[D3] Diablo 3
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Lianyi Shui
In Cryo Sleep
Although it's a great single-player game, multiplayer is definitely personaly prefered as it raises the difficulty-level (depends on the skill and teamwork by the players)
and the fun-factor (better loot (if I remember correctly), great team-experience, etc.)
Multiplayer is also prefered by the majority of the players.
and the fun-factor (better loot (if I remember correctly), great team-experience, etc.)
Multiplayer is also prefered by the majority of the players.
Ki!ler-Mk1
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But they built it from the ground up as a multiplayer game you can play solo if you like, sour much?
Belfa, there is a demo version of the game, but iirc for the first 30 days it is invite only via the guest pass system, you will need to find someone with the game who has a pass free, i have used both mine up though. I cannot find the link but it is possible to download the client before you find a code.
Kasatka
Active Member
But they built it from the ground up as a multiplayer game you can play solo if you like, sour much?
Not remotely sour, but you are wrong. Just because a game is designed with multiplayer in mind does not make it a multiplayer game. It is entirely playable in single player, a mode in which you do not have a 'party' of characters to make up for a lack of other players. It's a solo-able game.
diablo.diablo2 fanboy here, getting d3 tomorrow...
to answer your questions:
-is it multiplayer or solo?:
You choose. The entire game can be played solo, or you can let others join your game or join others games (up to a max of 4 players per game at the moment)
-is there guilds etc to team up with friends:
No guilds, just friends lists, so finding/playing with friends is easy, or you can play with randoms (no drawbacks to it, except the stilted conversation)
-will I pass other players during the story:
See question 1, only if you want to, if you would rather play entirely alone you never have to see another soul.
Bare in mind you still need to connect to the internet to play it (there is no offline mode like previous games)
Buy d3 if you like:
Levelling up
Trying different character builds
Re playability
randomised loot systems (closest modern approximation would be borderlands)
Avoid it if you dislike:
clicking things
people having the ability to buy good shit that if you arnt willing to pay out for will take you the best part of a year to find solo.
It does have a PvP aspect, but i am yet to try that, and to mu knowledge it has not been implemented yet
I'll be buying it regardless because ITS F@{&%$G AWESOME
to answer your questions:
-is it multiplayer or solo?:
You choose. The entire game can be played solo, or you can let others join your game or join others games (up to a max of 4 players per game at the moment)
-is there guilds etc to team up with friends:
No guilds, just friends lists, so finding/playing with friends is easy, or you can play with randoms (no drawbacks to it, except the stilted conversation)
-will I pass other players during the story:
See question 1, only if you want to, if you would rather play entirely alone you never have to see another soul.
Bare in mind you still need to connect to the internet to play it (there is no offline mode like previous games)
Buy d3 if you like:
Levelling up
Trying different character builds
Re playability
randomised loot systems (closest modern approximation would be borderlands)
Avoid it if you dislike:
clicking things
people having the ability to buy good shit that if you arnt willing to pay out for will take you the best part of a year to find solo.
It does have a PvP aspect, but i am yet to try that, and to mu knowledge it has not been implemented yet
I'll be buying it regardless because ITS F@{&%$G AWESOME
Panda with issues...
Well-Known Member
Damn you panda, sat here staring at that now, and this has the bonus of the fact i can play it at work, with d3 everyone would be able to hear my clicking. SOLD.
No subscription fees at all, once you brought it its yours (and it should be fairly reliable, they still support diablo 2 with updates and servers 9 years after release)
as for beginner tips, its a fairly simple easy game to get into. even with no previous experience it holds your hand nicely, and it wont be till you've played a while you'll want to mess too much with stats and build etc
If you can see if someone can chuck you the guest pass, allows you to get to level 13 and gives the first chunk to play through, if you dont enjoy that no point getting the game.
Biased man here will tell you to just go crazy and buy it though
I remember reading somewhere that you can, but DO NOT TAKE THAT AS GOSPEL as its entirely possibly i'm making it up, The official info page doesnt specify.
Dusk777
New Member
I'm doing a series of Diablo Diaries with a mate if anyone wants to watch them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjjsXoNwNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjjsXoNwNI
Just got it today, played it a bit at lunch.
As life stands, i have this week off work, and if anyone needs me on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, I'll be on Diablo III. Theres a small chance you'll catch me on it at the weekend aswell
Ki!ler-Mk1
Active Member
I'll concede incorrectness on my prior view before reading this statement, but not on diablo 3; in diablo 2 the multiplayer was fairly broken due to several things, primarily the fact that you could intercept data and create items the server would allow but would never generate naturally, and dupe items.
I suspect you never played diablo 2 for a protracted amount of time before patch 1.10.
We could argue this out, i wont blatantly "say you are wrong". But I will say that as blizzard released announcements about diablo 3 as it was in development, i was very supportive of the changes.
It is unfortunate that the new cheat protection is read as many as "always on" DRM, that is not its originating function, though im sure it made the activision execs happy.
As to single player, anyone can play single player any time. (this reads as a correction, sorry)
Offline single player is the big complaint, i agree with all bar one thing blizzard have changed since diablo 2, and it is the lacking of offline SP characters, though for all the people who cry that it would be an easy change, blizzard already stated it would not because they built it from the ground up to be server based, so all the items and enemies are handled by the server. Like an MMO.
The people who cannot play because they to not have access to the internet for whatever reason should not buy it rather than complain about their entitlement to play an online game they bought offline.
Tempscire
Active Member
The trial version people are talking about is structured thusly:
On a personal note I wasn't a huge fan. The game was far too easy for me and my mate (we literally didn't have to use a single potion even when fighting the boss), and it was basically a point and click game. Not really my cup of tea but I can see why it could be addictive. You level up nice and quick and get tons of loot. Well designed too. It's just mechanics that aren't really my thing.
- You can get your character to Level 13
- You can play through Act 1 only, which is about 2 - 3 hours of game. You can go back and play through the act as many times as you like.
- You can only use the matchmaking system to play with people on trial editions, but you can still use the friends list to play with your friends.
On a personal note I wasn't a huge fan. The game was far too easy for me and my mate (we literally didn't have to use a single potion even when fighting the boss), and it was basically a point and click game. Not really my cup of tea but I can see why it could be addictive. You level up nice and quick and get tons of loot. Well designed too. It's just mechanics that aren't really my thing.
Ki!ler-Mk1
Active Member
This ones for you wol!
