Friday 27 July 2012

Diablo 3

Diablo 3 is one of those games that frustrate me ....so many things annoy me about the game yet i cannot stop playing

First the things that bug me

1.Always online connection needed the lag has got my character killed many many times
2.Not being able to have hot keys for more of the skills  (sorry 6 buttons is just not enough)
3.Not being able to use potions quick enough there is a huge recharge time before potions can be used again got my character killed
4.The skill system you dont upgrade get skills you get a base skill then when you level up you get a variation of the skill which sounds ok but some of the early skills i want to make them better but that cannot happen
5.Short levels and really only one even remotely epic boss (and spoiler alert its not the final)  i completed it very very quickly and was really disapointed there were hardly any major moments
6.Story and characters not that great ok granted previous games were not that story based but here just got very predictable and at one moment they introduced a new NPC who you save have about one exchange with and never hear from again.
7.Graphics ok there not to bad i have to say but i get alot of frame rate stutters which i dont think is to do with the graphics engine but the lag caused by having to have a always on connection

now for the good

1.The combat is pretty good fun
2.Loot collecting will never get old


Ok so the things that bug me far outway the things i like.However playing the game is pretty good and knowing blizzard i am sure the game will change a fair bit over the next few years (and the inevitable expansion pack) i really really hope blizzard do listen to the feedback as i feel they have tried to oversimplify the game and yet it was diablo 2 skill tree that enabled more customization

Oh not going to spoil it but there is something that happened in the game story that i just knew they were going to do before even playing the game wonder if people can guess what it is