Diablo 3 Open Beta Weekend Starts Today

Mindweaver · Apr 20, 2012

The opening music sounds good! :toast:

EDIT:That screen is animated! The still doesn't do it justice.. hehehe

TheMailMan78 · Apr 20, 2012

Static~Charge said:
In other words: make a disk image of your system before installing the beta, and back up your data files periodically. If the beta does mangle your setup, you can restore it back to the way it was.

Thats a lot of effort to play a game I have minor intrest in.

Mindweaver · Apr 20, 2012

Here's the Graphics options.

Static~Charge · Apr 20, 2012

TheMailMan78 said:
Thats a lot of effort to play a game I have minor intrest in.

That's SOP for pretty much any beta.

Mindweaver · Apr 20, 2012

TheMailMan78 check you PM's dude. :toast:

NinkobEi · Apr 20, 2012

TheMailMan78 said:
Thats a lot of effort to play a game I have minor intrest in.

no one cares if you play it TMM. You and your elitist "true betas." Why even bother posting the story if all you are going to do is whine/troll about how much you aren't going to be playing it.

Frick · Apr 20, 2012

NinkobEi said:
no one cares if you play it TMM. You and your elitist "true betas." Why even bother posting the story if all you are going to do is whine/troll about how much you aren't going to be playing it.

He didn't write anything about it in the story so it's a-ok with me.

TheMailMan78 · Apr 20, 2012

NinkobEi said:
no one cares if you play it TMM. You and your elitist "true betas." Why even bother posting the story if all you are going to do is whine/troll about how much you aren't going to be playing it.

What I can't state an opinion unless its a popular one?

Frick said:
He didn't write anything about it in the story so it's a-ok with me.

Exactly. News is news. My opinion is mine. I would never post my personal opinion in a new article. That's retarded and immature.

meirb111 · Apr 20, 2012

10+ years for crappy graphics thank but no thanks

..'Ant'.. · Apr 20, 2012

meirb111 said:
10+ years for crappy graphics thank but no thanks

BLizzard is blizzard right... :cool:

Disparia · Apr 20, 2012

O. M. G.

No doubt, after this weekend is over, I'll probably play through D2 again waiting for the 15th.

Dbiggs9 · Apr 20, 2012

Been in beta for some time now it's only act 1 about 30 mins of game play

Enjoy your SK runs, also a lv 13 cap

techtard · Apr 20, 2012

Mindweaver said:
The opening music sounds good!

http://img.techpowerup.org/120420/Diablo.jpg

EDIT:That screen is animated! The still doesn't do it justice.. hehehe

That looks like World of Diablo!

deleted · Apr 20, 2012

TheMailMan78 said:
Most open betas are demos.

What do you think we're dealing with here? This is going to be a "beta," in the same sense that the BF3 open beta was a "beta." Prepare to be told to "shut up and sit down because this is a three week old build and the developers are already aware of all of the issues." And then be prepared to still have that exact same problem three months after release.

Easo · Apr 21, 2012

I must admit, watching zombies fly realy far from your blows is satisfying.

lyndonguitar · Apr 21, 2012

Easo said:
I must admit, watching zombies fly realy far from your blows is satisfying.

attacks and skills looks good too

dj-electric · Apr 21, 2012

So, just finished the beta yesterday. It's really good n' all.

Volkszorn88 · Apr 21, 2012

This is going to be the perfect game for my girlfriend and I. Can't wait ^^

We were originally going to buy Res Evil: Operation Raccoon City to get our coop fix, but this is 1000000000x better.

Zubasa · Apr 22, 2012

techtard said:
That looks like World of Diablo!

There are only X number of ways a Blizzard log in screen can look :shadedshu

Prima.Vera · Apr 23, 2012

Skill Tree is a disaster!!!! They ruin the game with the current crap! WTF Blizzard?!?!

jamsbong · Apr 23, 2012

After 2 days of playing Diablo 3. I have to say Runic Game's Torchlight was more refreshing.
There are so many annoying things that are conservatively retained from previous Diablos.
The item management is one, It does not even sort itself out, it still has a 1 and 2 slot system. The items are not clearly highlighted when dropped, and you can't manually highlight it.
The Torchlight pet system is so much cooler as you can ask the pet to go back to town and sell items while you continue to charge into enemy territory.
The theme is still dark and quite difficult to see. Why? I know it is meant to be "EVIL" but no need to hide so much. Torchlight has the same theme but they made it look more refreshing.
The camera is completely restricted! WHY? The way they've restricted the camera, it is no different from a 2D scrolling game. I think this is the most unforgivable restriction.
Why multiplay coop is restricted to a max of 4 players only?

Those complaints aside. The skill tree has been overhauled, now there is no need to commit into a skill as you can swap around anytime. This is a great thing.
My fav character is the monk. Great hands on attack, flash like instant travel and healing ability.
Finally, Blizzard deliberately limit the leveling up to 13. Kinda expected.

dj-electric · Apr 23, 2012

The beta is not even the tip of the iceberg. So much more to see, hardcore mode, a lot more kinds of items, mobs, skills...

Frick · Apr 23, 2012

jamsbong said:
The camera is completely restricted! WHY? The way they've restricted the camera, it is no different from a 2D scrolling game. I think this is the most unforgivable restriction.

This is one of the upsides imo. Why would you want to move around the camera all the time?

Prima.Vera · Apr 23, 2012

jamsbong said:
After 2 days of playing Diablo 3. I have to say Runic Game's Torchlight was more refreshing.
There are so many annoying things that are conservatively retained from previous Diablos.
The item management is one, It does not even sort itself out, it still has a 1 and 2 slot system. The items are not clearly highlighted when dropped, and you can't manually highlight it.
The Torchlight pet system is so much cooler as you can ask the pet to go back to town and sell items while you continue to charge into enemy territory.
The theme is still dark and quite difficult to see. Why? I know it is meant to be "EVIL" but no need to hide so much. Torchlight has the same theme but they made it look more refreshing.
The camera is completely restricted! WHY? The way they've restricted the camera, it is no different from a 2D scrolling game. I think this is the most unforgivable restriction.
Why multiplay coop is restricted to a max of 4 players only?

Those complaints aside. The skill tree has been overhauled, now there is no need to commit into a skill as you can swap around anytime. This is a great thing.
My fav character is the monk. Great hands on attack, flash like instant travel and healing ability.
Finally, Blizzard deliberately limit the leveling up to 13. Kinda expected.

I can definitively see that you are NOT an old school Diablo player...The game graphics so far is EXACTLY how a Diablo game should be , to bad they ruined the nice skill tree from D2...

Ahhzz · Apr 23, 2012

jamsbong said:
After 2 days of playing Diablo 3. I have to say Runic Game's Torchlight was more refreshing.
There are so many annoying things that are conservatively retained from previous Diablos.
The item management is one, It does not even sort itself out, it still has a 1 and 2 slot system. The items are not clearly highlighted when dropped, and you can't manually highlight it.
The Torchlight pet system is so much cooler as you can ask the pet to go back to town and sell items while you continue to charge into enemy territory.
The theme is still dark and quite difficult to see. Why? I know it is meant to be "EVIL" but no need to hide so much. Torchlight has the same theme but they made it look more refreshing.
The camera is completely restricted! WHY? The way they've restricted the camera, it is no different from a 2D scrolling game. I think this is the most unforgivable restriction.
Why multiplay coop is restricted to a max of 4 players only?

Those complaints aside. The skill tree has been overhauled, now there is no need to commit into a skill as you can swap around anytime. This is a great thing.
My fav character is the monk. Great hands on attack, flash like instant travel and healing ability.
Finally, Blizzard deliberately limit the leveling up to 13. Kinda expected.

Torchlight 2. All. Day. Long.

We'll ignore all the previously posted issues with Blizz and D3.

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