Are you implying that Diablo's fanbase doesn't expect years of play?
Check all the "WTF no end game blah blah" threads on this very site if you need a refresher. Of course I didn't mean to imply that the game was advertised directly stating "years and years of gameplay". In the end, that is subjective. However, Blizzard knows damn well what the fans expect.
The OP expressed his opinion that D3 doesn't offer the re-playability he had hoped for and 65 hours is but a drop in the bucket. IT is not enough time to run one character all the way through and experience a great deal of content. If he was dissatisfied after 65 hours, that means he understood he wasn't happy with the product before really experiencing much of what the product offers.
I don't need to check any threads. The original Diablo 2 never imagined it would result in hundreds of hours of gameplay. The leveling till 99 and etc to extend gameplay was all added after the first expansion.
Likewise, when you design a game like Diablo 3, it does make sense not to implement the lvl 99 limit. They know and we know there will be at least 1 expansion, hopefully 2-4. to that end, they made a really really hard mode, called it inferno and "normal" players will hit a brick wall and need to gear up for the game. That is the design for longivity for Diablo 3, it is not years and years, it is long enough till the expansion is ready.
Blizzard's policy and many retailers, put in refunds partly because it is expected, partly for good will, and partly because people do legitimatly not like their product. But humans being humans will always try to game the system, which is what the OP did. The refund is mainly intended for people who found out their PC could not run the game, or after a few hours truly did not like the gameplay.
I myself will watch a movie till the end no matter how bad because I paid for that ticket or rental. But that's 2 hours, 3 hours tops. What the OP did was spend 65 hours playing a game that he now says sucks. NO ONE spends 65 hours doing something they don't enjoy.
Hence, he is gaming the system, which calls his morals or lack of them into question. Not everyone does this but it is exactly because of these immoral people that health care costs are through the roof, fakeing accidents, making false claims etc. Dont get me wrong, I don't like the big insurance firms either (and I have no particular like/hate for Blizzard) but when people game the system, business are forced to put measures in place. End result, regular consumers suffer.
I really don't have issue with someone wanting a refund after a few weeks (65+ hours) of play. The intention of a game like D3 is that it gets hundreds of hours of play over many years, and to understand whether or not you will enjoy it in this capacity, you would need to play it for at least 60ish hours to know for sure.
There is no basis for invoking a moral stand against what he did.
No where is any advert does it say that Diablo 3 will give you hundreds of hours of play. Just like some people play Civilization for 1 campaign and some play it constantly for hundreds of hours. Just like Skyrim, some played 20-30 hours enjoyed it and moved on and I know many have sunk 500+ hours into it. Diablo 3 is just like any other game and the number of hours you play it is dependent on your enjoyment of the game.
You spent 65 hours playing a game, want a refund and you don't think it is a moral issue? Of course it is. All gamers are disappointed by a game some where along the way. You accept it and handle it in a responsible and mature method.
I stand by my opinion, (and it is an opinion not an attack). The OP is a douche with no morals.
Regardless of expectations of D3, of a feeling of disappointment, being a fanboy etc.
This guy played a game for 65 hours. And got a refund.
1) Props to Blizzard for doing this. It is a nice gesture from them.
2) This guy is a douche with no morals
It is one thing to buy a blender, find it doesn't perform as you expected to and return it. It is another to buy a blender, use the heck out of it and then return it because you don't need it anymore.
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I don't need to check any threads. The original Diablo 2 never imagined it would result in hundreds of hours of gameplay. The leveling till 99 and etc to extend gameplay was all added after the first expansion.
Likewise, when you design a game like Diablo 3, it does make sense not to implement the lvl 99 limit. They know and we know there will be at least 1 expansion, hopefully 2-4. to that end, they made a really really hard mode, called it inferno and "normal" players will hit a brick wall and need to gear up for the game. That is the design for longivity for Diablo 3, it is not years and years, it is long enough till the expansion is ready.
Blizzard's policy and many retailers, put in refunds partly because it is expected, partly for good will, and partly because people do legitimatly not like their product. But humans being humans will always try to game the system, which is what the OP did. The refund is mainly intended for people who found out their PC could not run the game, or after a few hours truly did not like the gameplay.
I myself will watch a movie till the end no matter how bad because I paid for that ticket or rental. But that's 2 hours, 3 hours tops. What the OP did was spend 65 hours playing a game that he now says sucks. NO ONE spends 65 hours doing something they don't enjoy.
Hence, he is gaming the system, which calls his morals or lack of them into question. Not everyone does this but it is exactly because of these immoral people that health care costs are through the roof, fakeing accidents, making false claims etc. Dont get me wrong, I don't like the big insurance firms either (and I have no particular like/hate for Blizzard) but when people game the system, business are forced to put measures in place. End result, regular consumers suffer.
No where is any advert does it say that Diablo 3 will give you hundreds of hours of play. Just like some people play Civilization for 1 campaign and some play it constantly for hundreds of hours. Just like Skyrim, some played 20-30 hours enjoyed it and moved on and I know many have sunk 500+ hours into it. Diablo 3 is just like any other game and the number of hours you play it is dependent on your enjoyment of the game.
You spent 65 hours playing a game, want a refund and you don't think it is a moral issue? Of course it is. All gamers are disappointed by a game some where along the way. You accept it and handle it in a responsible and mature method.
I stand by my opinion, (and it is an opinion not an attack). The OP is a douche with no morals.
This guy played a game for 65 hours. And got a refund.
1) Props to Blizzard for doing this. It is a nice gesture from them.
2) This guy is a douche with no morals
It is one thing to buy a blender, find it doesn't perform as you expected to and return it. It is another to buy a blender, use the heck out of it and then return it because you don't need it anymore.