Diablo III Launches, Already Completed in Korea Despite Rocky Start

[Marius]

Except skyrims' speed run was done by in-house testers with years of experience with the game already.

The people who completed Korea's speed runs had already datamined everything, had details of all bosses and locations, and worked to a plan.

They also skipped all lore, all cutscenes, and all sidequests.

It's not something I'll be repeating.

[R3DNUT]

comparing apples to oranges. diablo has always been about farming items in hell.. and you can finish diablo2 in less an hour..

[nafem]

suprised its only 5 hours, i know it could take longer but still...

dead island took me 20hours i think but that was some doing side missions etc, was probally one of my fav games as it went for so long with side missons. suprised more games dont make super long games...

[Marius]

Off topic, but this is important!

We're aware that some Australian GAME customers have been left out in the cold on what should be the hottest night of the year -- the launch of Diablo III. To help with this situation and get these players into the game as soon as possible, we've put the following process in place.

Australian GAME customers with a valid preorder/prepurchase receipt dated before May 15, 2012 can do the following:
1. Purchase the digital version of Diablo III from http://www.diablo3.com now or anytime before May 21, 2012.

2. Download and start playing when the servers go live!

3. Submit your GAME Australia preorder/prepurchase receipt to us before June 30, 2012.

4. Receive a credit from Blizzard, for the amount you paid in advance to GAME Australia for Diablo III. This credit will be applied to the payment method used for the digital purchase.
We'll post further details here on how to submit your GAME Australia receipt to our customer service team as soon as possible. Stay tuned, and we look forward to seeing you in the Burning Hells!

[Ashigaru]

Big whoop. Skyrim can also apparently be beaten in around 2 hours as well, if you rush through like a maniac and don't stop to smell the proverbial flowers.

Except skyrims' speed run was done by in-house testers with years of experience with the game already.

True, but think of the fact you've got a beta, and the skill trees have been available for a looong time. I'd say most of the difficult decisions were pre-meditated.

[Mythor]

Awesome gesture from Blizzard, that. Way to show some loyalty to your fans.

Can't wait until someone turns this into a reason to hate them anyway.

As for the "shortness", it's five hours when playing through it specifically to get through it as quickly as possible, not in any sort of regular sense of playing through it. You can get through a lot of games a lot quicker than you'd think if you push hard at it, rather than stopping to fiddle with your character's skills, comparing this item with that, looking through the crafting options, discovering side areas and random special events, as you would be when playing it properly.
If you want to ruin the experience, go ahead and try to finish it in five hours as well. But then you have Nightmare, which will also take about another five hours. Then Hell, for another five hours.

And then because you've rushed through the game Inferno will take you out the back and beat the **** out of you.

Five hours until it unlocks!

[RaTTuS007]

Off topic, but this is important!

We're aware that some Australian GAME customers have been left out in the cold on what should be the hottest night of the year -- the launch of Diablo III. To help with this situation and get these players into the game as soon as possible, we've put the following process in place.

Australian GAME customers with a valid preorder/prepurchase receipt dated before May 15, 2012 can do the following:
1. Purchase the digital version of Diablo III from http://www.diablo3.com now or anytime before May 21, 2012.

2. Download and start playing when the servers go live!

3. Submit your GAME Australia preorder/prepurchase receipt to us before June 30, 2012.

4. Receive a credit from Blizzard, for the amount you paid in advance to GAME Australia for Diablo III. This credit will be applied to the payment method used for the digital purchase.
We'll post further details here on how to submit your GAME Australia receipt to our customer service team as soon as possible. Stay tuned, and we look forward to seeing you in the Burning Hells!

Thats a cool thing to do.

[flabcab]

Just got my CE in the mail....

[DeathMist]

Actually the Korean team who smashed through the game, it took them 2 hours on normal.

Source: Private forum called the "Naver Cafe"

[krapma]

Yeah, working from home today and got my CE from EB Games via Aus Post about 11am. Very nice package.

Haven't been this excited about a game in I don't know how long.
Got 3 days leave booked

[Auld]

I'm seeing reports you can login without a key associated with your Bnet account and still play to the Skele King. So basically starter Edition without having it sent to you.

Pretty cool considering its going to take CJs an extra 12 hours to get my key to me.

[flabcab]

So frustrating having installed and ready to go but having to wait like 4 hours, seriously let me play single player at least!

[Mekon]

So frustrating having installed and ready to go but having to wait like 4 hours, seriously let me play single player at least!

3 hours and a quarter, surely?

[Marius]

Am passing the time by defragging my hard drive.

[TheBard]

+ 1 hour at work + 30 min drive home + install going to be a long night.