Diablo 3 hads-on demo previews from BlizCon

Two websites managed to get their hands on Diablo 3 demo during BlizCon and published their first impressions:


1UP.com: Diablo III Demo Preview

It's been a long time coming, but finally, here on the show floor at Gamescom, I got my first chance to play Diablo 3. I'll cut straight to it: It was an almost religious experience. Within moments, all my hopes and expectations for a modern Diablo sequel were met. It's a fine line -- on the one hand, you want all the familiar pieces that made the prior two games so addictive. And on the other hand, there's the evolution of other action-RPG games in the intervening time since Diablo 2. 

Kotaku: Diablo III Demo Preview

We just played Diablo III. For fifteen painfully brief minutes, our lady Barbarian tore through hordes of Fallen, clicking them back to the Hell they came from. It was good.