My one gripe with Diablo 3 is fact that the core fundamentals of the game have been ripped out. You get a compelling story, solid controls, Diablo style combat, but no RPG style character development. Removal of stat allocation, rune system, the skill allocation system, and the delay to PvP, all of this waters down the game.

I know many will devoutly claim they were a broken system that people did not enjoy (I personally did enjoy making a minor stat change to further my goals end game) but the reason why Diablo 2 was so great was the control of the character. I will still buy the game because I wish to see where the story goes, but I feel Blizzard is trying to mesh two very different game styles together. Time will tell if the choices they made will have as much impact as the original to Diablo 2.