Free Diablo 3 open beta this weekend.

[capsulej]

Isn't this game coming out in a month or 2 anyway?

[s2odin]

One month minus five days.

[YodaGoneMad]

So how did someone discover that bug which let him login? Either it was inside info leaked by someone from blizz or someone was trying to hack accounts and successfully logged in.

It wasn't anything special, just a few days ago for a few hours anyone with a Bnet account could log onto the beta.

It was basically just like now, except Blizzard had not said it was an event or anything, and they killed it after a few hours.

[jerg]

Meh tried it for about 30 mins...the lack of character building / complexity really makes it feel like any other linear RPG.

[mikl657]

Meh tried it for about 30 mins...the lack of character building / complexity really makes it feel like any other linear RPG.

it feels so much different then d2, doesn't feel like it'll be as addictive as d2

[jerg]

it feels so much different then d2, doesn't feel like it'll be as addictive as d2

Agreed. They took out almost ALL the vital "addictive" RPG elements that made D2 so great and lasted so long. Sure it's gonna be a fantastic game, but it'd be hard-pressed to even last a quarter as long as Diablo II did (and still does).

They went over-the-board with streamlining Diablo III, simply put.

[shinakuma9]

Omg I played for a few minutes. Is anyone getting intermittent lag? I thought my laptop could handle it on like medium ish settings but it is stupidly choppy. I wonder if this is server issues or what. I have everything to high and shadows off. Shadows on low gets my fps down from 45-60 to like barely 30 but lags like hell after. Is it really that bad? Or is there more optimization/new drivers needed for better gameplay?

http://us.battle.net/support/en/arti...for-diablo-iii

The GTS 360m is also on their list of high performance D:

[HeavenCry]

Damnit! Why didnt they announce this a week sooner...
I just sold off my P150HM and the P170EM wont be coming till after the 29th!
I guess ill have to try running it on a NVS 4200...
Want to see if D3 will be worth buying with them taking out all the good stuff (stats and skill points, which were the main deal for me to make completely customised chars).

[smokingjam]

im so thankful for this beta. played it for couple hours, never played any game like this before so didnt think i would like it. but its absolutely brilliant.
blizzard you have a day one buy right here. thank god for the open beta

[Voodooi]

I just beat the BETA on the Witch Doctor.

What a disappointing game. It feels so simple and easy, there's absolutely no challenge at all. No deaths, no potions used and I could easily take on 20+ mobs solo with zero trouble. I'd aggro 4-5 rooms purposely to make it more challenging but it just ended up still being easy.

I placed so much hope into this game and put my expectations high. I don't think I've ever been let down this much by a game before.

Issues:

1) Talents - Not diverse at all. You're given the option to select a new ability, however due to very limited choices, the points are already pre-determined for the most part. You get NO talent tree like those found in WoW, SWTOR, Rift, etc. You get some half-as* tree that is not unique at all. Picture 1/4 of the WoW/swtor/rift talents per character (maybe less) and that's your total talent selection.

2) Stats - I went into the game thinking I could customize my own stats, but discovered that this option was removed/stopped because it was too complex for new players? Really?

3) Bindings - Extremely poor binding selection. You're basically forced to use what's already been assigned with limited customization.

4) Ability UI Bar - It feels like I'm playing a hero from a Starcraft 2 custom game with limited abilities. Very poorly made. 6 abilities total on your bars? Really? So 2 mouse clicks and 1-4, that's it. If you want to use other spells, you have to manually open a UI and rotate them, because God forbid someone gets a brain aneurysm from using more than 6 abilities in a video game.

5) Chat Interface - A couple notches below the standard MMO quality. You can't even customize your chat boxes!

I could go on, but there's a picture of what to expect.

It's like Blizzard is marketing this game for people with no brain. We have a game that's taken what, 8-10 years to make and this is what we get? A watered down kiddy game with no skill and no customization.

Diablo 3 = Dynasty Warriors
(button mashing a small selection of abilities with barely any customization - It's fun for the first hour, that's it)

Diablo 2 was MUCH, MUCH better. I'm going to re-evaluate whether I purchase this game or not, because as it stands, It's so mindnumbingly boring, that I just don't think I have it in me to invest levelling time into this. I'm a big Blizzard fan and this the biggest disappointment I've seen from them.

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Is it just the BETA that is watered down this bad or can I expect the retail to be the same, guys? Friends were telling me that they removed the skills selection and big talent trees to make it more appealing to the masses = /

Anyways, there's my personal opinion of the game - let's keep it at that