head-to-head competition

I'm relatively new to gaming, but this gaming experience is definitely superior to Baldur's Gate and Diablo 2. The beautiful graphics and ability to zoom in and out are amazing. Character appearance actually reflects the different styles of armor/weapons with which they're equipped. Great sounds and music.

I powered through the game with a Wood Elf and have started with a Vampiress (lots of replay value to this game). Character leveling is smooth and predictable. Once you learn how to "run" your character, battles are pretty straightforward. Controls are easy to learn.

Maybe not "true" to hard core RPG rules, but I really enjoyed the quick save option, large capacity backpack and storage chest, and no penalties for resurrection when you "die." I also liked the compass system which helps you locate your objectives and eliminates any need for walkthroughs. Much variety and many quest options.

Game is very demanding of computer hardware, so I had occassional problems with freezing and rebooting that were resolved when I updated my Radeon drivers.

Highly addictive and fun to play!

Its very good and satisfying rpg because it plays a lot like diablo2 but its better because of graphics and slightly diferent in gameplay but basicly go around and hack everyone down which is fun. Combos and skills look awesome when you use them gracefuly kill your enemys. Magic is pretty to everything is visble like the kind of armor you are wearing you can tell it looks just like the picture of the armor itself. PLenty of cool special unique itmes and ENOURMOS WORLD ride a horse if you want! But i still dont realy consider this game D3, it is more like ARCANUM if you have heard of, nice rpg to. Its like a hybrid of Arcanum and diablo, mostly diablo though.
Enjoy a great rpg with good variety of things to do i doubt youwill get bored in the next few month.

If the copy you have does not work, exchange it for another. thats what I did. and the copy I got, works fine. If you like diablo, you'll love this game. it is more enhanced and much better at least in terms of gameplay and graphics.