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[nenjin]

I successfully called 3 of the 5 major twists in the story well in advance of them happening. So by my calculation that makes it fairly cliche. I could really forgive most of it though, except....

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Act 4 isn't in Hell. Blizzard, it's really hard for me to express just how disappointed I am. Every part of the game up until now has left me salavating for what Hell would look like.  The last part of Act 3 does not qualify, it really doesn't. And now the last part of the game is basically going to look like a Blood Elf Sanctuary from WoW.

But yeah. I was never deeply enamored with D3's storyline, but even from here it seems pretty terrible. It's ironic that all of Act 1 is basically the back story of Leoric going back to Diablo 1, and yet the actual APPEARANCE of King Leoric could not be more uninspired or cliche'd.

[Neonivek]

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Personally I think giving the Skeleton King speaking lines was a very bad idea. He was better as a victim then as someone who was transformed into a mustach twirling villain.

Then again... D3 seems to love to actually destroy everything you ever loved about diablo. I am not saying D3 is bad, I am just saying it is almost like the creators secretly hated the first two games.

Ohh and the best part of it all was the Black Soulstone. "It can stop all evil forever" and somehow it was never important until now.

Honestly the issue I have with their reimagining of King Leoric's plight was that the original Diablo did it perfectly. You were always told just enough to imagine it inside your own head.

Lets just face it... Diablo 3's story is the worst of the series. It makes the first game's story seem amazing (and I actually think the first game had the best story especially if you crack open the game manual). Everything the characters said in the first was something you wanted to hear. I often found myself speaking to everyone in town just to hear the same story from different angles. None of the other games really engaged me as much. Probably because we have to go to soo many locations we never really get to experience the world comming to life.

I guess also because Diablo 2 was soo detached from anything that was going on. Yes each location had its own lore... but in the original everyone was so invested and often spoke of personal experience. You never heard of just some old creature like in Diablo 2... no everything seemed important and dangerous in Diablo 2.

[Ivefan]

...Story? What is this "story" you speak of?
I go somewhere and if something moves I kill it. Though occasionally some text box appear and clutter the interface, but i just press esc then and resume killing.


seriously though. I've soon reached act 2 in inferno and I've only listened to the unskippable things, like the evil (moron) monologues which annoy me so badly.

[KaelGotDwarves]

IMHO, the story is so terrible I will not mention it any further than I already have. Story isn't why I'm playing the game...

People are further exploiting the wizard's force shield and such to perma-diamond skin and be practically invincible: http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/tx6gr/in_depth_guide_to_the_critical_mass_cdr_wizard/

So both monk and wizard are tied for invincible broken class.

^ And you can either esc and space bar through conversations, one or the other.

[Neonivek]

IMHO, the story is so terrible I will not mention it any further than I already have. Story isn't why I'm playing the game

This is the common perception of Diablo 3. The story is SOOO Bad the only defense is that Story is completely unimportant to the game. They might as well just point in a dirrection and say "kill there"

The only unusual thing is. People don't just go "yeah its pretty bad" and move on. They litterally HAVE to go "I don't play it for the story" or "I don't pay attention to the story" in some sort of defensive way.

[Ivefan]

^ And you can either esc and space bar through conversations, one or the other.

Yes, I did say "only the Unskippable" didn't I?

[KaelGotDwarves]

^ And you can either esc and space bar through conversations, one or the other.

Yes, I did say "only the Unskippable" didn't I?

It's all skippable.

@Neonivek
I put thousands of hours into Guild Wars and I feel the same way.

In fact the best part of the storyline was in the 2nd expansion. A few characters put on a terrible play highlighting how ridiculous and stupid the plot of the original Guild Wars Prophecies was. It's nice when developers don't take themselves too seriously.

It's too bad that it is so hard to get to the secret level in Diablo3 because the story behind that is the best part of the game.

[Astral]

It's not too hard. After running through Nightmare with some friends, I decided to go back and get the parts for it.

It's a pain in the ass, sure, and RNG can hate you and make it take longer, but 2 hours or so running for the parts (one part in particular) isn't too bad.

[IronyOwl]

People are further exploiting the wizard's force shield and such to perma-diamond skin and be practically invincible: http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/tx6gr/in_depth_guide_to_the_critical_mass_cdr_wizard/

So both monk and wizard are tied for invincible broken class.

Great, now I want to try a wizard.

Also been tempted to try to make a barb tank, but I suspect that just wouldn't work any better than monk, or now wizard.

[Chattox]

Woo, just finished my first run through the game. Blizzard are masters of cutscene graphics.

[Ivefan]

It's all skippable.

They're few, but there is some. First thing when you go to heaven for example.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

IMHO, the story is so terrible I will not mention it any further than I already have. Story isn't why I'm playing the game...

People are further exploiting the wizard's force shield and such to perma-diamond skin and be practically invincible: http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/tx6gr/in_depth_guide_to_the_critical_mass_cdr_wizard/

So both monk and wizard are tied for invincible broken class.

^ And you can either esc and space bar through conversations, one or the other.

Woo! Now I really don't need to play the game, since I know the two builds I'd end up using, the invincible monk or the invincible utility wizard.

[Patchouli]

IMHO, the story is so terrible I will not mention it any further than I already have. Story isn't why I'm playing the game...

People are further exploiting the wizard's force shield and such to perma-diamond skin and be practically invincible: http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/tx6gr/in_depth_guide_to_the_critical_mass_cdr_wizard/

So both monk and wizard are tied for invincible broken class.

^ And you can either esc and space bar through conversations, one or the other.

Woo! Now I really don't need to play the game, since I know the two builds I'd end up using, the invincible monk or the invincible utility wizard.

I'm having a whole lot of fun with witch doctor, the variety in rune choices are awesome.

[Andir]

Woo! Now I really don't need to play the game, since I know the two builds I'd end up using, the invincible monk or the invincible utility wizard.

I find it hilarious that people were complaining about looking up "viable" builds for D2 and now they are doing the same for D3.

[nenjin]

...Story? What is this "story" you speak of?
I go somewhere and if something moves I kill it. Though occasionally some text box appear and clutter the interface, but i just press esc then and resume killing.


seriously though. I've soon reached act 2 in inferno and I've only listened to the unskippable things, like the evil (moron) monologues which annoy me so badly.

There was a time in the series when the story was not only good, it was a major reason why you played on. In D3, everyone is a sniveling bitch. From the NPCs to the mini-bosses to the actual bosses, everyone is either a whiny victim, a moustache twirling evil-doer or a psychotic optimist. The ONLY parts of the story I actually have liked are the parts around Leoric's Torture Chamber, and the Companion and Artisan backstories. The rest, ESPECIALLY the bad guys, feel shallow and the fact you tear through them like wet tissue paper on normal doesn't help.

I know it's supposed to be all cool to go "I skip cutscenes hurr hurr hurr", but considering Blizzard spends millions on both the writing, artistry and cut scenes, I try to watch. Since, honestly, it's shit like that, which made this a $60 game that took 10+ years to come out. So when people just ignore them I feel like it's almost as bad as ignoring terrible gameplay. Because, once a upon a time, people actually gave a shit about the story because it was worth giving a shit about.