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[indigo-cyclops]

In what way?

This feels much slower paced and sparser. I can’t see any similarities.

What it does feel like is the D2 remaster with better combat.

Well I'll admit I haven't finished a Diablo game since 2, and that was YEARS ago. So it's not a series I'm overly well-versed in but I have tried all of them since.

One thing that stood out in the 4 beta: there was a story scenario that I swear was also in Immortal, like almost exactly. It just reminds me of Immortal from a design perspective. UI, world structure, the multiplayer elements. World dungeons, other plays walking around.

 

[Tg89]

Another thing to note about server issues - they're asking people to pay 20-30 bucks more for the privilege of being disconnected and losing progress 4 days earlier than everyone else.

 

[amigastar]

Can anyone else not put textures on high? (PC)

No, no option to do that either, only low and medium but i have an RTX 2060 card.

 

[Tg89]

In what way?

This feels much slower paced and sparser. I can’t see any similarities.

What it does feel like is the D2 remaster with better combat.

Eh the flow of the game is veryyyy d3/immortal compared to 2.

Systems/loot as well. Which sucks, D3 loot was hot garbage compared to 2.

 

[ANDS]

Why am I in a queue on console if I want to play offline and alone? Can't they just make a quick license check and be done with it? I don't want to be on their servers.

I'm already seeing couch co-op sessions blown up because of server issues in the future.

Not sure if serious.

Another thing to note about server issues - they're asking people to pay 20-30 bucks more for the privilege of being disconnected and losing progress 4 days earlier than everyone else.

. . .if someone paid a single dime for a beta they could get for free - that's on them.

 

[Tg89]

You sound blinded by nostalgia.

Nostalgia? D2R came out like a year ago my guy. It's recent, and fantastic.

D3 is older if we're talking nostalgia.

 

[Boneless]

played an hour or so

I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally dont think this game is going to go down well with fans of d2.

How much do they care really? The D2 audience is a tiny fraction of the total population they want to sell this game to.

 

[Fools idol]

reslly not understanding how anyone can say this feels like d2, its nothing close. It is literally is Diablo 3 gameplay.

I bounced off D3 pretty hard too... well glad zi got to try it out. No interest in waiting 1 hr 30 mins to try it again.

 

[Tg89]

. . .if someone paid a single dime for a beta they could get for free - that's on them.

Not what I'm referring to. The final release has an early access period of 4 days for those that buy the higher tiers of the game.

 

[Nydius]

Why am I in a queue on console if I want to play offline and alone?

There is no “offline”.
It’s an always online shared world like Destiny.
They’ve been telling us this since the initial reveal.

 

[Ogbert]

Eh the flow of the game is veryyyy d3/immortal compared to 2.

Systems/loot as well. Which sucks, D3 loot was hot garbage compared to 2.

But D3 feels about three times as fast. Everything is quicker.

This is much more like D2, in terms of pace of combat. It’s also harder in terms of health management, like D2.

Admit I played Immortal for about three minutes, so can’t compare.

 

[Kacho]

Why am I in a queue on console if I want to play offline and alone? Can't they just make a quick license check and be done with it? I don't want to be on their servers.

I'm already seeing couch co-op sessions blown up because of server issues in the future.

Hate to break it to you but D4 is an MMO lite. It's another always online GAAS with battle passes. There's no offline option like in Diablo 3.

 

[amigastar]

Damn it, wanted to start the game again and it's 100 min queue.

 

[jaysius]

reslly not understanding how anyone can say this feels like d2, its nothing close. It is literally is Diablo 3 gameplay.

I bounced off D3 pretty hard too... well glad zi got to try it out. No interest in waiting 1 hr 30 mins to try it again.

I played Diablo 3 on PC when it first came out, it was just a fucking slog.

This isn't looking like a typical Blizzard sequel where things change drastically and for the better.

This is Diablo 3.2 if anything. Not worth full retail price.

 

[Ogbert]

I played Diablo 3 on PC when it first came out, it was just a fucking slog.

This isn't looking like a typical Blizzard sequel where things change drastically and for the better.

This is Diablo 3.2 if anything. Not worth full retail price.

What absolutely destroyed D3 at launch was the auction house and pointless endgame with meaningless legendaries. The actual gameplay was good.

I’m genuinely surprised that people think this feels like D3. It’s immediately different.

For example, the inventory management in D4 is purposefully worse. They’ve removed the quick equip (unless I’ve missed it).

 

[amigastar]

What absolutely destroyed D3 at launch was the auction house and pointless endgame with meaningless legendaries. The actual gameplay was good.

I’m genuinely surprised that people think this feels like D3. It’s immediately different.

For example, the inventory management in D4 is purposefully worse. They’ve removed the quick equip (unless I’ve missed it).

Gameplay in Diablo 3 is so far the best thing of it. Slaying Demons is fun.

 

[sendit]

Game is absolutely giving me a:

 

[Hoppa]

Gross opinion but hearing this is like Diablo 3 is an instant buy for me. D3 was the first Diablo game I played and I didn’t enjoy the D2 remaster much

 

[Boneless]

Nostalgia? D2R came out like a year ago my guy. It's recent, and fantastic.

D3 is older if we're talking nostalgia.

You understand that the gameplay and systems from D2R are from D2?

 

[V1LÆM]

servers ain't improving?

 

[DryvBy]

65 minutes to queue up now.
That's really painful. Did they severely underestimate server capacity?
Still happy I got to try it. Looking forward to jumping on a bit later if I can. Seems it might be quite popular.

And this is the closed open beta lol. Wait until next week.

 

[Ogbert]

servers ain't improving?

Not for me.

Going to try again in a few hours.

 

[.Pennywise]

Oh no, the Diablo 2 evangelists started to crawl in.

This game feels amazing. Get the fuck out of my thread you nostalgia wankers.

 

[amigastar]

servers ain't improving?

I wonder what Blizzard will make out of this, are they gonna increase the Servers, IDK?

 

[cormack12]

Just tried a reconnect. 84 minutes ffs

 

[V1LÆM]

Oh no, the Diablo 2 evangelists started to crawl in.

This game feels amazing. Get the fuck out of my thread you nostalgia wankers.

oh look, here is Pennyfuckingwise.

 

[Ogbert]

Gameplay in Diablo 3 is so far the best thing of it. Slaying Demons is fun.

I’ve no idea why, but shitting on D3 seems to be a very popular pastime these days.

I absolutely love the game. It had a lot of problems initially but Blizzard polished it to arcade perfection.

 

[Tg89]

You understand that the gameplay and systems from D2R are from D2?

Yeah, back when Blizz was good. It's great. Modern coat of paint over a near perfect game.

 

[Fools idol]

If anyone has a spare Xbox code, I would take it.

just pre order on Amazon then wait a min for the key to come through.. then cancel the preorder

 

[V1LÆM]

just pre order on Amazon then wait a min for the key to come through.. then cancel the preorder

i thought amazon stopped this

 

[Filben]

Hate to break it to you but D4 is an MMO lite. It's another always online GAAS with battle passes. There's no offline option like in Diablo 3.

Oh, I didn't know they went the MMO route. That's unfortunate.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Ruh roh

That happened to me, if you log off and relog the character shows up.

 

[Sp3eD]

Got in right at 9 am PST and was able to play for 40 minutes before the servers kicked me out. Haven’t been able to get back in since.

Was fun so far from what I played but I don’t have hope for the servers until much later today. Took them 2 days to finally get OW2 working which absolutely gives me 0 hope that next weeks totally free beta will be any different.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Gross opinion but hearing this is like Diablo 3 is an instant buy for me. D3 was the first Diablo game I played and I didn’t enjoy the D2 remaster much

DNA wise, it's a very smart combination of what made D3 and D2 great combined.

Also I got a network error and the queue is now 100 minutes... god.

 

[marquimvfs]

Does the beta codes work outside USA?

 

[Luipadre]

Game is so good holy shit. These ingame cutscenes are stellar, especially this one in the chapel damn. Stuttering is horrible tho in cutscenes i really hope this gets fixed by release.

 

[DryvBy]

Why am I in a queue on console if I want to play offline and alone? Can't they just make a quick license check and be done with it? I don't want to be on their servers.

I'm already seeing couch co-op sessions blown up because of server issues in the future.

You don't get to play alone.

 

[geary]

Being now open world, does it make it more similar to Lost Ark?

 

[Nico_D]

If only Blizzard had run into similar server problems before, they would've been able to anticipate it this time.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

On Console, is there an option to make the HUD transparent? OLED gaming and all...

 

[Forsythia]

Nice, a 90 minute queue. Amazing.

 

[zomboden]

Game is amazing so far but I’ve been in queue more than I’ve played. Got in. Quit to test KB&M and ate 50 min queue. Played for like 30-45 min. Got dc’d. Now 105 minute queue.

 

[xVodevil]

Been playing now for almost 2 hours, got to the city and crashed, well damn nice queue by now..
Game looks and sounds great, though getting past the snow storm and finally seeing stuff was a relief
And love the option for gamepad controls on PC, might as well stick with it

 

[DavidGzz]

Gross opinion but hearing this is like Diablo 3 is an instant buy for me. D3 was the first Diablo game I played and I didn’t enjoy the D2 remaster much

It's still the best playing game in it's genre...well until today. I am in love with my rogue. This combat is so great! Shooting arrows, waitinf for shielded enemies to get closer, then I dodge behind them to do the flurry of backstabs. I like how the enemies start and and end their attack animation in the same direction instead of doing a quick 180. Rolling through background items to destroy them works like in Dark Souls. Pretty satisfying lol

 

[TheMan]

I ate KFC double down for lunch so I could get in and now I'm starting to feel queasy. FUCK YOU COLONEL SANDERS

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Here’s the thing - if you hype the game and early access weekends or tests make sure you have the bandwidth. 84 minutes in queue…

 

[Fools idol]

Oh no, the Diablo 2 evangelists started to crawl in.

This game feels amazing. Get the fuck out of my thread you nostalgia wankers.

D2 the GOAT. Suck your mum!

 

[Yamisan]

On pc, been in queue for 57 minutes now, 6 minutes to go. Woo!

 

[nikos]

Can anyone else not put textures on high? (PC)

I can on a 4090.

 

[V1LÆM]

when do america sleep