[Game] Diablo III's DRM "solution" is beyond comprehension

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hockeywarrior

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smokeythebear said:
Well sounds the same as starcraft 2 so I really don't have a problem with it. I only played D2 on battlenet as well, the game was really boring to play alone.
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That's the thing smokey, it's NOT the same as SC2.

SC2 allowed you to play in offline mode after you created an account and successfully logged in once already. You didn't have to be connected to the internet to play the SP campaign after that initial login and account set up.

Diablo 3 requires you to be connected not only on installation, but every single second you play the game. If your internet connection drops off while you're playing singleplayer, the game will stop working completely, and according to the RPS article, you lose progress. It's like you're playing an MMO all the time, even in SP. In fact, in the beta version, you can't just leave a game in SP ... it asks you if you want to log your character out of the game world, and won't let you pause any of the action as if it's an online game. The whole point is it's NOT an MMO, so why should it treat you like it is!?
 
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Zips said:
The only people I see getting up in arms over this are the bandwagon jumpers too afraid to accept change because it's not the norm, because they don't look at the whole picture, and they think that it's going to be sooooo bad yet can't provide any legitimate reason as to why.
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Im pretty sure he listed several reasons but here is my reasons.

I shouldnt need a battle.net account to play a 1 player game.

If I wanted to play MP I would plan LAN with rl friends like I did for D2.
(except this is no longer an option)

No pause....... (this in itself is reason enough to be pissed off)

I dont want to deal with an online auction house or the inevitable gold spamming that will accompany it just to play through the game solo.

And finally this....

Despite the DRM Razor1911, VanHelsing, Skidrow, and all the other game crackers will crack D3 leaving the people who actually bought the game to suffer the shortcomings of this draconian system while the crack version runs better.

I buy all my games and I dont want to sound like im encouraging this in any way but its the truth.
 
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I have a very real reason to hate this system.

I often go on vacations for a few weeks with my laptop, and I like to play games there, having no internet connection with it, removes this game from the equation.

So please Zips, stop this "afraid to change" BS.


On the bright side, I have this pre-ordered for 20€.
 
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Nenjin

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It's not unreasonable for people with zero intention of doing MP to not be shackled to an MMO-setup....where they can't even pause their game.

That's the whole reason some people shy away from MMOs to begin with. They don't want to have to lock their doors and disconnect their phone when they play for fear they'll be interrupted at the wrong time. Case in point: raiding in WoW.

I don't really like the idea that if I have to do something RIGHT now when playing a SP game, I can't stop the game.

Of course, because of the auction house and loot-o-rama system, they're not going to change this. And that's really what their bottomline is I think. They need everyone, including people with zero interest in any of the online features....to be part of the system so its a success. They need the value of SP gamers pumping items into the economy and trying to get money out. Or maybe they don't need it....but they sure as hell want it.
 
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Thank god for Torchlight 2. It won't have this crap and you can play over lan! Plus it's made by Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer of Diablo/Diablo 2 fame, so it's more Diablo than Diablo 3. Hell, it even has Matt Uelmen doing the music!

Come to think of it, is there even anyone left at Blizzard that worked on any of the Diablo games? I see ex diablo devs everywhere now... Torchlight, Borderlands, Firefall, I think GuildWars had a few too, etc.
 
Apos

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Most retarded thing in this is fact that to play offline (e.g. on vacation or when connection is down) a single player you will have to use pirated version because you can't create offline mode character.
 
Murphy

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Ah well, couple of game related reasons too, for me.
I don't think the comical spells are fitting for a Diablo game. I can live with the WoW, beveled edges style if need be, but do I really have to watch my undeads build circus-people ladders and let themselves fall onto my enemies? What am I playing here? Deathspank?
 
Amerikaner

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Also the fact that there is no option to have PvP in normal play is real lame. Afaik, you have to join the arenas for that. There should be the option for either.

I played D2 briefly years after its heyday. It was fun but not amazing. I do enjoy the extreme polish and top notch presentation of Blizzard games but passing on this one if they stick to effing it up won't be that hard to do.
 
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Reddog

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Not a Diablo fan so I'm never going to buy this but it is a pretty ****ty proposition to need to be online at all times to play single player. I have a couple of friends who are massive fans that aren't getting this expressly because of these issues.

Also some great behaviour from Zips, jumps in throws a bit of rage around then leaves once people pick his point apart, not that he really had one aside from 'STFU and deal with it' in the first place.

At least we can appreciate Blizzard being up front about this rather than sneaking some fundamental game changes in under the radar though.
 
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LightsabeR

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All that really needs to be said is this.

Tho I gotta say, I hate what Blizzard is doing with D3. Was a huge fan of the first two games.
 
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Oook!

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There seemed to be a point where gamers became really whiney.....
 
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