briggaman Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Great. Was really looking forward to playing this when I get in tonight. Fair to say my enthusiasm has been dampened somewhat Don't worry as you may get in straight away. It's hit or miss really. I'm still logged in now and haven't been kicked, yet... Villarule123, I don't have a guest pass but I will do some group stuff with you if you can play with full game owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 15, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2012 GiantBomb are doing a live QuickLook of this right now. The moment they properly went to start showing off the game, they've been hit by error after error preventing it running The game appears to be largely broken on launch - it's into the realms of unacceptability imo, that for such a big release from such a major company, they've gone to launch and gotten a situation where massive proportions of the user base are unable to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Not to mention the fact that they are adding PvP at a later date as opposed to having it on launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 15, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2012 I'll be interested to see whether this effects review scores. It would in a major online release, an MMO or fighter/shooter in 2012 with multi going to market and being as bust as this appears to be would be slated for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Obviously professional reviewers will be a bit more restrained, especially as they'll do everything they can to not piss off a big publisher like Actiblizz, but on Metacritic they're getting destroyed, and rightly so. They got off lightly with "always online" due to the general stability of WoW, and to a lesser extent, SC2. They won't get a free pass next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 In other news, my gear has fortunately reappeared. Achievements are still all gone, but I don't care a great deal about them, as long as I'll still be able to play on higher difficulties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 15, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2012 I think it's cursed. My DVD is refusing to budge from 11% install and after hitting the forums it seems i'm not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 15, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2012 Obviously professional reviewers will be a bit more restrained, especially as they'll do everything they can to not piss off a big publisher like Actiblizz, but on Metacritic they're getting destroyed, and rightly so. Thats the thing, I've seen pro reviewers slate games for having broken online on launch before now. I'm just wondering whether they'll go easy on Blizzard. The thing thats most damning about this for me is, well, partly it appears to be more than just a weight of user base thing, though thats clearly not helped, but that something has really gone wrong at Blizzards end. In a way, I almost would take a childish glee in such a big release being completely broken. It rarely happens nowadays and to happen to something as anticipated as Diablo 3, it could be hilarious (though obviously would be shit for all you fellas wanting to play what should be a landmark release). You have to assume they'll have it all sorted over the next couple of days but... it's not really on, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 15, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2012 Yes, I'm looking forward to getting past the broken installer to play the broken game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 On the bright side, after spending the last 45 minutes looking at the login screen, I've started a new game of Torchlight and it's running marvelously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 15, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2012 Well, it's installed (had to right click the DVD icon and run as administrator) but can't get on... FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 15, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2012 A busted installer is just amateurish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted May 15, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2012 No-one got a starter guest pass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 The game is great fun when you get in though. Blizzard really need to up their game with launches though and they should have had all the issues ironed out. I don't think it should change the scores the game gets though, as it should be down to the contents of the game itself. Much in the same way that Skyrim was a fantastic game, yet bugged to hell. Once you get into D3 it is very nice and I'm hoping it doesn't get totally slated due to issues that Blizz should have sorted. Even if it does though, I honestly don't care. I just want to have fun with it... On another note, I've got a Radeon 4850 graphics card and it keeps telling me that it isn't compatible or some rubbish when I launch the game. I have to hit escape. Minor thing, yet it gets rather annoying as you shouldn't really need to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 When was the last time you updated your graphics card drivers? I'm sure Radeon will have put some out today for Diablo 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 15, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2012 Blimey, once you're in it's pretty damn impressive isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 It certainly is. Rev, apparently the 4800 series didn't need to be updated. I tried before the update and after, yet am still getting the same issue. It's not that bad, yet is a little annoying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDon Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsqUZkmO-zk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Now I keep getting loads of lag and kicked out of the game for some reason. Oh well, can't be arsed to try to get back in today. By the way, one of the cinematics in particular is bloody great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo After reading this I think I can wait a few more days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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