I love it when people complain about something, then they fix all the problems people had, and people still say "Well it still sucks and I'm not buying it" Yeah Diablo 3 at launch sucked in a lot of aspects. But blizzard obviously saw that "yeah, we fucked up" and put a lot of effort into improving the game. And too remove the auction house took A LOT of pride swallowing, and they should be commended for that, not continuously bashed.
And that is why I amend them for doing so. I personally stopped played for a bit because it felt repetitive and a bit boring, but when I saw this Loot 2.0 i said to myself that I would give it a try again. Well, even just the Loot 2.0 made it definitely worth me coming back and now this expansion has put it over the top. I'm definitely having fun with the game now and seriously, if your past experience is going to draw you away from the game, and your not going to give it another try, than you're (not you particular) are just like the rest of the complaining children that just love to complain.
I haven't played Diablo3 but I have played Torchlight2 and I absolutely love it. I have spent 30 hours in the game and only scratched the surface which shows why the PC is an amazing platform as it's so versatile. It has lovely games that melt graphics cards yet games like Torchlight 2 are amazing and don't require high end GPU hardware which demonstrates that PC isn't just all visuals
i will never doubt Blizzard again.. but also thanks to the real Diablo fans who criticized Diablo 3 so hard that Blizz did better for them. a great year for gamers
Great expansion. I hope they can keep this up and continue with the positive changes with the upcoming expansions. Some things I wasn't a huge fan of. Like the way things get wrapped up with side plots. But I'm liking where the story is going and where it's hinting to go. Really having fun with the new class and adventure mode.
It's great to see how far D3 has come. It had a very rough launch and there was so much wrong with the game that everyone felt let down. After taking in some feedback they slowly started to add content in the game which made some major improvements. Now FINALLY those damn auction houses are gone and loot drops have been buffed, this is exactly what we wanted. A big thanks to the people at Blizzard working hard to get D3 not only back on its feet but also teaching it to run.
I just bought this for $15 off PS store and have gotten to level 56 so far, just killed Diablo and into Act 5, and man, this is the most bizarrely easy game I've ever played, especially having played Diablo 2 back in the day. I had to bump up difficulty to Hard from Normal, and then Expert, but still, no matter how high I bump it (max allowed) I can't seem to figure out how to actually die once in the game. The equipment you pick up throughout the game is so powerful, and half of it seems to give you HP regen, so any time I'm hit it just goes right back to full, near instantly, even in boss fights! You can literally stand still in any part of game I've experienced so far (and unless Act 5 has some crazy difference) and simply hold X to eventually win, no risk at all! I've never played a game this easy, and it feels weird going through the whole game knowing I will never lose any fight, and I'm on "Expert"! It's crazy.
I was so disappointed with the vanilla game that i never thought they would fix it, but Blizzard did an amazing job with the 2.0 patch and it's even better with the Reaper of Souls expansion, it's an amazing game now.
I actually liked Diablo III, the reaper of souls expansion helped finish off a lot of the stuff that was left at the end and complimented the story line while adding more things to do :)
Amazing. It's because of "professional" reviews like this that I prefer to watch amateur people expressing their sincere opinions here in youtube. Sites like ign or gamespot have zero credibility for me. The guy sounds like Blizzard PR, ignoring all the issues of the vanilla game that RoS didn't adress while ignoring all new issues (and "dumbifications") that RoS brought with itself. Oh my god, how fucking amazing are these randomized maps with random mobs!! It's not like a f2p game such as PoE had this since day 1. Oh, how awesome is the dark atmosphere, the dark pallete! It's not like Diablo still is a cartoonesque immature visual fest, apparently straight out of WoW. RoS made Diablo 3 more of an arcade and softcore game than it already was. Worse: people paid for this expansion and they get mad at you if you complain about it. Somewhat you are forbidden to have good/mature taste and being vocal about it. Maybe they are too young to have played Diablo 2? Maybe they are young enough to be the milk cashed out of this cow by Blizzard? I certainly am not and I can only see cynism when I watch a review like this. Did the reviewer even played the game? His character doesn't appear to have a high level or anything. Yet the reviewer call himself a "long time arpg lover". Please, who are you fooling? Professional game journalism should awake for its responsability to the game market. Only professional reviewers can prevent people from falling into scams like this, scams which cost money, scams which are sympoms of the issues certain companies are having after growing too much. Only professional reviewers can raise their voice and bring some devs to reality. Yet here they are, pandering, using soft words, using catch phrases to hid the trainwreck called RoS. I don't know why. I don't even think it's because of money, I think it's acommodation. So I ask you, Vince Ingenito, play Diablo 3 in deep, play Van Helsing 2, play Torchlight, play Path of Exile and the compare back your experience to Diablo 3. Not just 2 hours of play, play for some weeks. Reach endgame. And then think if your 9.1 is really right for RoS.
You're living in the past man. Diablo 2 came out 14 years ago. The crowd that grew up and played Diablo 2 have responsibilities now. Families, kids, taxes, the list goes on. Of course the game catered to a more casual crowd, Blizzard knew that the people who played Diablo 2 at its prime grew up, and probably don't have as much time on their hands as they did when they were 17. Look at the big picture..
me fda No, I'm not living in the past. In fact I cited contemporary arpgs like PoE, Torchlight and Vanhellsing only to show games that got the thing right. I played Diablo 2 less than one year after release, and now I'm an adult who work and play both PoE and Torchlight every once and a while. Diablo 3 isn't casual, because it isn't an arpg at all. It is living in a blurred line between beat-em-up and mmorpg. I stand by my statement that if it wasn't for the franchise name behind it, Diablo 3 would hardly be noticed at all, much less have favourable reviews, much less generate all this revenue for Blizzard. And I see the big picture: a bunch of companies making ultra-expensive "AAA" games that have zero quality, and game journalism/critic pandering to these companies, praising them, instead of standing up and giving their honest opinion.
People like you b!tch to much... don't get me wrong but I seriously doubt the reviewer or most of the people care about what your saying. It's just an uncontrolled rant about pointless things.
My thoughts exactly.. I never take top reviewers serious anymore. It is like they run advertising for any big dollar game,and will shit all over anything that is actually decent. This is why the game industry is going to hell. All this f2p,cashcow shit has got to stop. The whole scene is going in the wrong direction.
Yes - great game - 10 for me. They just need to add more end game content - which seems to completely elude blizzard. The adventures are a good start. But grasping the concept of end game content is something they need to do better.
+Basicbenjamin Nope you just need to play again because client is updated freely... Most issues that much players hated back then seem resolved... The 40 dollar expansion for some new content (act + class,..)
the expectations for Diablo 3 were just too damn high, the only thing it had to do is fail in the the least bit of manner for it to receive a hatred overreaction. the game has many pros and little cons, like many others do. it's really because of our unrealistic expectations we had that there is such a mainstream hate flow. it's a top class game still, better than most.
Actually you're wrong there. The beer did taste like shit, however when you went back to get a a new one they gave you a better beer back for free! What you are actually paying for is a bigger glass. RoS contains the new level cap and modes and in this analogy the beer is still Diablo 3 but now with improved gameplay, loot 2.0 and the removal /thankgawd of the AH which doesn't require the purchase of RoS. RoS would be the bigger glass that you would have to buy.
Erm? you were just informed about the changes and you still made up this crap analgoy! "Mongis Lort20 hours ago +Cherno Alpha Hmm, ok. Maybe it's not as bad as I thought. Might be worth a try. Thanks for being imformative.@
Julius Greig wow, slow down there, youtube police. look at the time of when I said this and when I said that, while you beat your head in with this fact..: ''people change their mindz''. Also, I tried the game with the new changes, and it was still boring, so my mind changed back. And it was not a crap analogy, it was a witty one, And if you are gonna think like that then I'll say: Blizzard tried to fix my beer with sugar and cream, but it still tasted like shit.
Bought D3 for Xbox360. Realized this expansion would not be coming to last gen consoles. Returned the game 3 days later and bought Dark Souls 2. I may pick it up again when it comes to Xbox One.
Havn't played reaper yet, but if you have diablo 3, be sure to try the loot 2.0 patch, in about 2 hours play I bettered most of my inferno level AH gear and got 2 cool legendaries
I've just bought the pack on Blizzard digitally that contained Diablo 3 and Reaper Of Souls and I'm FAR from disappointed guys, holy shit what as ass kicking game!! sure I've got Diablo 3 on Ps3 and i thought it didn't got that feeling of being a actual Diablo game until i test it on a computer I was like mind blown O__O I tried it for free on Blizzards web page and after that i was pretty much hooked, literally, becasue after i tried it i bought right away :) but playing on a computer that just me.. I'm a bit of an old school Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction fan, so, from my point of view it's a personal preference ofc :) and i can say, I've tried the console version and it's pretty good no complain what so ever but for me i should have gone with the comp version from the start but hey we are all humans right.. or i hope xD but seriously guys, this game is a deff buy! and the awesome part is you don't have to know anything about the older gen games to understand D3, they explain it through out the whole game, so ya, this is a game that is so freaking good and you haven't tried it yet!!! or even bought it yet >.< yes you! I'm talking to you god damn it, you who haven'tbought it or tried it out yet... :P Go go go!!! you can try it out for free on battle.net if you are un sure if you want to buy something you wont enjoy so i could recommend doing that first, then if it something you like why not buy, and yes, I'm pretty sure if you try it you want to buy it!!! Cheers :D And sorry for any typo grammar I'm so tired and I need to go to bed ciao! --__--
The update literally saved this game for me. If you want to be the stubborn 1% that boycotts it because "it wasn't good on release" then you're missing out, and noone really cares. The addiction is back. Such a great game.
4:44 I couldn't help but think "pick up the legendary, pick up the legendary, pick up the legendary, pick up the legendary, omg pick up the legendary! D: "
The game lacks any sense of competition whatsoever. All there is to do at max level is grind endlessly for gear that ultimately has no value because you cant do anything with it other than grind more. I guarantee blizzard pays IGN to make these kind of reviews--does not deserve anywhere near a 9.1
The end game you just stated is basically what you did for Diablo 1 and 2, yet people praise these games. You just seem like the type of person where AARPGs like diablo just don't appeal to you. Diablo 3 has its flaws, but you are touching on the wrong area. Diablo 1 and 2 had a more complex item and rune system which made end game more appealing to some I suppose and the items more worth to grind for
blownspeakersss these replies are filled with idiots. The only reason to play a game like diablo 2 that was a grindfest is to compete with others and to trade to see who can be the most powerful/richest/strongest. Diablo 2 would have been long dead without trading.
Hans Gruber That isn't the point, the point is companies shouldn't be able to force you to go online to play a SINGLE PLAYER game. The very least they could do is give you an option, not force it on you.
Chaim Kekenstein Steam is kind of a form of always online as well. Not as much as a Diablo III or SimCity, but still, Steam is just as much of a DRM system as any other. Yet, most people adore Steam. I just go with it, and frankly, don't care, as long as I get to play my games.
Roby599 Yeah but that's just an apathetic attitude to have, it doesn't solve anything. Take Diablo 3, the market spoke by voicing their dissatisfaction and what happened? Blizzard fixed the problem; sort of, still better than nothing. Gamers need to let companies know that we will vote with our wallets and we expect them to care not only about their shareholders but also about us, their customers by making good games at affordable prices.
This is a opinion from a casual gamer who has played many games Diablo III base game did sucked because of the loot system and the lack of game modes,i've only played it for a couple of weeks and i quited and never touched it since until now that i got Reaper of Souls,it's much better now and more addictive than base game,i found myself playing more and more everyday thanks to the expansion because of the adventure mode and Loot 2.0. Those two feature are enough to keep me playing for a while until the second expansion comes out
Diablo 3 was my first game to play, it kinda reminded me of Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance on the NGC and I hope that the console version gets the same love that the pc gets :(
I had a wizard perm frost spec, and the only thing i had to do was spam 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4. no tactical gameplay. Farm gear so you can stay inside the aoes alive, and spam 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4! In the end I got tendinitis... Ty Blizzard for that amazing experience
I can't wait for the PS4 edition! I tried this game on PC, as well as Torchlight 2 and Path of Exile and hate clicking and pointing where my character is going especially when I am surrounded by several enemies. For me It's better to have full control of your character using a controller as well as the dodge move and this is where the console version of D3 truly shines
You do know there is "force move". Apart from that I do think a dodge move for pc would be awesome. Then again it appears that every class has some sort of dash, blink, to efectively get out of sticky situations. So apart from a 2nd way to dodge, there is nothing the console version has over the pc, if nothing. The Pc always has greater customization is much cheaper than the console ports and will always get patches and expansions ( as seen with RoS ) first. ( You can effectively purchase D3 and RoS for 20-30 euros respectively ) compared to the ridiculous price tag of their console counterparts x.x
this definitely got me playing again, its just better all around. only thing i dont like is all the gold i wasted back in the day to get the gem plans....theyre free now!
this game is fun if you have friends to play with. but if youre solo then youll get about to lvl50 and the fun will go away. the story is fun solo but the constant grinds after and adventure mode arent fun. but if you have friends this could very well be your favorite game and get a good 200 hours of play.
Rockasaurus Rex i dont like grinding but that is what some people live for in videogames. i dont really see myself playing the adventure mode after i beat the campaign. i could not care less about legendary items. ill never show them off and i wont need them since ill be able to beat the game without them
You don't need to buy the game to get the patches, also Metacritic user reviews are full of fanboys who will give a game a 1 without playing or owning it.
Still always online? May i ask why?! Ill just wait for the superior PS4 version it seems. Which sucks because i want this on PC,it just feels more right, Couch Co-Op will hopefully be worth the wait.
I've never played Diablo series looks like a lot of fun so I think I'm going to go buy it, I have however played a original Xbox game that shares similarities to Diablo called Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
aw man, been waiting for this forever. FINALLY DIABLO3 DID WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND COPIED TORCHLIGHT WHO COPIED DIABLO WHICH WAS AWESOME SAUCE I WISH THEY MADE A DIABLO 2.5 so you could just keep playing awesomeness
This DLC was good, almost needed to bring people back into the game. But an expansion that you can beat is 4 hrs for $40? Ok, i'll let that one slide, but they made the ending open up for more expansions...... They better not be charging $40 for short ACTs >:/
Firstly it is charged with 40 Euro but anyone can use google to find legit shops selling the keys for 20-30 dollars each, prior to launch and post launch. With that price in mind the game is basically a steal. Especially because RoS is less only abt the Act 5, which is better ( as an act ) than the whole of diablo 3 it even has cameos, better sidestories... and so forth. For 20 Euros my friend you will get more than your moneyes worth trust me ;)
5 hours? it is way longer than 5 hours. I never played it on anything less than Torment 1 though. This is a great expansion. I agree it + loot patch make this game amazing now.
I love how people are complaining about the elbow three and expansion meanwhile I'm having a time of my lifeit's pretty sad that the people who talk shit about this game will call people like me idiots for actually liking a decent game
So returning D3 players, is it worth my time to come back to this game. I cared little before (quitting after a little over a month into D3's launch) and I care even less after watching this video - but still curious?
I quit Diablo 3 before Loot 2.0. I decided to buy RoS for the heck of it because my friends said it was fun. Now? It's really really fun, I have been playing only this game and has become so addicting.
Honestly I love ROS it's fucking great and blizzard has went out of their way to make the game more lovable. Sorry guys I love T2 and PoE, but I cannnot hate on D3 cause I love it too.
Not even a single mention of the new scaling level monsters ? The freaking thing change the core gameplay of the game and not even a single mention ? The review is good, but this is a fact too important to be left aside.
Well I am playing on pc so i don't know about PS4 but still you can play this game on yourself and if your buddies have it they always can join you. It's not really like an open multiplayer game but it's really fun! Just playing with my friends in an endless massacre
You want to see how "regular" people feel: www.amazon.com/Diablo-III-Reaper-Souls-Pc/dp/B00FENJVOE Go there and read the reviews.There are 220 of them and counting. Overall, at a 3.8/5 star rating I would say it's a pretty decent game. I play Diablo 3 on PS3 and I loved it simply because I was in it for the awesome loot and wicked skills that would crush entire mobs in seconds, it was always such a rush.
Bought this when it was a $50 for main game plus ros. Even before loot 2.0 great game now and feels alot like borderlands. Just wish there where more rarity colors. Ubers and epics would be so sweet.
They are constantly making small upgrades to the game and also having the occasional "Big patch" so I wouldn't rule those out just yet. Not to mention that this is not the last expansion we'll see for d3.
I think it is worthed every penny if you buy the Battle chest (Diablo 3 and Reaper of souls expansion). It will be fun if you play with your friends :)
I just finished Diablo 3 on inferno mode. I'd like to ask if RoS is worth buying at the moment. I understand that I'll get a new story act and a new character class in the expansion, along with 10 new character levels and new skills. And while that sounds good, it seems a little steep for 40 bucks, considering I got 5 classes, 4 acts, and 60 levels to progress through from the base game for 60 bucks. My question is, how does the new act compare the other 4, and exactly how good is the end game content this reviewer is continuously praising?
I personally don't have RoS yet but if you're into the game then 100% get the expansion because it adds a great amount of content to keep you busy for a while
***** why do americans do the month before the day? 19/08/14 makes actual sense, the 19th day of the 8th month of the 2014th year, never understood why it was swapped around in america lol
The only things that pi$$ me off are: 1) Gold. Everything costs way too much and you earn so little. 2) Almost everything other than Rares are Account Bound. wtf? 3) In Public games we can't take our Follower with us. I think these Three things spoil the game a little.
you get a hell of a lot of money and nothing costs that much (that you cant already find better versions of) who the hell cares if items are account bound? it shoudn't matter about followers.
FanaticalRanger You can get decent Gold, but you can spend millions in minutes just crafting gems. I don't have millions, i never made millions from the AH either. I care that most things are account bound, i play with family and close friends and can't help them with crafting materials or decent items i may have found whilst not in the same game as them ect. It doesnt matter too much about followers but why would they not be able to accompany us on our travels? they could in D2. I know it's just my opinion and personal thoughts but valid ones.
last time i played, 1mill gold was less than 1$ on the market. So farming for a week to get gold worth less than 1$?? whats the point,, just buy the gold. maybe just buy for 5$ and you will get a great boost. its much more fun killing stuff faster and look more baddas,, and 5$ is almost nothing!
Hi, I'm wondering about if I buy the Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls bundle, whether or not it is the digital deluxe version. Could someone please confirm that for me. Thanks!
I have Diablo 3 (Bought it quite recently) and upon buying it I inspected both version from their website but it didn't seem worth it to pay the same price as the game itself for 1/5th the content.
pretty messed up when you think about it any one of us could think blue is green our whole lives without anyway of knowing if we are calling it the right name or if someone else sees blue as blue and not as green like you do. so for all you know you could be seeing blue as green your whole life and not know you are wrong i mean it doesn't really matter what you call a color or if you see a different color as long as you know what the color stands for i guess like if you were at a red light you might see red as yellow but you know yellow as "red" so you know yellow means stop
Okay okay, First they need more classes, Ect Necro and a Shapeshifter (Druid) and okay, they brought out Guilds, We need to be able to level them up ... COME ON .. make it really hard to level a guild up ... but make it like paragon levels, they keep going, like each person in the guild earns an Additional %10 more xp to go to the guild, and make it really hard to level , ect .. 1-2 is 5 billion xp. This would make the game so much better, and i'm sure most of you would Agree with this.
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I love it when people complain about something, then they fix all the problems people had, and people still say "Well it still sucks and I'm not buying it"
Yeah Diablo 3 at launch sucked in a lot of aspects. But blizzard obviously saw that "yeah, we fucked up" and put a lot of effort into improving the game. And too remove the auction house took A LOT of pride swallowing, and they should be commended for that, not continuously bashed.
And that is why I amend them for doing so. I personally stopped played for a bit because it felt repetitive and a bit boring, but when I saw this Loot 2.0 i said to myself that I would give it a try again. Well, even just the Loot 2.0 made it definitely worth me coming back and now this expansion has put it over the top. I'm definitely having fun with the game now and seriously, if your past experience is going to draw you away from the game, and your not going to give it another try, than you're (not you particular) are just like the rest of the complaining children that just love to complain.
Yup, logged in for the first time in 6 months and I gotta say its much better now
its ok that they fixed it, but not paying for them to fix it
Mongis Lort You don't have to buy the expansion in order to get all the improvements.
Cherno Alpha ''loot 2.0''? wow, I'm really looking forward to some boring account bound legendaries while grinding story mode!
People are quicker to click on a diablo 3 video and say it sucks than the guy who says first on every video
Same with news videos about the Xbox One or Microsoft. The IGN comminity is build out of fanboys and haters. It´s quite sad, really.
Definetily worth buying, so much fun
I haven't played Diablo3 but I have played Torchlight2 and I absolutely love it. I have spent 30 hours in the game and only scratched the surface which shows why the PC is an amazing platform as it's so versatile. It has lovely games that melt graphics cards yet games like Torchlight 2 are amazing and don't require high end GPU hardware which demonstrates that PC isn't just all visuals
what the fucks with these decimals? oh it was better than a 9, but does not live up to the standards of a 9.2? ridiculous.
Agreed.
i will never doubt Blizzard again.. but also thanks to the real Diablo fans who criticized Diablo 3 so hard that Blizz did better for them. a great year for gamers
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The soundtrack of RoS is so amazing! So glad I got the Collectors which includes all tracks :D
Great expansion. I hope they can keep this up and continue with the positive changes with the upcoming expansions. Some things I wasn't a huge fan of. Like the way things get wrapped up with side plots. But I'm liking where the story is going and where it's hinting to go. Really having fun with the new class and adventure mode.
the game is simply amazing and it's jam packed with people playing again
It's great to see how far D3 has come. It had a very rough launch and there was so much wrong with the game that everyone felt let down. After taking in some feedback they slowly started to add content in the game which made some major improvements. Now FINALLY those damn auction houses are gone and loot drops have been buffed, this is exactly what we wanted. A big thanks to the people at Blizzard working hard to get D3 not only back on its feet but also teaching it to run.
I just bought this for $15 off PS store and have gotten to level 56 so far, just killed Diablo and into Act 5, and man, this is the most bizarrely easy game I've ever played, especially having played Diablo 2 back in the day. I had to bump up difficulty to Hard from Normal, and then Expert, but still, no matter how high I bump it (max allowed) I can't seem to figure out how to actually die once in the game. The equipment you pick up throughout the game is so powerful, and half of it seems to give you HP regen, so any time I'm hit it just goes right back to full, near instantly, even in boss fights! You can literally stand still in any part of game I've experienced so far (and unless Act 5 has some crazy difference) and simply hold X to eventually win, no risk at all! I've never played a game this easy, and it feels weird going through the whole game knowing I will never lose any fight, and I'm on "Expert"! It's crazy.
Prolly played witch doctor lol
I was so disappointed with the vanilla game that i never thought they would fix it, but Blizzard did an amazing job with the 2.0 patch and it's even better with the Reaper of Souls expansion, it's an amazing game now.
This review is right, I've played over 100 hours on this expac. IT'S AMAZING!
I actually liked Diablo III, the reaper of souls expansion helped finish off a lot of the stuff that was left at the end and complimented the story line while adding more things to do :)
sick time to play diablo again all i thnk diablo needs is just more dungeons of different atmospheres.
Would still rather play Diablo II.
i love playing Diablo 3
diablo 1 is the way to go
Amazing. It's because of "professional" reviews like this that I prefer to watch amateur people expressing their sincere opinions here in youtube. Sites like ign or gamespot have zero credibility for me.
The guy sounds like Blizzard PR, ignoring all the issues of the vanilla game that RoS didn't adress while ignoring all new issues (and "dumbifications") that RoS brought with itself.
Oh my god, how fucking amazing are these randomized maps with random mobs!! It's not like a f2p game such as PoE had this since day 1. Oh, how awesome is the dark atmosphere, the dark pallete! It's not like Diablo still is a cartoonesque immature visual fest, apparently straight out of WoW.
RoS made Diablo 3 more of an arcade and softcore game than it already was. Worse: people paid for this expansion and they get mad at you if you complain about it. Somewhat you are forbidden to have good/mature taste and being vocal about it. Maybe they are too young to have played Diablo 2? Maybe they are young enough to be the milk cashed out of this cow by Blizzard? I certainly am not and I can only see cynism when I watch a review like this.
Did the reviewer even played the game? His character doesn't appear to have a high level or anything. Yet the reviewer call himself a "long time arpg lover". Please, who are you fooling?
Professional game journalism should awake for its responsability to the game market. Only professional reviewers can prevent people from falling into scams like this, scams which cost money, scams which are sympoms of the issues certain companies are having after growing too much. Only professional reviewers can raise their voice and bring some devs to reality. Yet here they are, pandering, using soft words, using catch phrases to hid the trainwreck called RoS. I don't know why. I don't even think it's because of money, I think it's acommodation.
So I ask you, Vince Ingenito, play Diablo 3 in deep, play Van Helsing 2, play Torchlight, play Path of Exile and the compare back your experience to Diablo 3. Not just 2 hours of play, play for some weeks. Reach endgame. And then think if your 9.1 is really right for RoS.
You're living in the past man. Diablo 2 came out 14 years ago. The crowd that grew up and played Diablo 2 have responsibilities now. Families, kids, taxes, the list goes on. Of course the game catered to a more casual crowd, Blizzard knew that the people who played Diablo 2 at its prime grew up, and probably don't have as much time on their hands as they did when they were 17. Look at the big picture..
me fda
No, I'm not living in the past. In fact I cited contemporary arpgs like PoE, Torchlight and Vanhellsing only to show games that got the thing right.
I played Diablo 2 less than one year after release, and now I'm an adult who work and play both PoE and Torchlight every once and a while. Diablo 3 isn't casual, because it isn't an arpg at all. It is living in a blurred line between beat-em-up and mmorpg.
I stand by my statement that if it wasn't for the franchise name behind it, Diablo 3 would hardly be noticed at all, much less have favourable reviews, much less generate all this revenue for Blizzard.
And I see the big picture: a bunch of companies making ultra-expensive "AAA" games that have zero quality, and game journalism/critic pandering to these companies, praising them, instead of standing up and giving their honest opinion.
kahane was right Im with you I still find playing legend of dragoon (from ps1 2004) better than many of today games.
People like you b!tch to much... don't get me wrong but I seriously doubt the reviewer or most of the people care about what your saying. It's just an uncontrolled rant about pointless things.
My thoughts exactly.. I never take top reviewers serious anymore. It is like they run advertising for any big dollar game,and will shit all over anything that is actually decent. This is why the game industry is going to hell. All this f2p,cashcow shit has got to stop. The whole scene is going in the wrong direction.
Yes - great game - 10 for me. They just need to add more end game content - which seems to completely elude blizzard. The adventures are a good start. But grasping the concept of end game content is something they need to do better.
if reaper of souls is an improvement from D3 when it was first released, then why IGN rate it 9.1 and the original release 9.5??
Because IGN get's paid to give good reviews
I also asked that...
stop asking the right questions!
Maybe it's a different person reviewing it and not the grand conspiracy you think it is.
One of the best games ever made…. Not a single complaint
So I payed 60$ for Diablo 3 and if I want to get the enjoyment from this game that was lacking I need to pay 40$ for an expansion
Blizzard Logic
+Basicbenjamin Nope you just need to play again because client is updated freely... Most issues that much players hated back then seem resolved... The 40 dollar expansion for some new content (act + class,..)
Single player offline STILL needed...
Oh wow... 9.1. this just convenced me into buying this DLC. Thx
You shouldnt pay much attention to ign reviews, just saying...
samturrett but , but this DLC is really fun.
It is kinda fun. Much better then the original Diablo 3..
the expectations for Diablo 3 were just too damn high, the only thing it had to do is fail in the the least bit of manner for it to receive a hatred overreaction. the game has many pros and little cons, like many others do. it's really because of our unrealistic expectations we had that there is such a mainstream hate flow. it's a top class game still, better than most.
Bob George true that
no, its just diablo 1 and 2 where such good games we expected that but better
Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls is like, when you buy a beer, but the beer tasted shit so you went back to get a new one, but you had to pay for it again.
and the second beer tasted so good you couldn't have enough.
Diaconu Catalin Nope. I changed my store.
Actually you're wrong there. The beer did taste like shit, however when you went back to get a a new one they gave you a better beer back for free! What you are actually paying for is a bigger glass.
RoS contains the new level cap and modes and in this analogy the beer is still Diablo 3 but now with improved gameplay, loot 2.0 and the removal /thankgawd of the AH which doesn't require the purchase of RoS. RoS would be the bigger glass that you would have to buy.
Erm? you were just informed about the changes and you still made up this crap analgoy!
"Mongis Lort20 hours ago
+Cherno Alpha Hmm, ok. Maybe it's not as bad as I thought. Might be worth a try. Thanks for being imformative.@
Julius Greig wow, slow down there, youtube police. look at the time of when I said this and when I said that, while you beat your head in with this fact..: ''people change their mindz''.
Also, I tried the game with the new changes, and it was still boring, so my mind changed back.
And it was not a crap analogy, it was a witty one, And if you are gonna think like that then I'll say: Blizzard tried to fix my beer with sugar and cream, but it still tasted like shit.
Deserved score. Such a good game
The D3 hate is strong in this comment section.
QQ
When do gamers NOT hate something? Lol.
I feel like this isn't worth $40 for someone who isn't going to play the game after they beat act 5. not to happy
Bought D3 for Xbox360. Realized this expansion would not be coming to last gen consoles. Returned the game 3 days later and bought Dark Souls 2. I may pick it up again when it comes to Xbox One.
Havn't played reaper yet, but if you have diablo 3, be sure to try the loot 2.0 patch, in about 2 hours play I bettered most of my inferno level AH gear and got 2 cool legendaries
Cant get enough of that Legendary drop sound.
This is a good turn around from the vanilla game. Looking forward to trying out all the new stuff.
I've just bought the pack on Blizzard digitally that contained Diablo 3 and Reaper Of Souls and I'm FAR from disappointed guys, holy shit what as ass kicking game!! sure I've got Diablo 3 on Ps3 and i thought it didn't got that feeling of being a actual Diablo game until i test it on a computer I was like mind blown O__O
I tried it for free on Blizzards web page and after that i was pretty much hooked, literally, becasue after i tried it i bought right away :)
but playing on a computer that just me.. I'm a bit of an old school Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction fan, so, from my point of view it's a personal preference ofc :)
and i can say, I've tried the console version and it's pretty good no complain what so ever but for me i should have gone with the comp version from the start but hey we are all humans right.. or i hope xD
but seriously guys, this game is a deff buy! and the awesome part is you don't have to know anything about the older gen games to understand D3, they explain it through out the whole game, so ya, this is a game that is so freaking good and you haven't tried it yet!!! or even bought it yet >.< yes you! I'm talking to you god damn it, you who haven'tbought it or tried it out yet... :P
Go go go!!! you can try it out for free on battle.net if you are un sure if you want to buy something you wont enjoy so i could recommend doing that first, then if it something you like why not buy, and yes, I'm pretty sure if you try it you want to buy it!!!
Cheers :D
And sorry for any typo grammar I'm so tired and I need to go to bed ciao! --__--
The update literally saved this game for me. If you want to be the stubborn 1% that boycotts it because "it wasn't good on release" then you're missing out, and noone really cares. The addiction is back. Such a great game.
4:44 I couldn't help but think "pick up the legendary, pick up the legendary, pick up the legendary, pick up the legendary, omg pick up the legendary! D: "
I'm quite excited to get into PC gaming as there is a wealth and back catalogue of RPGs and FPSs that I have not been able to play on console.
The game lacks any sense of competition whatsoever. All there is to do at max level is grind endlessly for gear that ultimately has no value because you cant do anything with it other than grind more. I guarantee blizzard pays IGN to make these kind of reviews--does not deserve anywhere near a 9.1
At the end there I was like.....wtf? How does a expansion to a "bad game" get a 9.1?
The end game you just stated is basically what you did for Diablo 1 and 2, yet people praise these games. You just seem like the type of person where AARPGs like diablo just don't appeal to you. Diablo 3 has its flaws, but you are touching on the wrong area. Diablo 1 and 2 had a more complex item and rune system which made end game more appealing to some I suppose and the items more worth to grind for
Why does it need to be a competitive game? Grinding for gear is exactly why we play these games, not everything needs to be about epeen.
Are you sad that you can't sell your hard earned loot to some 12-year-old for real money? You completely missed the fucking point of playing games.
blownspeakersss these replies are filled with idiots. The only reason to play a game like diablo 2 that was a grindfest is to compete with others and to trade to see who can be the most powerful/richest/strongest. Diablo 2 would have been long dead without trading.
Still always online?
All I needed to hear. Back to Diablo II
Well welcome to 2014. Isnt like internet is hard to get nowadays and is only for rich people...
Hans Gruber
That isn't the point, the point is companies shouldn't be able to force you to go online to play a SINGLE PLAYER game. The very least they could do is give you an option, not force it on you.
Chaim Kekenstein Steam is kind of a form of always online as well. Not as much as a Diablo III or SimCity, but still, Steam is just as much of a DRM system as any other. Yet, most people adore Steam. I just go with it, and frankly, don't care, as long as I get to play my games.
Roby599
Yeah but that's just an apathetic attitude to have, it doesn't solve anything. Take Diablo 3, the market spoke by voicing their dissatisfaction and what happened? Blizzard fixed the problem; sort of, still better than nothing.
Gamers need to let companies know that we will vote with our wallets and we expect them to care not only about their shareholders but also about us, their customers by making good games at affordable prices.
Roby599 steam offline mode?
This is a opinion from a casual gamer who has played many games
Diablo III base game did sucked because of the loot system and the lack of game modes,i've only played it for a couple of weeks and i quited and never touched it since until now that i got Reaper of Souls,it's much better now and more addictive than base game,i found myself playing more and more everyday thanks to the expansion because of the adventure mode and Loot 2.0. Those two feature are enough to keep me playing for a while until the second expansion comes out
I will get this on my xbox one for sure:) Looks so sick.
Diablo 3 was my first game to play, it kinda reminded me of Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance on the NGC and I hope that the console version gets the same love that the pc gets :(
Having so much fun with the crusader class
I had a wizard perm frost spec, and the only thing i had to do was spam 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4.
no tactical gameplay.
Farm gear so you can stay inside the aoes alive, and spam 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4!
In the end I got tendinitis...
Ty Blizzard for that amazing experience
got it till now.
I can't wait for the PS4 edition! I tried this game on PC, as well as Torchlight 2 and Path of Exile and hate clicking and pointing where my character is going especially when I am surrounded by several enemies. For me It's better to have full control of your character using a controller as well as the dodge move and this is where the console version of D3 truly shines
You do know there is "force move". Apart from that I do think a dodge move for pc would be awesome. Then again it appears that every class has some sort of dash, blink, to efectively get out of sticky situations. So apart from a 2nd way to dodge, there is nothing the console version has over the pc, if nothing. The Pc always has greater customization is much cheaper than the console ports and will always get patches and expansions ( as seen with RoS ) first. ( You can effectively purchase D3 and RoS for 20-30 euros respectively ) compared to the ridiculous price tag of their console counterparts x.x
I will now diffidently put this game on my list of expansions to buy now.
this definitely got me playing again, its just better all around. only thing i dont like is all the gold i wasted back in the day to get the gem plans....theyre free now!
I am new to this game but not video game .This is way head of it time,. The creators did great job
this game is fun if you have friends to play with. but if youre solo then youll get about to lvl50 and the fun will go away. the story is fun solo but the constant grinds after and adventure mode arent fun. but if you have friends this could very well be your favorite game and get a good 200 hours of play.
Rockasaurus Rex i dont like grinding but that is what some people live for in videogames. i dont really see myself playing the adventure mode after i beat the campaign. i could not care less about legendary items. ill never show them off and i wont need them since ill be able to beat the game without them
paid review, this is not a 9 game, its a 3 from me, and its a 6 from user review on metacritic. Its an expensive dlc fix-patch.
You don't need to buy the game to get the patches, also Metacritic user reviews are full of fanboys who will give a game a 1 without playing or owning it.
Vega M played it, still disapointed and all I know the same thing, game to short for the price.
got to lvl 70 with all characters... aaand now im bored. :D
I would die to have Diablo III on lowest settings, portable on Vita. I'd play it forever.
Still always online? May i ask why?! Ill just wait for the superior PS4 version it seems. Which sucks because i want this on PC,it just feels more right, Couch Co-Op will hopefully be worth the wait.
Mongis Lort the beer thing you said hit the nail right on the head, ROS. is more like an improvement to diablo 3, barely an expansion
Im thinking of buying this game. Does the ROS standard edition also include the base game? or would i need to download the 2 separately? $39 + $39?
damn you steam sales~!!! now i need to save up $40 more bucks for this~!!!
Dialbo 3 was a big disappointment. Hope this is better
nice to hear they ended that acution house with real money crap, I might buy it.
I've never played Diablo series looks like a lot of fun so I think I'm going to go buy it, I have however played a original Xbox game that shares similarities to Diablo called Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
aw man, been waiting for this forever. FINALLY DIABLO3 DID WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND COPIED TORCHLIGHT WHO COPIED DIABLO WHICH WAS AWESOME SAUCE I WISH THEY MADE A DIABLO 2.5 so you could just keep playing awesomeness
Cool positive review! But, I won't spend $$$ again on this game.
I spent almost $70 on D3 and meh.
This DLC was good, almost needed to bring people back into the game. But an expansion that you can beat is 4 hrs for $40? Ok, i'll let that one slide, but they made the ending open up for more expansions...... They better not be charging $40 for short ACTs >:/
Firstly it is charged with 40 Euro but anyone can use google to find legit shops selling the keys for 20-30 dollars each, prior to launch and post launch. With that price in mind the game is basically a steal. Especially because RoS is less only abt the Act 5, which is better ( as an act ) than the whole of diablo 3 it even has cameos, better sidestories... and so forth. For 20 Euros my friend you will get more than your moneyes worth trust me ;)
expansion packs aint a fucking story dlc. get your shit right
calm down.
I'm gonna try this out,never played a diablo before
5 hours? it is way longer than 5 hours. I never played it on anything less than Torment 1 though. This is a great expansion. I agree it + loot patch make this game amazing now.
When is this coming to consoles?
***** where did you hear may 25th? i looked it up there and it says there is no release date yet?
***** what comes with the ultimate evil edition? cant wait to get it
As someone who hated D3 cuz of no drops at all and shitty AH,expansion,2.0 and adventure mode its amazing.
I better get the Diablo 2 Battle Chest from Amazon before it's sold out QUICK!
I love how people are complaining about the elbow three and expansion meanwhile I'm having a time of my lifeit's pretty sad that the people who talk shit about this game will call people like me idiots for actually liking a decent game
Is this game more fun on PC or on consoles?
So returning D3 players, is it worth my time to come back to this game. I cared little before (quitting after a little over a month into D3's launch) and I care even less after watching this video - but still curious?
It's the way it was meant to be now. I quit after a week the first time and now it's so addicting.
I quit Diablo 3 before Loot 2.0. I decided to buy RoS for the heck of it because my friends said it was fun. Now? It's really really fun, I have been playing only this game and has become so addicting.
It is amazing.
Don't get all the whiny bastards on the comments,
i've been 3 hours into this game and it's amazing!
I can't wait, love d3 on my ps3
Diablo 3 has amazing creepy atmosphere
people that complaining diablo 3 mostly don't have the game ,that's cold hard fact
Honestly I love ROS it's fucking great and blizzard has went out of their way to make the game more lovable. Sorry guys I love T2 and PoE, but I cannnot hate on D3 cause I love it too.
Saying the rift bosses almost always drop a legendary is very misleading since I've done about 20 and haven't got one from the boss yet.
Not even a single mention of the new scaling level monsters ? The freaking thing change the core gameplay of the game and not even a single mention ? The review is good, but this is a fact too important to be left aside.
Picked this game up for PS4 for about €7,- ^^ still need to play it. Are there many people online?
Well I am playing on pc so i don't know about PS4 but still you can play this game on yourself and if your buddies have it they always can join you. It's not really like an open multiplayer game but it's really fun! Just playing with my friends in an endless massacre
Inquisitor Eggplant Hell yeah
Just bought it before 4 came out. Playing it from beggining with my friend for the first time phah
im looking for the review no for the graphics or stuff like HD no, im looking for what happens and if its intressting...
You want to see how "regular" people feel: www.amazon.com/Diablo-III-Reaper-Souls-Pc/dp/B00FENJVOE
Go there and read the reviews.There are 220 of them and counting. Overall, at a 3.8/5 star rating I would say it's a pretty decent game. I play Diablo 3 on PS3 and I loved it simply because I was in it for the awesome loot and wicked skills that would crush entire mobs in seconds, it was always such a rush.
Bought this when it was a $50 for main game plus ros. Even before loot 2.0 great game now and feels alot like borderlands. Just wish there where more rarity colors. Ubers and epics would be so sweet.
They are constantly making small upgrades to the game and also having the occasional "Big patch" so I wouldn't rule those out just yet.
Not to mention that this is not the last expansion we'll see for d3.
There are lvl 70 ubers, even 4 encounters this time
Yo I've been thinking about getting this game. Is it worth a purchase or nah?
I think it is worthed every penny if you buy the Battle chest (Diablo 3 and Reaper of souls expansion). It will be fun if you play with your friends :)
WarDuck23 Sweet thanks dawg!
Get it. You'll be amazed what you can do without an internet connection, if you're into folklore of course.
yessss!! it's a amazing game,and the cgi cutscenes are beautiful
I just finished Diablo 3 on inferno mode. I'd like to ask if RoS is worth buying at the moment. I understand that I'll get a new story act and a new character class in the expansion, along with 10 new character levels and new skills. And while that sounds good, it seems a little steep for 40 bucks, considering I got 5 classes, 4 acts, and 60 levels to progress through from the base game for 60 bucks. My question is, how does the new act compare the other 4, and exactly how good is the end game content this reviewer is continuously praising?
I personally don't have RoS yet but if you're into the game then 100% get the expansion because it adds a great amount of content to keep you busy for a while
so to create a Crusader class you need the RoS expansion, right?
Is RoS on consoles? I can't seem to find it on the 360 market place.
Thanks buddy.
***** why do americans do the month before the day? 19/08/14 makes actual sense, the 19th day of the 8th month of the 2014th year, never understood why it was swapped around in america lol
Actually when I was younger I wondered the same thing. No one gave me a good answer so I guess I just gave up.
it is now came out yesterday
move to canada
Will I haft to buy D3 to play ROS or does RoS come with all acts?
Forgot to mention any of the negatives like how you basically cant trade god damn items anymore.
Should I still buy this game?, I only have Diablo III for ps3 not the RoS version :c
The only things that pi$$ me off are:
1) Gold. Everything costs way too much and you earn so little.
2) Almost everything other than Rares are Account Bound. wtf?
3) In Public games we can't take our Follower with us.
I think these Three things spoil the game a little.
you get a hell of a lot of money and nothing costs that much (that you cant already find better versions of)
who the hell cares if items are account bound?
it shoudn't matter about followers.
FanaticalRanger You can get decent Gold, but you can spend millions in minutes just crafting gems. I don't have millions, i never made millions from the AH either.
I care that most things are account bound, i play with family and close friends and can't help them with crafting materials or decent items i may have found whilst not in the same game as them ect.
It doesnt matter too much about followers but why would they not be able to accompany us on our travels? they could in D2.
I know it's just my opinion and personal thoughts but valid ones.
Soulware3D I have 80-90+ marquise gems and no money to craft them is my point (forgot to add that).
last time i played, 1mill gold was less than 1$ on the market. So farming for a week to get gold worth less than 1$?? whats the point,, just buy the gold. maybe just buy for 5$ and you will get a great boost. its much more fun killing stuff faster and look more baddas,, and 5$ is almost nothing!
Kim Andre Li I don't think you can buy gold now, also, how is buying gold more fun than playing the game (which is what I want to do)?
50% discount then i'll buy.
what song is playing in the background here?
With expansion it adds a lot of replay value because of adventure mode yes?
I'll get it when it comes to ps4
Hi, I'm wondering about if I buy the Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls bundle, whether or not it is the digital deluxe version. Could someone please confirm that for me. Thanks!
I have Diablo 3 (Bought it quite recently) and upon buying it I inspected both version from their website but it didn't seem worth it to pay the same price as the game itself for 1/5th the content.
pretty messed up when you think about it any one of us could think blue is green our whole lives without anyway of knowing if we are calling it the right name or if someone else sees blue as blue and not as green like you do. so for all you know you could be seeing blue as green your whole life and not know you are wrong i mean it doesn't really matter what you call a color or if you see a different color as long as you know what the color stands for i guess like if you were at a red light you might see red as yellow but you know yellow as "red" so you know yellow means stop
Okay okay, First they need more classes, Ect Necro and a Shapeshifter (Druid) and okay, they brought out Guilds, We need to be able to level them up ... COME ON .. make it really hard to level a guild up ... but make it like paragon levels, they keep going, like each person in the guild earns an Additional %10 more xp to go to the guild, and make it really hard to level , ect .. 1-2 is 5 billion xp.
This would make the game so much better, and i'm sure most of you would Agree with this.
my youtube keeps crushing...any advice?
i own the starter pack,and want too upgrade,what expansion do i need too buy.