Quote from AnEvilForce
TL;DR: Know what to expect, bitch less and stop acting like Blizzard OWES you something. Technically, you've already paid and they don't owe you squat, enjoy your game.
We've come to expect a certain standard from Blizzard. The standard has been used as a rag to wipe the developer's asses.
Sure, I get where you're coming from. You've paid for it, deal with it. I played the beta, and really liked the game. Something wasn't quite right, as in it didn't really look like a diablo game to me, but up to level 12 (or 13? can't remember) it looked like something I'd waste hundreds if not thousands of hours on in the coming years.
Live came up, and the inability to play the game the first 3 days, wasn't quite a big deal, even though I'd amassed obscene amounts of energy drinks and food. After the game became playable and I finished nightmare and was halfway through hell, the obvious flaws started coming up. Not gonna get into that. I was terribly disappointed, but I kept on playing and playing, having ABSOLUTE certainty that the game will get better in no time. That certainty has long since evaporated. The game, in my opinion, has irredeemable problems. Like the fact that it's about playing the ah and not the game. Don't give me "don't use the AH" crap. I'm a somewhat hardcore player and hardcore lover of the diablo franchise. I don't wanna spend years to get that one better than average item.
Sure, I've invested around 500 hours into the game. Because the game is not bad in the sense that it is unplayable. Most of my fun came from RNG, like having two legendaries drop out of 2 barrels that were right next to each other, or having lucky streaks. But that's...pretty much it. I kept playing for this because, like I said, I was sure that it will get better.
The game is definitely worth 60$... if you're someone not accustomed to Blizzard quality and standards. I feel cheated. Not out of my money, 60$ is shit. I feel my faith in them has been cheated. They were the apex in grand gaming companies. By those standards, this game is ...I'm sorry, but crap is the way I feel about it. I would've gladly paid more if the game was actually good. Diablo 3 is aimed at a certain kind of people, and I'm ok with that. I would've loved to know everything I know now before I bought it. And again, not because I'm holding with my teeth on those 60 bucks, but because I wouldn't have bought it as a personal sign of protest. Sure, nobody would've cared, but it's what I would've done.
I was looking forward so much to D3 and playing it with my friends and having a good time. 9 months later, we've all said "screw it". I remember the addiction certain Blizzard games caused. I was unable to get away from my keyboard. Not for food, not for my girlfriend. Nothing. The last times I played D3, I couldn't be arsed to stay for more than 10 minutes in from of the screen.
And you bet your ass I'm gonna complain wherever and whenever I want. I don't care that perhaps nobody cares. I don't care if it's futile. I believe it's within my rights to do so. I'm not one of those people that just barge into threads and troll about how bad the game is. It's a phase I'm going through because my disappointment was so big, I just can't let it go nor believe this has happened. I'm not looking to change anyone's mind. I'm not gonna go talk about this with my father. I discuss this stuff with you guys because you're my gaming family. Forums are the place I talk things through; regarding games. Not about real life stuff, just gaming stuff. This is where I can express myself and receive or offer advices.
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Yes, he seems very mature indeed.
Also, R3form, it actually does matter how much time one spends playing the game, because not only did these guys play through it on three separate difficulties and a good chunk of the fourth, they also spent at least a whole week of their lives doing so. And then proceeded to complain how they didn't like it in the first place, bashed the game online and demanded their money back. That is like Douchebaggery 101 right there.
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