This seems like an appropriate enough place to put this: The Diablo 3 beta? Not that good. I put thousands of hours into D1 and D2 but have zero desire to keep playing the D3 beta.
Also it sucks to hear about the lay-offs.
Also it sucks to hear about the lay-offs.
Personally I quite enjoyed the beta, a lot more than I enjoyed the same period of the D2 game. I'm anticipate spending many, many hours enjoying D3.
I didn't have any problem with the pacing, somewhat agree on the problem of corridor level design, and again I had no problem with the art style. But some of that is a taste issue where our priorities just don't align.
Sounds like Diablo 2. (I loved that game, btw.)
Major buzzkill for a lot of people but the handwriting was on the wall with the release delays, the annual pass giveaway, word of mouth on the beta, etc.
I'm not sure I understand this comparison at all.
Keyword at the end there, "D3 beta". No one expect you to spend thousands of hours into a beta.
Diablo 3 needs to be released like yesterday!