I really think this game is a bit to overhyped. It is a great game but to be honest. I think it will be worse than D2.
people sure have to much high hopes for the game. whit such hopes it can only be worse then the people hope for. wich you will see the the players rating when it get's released. their probably is gonna be alot of whining because it isn't that super duper awsome game of the decade they hoped for.
D2 was a masterpiece. it will be very hard to do beter then D2. not much games in the same genre have become beter since D2. so why whould D3 be beter?
I'm glad they improved the graphics greatly with the newest Diablo. But other than graphics, and a different storyline, the game is pretty much the same as the second.
You can head over to Battle.net/d3 and check the forums. A lot of fanboy-ism there but generally people are upset with the game. It's just not a Diablo game anymore. At least the older crowd, the ones who have been around longer, see this.
I don't want to completely rag on the game but it's not worth the time and money.