tinyE: Kind of OT. I'm curious about a game I haven't actually played.
Putting aside all of the DRM crap, and with Blizzard there is A LOT OF IT, and all the reviews in print, can anyone and everyone who has ever played
Diablo 3 give me a fair assessment of it? How does it compare to 1 and 2? Mechanics? I've heard it was dumbed down, "cartooned" up.
I ask because it is pretty cheap right now and if I'm going to put up with the copious pain of running it, I'd rather do it with a huge discount. :P
I haven't played Diablo 3 (my strict no-DRM stance prevents me from), but I did hear about a couple design decisions that change how the game is played:
1. Healing potions are gone, or at least scarce; instead, enemies drop things that restore health on pick-up. (This sounds to me a lot like hearts in the Zelda series.)
2. Skill points aren't permanently spent; instead, the game has the equivalent of an easy free respec, so if you don't like your setup (maybe you just want to experiment a little, or you made a bad decision), you can easily change that. On the other hand, you still can't change your class,