I finished the game last night. I have to admit, in my frustration I was probably a little unfair to the game and the system, but my opinions still stand. My final thoughts on the story is that it is cheesy and clichéd, has epic cutscenes, has a neat little twist near the end and was way too short. When you calculate how long each act really took me, I'd say the game only takes about 6 hours to complete (if you don't backtrack, if you spend little time in town, if you don't die and if you don't wander around exploring). In fact, you could probably do it in less time. It's a little bit sad, but makes sense as in the real appeal to the game comes with the later, harder levels of Hell and Inferno.
Co-op play is really the seller here, which I never expected. I hardly read anything about D3 before its release (probably should have since it may have eliminated some of my frustration...but maybe I wouldn't have bought it...who knows). I really enjoy it and I didn't think I would. I've been teaming up with a lot of my friends, which has made the game a lot more difficult (and chaotic). The story and details get a little lost, but it changes the game. It also makes all the encounters a lot more silly than when you're playing on your own.
In the end, I'll say it's a good game, it's worth a buy and has good aspects to it. Was it necessary to make? Probably 10 years ago when it was still fresh and welcome. Am I glad I have it? Yes. The story suffers, but the graphics, gameplay and co-op are way better.
So no more complaining or analyzing it...back to my regularly scheduled blithering about Dungeon Siege.
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