Diablo 3

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Cheers

EDIT: Just checked in with them, dam, they are expensive, well for the title that i'm looking at anyway, Diablo 3 pre-order $109.99, as opposed to BestBuy's $59.99.

$99.95 to $112 are normal prices here for new releases thats why I bitch if the game turns out to be a dud.

You could try http://www.Firstgames.co.nz their games are sometimes cheaper than MA, Ive brought of them a few times.

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

$99.95 to $112 are normal prices here for new releases thats why I bitch if the game turns out to be a dud.

Yea i don't blame you for bitching, you guys are getting shafted over there.

You could try http://www.Firstgames.co.nz their games are sometimes cheaper than MA, Ive brought of them a few times.

Yea just checked in over at Firstgames, no diablo 3 in their data base, so they aren't taking pre-orders. Yet.
Have you heard much about bestbuy?
Or people that dealt with them?

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Yea i don't blame you for bitching, you guys are getting shafted over there.


Yea just checked in over at Firstgames, no diablo 3 in their data base, so they aren't taking pre-orders. Yet.
Have you heard much about bestbuy?
Or people that dealt with them?

Bestbuy, no. Unless over here they are go under the name 'Thats Hot' merchants, cheap games no manual plain case etc.

Aussie abit cheaper Diablo 3 $74.95

http://www.game-lane.com.au/pc-mac-g...-iii-3-pc.html


or try pcpowerplay they're a gaming magazine but could help in finding the right contacts

http://www.pcpowerplay.com.au/

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Have you heard much about bestbuy?
Or people that dealt with them?

BestBuy is an electronics chain store in the US and might be located in other countries. I buy my games/DVDs/electronics through them and I would highly recommend them

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

BestBuy is an electronics chain store in the US and might be located in other countries. I buy my games/DVDs/electronics through them and I would highly recommend them

Thanks for the recommendations

[kiwi_2005]

ok my bad I thought only NZ/Aus you want to get the game. If that best buy is selling D3 for that low of a price in the states then grab it. Might be able to grab an Oceanic copy of them.

Only place here where new releases sell that cheap is Trademe auction site from merchants, I brought Shogun 2 for $54 the day it was released here of Trademe everywhere else it was selling for $98, have to be quick though and not every merchant sells them at low prices only know one who does this & then again he only does this to certain new releases - I'm hoping he will sell D3 for $50 odd bucks.
So I figure these merchants are selling the game at the price they buy them for or maybe they get it a few dollars less and add a couple of dollars. Then that means retailers get the games for around $40-50 then add another $50.

You wouldn't want to sign up on Trademe though to much BS red tape an overseas customer has to go through. That Bestbuy sounds like the one.

[Feuer Frei!]

yea thanks kiwi, i think i'm gonna wait until we are a bit closer to release date, certainly until august 1st, after more is announced by Blizz about Diablo 3, hopefully more details about CE as well.
Thanks for the input though.

[kiwi_2005]

Received email today, more info on the beta.

Diablo III Beta Announcement :

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...a:d3-interview

Now that the internal testing is nearing completion, what aspects of the game do you hope to focus on during the beta test?

Kevin Martens: Polish, polish, polish. In particular, we***8217;re going to keep refining our approach to the game***8217;s action-storytelling. We want the player to experience the story, instead of just being told the story by NPCs, so we***8217;re moving a lot of the dialogue into the gameplay and leaving the quest hubs with just the bare, essential details needed to keep the plot moving. One example of this kind of a change can be found when players first get to New Tristram. When they arrive, they find the town under siege by a horde of zombies, and the guards need help fending off the attack before they can open the gates. One of the conversations between the player and the guards used to take place before the main zombie attack, but it now takes place during the attack. That subtle change took a short conversation and moved it into the action of the game, which made it more impactful and intense. Ultimately, we want the story to feel ambient and organic, instead of something that only happens between battles.