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Diablo III doesn't stumble onto consoles like so many sub-standard PC game ports before it. Blizzard's work here shines. There's even an argument that the definitive take on Diablo III is realized in its console release, a content-complete port that is bo...
Gamepad controls fit the play very well, Removal of the Auction House is a very good thing, Local coop is a blast...
Minimal tutorials create steep learning curve, Elements of the UI still embrace PC design philosophies, Losing sick loot to your thieving friends in local coop...
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Diablo III’s wafer-thin storyline starts off with a falling star that heralds the arrival of the demonic forces of the underworld. At this point it becomes your character’s job to lay waste to an unremitting horde of hell’s minions as you plunder dunge...
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Read later The epic fantasy genre has matured in the last decade, thanks to writers like mastermind George R.R. Martin who are less interested in the eternal conflict between good and evil than in the gray areas in between. Video games have followe...
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Looking at Blizzard's latest, it's easy to conclude that three decades of action RPG evolution leads to the confirmation of a well-known maxim: less is more...
Absolutely spot-on pacing, massive stacks of loot, glorious blood-soaked animations and detailed sound effects. Gloomy maps, outrageously stacked bosses and an easy-to-navigate skill system is the icing on the cake.
Largely irrelevant story fails to lend credence to the lore, which is further ruined by the woeful voice acting. Always-on Internet requirement is not necessary, and has bifurcated the user base.
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It has been 8 long months since we first got a chance to play the Diablo 3 beta. 8 long months where we kept killing the Skeleton King, running the same dungeons, not exceeding the beta level cap and waiting, always waiting for Blizzard to deem the game f...
Since its launch on the 15th of May Diablo 3 has had some issues. Although it is a primarily solo player game the digital rights management system in the game is tied to Blizzards Battle.net service, meaning that we have to be online to play the game. Thi...
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Ask anyone below the age of 20 to name an RPG and you’ll probably get a multitude of responses, but ask anyone slightly older and there’s one answer that will come up time-and-time again. Diablo. It’s an absolute classic series, which has been lying do...
Diablo’s loot-based economy is proof that capitalism is alive and well. It’s a great old-school RPG...
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It's been almost 16 years since players were introduced to the world of Diablo, full of danger, magic, loot, and more danger. While Blizzard's iconic dungeon crawler has had a long 12-year absence between Diablo II and Diablo III, a whole slew of dunge...
Even if you’ve outgrown certain elements of the Diablo series, Blizzard does a great job of reminding you why these games are fun...
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There's an argument to be made that, 12 years on from Blizzard's previous game in the Diablo action-roleplaying series, Diablo III shouldn't be simply more of the same. It is. It really is, and entirely consciously so. It doesn't expand upon the mouse...
So much of the online functionality/restriction is wrong-headed in the extreme, but if you can stomach its mercenary behaviour there's no denying that Diablo III is very much the fine art of monster-slaying, weapon-hunting and co-op merriment...
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Every year, in addition to the hundreds of other games that are released to varying levels of hype, there's one or two which you just know are going to be a big deal. Good or bad, success or failure, the significance of the game is without question.It...
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I don't think I can think of another game that has delivered the combination of highs and lows that Diablo III's present me with. It's been like a drug-fuelled road-trip to hell, something you'd see in a bio-pic about Hunter S. Thompson. I've experienc...
Silly stability issues mar an otherwise excellent game...
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Cross another winner of multiple Vaporware Awards off the list: After many long years, Diablo III is finally available.Blizzard has clearly aimed to capture everything people loved about Diablo III's 12-year-old predecessor, the addictive dungeon-raidi...
Perfectly tuned dungeoncrawler gameplay with a killer audio/visual presentation. Exactly what Diablo fans always wanted...
Alwaysonline DRM is mildly annoying, story content and delivery is weak.
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The mouse has to be without doubt one of the most boring pieces of technology available. It might be as useful an invention as the car or the railways, but rarely will we be doing backflips over a new piece of mouse-related hardware. Thanks to Diablo...
Brilliant gameplay, runs on anything, easy to understand, simple controls...
Those who like more beef to their RPG might want to look elsewhere, you have to have an internet connection to play...
The best PC-only title in a very long time...
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We should know by now that Blizzard doesn’t believe in a revolutionary approach to games design. Just as the main moan about StartCraft II was that it was, actually, a lot like StarCraft, so you can guarantee that some people will be saying that Diabl...
Addictive slay, loot and upgrade gameplay, High level of polish, Excellent co-op multiplayer, Good, well-balanced range of classes...
Not a huge advance on previous games, Connection issues...
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No, we haven't reviewed Blizzard's Diablo III just yet. Sorry. It's coming within the next week or so, and rest assured our final verdict on the game will be a very... final... verdict.We're going to spend the next week running through the game's campa...
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We’ve played the beta, we’ve moulded our heroes from their creation through to level ten, and we’re here to tell you what’s good and bad about the new Diablo III, before you get to play. It’s worth noting that we’ve played through the beta as a female...
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One cannot discount the sheer importance of the Diablo franchise to the world of gaming. Not only did it create a whole genre of Action RPGs, but it has defined the way in which the search for better and better gear can be an objective all of its own. At...
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I don't think I can think of another game that has delivered the combination of highs and lows that Diablo III's present me with. It's been like a drug-fuelled road-trip to hell, something you'd see in a bio-pic about Hunter S. Thompson. I've experienced...
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The Diablo series of games is what I like to call social glue. While there are many games that you can enjoy in a group, there have been few that level up to the kind of fun times that Diablo has given me and a wide group of my friends. There's a lot of...
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Calling Diablo III highly anticipated is an understatement – this sequel was released almost twelve years after its fondly-remembered predecessor. Since so many gamers spent countless hours playing Diablo II , it would seem that Diablo III would need to b...
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To say that this title has been “hotly anticipated” is akin to saying that the invention of the wheel was a minor distraction in the rise of human civilization. When the game was announced back in 2007, geeks around the world cried out in unison and Di...
Gameplay is amazing; crafting your own gear great; playing with friends is excellent; massive nostalgia value...
You have to be online; Error 37; quirky loot system; legendary items are sometimes worse than rare items.
Diablo III is what every action role-playing game aspires to be, and from start to finish it has not disappointed. A few bugs remain in the game, and some players have reported connection issues, but these will hopefully be patched quickly by Blizzard...
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The long-awaited third entry in Blizzard Entertainment’s seminal dungeon-crawler franchise caused uproar when it launched last week. Fans were furious that they needed a constant Internet connection to play this decade-in-the-making title – in which p...
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Diablo III is very old fashioned. Compared to the vast and detailed immersive worlds of RPGs like Skyrim or action games like Mass Effect 3, it's a relic. The camera is fixed in a 1990s isometric gaze. You can't zoom in and out at will. There's no c...
Diablo III’s old-fashioned ways are proof you don’t need vast maps or complicated controls to be a player in modern gaming circles...
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Blizzard Entertainment has always been a leading PC game developer. Since the early days of Warcraft Orcs & Humans, people became addicted to the unique gameplay and the stories that followed. In essence, Blizzard created games that you didn't just play o...
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That's not the only thing that will make players wonder where the developers have been since Diablo II came out in 2000. The topdown, god's-eye perspective takes some readjustment after years of battling from protagonist's point of view. Forget about the...
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