Is diablo 3 a good game?

[DeLucario]

Hey, im a mmorpg newbie and never acctualy played an mmorpg like Diablo 3. Im not sure if Diablo is the game for a person like me... I heard the game is rellatively grindy, what i really like. I'm just looking for a fun game what keeps you motivated and rewarded. I whould really like it if anyone who played the game tell me a littlebit about his expirience...

[Fostin4]

Diablo 3 is not a MMO and I feel Torchlight 2 is better than Diablo 3.

[Vault Hunter 101]

Look for Path of Exile... it's free mmo game diablo-like..

also if you don't like grinding don't even think of getting Diablo III.. :P

[Ironclad]

You mean Diablo right? It is not like the other mmorpgs, you have a rpg with a story and quests and all and you CAN play with other players. Which makes the mmo element optionable. You will not meet any other player if you wish to do so. And the game itself is great for what it is. Developement, tons of loot and enemies, brutal kills and interesting main story.

[DeLucario]

Originally posted by Vault Huntbot 101 | cases2x.com:

also if you don't like grinding don't even think of getting Diablo III.. :P

I love grinding :)

[rojimboo]

It's an excellent game with a lot of value for money.

It's being perfected each Season, but it's almost there already.

I've put probably like 3000 hours into it, and still go back each Season.

Plenty of people still playing, even on hardcore in EU.

I wish I was in your shoes, experiencing it for the first time, given the state of the game now with the expansion and everything they added to it.

[Linus Hyper]

If it was a standalone game, then it'd be excellent.
But as a part of the Diablo franchise, it's not so good.

[76561198329369535]

Yes, it is great. But it is not really an mmo.

Also, I would recommend Diablo 2 which many inlcuding me would hail as the best in the franchise.

[Linus Hyper]

Originally posted by Vani:

Also, I would recommend Diablo 2 which many inlcuding me would hail as the best in the franchise.

Agreed

[Zefar]

Originally posted by Fostin4:

Diablo 3 is not a MMO and I feel Torchlight 2 is better than Diablo 3.

I find Torchlight 2 to just be soulless. I played the first one when it came out and finished the game. Stopped playing after doing a bit of endless dungeon.

When the second game came out I played it far less. Felt much like Torchlight 1 and not much had been improved.

Originally posted by Vault Huntbot 101 | cases2x.com:

Look for Path of Exile... it's free mmo game diablo-like..

also if you don't like grinding don't even think of getting Diablo III.. :P

You don't really grind much in Diablo 3 unless you plan on really maxing out those Paragon levels. But with a powerful class and the right gears you can level that thing like MAD.

Path of Exile is a bigger grind and you rarely find new weapons to switch out with the one you got. I ran around with one weapon for at least 10 levels. Ridiculous. The game also felt a lot slower too.


Diablo 3 is better than both of them. The lore from killing enemies is so fun to listen to and also interesting. The enemy variation is great too. Lots of small instances which spices up the gameplay. You can skip the SP story and focus on the other mode which rewards you nicely for the stuff you do.

Story is ok imo. I'm not too fond of various part of it but overall it's ok.

[lucent]

It's been out long enough for them to have fixed most of the problems. Then again, you hear console players liked it more than the pc players. Then you hear them cashing in on selling items wasn't a good thing either.

I don't know...had it in my hand at Walmart for only $20 but had to pass. The three boxes there were messed up and might have been tampered with.

[boxanata]

While not an MMO, Grim Dawn is a good alternative to Diablo III.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/219990/

You can pick it up now for like $11 as it is the early unlock game for next months Humble Monthly Bundle.
https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly

[Cathulhu]

When Diablo 3 was released it was a good game, with some big issues like difficulty scaling and the real money auction house.
With the release of the add-on a lot of the bad stuff got fixed or in case of the RMAH removed.
But, since the release of the add-on Blizzard just kept improving the game. It's almost a different game from its initial release now.
They added and changed so much stuff. And they keep improving the game every few months.

I wonder what Blizzard has to say about the Diablo franchise at Blizzcon, they said it would be a real treat for the fans (don't be a movie please!).

[Zefar]

I never saw the issue with real money auction house. You didn't need to use it. IF someone else used it, it didn't ruin your gameplay.
If you played a lot you could sell weapons for real money in order to buy stuff from Blizzard store.

It also cut down on the grind in the start. You could go to the auction house to look for gears to have fun with.
You could sell stuff you didn't need too.

Originally posted by boxanata:

While not an MMO, Grim Dawn is a good alternative to Diablo III.
store.steampowered.com/app/219990/

You can pick it up now for like $11 as it is the early unlock game for next months Humble Monthly Bundle.
https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly

I've played Grim Dawn as well and it's a mix between Torchlight 2 and Path of exile. Not all that good alternative as it bored me to death.

[rojimboo]

Grim Dawn is probably the best ARPG, after D3. It's a good alternative.

But your mileage will vary, because it's mostly singleplayer with some flaws that D3 doesn't have.

I wrote a comparison not too long ago, for someone wondering about the differences.

I would say get both eventually, tbh, but if it's a choice, get D3 with expansion ROS (mandatory for full game enjoyment).

I've put in 2000+hours on D3 ROS, and now 130 hours on Grim Dawn on Hardcore, and can at least talk about some points between the two games. But first of all, these are actually different types of games (GD singleplayer, D3 multiplayer), and it should never be a choice between the two.

D3 ROS has endgame, so you will get more hours from it, and they are constantly adding new free content and balances.

It is, at its core, a multiplayer game. The true game begins AFTER the campaign once you've reached 70. The campaign is still quite good, but is only a fraction of the game.

It's truly competitive with Seasons and ladders to keep it meaningful and challenging.

Loot is much more satisfying due to Loot 2.0 or Smart loot in D3, which basically just means you get mostly drops for your character, instead of Grim Dawn's very basic loot system where 99% of drops are for a different class, or hybrid class. This means rarely you actually get an upgrade. I'm rocking several lvl 40 Epic pieces still at lvl 75. Haven't seen an upgrade for hours now, white items are useless after the first few levels, yellow becomes useless most of the game.

Sets give some bonuses in GD, but they don't really define the build or add anything gamechanging (unlike in D3), and they are a true chore to farm due to the loot system in Grim Dawn. If you think about how low of a percentage drop Legendary (purples) are, then factor in that it has to be for your class, then factor in that it has to be for your build, you start to realise how antiquated and ultimately unsatisfying the loot system is.

Multiplayer in Grim Dawn is plagued with cheaters, and if you are a HC player, then there are bugs with auras from your friends that kill you occassionally, making you very wary of ever joining a public game. But Grim Dawn you just play singleplayer mostly and get to do the exact same sequence of quests and areas, 3 times per character.

Trust me when I say after 20 times of doing Act 1, you will want to shoot yourself in the head, as you've memorised each enemy type, quest, dialogue, secret area. There are I think two or three caves/rifts that might change locations on each playthrough, and 2 factions that preclude the other 2 due to reputation that mean you have SOME variety each character/playthrough.

There are no local saves in D3, so no cheaters, at least not in the conventional sense of item duping and level gaining and others. This is truly great imo, and is the only reason why D3 is so popular to this day. You will always find people to play with on Seasons (not so much Campaign in 2016 so get a friend for that) even on HC EU for various game modes.

Also, GD is not very HC friendly, if that interests you (hardcore, permanent death). There are balance issues, no cheat death passives, spike damage etc.

GD's strength lies in the singleplayer aspect as long as you can tolerate the same exact content, and the great possibility of hybrid classes when starting a new game.

You should never compare the two different types of games, but if it has to be a choice, I know which one I would choose.

[boxanata]

Originally posted by Zefar:

I've played Grim Dawn as well and it's a mix between Torchlight 2 and Path of exile. Not all that good alternative as it bored me to death.

Maybe not an alternative for you, but for the Op it very well could be. I'm 64 hours in & at level 80 I'm still having a blast, & for $11 compared to Diablo III's $35 price tag, it is a damn good alternative.