Always online? Thanks but no thanks.
I'd agree. But is it? Source?
That sorc that clears screen with that skill is like 1% of ways you can do that in PoE lol. In PoE not only that you clear your screen, you often clear screens outside your vision with many skills.
D3 does have decent feeling combat but everything else is casual tier and not worth playing for.
PoE is more like Diablo 2 but then goes crazy and in its own way as you near and enter endgame.
That is just not true for real fans of H&S games. Neither Diablo 1 or 2 had these crazy animation and shit and both were good games. Diablo 3 is probably first one that put more effort into it and it is also considered worst Diablo by most of people that played older Diablo games.Combat is literally what this genre is all about…killing huge number of enemies on the screen in as much spectacular, satisfying fashion. Loot and character builds are there to incetivize player to keep on grinding. PoE or any other "competitors" don't come anywhere near D3 when it comes to visual and sound effects, animations, etc…they simply do not have the same technical "polish" ( that comes with a large "AAA" budget).
Plus Diablo series imply has a far more interesting setting/lore.
https://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-4-offline-mode/
We asked lead designer Joe Shely if it was possible to play Diablo 4 offline. "There's a large, seamless, connected, and shared space in the world, going down into dungeons, being able to group with your friends, trading and PvP. We feel that the best way to experience that is in a world that is online," Shely responded.
For me a good reason to skip their "experience".
I don't particularly care one way or another if a game requires an always online connection. I haven't paid Compuserve by the hour for my connection in many a year.
But the question is: what happens when they shut down the server?
Or the third option is you don't know what you're talking about…?Sets and gems and runes and nowhere to store them while hoping for just one more to make any of it valid? That's either incredibly poor design or deliberate frustration implemented as a "feature".
Ahh, so you have toyed with the idea of buying Diablo3. You've not actually played it? That explains why it sounds like you don't know what you're talking about!That alone wouldn't have been enough to flat out prevent me from buying this game -- I've toyed with the idea of buying Diablo 3 recently, after all -- but as a company they've proven themselves to be so anti-consumer that these days I look on them as nothing more than poison.