<div style="width: 550px; text-align: center" align="center">Terror has returned to the town of Tristam and a daring and bold hero, such as yourself, has been called on to find the solution. Diablo III was recently released and it has already taken the PC gaming world by storm and deservedly so. The story picks up as a "falling star" crashes into Tristam's cathedral where Leah, one of the main NPC characters in the game, loses her Uncle and calls upon you, the hero, to help her find him. Once you arrive to Tristam, however, you begin to realize that there is much, much more to the story.
There are five classes in Diablo III from which you can choose. There is the Barbarian class, which is my main character, as well as the Witch Doctor, Wizard, Demon Hunter, and Monk classes. All of these classes have a male and female option to choose from; The barbarian female class is quite the looker if I do say so myself. So far my views on the game are all extremely positive. The gameplay, whether soloing or co-oping with your friends, is well done and quite enjoyable. Personally, I play co-op quite a bit with my friends and it is one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I have ever had. As far as the technical aspect goes, you have six hot keys to which you can bind any of the cornucopia of skills you learn as you level up in the game. While this is not as many hot keys as other MMORPG's such as World of Warcraft, Blizzard did design the game so that you can fight for long periods of time and avoid redundant game play.
New and exciting things are also still scheduled to come out for Diablo. On June 12, the in-game auction house will open up for real money transactions. In the auction house you can buy and sell loot that you have gathered or crafted. Sil3nced, a Counter-Strike member, says that he plans to pay his rent using the profits gained from the auction house. Another addition that Blizzard has in the works is a PvP Arena Game Mode. This Game Mode was scheduled to be available upon game release, but Blizzard felt that they still needed to iron out some of the kinks in the game play before making it available to the public.
An aspect of the game I would especially like to mention is the pure beauty of the levels and the cut scenes. As far as level design goes, everything from the backdrops to the minute level details are spectacular. As is usually expected from Blizzard, the cut scenes in Diablo III are immaculate in design and add depth and excitement to the game. The biggest downfall of Diablo III at the current moment is the periodical problems with server stability. Some down times have lasted for hours on end, but it seems Blizzard has fixed some of the issues that caused the server crashes. Aside from the server issues, Diablo III has all of the qualities of a truly great game. At this current time it earns a 9.5/10 from me. This game is a must have for almost every type of gamer, even those of you who aren't fond of MMORPG's.</div>
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Now it's time to do it all over again
At least you could laugh about it I probably would have ragequit. It's probably why I don't play HC, although after watching you play yesterday I've been thinking about rolling a HC Barbarian.
