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Blizzard Entertainment recently announcement that closed beta testing had begun on the upcoming action RPG sequel, Diablo III. Rock, Paper, Shotgun has posted some early information about the eagerly anticipated game's features.

In fact, much of the scenery is destructible, wagons can be pulverised, and even buildings can crumble as you explore them. It’s bizarre to experience, doubled by its being bizarre for destructible environments to feel so unusual in this genre. But this of course means I now feel obliged to demolish every table, cart and chair I encounter. I must smash. Smash all. And it’s worth keeping an eye out of any interesting switches or levers, as giving these a tug might bring down some more ceiling furniture on nearby mobs.

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[DaveyJJ]

Does it still require an always-on Internet connection to play even the single-player game? Oh, yeah it does. Meh.

[Hansi]

Yes always on, and it sounds like an issue, because you can't loose the connection for even a few seconds without being booted... I hope they will take the feedback to heart during the beta and the final will at least allow a few minutes of disconnects...

[Cougar]

I don't really care about always-on internet for Diablo because I was always on Battle.net with the old one anyway. I could see how it could be an issue for those with spotty internet though.

I know the Mac client was released as well. Does anyone know if there are first impressions of the mac client anywhere?

[Wumpus]

I don't care for the always-on internet stuff, but having since played Ubisofts games, most of which are always-online as well, its not too bad. A few disconnects here and there which always pauses the game, but overall i've had a seamless experience. My net's good enough, but I'm sure there's lots of Diablo fans out there who don't have the best net so this "feature" certainly is a downer for them.

[PeopleLikeFrank]

Always-on is slightly worse here: you can't pause the single-player game, and if you idle for an hour, it disconnects you, losing any progress since your last checkpoint. You get the benefits of Battle.net if you're into MP, but folks into single-player only are just getting shafted.

[Atticus]

Yeah, because with two-year-old twins at home, I never have to pause a game.

/sarcasm

/f.u. blizzard

[Wumpus]

I agree, SP players are getting shafted. I'm primarily into single player myself. I tried MP in Diablo 2 and I actually didn't enjoy it at all. Much like with Starcraft 2, Blizzard is pushing battle.net more as a platform. Well perhaps "forcing" is a better word given you don't have a choice like with D3.

[Mister Mumbles]

You can't pause a single-player game? What kind of BS is that? I guess town portals will provide a new use now. *shakes head in confusion*