The first things you’ll noticed upon starting the Diablo III beta, or even the full release if they don’t fix it, is a drastically noticeable lack of hi-res textures. The patching process is also a very long winded crawl. Once we received out beta code, it took us over a day to get past all of the server errors plaguing the service just to get to the point of downloading the game. Even then we fell into another ditch stopping us from playing. We had downloaded it on another computer and planned to simply transfer the files to our gaming powerhouse – nope – not allowed. Server side again. Blizzard are having some serious service issues here.
“It’s a big mistake to overload and pester the player with the story. Diablo 3’s recent beta has helped Julian and his team schedule these breathing spaces, and shown the danger of overstuffing the game. The result is a stats screen that spits out big, easy to understand numbers. Press a gleaming blue doublehanded war-axe into your barbarian’s hands, and the extra damage it deals is easily demonstrated by the game’s UI.
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Windows Vista / XP / 7, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows Vista / XP, Mac
