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Opinions aside. Because 3/10 means the game is unplayable not only due to bad design but bugs and a complete failure on multiple fronts. If you are going to give a game such a low score then you really need to explain why. An example... 10 - As a rule all games should start here and then be graded on merits. -1 - No New Game + -1 - No Keymapping -1 - Multiplayer camera is bad Those are my complaints against DS3, at the moment... that sets it at a 7/10. That's passing. But there is more! +1 - I liked the story. Short as it was I was very immersed and at the end... I craved more. +.5 - The gameplay was solid. +.5 - I had fun That brings it back up to a 9/10 in my opinion, and I just illustrated why. As I said with such a low score... you really should illustrate it further. Explain why you scored it so low. Actually reviewing video games for a living I can tell you that game reviewing is never scored like that. Most games that are reviewed are broken down by features and aspects and generally are compared to the best performer in the category. For example, DS3 would most likely be rated against and compared to Diablo 2 or maybe something more modern such as Titan Quest. In my opinion DS3 deserves a 6/10 it lacks many features that are pretty much assumed to be present in similar titles. That is a huge problem that would make the score dip down immensely. Now if Obsidian adds in persistent characters, separate cameras, separate gold, open access to modding, random loot tables for all creatures, and perhaps some random extra powerful mobs I can see that score being more around 8/10. id have to agree with this the most all the features you mentioned SHOULD be in there but were left out if they were added the game would be 100x better. the big question is tho CAN it be done and patched in or was our 60$ wasted and us left hangin

very we put this is the exact response i had i was expecting a real dungeon game and got ripped off in other terms unplayable MP with crap camera and from what i read about 7-10h game play with no options to continue your character or rerun boss's for loot i said in another forum they should always take the game play from diablo 2 and work off its mechanics currently ive only played 1 hour of ds3 and couldnt stand it im preying for camera fix, new game +, more difficulty options,more loot options hell the list goes on but many others have mentioned this so im gonna wait for a good 4-5GB patch to add in well pretty much a new game

yes ive been a long time fan also and played all the black isle games my self but not the new obsidian ones except new vegas which rocked bloddy loved it all of it and yes DS3 has great looks story and gameplay but the shared view with mp and not having your characters saved to ur own account both of which me and id say 99% of people cant deal with there is no way im gonna play 8 hours or even 10 mins of a game on someones game when i exit and dont keep anything Diablo 2 and dungeon siege 2 should be 2 games looked too when anyone makes a dungeon crawler hell id take a copy and paste of the old D2 with new gfx lol the game play is still fun till today and has unlimited replay value same with DS2 i remember with friends rerunning dungeons killing boss's for loots and even secret places and after game stuff it just made it kick ass and if any of you remember way back to the hidden chicken launcher from ds it was funny as hell anyways tho great devs but poor mp choices and i prey they get resolved fast

im with ya here make a d strafe keys without a doubt and have the camera stick to characters ass so if turning the camera follows instead of running backwards and such . the camera in whole needs replaceing the angle and view + the shared camera in MP is just garbage the character thing too they DID say you get ur own SP and MP characters i was figureing something like diablo 2 where u make x character and its stored on their servers where u can play several difficulitys with them and play through easy normal hard etc with the same character. hell we all know dungeon crawlers are about playing the game MANY times with the same character and farming boss runs 1000x times for the phat loots so ULTIMATELY you can pvp and dual each other to see whos best lol this is what i was preying for when i read about this game a replacement for diablo 2 a game that can last years not a day sadly due to the MP camera shareing thing and not saving my character or loot i only played for 2 hours before i wanted to rip my damn hair out... or make a noose to hang myself with @ this point all i can do is wait and prey to the gods they PATCH this and now

lol so true also this should be a common rule of thumb for any dev games never shared screen in the past and were successful why on earth would they think we would want shared screen crap hell i would have taken the view from fallout new vegas

ya wow you hit the nail on the head i put a complaint in other forums stateing same issues the BIGGEST being shared camera people want their OWN screen and no one and i do mean NO ONE wants to sit there and share a very small limited view with others we want the DS1 and DS2 view setups back where you could see 500 feet infront of u and if you wanted to you could run back to town to cash quest in shop etc while others push on i hate to say it but i got 2 hours into the game SOLO its manageable but in multiplayer i say screw that crap there is no way in hell im playin a game where it focuses all views together hell i wish i could get my money back since game devs these days just dont listen to the public and dont test their games like really who on earth would say lets make ANY game and share view its like making a RTS scarcraft 2 shared view like you would have to be stuck on stupid to even remotely think this was a good idea i hate to see the dumb ass whose drooling all over the place that said this was smart....

yes im preying they do the aspect is well off its not far back enough or high enough doesnt cover enough of the area i always find myself hitting the scroll wheel trying to get 5-10x further but yet it cycles the views on top of this the whole everyone share a screen in multiplayer is so stupid i was expecting something like DS1 or DS2 where you know each person can be where they want when they want as it should be and no shared screen i had so many friends wanting to buy this then they heard shared screen they all said screw that to put it nicely so this NEEDS to change if not that will be another 50+ $ wasted and its happening alot lately too brink two worlds 2 final fantasy XIV thats just to name a few but its happening far to much DS 3 DOES have great story and gfx and game play hell i love it all but this camera crap its horrid and makes me wanna never play sorry for the rant but please fix this asap