Diablo III

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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 10199 Ratings

User score distribution:
  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. Pisspuddle
    May 15, 2012
    0
    it receives a zero because it doesnt work. straight up..........why the hell does my review have to be so long. that the hell does it matter. the brick flys over the lawn to collide with my face in a poopshoot of pee wang tang bo bang fe fi fo fang. you mad? mad.
  2. Touchthesky12
    May 16, 2012
    0
    Firstly, be assured that this is a low score based on the merits of the game itself - not just venting frustration at being unable to log in. But, unfortunately, the game itself really does warrant such a low score. It's without doubt one of the great gaming disappointments of recent years. Why? Well, to sum it up - the game feels like it has no soul, it is an alarmingly empty and shallowFirstly, be assured that this is a low score based on the merits of the game itself - not just venting frustration at being unable to log in. But, unfortunately, the game itself really does warrant such a low score. It's without doubt one of the great gaming disappointments of recent years. Why? Well, to sum it up - the game feels like it has no soul, it is an alarmingly empty and shallow experience (even in multiplayer) that feels like some sort of bizarre on rails clicking 'experience' (I hesitate to even call it a game because it genuinely doesn't even feel like one). While the first two games were also clickfests, they were great because they had a great amount of character - they were immersive experiences that allowed you to feel your character's progression in the world and feel genuinely excited at the prospect of awesome loot. D3 is just weird to play because for some reason Blizzard have stripped out ALL forms of character customisation and you are just playing an empty shell of a character that looks and plays like every other player out there. This combined with the child-like difficulty level of the game on normal (which you are forced to play through) and the ridiculously high drop rate on blue and yellow items means that loot is just nothing more than generic text. I can't associate any fun at all with anything in this game - it is so empty it is scary. I am actually surprised and shocked that Blizzard put out a game this bad with their usual standards of quality.
    Sadly this game is being torn apart by the general public and fanbase and rightfully so.    … Expand
  3. oks107
    May 16, 2012
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Waste not want to give the game a score is 0. Level is really low quality graphics, gameplay, while I thought I was losing was sleepy. 3 hours while playing patience, but the limit is reached, turn off the covering.… Expand
  4. Fyren
    May 16, 2012
    0
    I don't know how anyone can support a company that has an online DRM system for single player portion of the game. Activision/Blizzard is rolling in the dough, are you going to tell me that they can't code a separate entity for single player and single/multiplayer crossover options without hindering loot table and auction house? Let hackers dupe all they want in the offline mode where theI don't know how anyone can support a company that has an online DRM system for single player portion of the game. Activision/Blizzard is rolling in the dough, are you going to tell me that they can't code a separate entity for single player and single/multiplayer crossover options without hindering loot table and auction house? Let hackers dupe all they want in the offline mode where the characters can't traverse over a gate that has both single and multi player DRM authentication. OH WAIT. THAT MEANS NO MOTIVATION FOR MONETARY TRANSACTIONS. F'in Blizzard, this was the last straw.… Expand
  5. Fulvius
    May 16, 2012
    0
    The game was blatantly put together as a quick cash machine for a well known franchise.
    10 years of development? Sure. FYI, Bethesda made Skyrim in 5.
  6. suchoudh
    May 16, 2012
    3
    Well, Blizzard should first fix its servers before selling the game. Apparently, they learnt nothing from the stress test. On a side note, always on DRM and auction house with real money, conveys a lot about Blizzard's greed.
  7. JeRDLe
    May 16, 2012
    2
    Poor graphics, poor launch, and an unholy application of singleplayer. The graphics in this game look like they were designed in the same era as Diablo II, but on a different engine. They're that rediculous. Launch time comes around and Blizzard's servers are down. No problem, i want to play single player. OH WAIT. The worst part of this game is how everything is on a multiplayer server.Poor graphics, poor launch, and an unholy application of singleplayer. The graphics in this game look like they were designed in the same era as Diablo II, but on a different engine. They're that rediculous. Launch time comes around and Blizzard's servers are down. No problem, i want to play single player. OH WAIT. The worst part of this game is how everything is on a multiplayer server. Not only do you reuire a constant connection to the internet, every action has to be sent to an online server. So if you have a poor internet connection, or a horrid one, like satelite, be prepared to wait two full seconds between all your actions. Say for example, begining an attack, and it going to the server, and coming back, then the attack happening.

    Overall, way below expectations.    … Expand
  8. Duffmanzzz
    May 16, 2012
    0
    I feel like I have to jump on the haters bandwagon. Seriously, I still cannot logon to play this stupid game. All the official reviewers are sucking from Blizzards **** Avoid avoid avoid. Torchlight 2 baby!!
  9. arkantos
    May 16, 2012
    0
    They want to transform D3 into WoW. Why i just can't buy the game and play singleplayer off-line, like i did with D2-LOD? When $$$ is >> than everything, **** like this happens. 1. Offline players does not want play online.
    2. Online players does not want offline players play with them.
    3. Offline players are obligated to play online, bacause Blizzard does not get happy with the money i    They want to transform D3 into WoW. Why i just can't buy the game and play singleplayer off-line, like i did with D2-LOD? When $$$ is >> than everything, **** like this happens. 1. Offline players does not want play online.
    2. Online players does not want offline players play with them.
    3. Offline players are obligated to play online, bacause Blizzard does not get happy with the money i would spend at the DVD, they want more, they want persuade me to pay for a premium account and **** like this
    4. Servers gets overloaded.
    5. No one plays (specially the "periphery" of the world, that is less important)

    So, if i want to play D3 in future, for nostalgy or any other reason, i simply just can't?

    **** you BLIZZARD. **** the retards who spent real money in "unique ultra mega rare sword of shit".
    I just want buy the Game and play, with or without aa internet connection.

    Long live to PIRACY!
    I just    … Expand
  10. Farseli
    May 16, 2012
    0
    I'd give it a one if I could play, but I can't because I don't have stable enough internet for SINGLE PLAYER. Weird. Pretty sure I shouldn't have to communicate with anything else if I never want to. Game in the box should be all self-contained if I'm not buying an MMO which this certainly isn't. And even if my internet is working? The servers aren't. So great job shipping a useless pieceI'd give it a one if I could play, but I can't because I don't have stable enough internet for SINGLE PLAYER. Weird. Pretty sure I shouldn't have to communicate with anything else if I never want to. Game in the box should be all self-contained if I'm not buying an MMO which this certainly isn't. And even if my internet is working? The servers aren't. So great job shipping a useless piece of half-game. Maybe I'll care again when there is an off-line mode. Stardock released a Gamer Bill of Rights a few years ago that we should all be following here! In this case, number 9 on the list.

    9. Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the internet every time they wish to play.    … Expand
  11. payne4evr
    May 16, 2012
    0
    requiring internet dependence was a poor judgement call. poor planning. so disgusted, i went out of my way to sign up here and get the point across. it's sad. it's almost as bad as crowding on wow launch, but worse. what happened to a game working out of the box?
  12. HarpDarpReviews
    May 17, 2012
    4
    hmmm 88/100 critic and 3.7 user, this is obviously because of the servers. BUT, Diablo 3 is actually a sub-par game. It didn't go through as what it was meant to be, if it takes a game company 11 years to develop they obviously had no passion for making the game, and it shows
  13. malditocapitan
    May 17, 2012
    0
    how a game doest have offline mode is ridiculus what hapeen if I live in a place wheres the acces to the internet is restricted and I what to have some fun whit diablo 3 but aI cannot play whitout the internet is simply stupid hope no more companies do this atrocius decision in a future
  14. kiwi78
    May 20, 2012
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute rubbish. Tried for two hours and still stuck at the first map. Removed from the game every 5 minutes. Error 3007. Considered that the game came out 3 days ago and they still cannot solve such a massive issue, I won't spend a penny on Blizzard's game again.… Expand
  15. solar_geometry
    May 21, 2012
    3
    Okay, let's preface this right. I've never owned a Blizzard game. I really like hack n slash rpgs like this though. I've logged many hours of torchlight and titan's quest. Diablo 2 was before my time. I had some old school friends that raved about it and they hyped up Diablo 3 for years before it ended up being released. Buying it then was a natural choice. I like the genre, friendsOkay, let's preface this right. I've never owned a Blizzard game. I really like hack n slash rpgs like this though. I've logged many hours of torchlight and titan's quest. Diablo 2 was before my time. I had some old school friends that raved about it and they hyped up Diablo 3 for years before it ended up being released. Buying it then was a natural choice. I like the genre, friends raved about D2, everybody was excited about D3. So I preordered D3 a week before its release date.
    I must say this game is genuinely disappointing. The graphics are bad. I'd say they are worse than Torchlight 1 and on par with Titan's Quest. While I'm not a complete graphic snob, I must say I didn't build an overclocked expensive PC for lame graphics. I have no clue why these graphics are so bad. It isn't that the environments are draw poorly, they are not. I feel real thinking went into the design of the graphics, but the graphics themselves are not great. The sound is not amazing either. While it isn't bad per se, it isn't great either. I feel the sound is just average and not great in any way.
    The voice acting is definitely below average. I seriously think you could mic me up and I could do a better job with it in one day. The game play itself is rather dumbed down. I really liked in Torchlight being able to assign points to 3 different skill trees. It let me custom build my warrior. This game is not like that. Once a Barbarian is level 5, he unlocks the same skill every time. There are few choices about your build. You can eventually use different skills in the slots, but only after they are unlocked in a uniform, boring fashion.
    The story line isn't really that good, but honestly I have trouble faulting them too much on this aspect, as all games from this genre struggle to make the plot meaningful. I would say I thought the cut scenes were amazing (but few) and in general the story line is completely linear. Too damn linear. You can't even get confused or sidetracked, which seems lame.
    Having to play online even in single player mode is a negative in my opinion. They end up punishing all the people that bought the game just in case somebody somewhere is dishonest. So now I'll have to be completely inconvenienced each time I play this game for life to teach somebody else a lesson. I defy you to provide another example in the free market of a company treating their paying customers this way.

    I'm still playing this game. Now that I own it, I will certainly play it. If I had known the game was going to be such a disappointment, I would have never bothered with it. I feel like Torchlight 1 is a better game than this. They really, really let me down. As a first time customer of Blizzard, I can assure you I would not buy another game from them. I will, however, give Torchlight 2 a whirl.    … Expand
  16. radman0x
    May 22, 2012
    1
    I've been burned multiple times by server outages and the classes all play the same. This game is all about loot and DPS and loot is made a little redundant by the Auction house having so many readily available items. I really thought Blizzard was a prove resource that always made dynamite sequels, turns out they really dropped the ball on this one.
  17. E36wheelman
    May 25, 2012
    1
    Diablo 3 uses always on DRM. Which means if you don't have an Internet connection you can't get past the main menu. I'm deploying for 10 months and was hoping to play on my pc when there's no Internet and I can't. If your Internet is less than perfect, don't buy.
  18. theonetruejim
    May 27, 2012
    0
    So, looks like Blizzard *can't* work as a division of Activision. I was willing to see past the tired, rehashed look of Starcraft II - hey, the cut scenes are great, and there's a lot of interactive toys to play with between the missions that look like they were pulled almost directly from the original Starcraft. But I just can't find anything in Diablo III that would make it worth theSo, looks like Blizzard *can't* work as a division of Activision. I was willing to see past the tired, rehashed look of Starcraft II - hey, the cut scenes are great, and there's a lot of interactive toys to play with between the missions that look like they were pulled almost directly from the original Starcraft. But I just can't find anything in Diablo III that would make it worth the 10-year wait, let alone the $60 price tag.

    So, what's so wrong with Diablo III? Well, pretty much everything:

    * The graphics are pretty bad; even the "high quality" textures look like something from the original Diablo, the skew perspective means your character is pretty much guaranteed to be hidden from you at least part of the time (as are enemies and loot), and the gamma correction gives you a choice between "too dark to see anything" and "too dark to be playable with a light on in the room".

    * Gameplay is repetitive and dull. It's a clickfest, pure and simple. Click here, click there, kill an enemy, pick up some loot. Lather - rinse - repeat. Oh look! A new level... that's pretty much the same as the level you just finished...

    * Difficulty leveling is so badly broken it would be funny, if it weren't so tragic. After a long boring slog through hordes of enemies who couldn't harm you if you were to lie down and take a nap, you get to uberboss, who coughs and you fall over dead.

    * I can't tell if the soundtrack composer came from a background of 1970's horror flicks, and wanted to try composing for porn, or if they came from 1970's porn flicks, and wanted to compose for horror movies.

    * It's a client-server game, but Blizzard is only shipping the client. So, in addition to crappy graphics, crappy gameplay, and crappy music, you also get crappy lag, crappy disconnects, and truly crappy uptime stats. And forget playing unless you have a low-latency broadband connection. Even with a cable modem, you can expect stutters and random teleports.

    * It's a network-only game with no true single player mode, but Blizzard didn't include voice chat. Dubya tee ef?

    Suffice it to say, this will be the last $60 Blizzard ever gets from me.    … Expand
  19. mmoalert
    Jun 4, 2012
    0
    Hello, am doing this review in the spirit of giving other gamers / would be diablo buyers info to make their decision. Right from the start of pre-ordering the game, I had to queue 6 hours just to collect a game i paid for months ago, i did not appreciate the fact distributors(Asiasoft) were making use of us as free-publicity / marketing stunt. While some may say this is not controlled byHello, am doing this review in the spirit of giving other gamers / would be diablo buyers info to make their decision. Right from the start of pre-ordering the game, I had to queue 6 hours just to collect a game i paid for months ago, i did not appreciate the fact distributors(Asiasoft) were making use of us as free-publicity / marketing stunt. While some may say this is not controlled by Blizzard, i say Blizzard shld pick better distributors. When I finally got home and tried to install, i had the "stuck at updating file issue" (great i can't even get the game to install). After spending additional hours of research, and getting the game installed, got the client up, clicked launch, and wow i got the "stuck at launching" problem. After another few hours spent researching on how to get past this problem, finally got into the game, played for a few minutes and bam ERROR 37. So after spending an arduous amount of time playing / dc-ing, i had a shock the game was over so quickly due to lack of content and reeled from the realization that the game wanted you to REPEAT the same thing another FOUR times to experience the entire content of the game. This was an extremely excruciating experience and i wish i could get a refund for purchasing a product like this. Probably the worst game i've ever spent money on and if you think FFXIV was bad, Diablo 3 brings "bad" to a whole new level. It is true when they say "all hell breaks loose on May 15", indeed, they just didnt say it was going to be on the ppl who bought the game in good faith.… Expand
  20. Yst
    Aug 16, 2012
    6
    Diablo III is a fairly satisfactory dungeon romp, in the manner of its predecessors. If making enemies explode and effortlessly plowing through a horde of the undead satisfies you, this may be just the thing. Its environments are attractive, even if its story, voice acting and writing are generally of very poor quality (as this is not the game
  21. wasabi867
    Nov 15, 2012
    5
    Well inplementing a Paragon System or a Monster Power System doesnt cure the Games horrendous, unfair and unsatisfying Design. Online Requirement... Well what if im on a Vacation and i wanna Farm some Gold or items and i have the needs and the DVD and the ALLREADY Online activated Game with me to play, why cant i do so ? I PAID FOR IT! Am i simply not allowed to play it ? Seriously, thisWell inplementing a Paragon System or a Monster Power System doesnt cure the Games horrendous, unfair and unsatisfying Design. Online Requirement... Well what if im on a Vacation and i wanna Farm some Gold or items and i have the needs and the DVD and the ALLREADY Online activated Game with me to play, why cant i do so ? I PAID FOR IT! Am i simply not allowed to play it ? Seriously, this should count as a Crime, badly, it doesnt!… Expand
  22. shuckles
    Oct 3, 2012
    0
    Reasons this game blows: - skills system designed for imbeciles. no point in ever starting a second character in the same class - boring gameplay. sooo repetitive. I think I have carpal tunnel. - nothing to explore. the whole game it's like you're stuck in a tube. -whimyshire is insultingly stupid. it's not funny that you made an epically lame game - music is HORRIBLE and so are theReasons this game blows: - skills system designed for imbeciles. no point in ever starting a second character in the same class - boring gameplay. sooo repetitive. I think I have carpal tunnel. - nothing to explore. the whole game it's like you're stuck in a tube. -whimyshire is insultingly stupid. it's not funny that you made an epically lame game - music is HORRIBLE and so are the character voicings. Never noticed how good that was in D2 until playing this game. Where are the death screams? MaaaOOOOOOOO!… Expand
  23. Obiwannabe
    Oct 15, 2012
    4
    I nicely done game, but that is about it imho. If you love Diablo, and Blizz, then the game is a must. As much as I liked D2 and other Blizz games, I couldn't get myself to play beyond 20 something hours. Maybe we players expect nowadays too much? Whatever the case or reason, I can not see the reason behind 100% score reviews. Very misleading. User score average here seems to be much moreI nicely done game, but that is about it imho. If you love Diablo, and Blizz, then the game is a must. As much as I liked D2 and other Blizz games, I couldn't get myself to play beyond 20 something hours. Maybe we players expect nowadays too much? Whatever the case or reason, I can not see the reason behind 100% score reviews. Very misleading. User score average here seems to be much more realistic.… Expand
  24. Ghosters
    Nov 14, 2013
    1
    Game Pros:
    1) Graphics are touched up a bit.
    2) Cains book to ID all items in inventory. 3) The fact that TP scrolls are no longer needed and it saved you space in inventory. Cons: 1) Hardcore is pointless being that unique bosses use the following about 90% of the time: Teleport, Freeze, Shield, Multiply, pull you to them, Very High elemental damage. Often you die as fast as you    Game Pros:
    1) Graphics are touched up a bit.
    2) Cains book to ID all items in inventory.
    3) The fact that TP scrolls are no longer needed and it saved you space in inventory.

    Cons:
    1) Hardcore is pointless being that unique bosses use the following about 90% of the time: Teleport, Freeze, Shield, Multiply, pull you to them, Very High elemental damage. Often you die as fast as you can blink.
    2) Item drops: No boss farming in this one. Most unique, set and even rares drop off of random mobs but not often at all on main story bosses. So no Mephy or Baal runs like in D2.
    3) MF hunting is ok but due to the "Cash auction house" they reduced the drop rates of all of the major items such as sets and high end uniques. They are taking the Auction House out of the game in March but they said they are reducing the drop rates even more after that. So months of play and only seeing some uniques means months of play and lucky to see 1 or 2.
    4) Sets and Uniques we came to love in D2 have all been reworked and 95% are total crap now. Remember hunting to finish sets? Forget it now. Out of 6 toons to 60 and of those 6 3 Paragon lvl 18+ I have seen 2 set items drop. Only 2!
    5) The story was simply crap. The cinematic cut scenes are amazing but the story over all just feels pushed and pointless. By the end you feel like you just got kicked int he face with a steel boot for all of your effort.
    6) Item drops over all are disappointing. In D2 it was like Christmas to see a Unique hit the ground because we knew it was a good chance of seeing something worth it. But in D3 you can only handle getting excited about seeing a unique and being disappointed by it being the same crappy item you get to add to your collection of crappy items you have found many times over. Unique item drops after a couple weeks of play gets to the point where you do not even pick up most of them because you just sell them in town like other junk gear, but these crappy uniques are so crappy that you can find a white that would sell for more.
    7) Cash shop screwed up the value of items. So even low level uniques are on the AH for millions of in game gold. This means the value system is based off real money and even with the AH being brought down, the costs will climb due to the fact they are reducing drop rates further. So item trading has become a sell your soul feel more than anything else.

    This game had an chance to be a beast of a game but just like all of the other game companies that are around now, they rushed a game release and did not give a crap to put thought into the game. The used the name to sell it and just killed the game name. D4 is not a game I would even buy after this joke of a release. I have never seen a game go off this deep end and ever recover. They always seem to follow the Aliens film franchise, Rush Alien 3 and piss off a fan base. Then rush out more to sucker people into the "Maybe it will be better this time" or the "It could not be worse than the last one". This normally ended with people damn near in tears after the movies yelling "They found a way to make it even more stupid!!!!".

    People need to just be done with game companies like this. Refusal to support them is the only way you can win.    … Expand
  25. Spartan239
    Nov 6, 2012
    2
    My brother and i were naturally excited when the game was finally announced. We both picked up copies, played for a while and found the game to be VERY lackluster. The games environment, menu layouts and gameplay SCREAMED WoW, which i personally was NOT happy about. Oh, and f*ck the auction house. Blizzard has ruined a classic series with Copy/Pasting just about EVERYTHING from World ofMy brother and i were naturally excited when the game was finally announced. We both picked up copies, played for a while and found the game to be VERY lackluster. The games environment, menu layouts and gameplay SCREAMED WoW, which i personally was NOT happy about. Oh, and f*ck the auction house. Blizzard has ruined a classic series with Copy/Pasting just about EVERYTHING from World of WarCrap and adjusting it to better fit the scenario. If i could i would gladly return this game, but Gamestop will not allow it because the disc has been "used." I made it to about level 10 or so, and got bored with the game. Its currently back in its case, in the box on my shelf and will continue to sit there collecting dust until i decide to sell it or throw it away. Now that Blizzard has released the "starter edition" on the website i would HIGHLY suggest to ANYONE considering the game to try that first. I found this game to be a complete and utter waste. I hope the guys at Blizzard realize what theyve done, and choke on it.… Expand
  26. ahtiim
    Jul 18, 2013
    0
    Most stupid game ever

    -Always online DRM
    -Lack of skill diversity
    -Connection errors
    -Short Story
    -Play to win

    +Nothing

    Really bad game.Don't buy!
  27. Type4101
    Sep 13, 2013
    0
    Stripped of all the RPG depth and character development of the first two games, Diablo III is disappointing from the start. But the pay-to-win, real money rip-off auction house makes this game nothing but a joke. To make matters worse, Blizzard then releases a console version that fixes some (not all) of the problems of the PC version, but refuses to give the paying PC customers aStripped of all the RPG depth and character development of the first two games, Diablo III is disappointing from the start. But the pay-to-win, real money rip-off auction house makes this game nothing but a joke. To make matters worse, Blizzard then releases a console version that fixes some (not all) of the problems of the PC version, but refuses to give the paying PC customers a corrected version! PC gamers were used as a trial-run for the console port, and offered nothing for their suffering. When even respected developers like Blizzard have abandoned ethics, morals, and artistic vision, and turned to dumbed-down gaming, crappy ports, and intentional rip-offs, one must necessarily start to lose faith and hope in the whole gaming industry. Who will save us from the misery? Not Blizzard.… Expand
  28. RyogaXL
    Sep 24, 2013
    2
    I don't understand why Blizzard takes too many years to finally ruin a series of games.
    Unfortunately I brought the game to feel complete waste of time and money.
    Diablo 3 miss the main elements of the serie, the atmosphere (corrupted and full of pain world) and the sense of weakness... Yeah the effect that the player gets in panic or feeling of danger. Respawn sucks, Loots sucks,    I don't understand why Blizzard takes too many years to finally ruin a series of games.
    Unfortunately I brought the game to feel complete waste of time and money.

    Diablo 3 miss the main elements of the serie, the atmosphere (corrupted and full of pain world) and the sense of weakness... Yeah the effect that the player gets in panic or feeling of danger.

    Respawn sucks, Loots sucks, Magical item sucks, Classes sucks and the worst of all.... Visual and voice ruin the atmosphere of the dark fantasy involved in Diablo.

    The best and unique Diablo 1 get contaminated as well that Warcraft.
    Sad, very sad    … Expand
  29. Bored2Death
    Sep 28, 2013
    0
    No mini-games, boring creatures to swat with mundane attacks, lame weapons/loot...uninspired and repetitive levels and scenery...boring characters and quests. The game is more like World of Moneycraft than Diablo. I tried to like it but it just plain sucks. There is far more to do in skyrim or any Elder scrolls game for that matter. Don't waste your hard earned cash on this WoW clone, buyNo mini-games, boring creatures to swat with mundane attacks, lame weapons/loot...uninspired and repetitive levels and scenery...boring characters and quests. The game is more like World of Moneycraft than Diablo. I tried to like it but it just plain sucks. There is far more to do in skyrim or any Elder scrolls game for that matter. Don't waste your hard earned cash on this WoW clone, buy Skyrim or the originol Diablo's instead. I mean they were too lazy to even put in weather effects or a decent character customization. Oh and there is nothing to do once you beat the game on all the difficulties. The achievements are pointless and reward you with literally nothing. And then there is the pathetic DRM and failed auction house. It's sad how millions of sheeple bought nothing but a piece of hype (and sh**).… Expand
  30. tamnier
    Oct 1, 2013
    1
    I hated this game so much. I stopped playing after I reached max level with a char and got to the hardest mode and before pvp patch. First of all, all the loot you get in the game is garbage. like 90% garbage. and 10% of the stuff you get that's useful ISN"T EVEN FOR YOUR CLASS. So you play and play and play and you get items and you get no upgrades because you have to use theirI hated this game so much. I stopped playing after I reached max level with a char and got to the hardest mode and before pvp patch. First of all, all the loot you get in the game is garbage. like 90% garbage. and 10% of the stuff you get that's useful ISN"T EVEN FOR YOUR CLASS. So you play and play and play and you get items and you get no upgrades because you have to use their "Auction house" to buy any new items to keep up with their difficulty curve.

    So you have to take all that crappy loot you can't use, try to pawn it off at the auction house and buy new loot from the auction house that someone else found for your class. Here's an idea, how about the monsters drop items for ME? instead of this stupid middle man called the Auction house?

    But wait, put in a bunch of useless affixations for your items and 0 character and class customization and you get a very very boring game with an auction house run by bots and a game that is frustrating, boring, and tedious.

    Going to the forums doesn't help because all you get is a bunch of PC(politically correct) General managing robots that don't give you straight answers and just answer stupid questions like "What is your favorite monster?"

    I'm really disgusted with this game considering it took 9 years to create this mess.    … Expand
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#12 Best PC Game of 2012
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#3 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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88

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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