[QUOTE="Wasdie"][QUOTE="flipin_jackass"] How did it flop? It sold 10+ mil to date and it's Metacriftic average is 8.8.trastamad03
Because PC gamers are overdramatic.
Not just PC nowadays.True, all gamers are over dramatic, but PC gamers are the worst lot still.
Diablo 3 was hyped to hell and back. Everybody wanted this Diablo 2 clone with better graphics and to have all of the same content and experiences as Diablo 2. What they got was Diablo 2 but with the realization that Diablo 2 is a 10 year old game that was built upon grinding gear if you wanted to survive in Hell. That grind wasn't fun then and it isn't fun now. I never spent much time in Hell for that very reason. It's also why I am avoiding Inferno.
Diablo has always been a mindless and boring grind. You may have enjoyed that 5+ years ago, but most people are realizing that isn't fun anymore. Not when the average RPG today dumps equipment and overpowered skills on you for just walking 5 steps forward. Seriously, compare the difficulty of your average RPG in 2001 to 2012. The differences are mind blowing. Our expectations have changed along with that. What was fun 10 years ago is no longer fun.
Diablo 3's loot system is still wonky, I'm not saying it's perfect. What I am saying is that it's suffering a lot less problems than people believe. This is just how Diablo is. A mindless grind. They nerfed attack speed becuase things were OP at launch and the hardcores complained it was too easy. Now it's too difficult. But balanceing is very diffcult. It will take them years to get it right.
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