So despite my lack of interest in Diablo 3, a combination of peer pressure and a good price from a local retailer ($60 AUD for a box and DVD instead of $80 for digital distribution from blizz, EAT THAT ACTIVISION AND BLIZZARD!!!) convinced me to buy it.
And after I installed it I couldn't log in due to error 37... my joy couldn't be contained.
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| Diablo 3: The return of Diab- ERROR 37 FUCK OFF THE SERVERS ARE DOWN |
Now I thought about this for a minute: "Why? Why am I so pleased?" I mean, I'm being inconvenienced by this just as much as anyone else and, as much as I hate to admit it, the basic game is actually pretty fun if uber grindy, poorly paced and criminally short.
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| My face when you madpost about Diablo |
Well, it all boils down to one thing...
Arrogance
Arrogance on the part of Blizzard, feeding us a slightly updated Diablo 2 and expecting use to lap it up and call it gold.Arrogance on the part of Activision for the constant online DRM and flawed real money auction house, and I definitely blame Activision for the lack of offline play.
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| Blizzard and Activision's board of directors amusing themselves at your expense |
What amuses me most is the fanbois, lovingly caressing Blizzard's and/or Activision's collective cocks and defending the horrible release, knee jerk class balancing and constant server issues.
The fact that Blizzard managed to turn a free kick into an own goal just fills me with the warm glow of pessimism and loathing proven right.
Diablo 3: then and now!
Diablo 3 has been out for a few months now... and I've stopped playing, my friends that were OH SO CERTAIN that diablo 3 would be amazing have stopped playing it, the real money auction house appears to be failing, PVP is still not implemented... The only way this could be worse is if the servers had never been up at all, and that would at least give the people a chance to get their money back for Blizzard failing to provide the service payed for.
If a bank or public service website were to provide such a shocking level of service, you'd be getting your torches and pitchforks, here instead we're supposed to just suck it up because "it's a game"... well you know what? For better or worse I take my games fairly seriously and I'm just infuriated that a company can make all their promises, fail to deliver and just barge on through and act like nothing is actually wrong.
"we apologise for any inconvenience"
When I want to play a game, inconvenience should be the furthest thing from my mind.
In closing
It's sad you know... My favorite gaming companies and game series are dying, companies like Bullfrog and Westwood, series like Quake. What do we get now? Games that are filled with harmful and restricting DRM, diluted stories, shallow game elements and poor customer service. Diablo is just the latest and greatest bomb, and the worst part? It will STILL get a good metascore (88% as of writing) and enough fanbois to keep it afloat.Too big to fail perhaps? Hmph.
Keeper3, there's one positive to Diablo 3 compared to previous games... Diablo has BEWBS!!!*
*No, really... Diablo appears to have breasts when you finally fight 'him'.
