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Originally Posted by Bizzquik If you enjoyed it, that's all that matters. As for me, I've never played any of the Diablo's. I'm a console gamer. I was interested in trying it on PC, but all I've heard from haters is that Torchlight II was better than Diablo III - so I'm waiting for the console version of Torchlight II. I would really like to know what the monthly "number of units sold" figures have been like for Diablo III after the first few months of launch. Aside from the ToysRUs "every PC game must go" excitement from last year, I don't think we've seen any big Diablo III sales - isn't $39.99 at Target and Best Buy it? I mean, is it selling well, and its only a very vocal minority who are angry with it? Or has the criticism hurt its word of mouth, and we're just not seeing a price drop because of Blizzard's stubborn pride? I have no idea...

It is definitely a very loud minority. Sure it isn't D2 but most of the D2 guys are long gone from Blizzard so not surprising in the least. In a vacuum it is a good game, but it isn't and D2 deserved a great sequel that passionate fans waited years for. Just even having a proper offline mode would have gone a long way for me.

As for prices, Blizzard/Activision take a long time to drop prices on their games. The $10 TRU sale was because they were selling off all their PC games (not just D3) so not a normal sale. D3 for $40 is hard to say. I got my $60 worth on release for sure but now there are some options that weren't there before such as TL2 and PoE. Those might be better options for your mindless after work click kill fest.

Originally Posted by Punisher138 haters gon hate

hatebreeders

Just play poe, it's better, and free.

Originally Posted by spoderman Not worth it. I paid $10 during the Microsoft Store clearance and it was barely worth that.

OT, but your sig/avatar made me laugh out loud - twice!

Originally Posted by matttco http://www.amazon.com/Diablo-III-Pc/...words=diablo+3 Cheapest I've seen it on amazon!

I still can't believe it's holding up at that price being a PC game. Bought it for 10 bucks on Black Friday

Either play Path of Exile or Torchlight 2, not this.

While $40 may not be the best price, the $10 clearance price at TrU was a one time thing. At least post actual reasons for not liking it, not "it was $10 that one time!" The always on DRM sucks, but many of the other aspects of the game have been improved and Blizz is still patching it to make it even better.

Originally Posted by labelmeoriginal OT, but your sig/avatar made me laugh out loud - twice!

yes me also

I wouldnt play anything near that much for D3. I own both D3 and Torchlight 1-2 AND have played through D2 and would never have paid the $50 I paid at launch. I wouldnt have even paid $10. I hate regretting my purchases but D3 forced that feeling on me. Took a lot of get over such a disappointment. The story wasnt even worth waiting for. Sad really.

Originally Posted by MysterD What D3 really needs is an offline mode (especially since it looks like PS3 version will get this)

Who plays Diablo offline? Why...? Playing it without co-op would be very boring.

some of us just don't care about multiplayer I play games for the story

Originally Posted by Josh1billion Who plays Diablo offline? Why...? Playing it without co-op would be very boring.

Thanks for opening this can of worms.

When Blizzard goes away (if that happens - probably not anytime soon) and/or they decide to ever pull their servers away, you're stuck w/ a coaster.
This is pretty much true for any game that goes "Always online DRM" or decides to go full-blown MMO.

When D3 is in maintenance mode, you can't play.
If there's problems w/ Blizz's servers for D3, you can't play.
If you are having Internet connection troubles on your end, you can't play.

I played through fine w/out co-op period for D3. Played ALL alone on my first run-through purposely. {shrug}
If you can play through a game no problem w/out anybody else playing w/ you, the game should have an offline mode.
It's pretty much as simple as that.

D1 + D2 can be played offline, so why not D3?
Torchlight 1 + 2; Borderlands 1; and Hellgate: London all work fine in offline mode.
Blizz could disable RMAH and other unimportant stuff to SP-players (Achievements) in offline mode, if they really wanted.
To keep cheaters and hacking down - they could force like D2, where offline and online (BNet) characters are separate.
Plus - since PS3 version is getting offline mode, not having offline mode for PC is absolutely bullcrap.

And yes - it's fun to play w/ others online for D3, as well. I've tried that, as well.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by z3razerviper some of us just don't care about multiplayer I play games for the story

Exactly.

Playing alone, it is MUCH easier to digest any sort of story, lore, and NPC banter at your own pace - which is one of the things that actually makes D3 the most "SP-friendly" game out of the series.
It sure isn't the (always online) DRM that's SP-friendly at all here!
Of course, as we know - D2 + LOD is still the best entry in the Diablo series, if you ask me.

When doing MP and playing w/ other players - you're usually focusing more on the gameplay & teamwork w/ others than say "Lore" and "Story" stuff.

Our big deal with it was we wanted to play local offline lan co op, like we did with Diablo 2, and we couldn't. And we sure were not going to spend $100 for the D3 experience.

If you got 10 haters, you need 20 haters by tomorrow. Keep them coming. Thanks for the post OP

Originally Posted by z3razerviper some of us just don't care about multiplayer I play games for the story

You are playing the wrong game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcJ_XT3oWtY