Diablo has the option of playing multiplayer
This was particularly troubling due to the game's 24/7 online requirement. While Diablo has the option of playing multiplayer, you can complete the entire game in your own time if you want to D2R Items . There's no reason why players shouldn't have the ability to simply go about the campaign by themselves, no matter whether servers were functioning or not. But playing offline, as it was in the first two games, was not an option, and eager players could not make advancement whatsoever as Blizzard dealt with the server issues. The issue didn't come completely out of the blue: Prior to its release, and basing off the playable Beta players had already expressed concern about the requirement to be online 24/7. "Right now with the state it's in, it's a fundamentally damaged product" wrote John Walker for RPS. "A single-player game which doesn't pause, and if you do not quit the game, it will automatically boot you out and then stop it." But Bl...