[color:"orange"]after i was told to go to the dwarven-bread tavern (or something) i got virtually LOST in the game! this was not an issue with Diablo2 at all![/color]
The number of quests you can get can be a little overwhelming, but it is also very immersive, and you can go through the quest log and finish off the smaller quests first, if you wish.
This wasn't a problem with Diablo 2 because it there were not any real quests (go kill something, or go find something, which involves killing something) and it is relatively linear.