Yeah I've backed it this game looks fantastic to me. If the combat can match the quality of ToEE I'll be happy. probably the most exciting thing about it is they're shipping it with an editor / toolset so hopefully modders will create lots of additional content for the game like with NWN 1 & 2.

It is discusting how they played Diablo fans into buying virtual ticket with that the future of diablo video :-))

I don't understand the distribution in Europe thing, isn't that how CDP started? Distributing, in Poland to be sure, but I am wondering if they should do this themselves, or is that just too cumbersome and would take away focus?

Managing expectations...grrrr

Agreed. Although, sarcasm is difficult especially in text AND in the Internet, and the last sentence of the original post makes me suspect it was in fact just that. Not sure though, heh.

I am a seasoned D&D and Pathfinder player, but still I have specific questions about gamemechanics. So ingame explanations can can help.

That makes no sense. Not wanting to simplify the game for the sake of wider audience is one thing, but not endeavouring to make it accessible by explaining the rules to the uninitiated is sheer folly.

Right, now I see that paragraph. Still, not a system for this day and age...

There's a paragraph on that, near the end. And while I can definitely sympathize (I refused to play the recent Shadowrun games until they added a proper save system), the checkpoints here are not one-time use. You choose whether to "eat" them for XP or not, and they are plentiful enough to not be a major issue, imo.

Hmm, I must say though, unless I have nostalgia to make me love it, it's hard for me to get into games now put out on this type of engine or that look like this. I can play the Baldur's Gate Trilogy, which I do, a lot, but I can't play a new game made on it, maybe if it is in the Forgotten Realms or Planescape.