Forbes Claim that D3 is the Greatest ARPG ever made

Unfortunately if we are using popularity and overall population D3 appeals to the majority of players and they do have the largest player base, so D3 being greatest in some way is correct.

PoE will never reach the greatest tier in general public's view, simply due to PoE appeals to a very small group of players.

That being said if there was a category of the greatest trading sim within an arpg, PoE would easily win.

Its correct in the same way a BigMac from MacDonalds is the greatest food of all time.

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

Its correct in the same way a BigMac from MacDonalds is the greatest food of all time.

PoE is the Tofu of ARPGs. Seems like a good idea, until you eat too much of it and realize its kinda bland

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WarUltima wrote:

PoE will never reach the greatest tier in general public's view, simply due to PoE appeals to a very small group of players.

small group of players? Ok, millions of people, small group. The publics view? Everyone I know owns D3, all my guild, and they all think its shit, you mean those people ya? The people who are in those sales figures? If you think D3 holds some kind of consistent player base that is 4x, 10x the size of PoEs I think you are vastly mistaken.

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TheWretch wrote:

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

Its correct in the same way a BigMac from MacDonalds is the greatest food of all time.

PoE is the Tofu of ARPGs. Seems like a good idea, until you eat too much of it and realize its kinda bland

its the greatest arpg ever made, by such a long way that nothing is even comparable. So... its bland, ok, thats your opinion on it, I guess you dont rly like arpgs that much. Would I be wrong to guess that you have spent more hours in PoE than any other arpg?

I play both and let me say. Each one of them are good.

the main difference come in the sens of reward imo.

PoE, i can farm week and still have nothing. i play for fun, for killing time and just trying not to die. It's a good game when i feel i want challenge.

D3 is way more fun for just chilling with friend. more easy on trade, and gear are a lot easier to get so you actualy can try a lot of stuff solo/group and it's fun. But it's easy and more of a play=when-drunk game since death mean nothing...



Both of them good, since the new generation of gamer like the easy stuff (think about any game on cell... all have pay-to-win xtuff and they make million) well... D3 is, in fack more appeling for more people !!!

Not you again what the fuck.

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TriniGamer wrote:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/03/10/hey-blizzard-wheres-our-next-diablo-3-expansion/#ea4529f64f4a


I am confused, how exactly is D3 the greatest ARPG ever made?

Sure it has many things way better than POE like the Left 4 Dead type Online Party system, an actual mini map so you don't have to cluster up your entire screen by pressing tab and having to deal with an annoying 16 bit map on the entire screen when a mini map would have sufficed. But at its core D3 is a very broken and cannot hold a candle to POE where build mechanics are concerned.

So I am unsure how a game with a broken core gameplay is better than POE just because the online is better.

Does online aspect of a game hold THAT weight these days? I know single player games isn't anywhere near as popular as multi player anymore but surely a better online match making cannot make D3 greater than POE given how broken the builds and gameplay is.

Saying D3 is the best ARPG is like saying Mcdonalds makes the best burger. If you think volume of sales equates to best then you're an idiot. The words Most profitable do not have the same definition as the word best.

So the only logical conclusion is: whoever wrote the article is an idiot, or in the pocket of activision.

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WarUltima wrote:

Unfortunately if we are using popularity and overall population D3 appeals to the majority of players and they do have the largest player base, so D3 being greatest in some way is correct.

PoE will never reach the greatest tier in general public's view, simply due to PoE appeals to a very small group of players.

That being said if there was a category of the greatest trading sim within an arpg, PoE would easily win.

Good point the last data I checked ROS was right up there in the best selling expansions of all times aswell. From what you expect of Expansions, ROS was ontop of the best selling so clearly most people didn't buy D3 because of D2 else ROS would not have been so successful in sales.

But I didn't realize that D3 was in the 10 best selling video games of all time either. That seems like some crazy money Blizzard made off it, in the past people claimed D3 sold so much because of D2 but if you did some research into it this wasn't really the case.

D3 is Arcade and COD the best selling FPS of all time is also Arcade. Both appeal to the vast majority of people as there is no Mature rating. POE has actual porn I am talking dead body porn business, pretty sure no parent is going to let their kid play this.

Then we factor in Chinese botters, half the D3 sale numbers were probably botters buying new accounts just to bot and sell stuff for real money in the RMAH. As Blizzard banned one set they made enough money to buy another 100 copies and blizzard made sure not to ban too quick they always allowed the botters enough time to make enough profit to purchase another license.

D2 did factor in but it was the lowest reason D3 sold so much. Arcade Casual All ages rating and Chinese Botting accounts is clearly responsible for the massive sale figures. As is evident from WoW and COD success, D3 followed the exact same business model. And guess what both games owned by Activision. See the connection? there is no D2 in that connection.

If you notice Black Ops 2 was the best selling FPS of all time and until GTA 5 broke its record Black OPS 2 was the most profitable game in history of video games.

This was despite the fact that BO2 was the same exact game as BO1 and MW2 all of which happen to be the same exact game as COD 4

Even the latest Black Ops 3 is just COD 4 with a new coat of paint. Yet it continues to sell like this, Activision has a history of making obscene amounts of money on these arcade games.

D3 was just like that even though it was an ARPG it was an Arcade all ages ARPG designed for Chinese Botters from the get go. And even when they lost the RMAH they still made a killing from ROS because the game is very Arcade just like COD is Arcade.

There is no evidence D3 sold because of D2 given the fact that all advertisements and developer diary showed that D3 was NOTHING like D2 and was all about RMAH and Arcade. You could have seen Activision written all over D3 from a mile away. Everybody knows Activision only does arcade games just look at HOTS

The only real niche game Activision is responsible for is Starcraft 2 and the genre has come to an end we will never see another RTS from Blizzard again simply because that genre is dead and replaced by MOBA.