I had high hopes for D3 but it ultimately failed to deliver. Although I had no inherent object to the AH/RMAH in PRINCIPLE, in PRACTICE it lead to the loot drops for your own character being too rare and uninteresting. So, first/second biggest thing about ARPGs, THE LOOT (tied with character choice), D3 messed up. 1-60 you're NEVER excited about getting new gear. At 60, you have a .001% chance of getting something you'll use, and even then, it's just +boring stats.

Disappoint with D3 is so fresh, TL2 just feels like, "What the hell were they thinking?"

Norn Necromancer.

Necromancer will be my first, main class. Even though it needs a lot of love compared to the other classes, I'm optimistic they'll properly buff the class eventually. I'll probably wind up playing all classes eventually, though.

Obviously the best thing is practice. You may want to try a game like Portal or Portal 2, where you can get used to mouse movement and general "FPS" controls, but it's not really an FPS, and there's no rush or pressure while learning.

SpaceChem

Binding of Isaac

Plants Vs. Zombies

These are some of the best games in existence. You would be unwise to ignore them.

If you want a puzzle game that is hard, amazing, and will make you feel like a genius, get SpaceChem. SPACECHEM.

Guild Wars 2 will crash and burn.

jakes456

Hope you like the taste of crow. :P Their preorders have already exceeded their expectations. Also, since there's no subscriber numbers, how do you go about determining if it "crashed and burned" or not? By total sales of the game? (which will most likely be info given to the public eventually) Or by the willingness of people who bought the game to spend money on the gem shop? (which probably won't be given out to the public).

SWTOR. Played the beta, knew it was going to go downhill fast. I thought the IP would make the slide slower, but it went F2P in under a year, faster than I thought it would.

Both. But if I could only get one, it would be GW2.

I'm a fan of GW and i got all the expansions, i played it for about 2 years untill it became boring for me.

I'really looking forward to this since i think Blizz killed WoW after Wotlk.

I Played GW2 in both the past betas and i had fun, but couple of things didnt add up for me.

1. lack of healing class can be hard for melee classes. what I found out that if there is an event where players have to down a boss, melee players keep on dieng and their healing wasnt enough for taking the dmg. it was much safer for casters and rangers. unless to stand at the back it is nearly impossible to not get "DOWNED" at the tutorial boss.

2. the health for all classes seems to be the same. I dont know why is this a good thing. the balance of the traditional rpgs where warriors have more health always seems fair and to work.

3. the game needs more optimising, i think others have said this too. the game is beautiful but most systems apparentlycant get 60 frames on HIGH settings.

4. What are the benefits of having a party? I know many like it that you can help others disregarding being in party with them or not, and get xp and loot for the kills. but i want to know if being in a party has any benefits?

I like this game and hope to see more refinement to the combat. if im wrong on anything please let me know.

overall im looking forward to this game :)

mf1986

1. Everyone gets downed by the tutorial boss...it's automatic. They do it to introduce you to the idea of the downed stat. There's no avoiding it. Also, all "melee" classes have ranged options with the proper weapons.

2. The health may be the same, but different classes are allowed to wear different armor (light, medium, heavy). In practice, this basically gives more HP (more hits to die).

3. Optimization is ongoing and they aren't done yet (and it will most likely continue after release).

4. I think the only benefit is that you can see everyone's health bars at a convenient glance. Also, group chat for better instruction.