence enough to not want to buy the game. Diablo 3 should not have even been released in its' current state, and it saddens me that Blizzard would ruin such an excellent franchise. The once noticeable distinctions between Activison and Blizzard have become non-existent since the buyout. This will be the last product I receive from them.    … Expand
  11. Subla
    Jun 3, 2012
    0
    Diablo 3 has strayed so far away from its predecessors, that itâ
  12. Palovana
    Jun 3, 2012
    1
    Downloaded the game the night before release. Got home from work the following day ready to play. I should have taken it as a bad omen that I had to wait 3 hours while Blizzard performed emergency server repairs. Diablo 3 is an abysmal sequel in the Diablo franchise. Removing character customization has given the game zero replay value. For a while I thought the blacksmithing might beDownloaded the game the night before release. Got home from work the following day ready to play. I should have taken it as a bad omen that I had to wait 3 hours while Blizzard performed emergency server repairs. Diablo 3 is an abysmal sequel in the Diablo franchise. Removing character customization has given the game zero replay value. For a while I thought the blacksmithing might be a nice touch, but you can't actually craft much gear for your own use. The random attributes negates all benefit of crafting. Not to mention that training and increasing the level of both blacksmithing & gemcrafting carries over to ALL your characters. That alone removes another challenge of starting a new character...just have your main craft all the gear you need (which will cost a fortune to finally get the attributes you want) and then stick them in the communal stash. The auction house is a joke, there is minimal map randomization, rare items are useless, no single player play...the list goes on.

    That being said, I opened a ticket requesting a refund and am expecting my money back any day now. Back to playing D2!    … Expand
  13. Survious
    Jun 3, 2012
    1
    Here it is: Bad story, game is on rails, you must be online to play (when the servers are working), and in order to advance you have to use the AH to get gear...a big step backwards from D2. Activision made D3 to make money, not please there customers and feels repetitive after normal mode. All your gear will come from the AH, nothing is soul bound, and the REAL MONEY AH will cause youHere it is: Bad story, game is on rails, you must be online to play (when the servers are working), and in order to advance you have to use the AH to get gear...a big step backwards from D2. Activision made D3 to make money, not please there customers and feels repetitive after normal mode. All your gear will come from the AH, nothing is soul bound, and the REAL MONEY AH will cause you to spend real money to beat the game...better to play a F2P game.… Expand
  14. Twopay
    Jun 5, 2012
    1
    Nothing but rehashed. Ok you beat the game now beat it agian and agian and agian. Just same thing over and over. Worse then wow dailys. After i Beat it once i was not gonna do it over and over. Blizz should of spent more time on the game instead of what they did . Very fail indeed
  15. Wasteoftime
    Jun 6, 2012
    0
    This was a truely terrible game. It starts out fine but you soon realise that you have wasted 60$ of your hard earned chash. The game is supprisinly pathed. There is hardly any room to explore.

    The game is based around the action house, it is nearly impossible to progress without hours of countles grind attempts just in hopes for gear in later difficulties. Cartoonie graphics. There is a    This was a truely terrible game. It starts out fine but you soon realise that you have wasted 60$ of your hard earned chash. The game is supprisinly pathed. There is hardly any room to explore.

    The game is based around the action house, it is nearly impossible to progress without hours of countles grind attempts just in hopes for gear in later difficulties.

    Cartoonie graphics. There is a level full of ponnies teddie bears and unicorns. I kid you not.

    I am highly dissapointed and mad at this game. Made enough i made a account to review this game.    … Expand
  16. Kokek
    Jun 7, 2012
    0
    Well this was a 12 year preparation for kick in a crotch. Really wtf is this pile of random clicking to make a game. Thanks for that it really was a good expirience not to preorder anything anymore
  17. HYDRALISK
    Jun 9, 2012
    1
    I enjoyed diablo 1 and 2 and i thought D3 was going to be great.
    Game is broken full of bugs and there is no fun with it.
    It is based on AH and RMAH ( Auction House - Real money Auction House)
    so blizzard would earn more money. The game took too long to come out and it is still at beta Blizzard should be ashamed
  18. Lint
    Jun 9, 2012
    1
    Pros:
    The Music
    Cons: - Lots of rubberbanding - Lots of server downtime (two seperate downtimes to apply patches? no thanks) - Too many bugs for a "release" including random deaths to unknowns, massive player hitboxes, damage of abilities growing larger than the graphics - Balanced around buying items off the auction house - 99% of the loot is garbage - ALL legendary weapons are garbage -    Pros:
    The Music

    Cons:
    - Lots of rubberbanding
    - Lots of server downtime (two seperate downtimes to apply patches? no thanks)
    - Too many bugs for a "release" including random deaths to unknowns, massive player hitboxes, damage of abilities growing larger than the graphics
    - Balanced around buying items off the auction house
    - 99% of the loot is garbage
    - ALL legendary weapons are garbage
    - Story written by a 5 year old
    - Blizzard does NOT inform customers about hotfixes    … Expand
  19. acroyer
    Sep 25, 2012
    5
    I give this a 5 because it just can't seem to fall on one side of the fence towards good or bad. This game was very fun and new for Act 1, but it just becomes numbingly empty after that.

    Perhaps in the future Blizzard will put out a better Diablo that has learned lessons from games such as Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2!

    Come on Blizz, do better next time!
  20. Cursedderb
    Jun 18, 2012
    1
    Who decided that this was worth $60, why do I equip a spear for the monk and he uses his fists? Why do I need someone to hold my hand through the first 10 levels? Why do I need to be online for a single player game? Why does the graphical detail look like it
  21. RedMAK
    Jun 17, 2012
    0
    DO NOT BUY IT! I waited for this game not as a crazy fun, but still waited. Got it and... was terribly disappoined. When some time ago my friends discussed how a single player mode could still require network connection, I laughted at them, because these days almost every single PC is connected. Just now I realized how wrong was I and how right they were. The game is absolutely IMPOSSIBLEDO NOT BUY IT! I waited for this game not as a crazy fun, but still waited. Got it and... was terribly disappoined. When some time ago my friends discussed how a single player mode could still require network connection, I laughted at them, because these days almost every single PC is connected. Just now I realized how wrong was I and how right they were. The game is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to play because of disconnects and lags, even if you try to play just a little, just for fun, just alone. With these lags even by the time you reach end of Act 2, the game becomes something like "Spawn, freeze, wait, wait, wait, see your corpse". As for me, once per 15 minutes the game disconnects and forces you to start again from the checkpoint. Damn it! I prefer to explore everything, run in every corner and track (on minimap) where I have been. With these disconnects it is impossible, you always start on a new randomly generated map, scout about 30-40% of it and... disconnect again to start anew. Forget about completing everything, try to reach the next scenario milestone before it disconnects again. I am very happy for Blizz that they decided to make even more bucks on real-money auction houses and introduced online gaming to prevent hacking, but guys, I don't want to pay for your greed. I was never a fan of spending real money on virtual sh*t (wow, you just paid $$$ for that cool armor in diablo? wow! you are so cool, man, paying your real earnings for some set of bytes on Blizzard servers rocks! :)), and now you force me into lowered gaming experience because of your greed? Block my access to those stupid auctions, but give me normal gaming experience, for which I payed a considerable sum to you.
    In-game graphics sucks. So many talking about "working 10+ years to give the best experience" and we still have static cartoon portraits of NPCs?!
    A complete disappointment. Even not reaching the end of Normal difficulty I already regret about losing my money on that sh*t.    … Expand
  22. oOcOnFuSeD
    Jun 20, 2012
    0
    piece of poop with a stinky $$ sign on it. canT wait for tourlight2. already uninstalled this disgrace from my PC.piece of poop with a stinky $$ sign on it. canT wait for tourlight2. already uninstalled this disgrace from my PC.piece of poop with a stinky $$ sign on it. canT wait for tourlight2. already uninstalled this disgrace from my PC.
  23. Matt_S
    Jun 18, 2012
    0
    I do not buy a lot of games but I was really looking forward to this game after having played Diablo 1 and 2 in the past. I wish I could get my money back frankly. The fact that I have to always be connected to the game servers to play solo is just dumb. It actually wouldn't be so bad except that apparently in this case always connected also means always connected at high bandwidth withI do not buy a lot of games but I was really looking forward to this game after having played Diablo 1 and 2 in the past. I wish I could get my money back frankly. The fact that I have to always be connected to the game servers to play solo is just dumb. It actually wouldn't be so bad except that apparently in this case always connected also means always connected at high bandwidth with no latency. I never had a problem with lag on steam protected games playing solo. If my wife checks facebook in the other room on her tablet, I literally get killed from lag. How dumb is that? Plus the loot drops are without a doubt planned around the RMAH so that you can't find good enough gear. Ever. Literally. Not in a million years of farming. How dumb is that? You can of course take this all to the Blizzard Diablo III forum where you will find that Blizzard's presence on their own forum is most noticeable by the high volume of threads they delete and not at all by the smallest fraction in which they actually respond.… Expand
  24. TBayless
    Jun 18, 2012
    1
    This game could be a 10 star but there are so many failures it just doesn't warrant the high rating. From the fact that it is not playable in single player mode to be played offline is disappointing. The loot drops are COMPLETELY random... I am 60 in Act III of Hell Difficulty and have never looted or even seen a set item drop, nor have I ever had or looted a Legendary item. The pricesThis game could be a 10 star but there are so many failures it just doesn't warrant the high rating. From the fact that it is not playable in single player mode to be played offline is disappointing. The loot drops are COMPLETELY random... I am 60 in Act III of Hell Difficulty and have never looted or even seen a set item drop, nor have I ever had or looted a Legendary item. The prices which are driven by lunatics have the I game gold costs so insanely high to (in my opinion) entice people to the real money auctions to have a hope in hell to get a weapon or armor upgrade is beyond disappointing. I have not looted a upgrade to my gear since about level 30. The stuff that drops is utter crap... Low damage or retarded combinations with the randomized stats makes most of what drops as useless. The crafting is equally useless as the stats just do not compete with the stuff on the auction house. The game is so unpolished and unbalanced it has already turned into shovel ware for me. Diablo, and Diablo II were fantastic games that I got hundreds of hours of play and replay - Diablo III has zero interest from me to reload it. So, on to the next game as this one was a huge letdown.… Expand
  25. Crogdor
    Jun 19, 2012
    5
    Given my experience with Starcraft and Warcraft, I was expecting a lot more from Blizzard here. While the game looks great and is fun for the first three playthroughs (Normal, Nightmare, Hell), the final mode (Inferno) sends enemies at you that can have combinations of abilities that are impossible to beat on a given class type, even when well-geared. This is not fun at all - I wouldGiven my experience with Starcraft and Warcraft, I was expecting a lot more from Blizzard here. While the game looks great and is fun for the first three playthroughs (Normal, Nightmare, Hell), the final mode (Inferno) sends enemies at you that can have combinations of abilities that are impossible to beat on a given class type, even when well-geared. This is not fun at all - I would have preferred to see difficulty increase in a way that rewards skill over luck of the draw, so that I could improve my chances with practice.

    Additionally, they just recently (v1.03) modified the attack speed stat, such that my expensive purchase (all the gold I had in the game) for two legendary set piece weapons (Danetta's Oath) are now practically useless, and I cannot recover my investment as they are no longer desirable to anyone on the auction house. Rather than spend hours or real money re-gearing my character, I'm just going to move on to another title.    … Expand
  26. mkx
    Jun 20, 2012
    4
    Short version: graphics suck, story is bad, voice-acting is terrible, gameplay is somewhat decent, animation is fluid and polished, single player lag is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever experienced in any game I have played to date, auction house (especially for real money) is stupid. This is an arcade-style multiplayer loot game, not a serious RPG. Playing it offline is likeShort version: graphics suck, story is bad, voice-acting is terrible, gameplay is somewhat decent, animation is fluid and polished, single player lag is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever experienced in any game I have played to date, auction house (especially for real money) is stupid. This is an arcade-style multiplayer loot game, not a serious RPG. Playing it offline is like playing Battlefield or Call of Duty offline.
    Long version: As soon as I got the game running, I went into my graphics settings and was shocked to find that everything was already set to the highest level. The graphics are honestly that bad. At some points in the game, you run across staircases that do not even look three-dimensional; this is unacceptable for a supposedly triple-A, multi-million dollar title. Graphically speaking, this game would have looked outdated in 2008. If I had to describe them, I would call them cartoony, somewhat-improved isometric WoW graphics. Of course, there are many reasons other than graphics to play a game. Sadly, Diablo III is lacking in almost all of the major aspects that make a game worth playing. The story is lackluster and fails to engage. Character customization is fairly limited until you get to level 60. The voice-acting is honestly terrible. The dialogue is juvenile. I'm playing a Wizard and it angers me how **** arrogant, and one-dimensional my character seems. The voiceless text of Diablo II made for far better narration.
    Numerous technical aspects detract from the game, chief among them SINGLE PLAYER LAG. Honestly Blizzard, what the flying $&^@? I cannot even begin to put into words how infuriating it is to be getting off all of these awesome combos and skillfully executed monster killchains only to die, through no fault of your own, to lag, in single player, and then be sent back to wherever you were the last time the game saved, which could have been five or ten minutes ago at the entrance to the dungeon or area.
    The game is fun only when played correctly: with two or more friends and a couple of beers, clearing areas you    … Expand
  27. gklaiz
    Jun 20, 2012
    1
    Huge disappointment. I've had crashing problems, slowness problems, lag problems.. and those are just the technical issues! The game seems like a money grab. It's not fun. I expected much more for $60.
  28. Tarrasquebeast
    Jun 26, 2012
    1
    So many people have already expressed how I view this game that any web search will bring up a plethora of sites and commentary to illustrate my negative view on the game.

    My history: - I'm a 37 yr old father of four. - I've played the Diablo franchise since it was first released in 1996. - I avidly followed the development of this game since it was announced in 2008. - I was a    So many people have already expressed how I view this game that any web search will bring up a plethora of sites and commentary to illustrate my negative view on the game.

    My history:

    - I'm a 37 yr old father of four.
    - I've played the Diablo franchise since it was first released in 1996.
    - I avidly followed the development of this game since it was announced in 2008.
    - I was a Beta tester, albeit I got in late on the beta testing due to the lottery system that was in place.
    - I have been playing Diablo 3 since it went live 5-15-12.
    - I have over 400 hours on D3 since beta.
    - I am in school currently for software development- gaming software.

    I have tried, over and over again, to get past the inherent flaws of the game and have voiced my observations and opinions on the Battle.net forums to no end. I have also went out of my way to play this game despite the issues in the hopes Blizzard would take the necessary steps to fix the game. No such fix has come, and it has become apparent that Blizzard isn't looking to change at all, but to keep the platform as it stands and do little, if anything, about the problems the game has.

    Like I have stated, many others have articulated my perspective on the game to such an extent that anything I say will become lost in the chorus of outcry. I can't express how much disappointment I feel when I think about what was Diablo 3 in development and what Diablo 3 is currently.

    If you are considering buying Diablo 3, please reconsider. The game is not what is/was advertised and, even though you may find some enjoyment early on, it will quickly dissipate and you will regret your purchase.    … Expand
  29. K0NFUZE
    Jun 27, 2012
    3
    Very boring and repetitive game. I doubt Blizzard will fix this.. Don't get it.. you have been warned.. Game play is good though so I give a 3 but still it's not worth 60.
  30. Tanoren
    Jul 3, 2012
    1
    Diablo 2 = lots of fun
    Diablo 3 = not very much fun

    Seemples

    Makes an absolute mockery of the "critic reviews" here. How any fan and player of Diablo 1 & 2 can review Diablo 3 positively is beyond me.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 86 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 86
  3. Negative: 1 out of 86
  1. Thunderbolt
    Aug 31, 2012
    90
    My one major complaint is that the game never feels very difficult, especially on Normal. There are frustrating moments, hordes of baddies, and increasing difficulty levels, but the same feeling of utter defeat never really happens as it did in the past.
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  2. Hyper Magazine
    Jul 18, 2012
    80
    For all the game's missteps, though, you certainly can't accuse Blizzard of phoning it in - if anything, the game suffers from the tendency to try a little to hard at times to evolve the design. [Aug 2012, p.61]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Jul 3, 2012
    80
    When it works, Diablo III is the best of the Diablo games. When it doesn't, all it does is make you mad. [July 2012, p.54]
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