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Completely doctored stats. They take ALL chars into account for their stats. Given that probably 50-60% of all characters are mules, or under level 5, it's complete BS.
I'd estimate about 30-40% of all players are in Inferno. Probably more.
LOL. You have no perspective about any kind of gamer other than yourself (hardcore/skilled gamer) if you honestly believe what you just said.
Most of the people clear Normal and never continue. The other people probably couldn't make it through Nightmare.
You have to understand that most people are not you. We are the 1% (well probably more like top 5%) of gamers, and it wasn't hard to get here. It just happens because there are so many other gamers gaming for so many different reasons.
Blizzard may or may not be inflating their statistics but the real % in Inferno is not even half of what you suggested. Not even close.
Sure, if blinding yourself and feeling "elite" makes you all warm and fuzzy. Why don't they show the percentages of ACCOUNTS that have unlocked Inferno then?
No, the stats shown are chosen very carefully, in order to push a point.
You just don't have any perspective on the gaming population if you honestly believe anywhere near 40% of accounts have unlocked Inferno. That's just absurd.
Have you at least thought for a second that people in hell act 4 just don't want to go inferno seeing how hopeless it is? A little more than 1% that made it to inferno is nothing for blizzard to boast about. They think it means, 'oh you didnt make to inferno, then you have no reason to complain', wait what? DAFUQ? Need a slap, blizzard? There are so many messed up things in Daiblo 3 right now, that it's not just inferno. Almost everything is f*cked, except for graphics and pretty WoW spells. Even at that graphics are kiddie.
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Again, baseless assumptions. No wonder blizzard is becoming more and more incompetent. I'm done here.
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It is the vocal majority still. There is a considerable amount of reviews from users already, not just metacritic. And most are very critical of the game, some down right hopeless. For the given vocal spectrum it is the majority opinion.
'People that are happy with the game have a lot less incentive to go to a metacritic page and rate it highly, than someone who hates it so much they just have to go smack a zero on it.'- There is no way you can prove that, that is just an assumption. I mean, you're here and you just LOOOOOVE the game, shouldn't you be playing it? Yet the vocal majority is evident, it is proof enough.
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Look at the most recent ones, of today, they still outnumber the positive by a huge margin.
It's not just my opnion. It is an opinion that is shared by a vocal majority. That says something.
It is also interesting to note that most reviews that are negative are actually stating their specific dislikes. Positive reviews are just 'I love this game yo, fuck all the haters, this game is the best, its awesome'. And you guys call us 6 year old whiny kids?
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Just do me a favor, read some of those reviews right now. They're mostly about the game being boring, no offline, bugs etc not server crashes. I'm hearing servers are mostly stable right now.
I've made up my mind after clocking in 65 hours, I wanted to enjoy the game, I tried my best because I waited so long for it. And I couldn't take it anymore. I even gave it for a try to my older brother(he's 28 now) who is a Diablo fan since 1996 whom I watched kill Diablo for the first time when I was a kid. He was starring at the screen with a facial expression of, 'meh' and annoyance, and he said, 'fuck this, let's watch the stanley cup'. It is just a generic RPG, nothing special about it.
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So now we're resorting to conspiracies. How about if I said that all the positive reviews are just fanboys in denial and blizzard employees? See, how easy it is to turn that conspiracy crap around? Stop making excuses. The disappointment in this game is pretty evident everywhere you look: Critic sites(user reviews), Fans sites(like this one), Official forums.
People that are going out of their way to post criticism are the ones that actually care/cared for the franchise like me. If you keep silent, blizzard will continue fucking up and in turn earn money because of passive fanboys like you.
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Yes, and that would only happen if people actually GENUINELY liked the game, that played the game thoroughly. You don't see that. Why do people spam zeroes? For fun? Is it a conspiracy? No, it is because it is a let down to have waited these 6-7 years for a great successor to end up with a dumed down version of Diablo 2 with WoW-like graphics.
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So why didn't the score improve since then? Instead it fell even more. Actually it never improved.
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Legit argument? How is that a legit argument to say that heeding user reviews is naive? They're the most open and brutal, they show the players' real independent views, they don't work for anyone.
How do you know? Some of them don't even know english, some don't care for the forums. Why do you naturally assume that they are playing the game when they're not on the forums? You don't speak for them.
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Excuses excuses. Just read some of those reviews from casual users, many differ in their gripes but overall end up in that the game is mediocre. Have you visited the official Diablo 3 forums lately? Endless 'this is boring', 'I want a refund', 'how to get a refund', 'why Diablo is a flop' threads nonestop. It is evident, you can't make this shit up. And look at these forums, lower number of such threads but still. Case and point here. The game is fine for first run or two at most, but then it's meh. But it is SURE AS HELL not a Dibalo 2 killer, anyone who thinks that is mentally challenged or has never played Diablo 2/LOD.
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How is that naive? Users are the ones that give the most blatant and raw reviews, they say what they feel openly and when it is the majority it usually means a whole lot, generally it is unbiased. You actually trusting the reviews of the official critics is what really makes you the naive one. Like I said, they base their score on shallow criteria: Graphics(In a conventional sense), initial gameplay mechanics etc, not the end game. They don't delve deep into it. And most probably never even played Diablo 2/LOD.
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I don't get it, why do people think that those scores matter? What matters is the user score, that is the most accurate measure of the game's status. The sad thing is that the user score for Diablo 3 is 4.1 on metacritic, compared to the critic score that is 88. Critic score is based on shallow criteria. Sure the game is fun in the beginning. But Diablo is a game that is meant to be replayed over and over, kind of like Diablo 2/LOD was and that is where the USERS of the game have the final say of the quality of the end-product.
Face it, Diablo 3 is a mediocre game. And I do agree with the OP +1. Just get the refund, the only way blizzard will learn anything.
Edit: The score is 4.0 now and dropping. Vocal minority huh? Don't kid yourselves. Posters here that are raging at the OP are either in complete fanboy denial or you haven't clocked in 60 hours yet. Just wait. The RMAH will be the last nail in the coffin for this game, mark my words.
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Oh gee, they took 1 second off of smoke screen, they sure are working their butts off, add a second here, .5 seconds there.... All they do to 'balance' the classes is nerf them, that's all I've seen them do so far. D2 wasn't getting players bored on the 2nd or 3rd day of playing, that's the problem. The system is fundamentally messed up. To fix it, they have to rework the whole skill and stat system to even bring it close to Diablo 2's level, which let you choose a shitton of builds for the end game that took effort and strategy to realize, which was actually fun. And they won't do that, it's impractical.
''D3 isn't "finished"...it won't be "finished" for years to come. You got froggy and jumped ship like an Italian boat captain...all too soon. As I predicted a week ago, impatient and boisterous players like you will come running back only to find everyone so far ahead of you. ''
So why did they release it so unfinished, why was it necessary? You're pretty much justifying my refund request. 65 hours isn't that soon. This was the only game that I actually was excited for for a long time, since 06. I followed it's development for even before it got announced when this site was called Diablo3.com. I played D1 as a kid, 2 in my teenage years, it's a game that I and my brother and close friends grew up with and now it's just a huge disappointment, the new team just mutilated the franchise pretty much. So I'm quite positive I won't be trying it out again, even when expansions come out, I don't trust blizzard on the Diablo series anymore after this flop, no matter what they promise.
Anyway, if you genuinely enjoy playing this game then I'm happy for you. I personally don't get it, but have fun.
Nice reference to costa concordia there. Alright, that's the last post, this went on long enough lol. Cya
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I fail to see that.
Even at alpha the mod owns and it's created by one man. An Alpha is to be expected to have bugs. A 'finished' product like Diablo 3 that took 6-7 years to develop by a gaming industry titan must not have this much fail. If you, as a long time Diablo fan, are not insulted by this then you're just blind to the obvious. Arma 2 CO cost $25 for a BUTTLOAD of content that enables you to create any scenario imaginable. And Blizzard releases a beta-stage game as a 'finished' product and I have the audacity? You've got to be kidding me, seriously.
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huh?
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You can even look at my history. I maybe made like one post at best somewhere and it wasn't even about 'hating'.