Diablo 3 Review

Diablo III picks up the story twenty years after the events of Diablo II. Mephisto, Diablo, and Baal have been defeated, but the Worldstone, which once shielded the inhabitants of the world of Sanctuary from the forces of both Heaven and Hell, has been destroyed, and evil once again stirs in Tristram. Playing as a hero from one of five distinct character classes, players will acquire powerful items, spells, and abilities as they explore new and familiar areas of Sanctuary and battle hordes of demons to safeguard the world from the horrors that have arisen.

The long await game by Blizzard arrived on May 15th and I have been addicted to it ever since. It was well worth that wait since the last edition. However on that note I wish the company would have released the game in a flawless package. That is not the case first week had numerous errors, still even now we get the occasional major lag spike or rubber banding effect and the real currency auction house is still not functioning. Overall all not to bad considering it is Blizzard. As much as I adore their games they have a habit of screwing up expansions, patches or releases…. often.

Now onto the greatness that is the game itself. I have a lvl 40 Wizard and a lvl 60 Demon Hunter who I am currently in Inferno with. First play through is wonderful with breathtaking graphics and a pretty strong storyline. Act 1 is pretty strong as well as Act 2, Act 3 is mass chaos and Act 4 seems a bit rushed at times. This is my out take on it. I was thrilled to pieces getting the staff of Herding to enter Whimsyshire on my first run through. Seriously what is better then blowing away Cuddlebears, Twinkleroot and Purple unicorns. The Cow level/secret level here is massively better than in D2. 

In normal mode I took my time explored everything, listening to every piece of dialog, by the way the voice acting is perfect. Nightmare mode I explored everything hitting the esc. button on most cutscenes and banter. Hell, I was tried of hearing the same thing over and over again. Personally wanting to reach through the screen to punch the templar for asking me how they treat prisoners in my land for the 1 millionth time UGH! Inferno is a pain in the ass point blank lol requiring great gear cause this is a  DPS race at its finest. Now I am sick to death of hearing the same thing OVER AND OVER, good thing you can skip through it :o) 

The crafting system is OK for jewel crafting however I feel blacksmithing is worthless due to the random properties. We are definitely in need of more stash space, bag space and I wish I could sell more than 10 items at a time on the AH, BLIZZ HONESTLY what were you thinking with this horrible idea? It leaves me and many others waiting for something to sell in order to get items out of my much needed stash space.

Anywho it has been twelve long years of waiting to play D3, the wait to me has been worth it. The game is addicting on a level few games can match, so it is easy to overlook and minor flaws. I can see myself playing this for years to come.