Posted September 28, 2011
So for those fellow GoGs that have been blessed with a Diablo III Beta invite, whats your initial impressions of the game?
For my first play through I selected Demon Hunter. I am ever a fan of the rogue/ranged combat specialist, and I found the class to be a lot of fun in this regard.
At first I didn't like the new skill up system (No more skill trees !), however after fooling around with swapping in / swapping out different skills, I found it to be a neat feature . Also, the game doesn't punish the player for making a poor skillup choice. (
After some tweaking, I eventually settled on 'Evasive Shot' to take on normal mobs and 'Bola Shot' for the many clusters of enemies, with the occasional use of Caltrops to slow down those skeletons/zombies that were getting a little too close for comfort.
At one stage battle.net fell over and I was cut off mid game, which was doubly frustrating when I was outside the entrance of a big boss encounter, and then had to re-do the dungeon when the server came back online.
For a single player experience, I found that very frustrating. Initially I swore black and blue that this was the deal breaker for me. However, having now completed the games first chapter, it may just be a case of having to accept the bad with the good.
Because overall, I think it is very, very good =).
For my first play through I selected Demon Hunter. I am ever a fan of the rogue/ranged combat specialist, and I found the class to be a lot of fun in this regard.
At first I didn't like the new skill up system (No more skill trees !), however after fooling around with swapping in / swapping out different skills, I found it to be a neat feature . Also, the game doesn't punish the player for making a poor skillup choice. (
After some tweaking, I eventually settled on 'Evasive Shot' to take on normal mobs and 'Bola Shot' for the many clusters of enemies, with the occasional use of Caltrops to slow down those skeletons/zombies that were getting a little too close for comfort.
At one stage battle.net fell over and I was cut off mid game, which was doubly frustrating when I was outside the entrance of a big boss encounter, and then had to re-do the dungeon when the server came back online.
For a single player experience, I found that very frustrating. Initially I swore black and blue that this was the deal breaker for me. However, having now completed the games first chapter, it may just be a case of having to accept the bad with the good.
Because overall, I think it is very, very good =).
