Saw this on their Blizzcon free stream.

I'll admit it.. not excited at all.

I finally got in this wave. 3 of us burned through the beta 3 times in a row tonight. I tried out the New Barb, Wizard, and Demon Hunter.

More than anything else, I'm amazed at how well the new team channeled the spirit of Diablo. It's absolutely a Diablo game in every sense of the word, playing it felt like playing Diablo. With the smaller party size and slower running speed, it felt a bit more like classic D1 and a bit less like D2, but it was definitely very Diablo-ish. One thing that Diablo has always nailed is the sheer pleasure of slaughtering hundreds of monsters very loudly and taking their stuff. I know of no game comparable to Diablo in the sheer fun category except the Sacred games, none of the other Diablo-alikes have ever captured the sheer joy of genociding demons the way Diablo has.

The difficulty level seems lower than I remember but they will probably tune it for the final game. The graphics are every bit as primitive as expected, the one thing which is a bit disappointing about D3. I hope Blizzard is planning a Very High texture resolution for the retail release. Besides that, it's gloomy and dark, bright effects go off when huge death skills are used, the usual monster bashing sound effects are well-realized, and Deckard Cain still sounds like Deckard Cain even though he's like 1,466 years old now. It's Diablo. That's all you need to know, really.