The Next Generation of 2D Roleplaying Games
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I agree that the mandatory connection to Battle.net is annoying--and even an outrageous showstopper for people with unreliable connections. However, as far as latency goes, I was getting high pings as well. I average about 15 ms latency in all online games I've played (League of Legends, World of Warcraft, etc.). I blame the poor beta connection on the fact that it's beta. Server and client are probably built in debug mode, the server's probably not running on production hardware, and it might even be running on a connection that isn't data center quality. I suspect they'll have that fixed by launch.
That's the number 1 complaint I've heard, and I agree entirely. It's absolutely unnecessary to force an online connection. Maybe they don't want people editing their character files and discovering all of their "secrets"? I'm not sure what the benefit of solely-online play is.Nokurn wrote: I agree that the mandatory connection to Battle.net is annoying--and even an outrageous showstopper for people with unreliable connections.
I sure as hell hope so.Nokurn wrote: Server and client are probably built in debug mode, the server's probably not running on production hardware, and it might even be running on a connection that isn't data center quality. I suspect they'll have that fixed by launch.
I imagine as time goes on less and less people will be buying stuff for real money and resort to using the gold auction house. The more items found, the lower the demand, and the less items you'll be able to sell for real money.Nokurn wrote: My other complaint about the game is the real-money auction house. Who is going to post stuff for in-game money when they could be making small real-life profits? No one.
I'm hoping most of these disappointments are just a result of "judging a book by its cover". We've still only seen the first part, of the first act, of the first difficulty. Let's not make all-encompassing assumptions just yet.Nokurn wrote: When I first got into the beta, I was highly disappointed. I was expecting a lot more after 11 years.
Perfect excuse to build a new computer, so you can play a game with outdated graphics?dandymcgee wrote:Perfect excuse to build a new computer.
Trust me dude. This game's graphics are cutting-edge compared to the Sempron and 1GB of ram you'll find in my computer.superLED wrote:Perfect excuse to build a new computer, so you can play a game with outdated graphics?dandymcgee wrote:Perfect excuse to build a new computer.
Obviously far from Blizzard having just put decent graphics settings in to begin with, but have you seen this? (See Also: http://darkd3.com/)Nokurn wrote:The graphics were actually one the things that I was not impressed with. In the first few videos, it looked much more detailed. Then I got into the beta and cranked everything up to the max, and cried. It's barely even a step ahead of Torchlight. Like, Torchlight with shaders. I know that I & II were far from cutting edge in their day, but they used techniques that made the games look rich and deep. That option isn't really available in proper 3D, but they could have at least had super-low settings and super-high settings (like Skyrim).
That's pretty impressive. It doesn't fix the low resolution of the textures (some things honestly look like they're just solid color with no texture), but it's a step in the right direction.dandymcgee wrote:Obviously far from Blizzard having just put decent graphics settings in to begin with, but have you seen this? (See Also: http://darkd3.com/)Nokurn wrote:The graphics were actually one the things that I was not impressed with. In the first few videos, it looked much more detailed. Then I got into the beta and cranked everything up to the max, and cried. It's barely even a step ahead of Torchlight. Like, Torchlight with shaders. I know that I & II were far from cutting edge in their day, but they used techniques that made the games look rich and deep. That option isn't really available in proper 3D, but they could have at least had super-low settings and super-high settings (like Skyrim).
I definitely agree it's not a complete fix, or even close really. But I think it gives the game a far less cartoony and more serious, gloomy look.Nokurn wrote:That's pretty impressive. It doesn't fix the low resolution of the textures (some things honestly look like they're just solid color with no texture), but it's a step in the right direction.