Despite all of the errors, hackings, and delays, some people have actually been playing Diablo 3. In fact, a couple gamers have managed to do what many will never even attempt: beat Diablo 3 on Inferno difficulty with Hardcore characters. Bashiok, the community manager at Blizzard, confirmed this on Twitter on Tuesday morning, making Kripparrian the barbarian and Krippi the wizard the first to accomplish this herculean task.
For anyone unaware of just how impressive this feat is, Hardcore characters in Diablo 3 are unique because once they die, they are permanently wiped from the player’s account. That means every battle could be a player’s last, no matter how much progress has been made.
Those that have attempted this feat know how intense and terrifying encounters while playing Hardcore characters can be, so this nearly half hour video of the end of the game provided by Kripparrian himself will be all the more remarkable:
