Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Diablo 3 - first impressions

This is pretty much my first interaction with the Diablo series.  I played the first so long ago that I can't remember and I didn't play the second.  I was invited to the beta, but I had computer issues and didn't get to play.

The first thing is the control style.  It's similar to the first game, so not really a surprise in that regard, but it did catch me off guard.  I didn't expect that kind of control and it threw me for a few seconds.  I haven't played a game with that control scheme in so long it took me a while to remember.  I'm a bit user to the wasd keys.  Also, I apparently have to click every bad guy I want clobber, and every coin or piece of loot I want to pick up, but I can walk close to coins to snag them. I find that to be a bit cumbersome, but I'm willing to give it a chance so that I can see if I can get used to it and in the case of the looting, it's not that bad unless they disappear after a short time.  It will suck if I loose loot because I'm fighting an endless onslaught of baddies.

I've not really gone too far with the plot.  I'm doing a few of the opening missions with one of each class to see which one I like before continuing.  I'll post more when I've had time to give this one the attention that it truely deserves.

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