Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls

[IamStryker]

Just wanted to leave some thoughts on this game some where. Played it a little at launch and then stopped (that's a different rant), I picked it back up thinking it might be a good coop game to play with my wife. Anyway it's shocking how easy this game is on the first play through. This new blizzard just seems to get so much shit wrong. If Diablo 4 is ever made they need an entirely new team with a clear vision for what needs to be done.

So I immediately start raising the difficulty as high as the game will let me and I literally never die or really ever come close to dying. At one point probably around half way through I couldn't believe how easy the game felt and I was curious so I just stopped my character and let the enemies hit me, THEY COULDN'T EVEN KILL ME LIKE THAT. This is just baffling. I guess they only care about the end game now.

In regards to the end game after all of this time the devs have put in plenty of stuff to do which is good but the game feels so brain dead that it gets old pretty fast. There are few interesting choices and acquiring good gear is just so incredibly easy that nothing really feels challenging. You do one Greater Rift run and you get like 7 legendary pieces for crying out loud. Every character is the same aside from equipment, you never make any real important decisions with your character. Paragon points for instance can be instantly changed on a whim. The game feels like it was designed with 8 year olds as the target demographic. Really sad.

 

[HereticBD]

So, you were playing the game on very hard(or whatever), stood in the middle of the room and let enemies wail on you, and they couldn't kill you?

Yeah, I'm calling bullshit.

 

[SaiWa]

on first play through and you couldn't die???

you telling me you are solo-ing on first playthrough and you can't die at max difficult settings? yeah you straight up bullshitting.

i think more than likely you are getting carried by someone who has good gear. that would make more sense...

 

[IamStryker]

So, you were playing the game on very hard(or whatever), stood in the middle of the room and let enemies wail on you, and they couldn't kill you?

Yeah, I'm calling bullshit.

Have you played it on console? That's exactly what I did. I'm not saying you can do it any time throughout the game but the fact that I could do it at all was stupid as hell.

 

[IamStryker]

on first play through and you couldn't die???

you telling me you are solo-ing on first playthrough and you can't die at max difficult settings? yeah you straight up bullshitting.

i think more than likely you are getting carried by someone who has good gear. that would make more sense...

Have you even played the game? You are only allowed to increase the difficulty twice before having one character complete the game. So I increased it to hard as soon as I could and then to expert as soon as I was allowed to after that. The game is pathetically easy.

Anyone with half a brain can pick out the best main stat plus vitality gear they can find and just walk through the enemies. I was marveling at how easy the game felt when I did the experiment of standing still and letting the enemies hit me. I couldn't believe my eyes. I played Diablo 3 at launch and it's insane how much they have changed it.

And no, I played completely solo.

 

[HereticBD]

Have you played it on console?

Yes. Which is why I know you're full of shit.

That's exactly what I did. I'm not saying you can do it any time throughout the game but the fact that I could do it at all was stupid as hell.

Yes, the game has some clear areas, and isn't throwing a hundred enemies at you 100% of the time. That is normal.

You don't have to like the game, but embellishing it's shortcomings is silly.

 

[HereticBD]

Have you even played the game? You are only allowed to increase the difficulty twice before having one character complete the game. So I increased it to hard as soon as I could and then to expert as soon as I was allowed to after that. The game is pathetically easy.

Anyone with half a brain can pick out the best main stat plus vitality gear they can find and just walk through the enemies. I was marveling at how easy the game felt when I did the experiment of standing still and letting the enemies hit me. I couldn't believe my eyes. I played Diablo 3 at launch and it's insane how much they have changed it.

And no, I played completely solo.

What console are you playing this on? If it's current gen, posting a video of you standing around not dying while enemies swarm you, should be easy enough to post.

 

[SaiWa]

so you are bragging about playing it on expert..? That's the 3rd easiest level out 16 difficulty levels with PC. Console is easier than PC with less difficulty settings.

expert??? wooopdee freakin' doo... any Diablo veteran would sneer at this. the game doesn't truly start until you reach max level and start accumulating paragon levels. anything below that is ho hum whatever who gives a fuck. Just get to level 70 as fast as a possible. No one plays for the story after the first go around. It's all about the loot (which is what Diablo has always been about) and that shit doesn't start till level 70. If you are still mucking around at expert by then, you suck at Diablo plain and simple.

typo - level 70 not 60... fixed

 

[Theprospect26]

I'm gonna go ahead and call BS as well. That game has slayed me many times.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

It is stupidly easily the first playthrough compared to Diablo 1 and 2 though, the TS is right about that.

 

[IamStryker]

Yes. Which is why I know you're full of shit.



Yes, the game has some clear areas, and isn't throwing a hundred enemies at you 100% of the time. That is normal.

You don't have to like the game, but embellishing it's shortcomings is silly.

You don't have to believe me, this is just a dumb Sherdog thread in the gaming section. I was there I know what happened and it wouldn't be hard to do again. I was only using a wizard as well, it would be even easier to do that with a melee class since they have inherent damage reduction.

 

[IamStryker]

I'm gonna go ahead and call BS as well. That game has slayed me many times.

I am stunned that anyone might find this game difficult on the first play through. It's like the devs put training wheels on it.

 

[IamStryker]

so you are bragging about playing it on expert..? That's the 3rd easiest level out 16 difficulty levels with PC. Console is easier than PC with less difficulty settings.

Who is bragging? I told of my experience and am critiquing the game. I was in capable of making the game any more difficult without handicapping myself by purposely not using the better equipment and skills available to me.

expert??? wooopdee freakin' doo... any Diablo veteran would sneer at this. the game doesn't truly start until you reach max level and start accumulating paragon levels.

Well yeah, that was my entire point and I even said that in the OP. The devs only seem to care about the end game. It feels almost pointless to even play through the real game.

 

[IamStryker]

What console are you playing this on? If it's current gen, posting a video of you standing around not dying while enemies swarm you, should be easy enough to post.

I had no idea that someone would think this to be not possible lol. I would have to start a new character which doesn't seem very appealing at the moment.

Rest assure it would be simple to do this. I could use a barbarian and do it even easier than I did with the wizard.

 

[HereticBD]

I had no idea that someone would think this to be not possible lol.

And yet, you're the ONLY one claiming it is possible.

I would have to start a new character which doesn't seem very appealing at the moment.

Rest assure it would be simple to do this. I could use a barbarian and do it even easier than I did with the wizard.

No you can't. You're backpedaling is quite evident of this.

If it's so simple, prove it. You won't though, because you know you're full of shit.

 

[IamStryker]

And yet, you're the ONLY one claiming it is possible.

Reread the thread. At least one guy is making fun of me for even bringing it up because it's not hard to do.

No you can't. You're backpedaling is quite evident of this.

Yes I can and saying that it would be easy is not backpedaling. I obviously don't care that some people don't believe it. That's why I made this thread because it's hilarious and stupid that the devs made it this way.

If it's so simple, prove it. You won't though, because you know you're full of shit
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You can spend your own time doing that shit if it's important to you.

 

[HereticBD]

Reread the thread. At least one guy is making fun of me for even bringing it up because it's not hard to do.

It's one thing to say the game is easy. I'm not arguing against that.

You said that the game is so easy, you can stand around and do nothing while enemies wail on you on expert on your first play through, and not die. That's bullshit. You already know that though.

 

[IamStryker]

It's one thing to say the game is easy. I'm not arguing against that.

You said that the game is so easy, you can stand around and do nothing while enemies wail on you on expert on your first play through, and not die. That's bullshit. You already know that though.

I did not say that, I don't know if I did that on hard or expert I just know it was the hardest difficulty available at the time. I also clarified that I did not say that I could do this whenever I wanted throughout the five acts. It was part of my explanation of why I made this thread and my experience of the game. I was playing through it trying to make it as challenging as I could and at one point probably in the second or third act I stopped moving and let a small mob hit me. I was shocked that even though they did some damage I was healing as fast as they would hurt me so I really wasn't in danger. I just stood there in disbelief.

I wouldn't lie about something so dumb in a pointless Sherdog thread even more pointless because it's about gaming.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

I liked it. I never played the first two. I bought 3 on the PS4 and really enjoyed it. I don't need video games to be difficult. My life is difficult enough. I just want an escape from life and video games provide it. I'd love to get on some online co-op sometime. I have never done that.

 

[IamStryker]

I liked it. I never played the first two. I bought 3 on the PS4 and really enjoyed it. I don't need video games to be difficult. My life is difficult enough. I just want an escape from life and video games provide it. I'd love to get on some online co-op sometime. I have never done that.

I might offer but I am on xbox. Coop is fun if you find someone that is your power level. Otherwise it's just one player carrying the other player and doing everything which for me isn't that enjoyable.