• Lightsong@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It controls and looks great, though the game was outshined by its sequels.

    Hahahahahahahahaha no.

    None of its sequels beat Diablo II’s greatness.

    Oops, didn’t realize it was D1 not D2 :(

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      1 month ago

      None of its sequels beat Diablo II’s greatness.

      I dunno man. I think people have a lot of nostalgia for Diablo II. I didn’t play it that much when I was younger (parents wouldn’t let me buy it because satan or some shit), though I did manage to borrow a friend’s copy for a month or so. Absolutely loved it, but it was hard.

      Recently got the Switch version and tried to play through. If you don’t have a plan for your build, and you don’t know where to get good items, it can be extremely frustrating trying to progress. And you have limited respecs. And every time you die you risk losing all of your stuff if you can’t get back to it.

      Diablo II was amazing for its time, but it lacks a lot of the quality of life improvements that make Diablo III and Diablo IV (after updates) better to play, IMO.

      (Don’t get me wrong, D3 and D4 needed serious help when they launched, but both have gotten pretty awesome updates since launch. D4 season 4 especially breathed wonderful life into that game.)

      Edit: Also this article is talking about Diablo ONE, not Diablo II.

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        1 month ago

        Whole heartedly agree D4 last season was an absolute banger probably my favorite Diablo to date

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          I’m enjoying season 5 quite a bit, too. The story is definitely leading into the expansion, and I really like the simplification of Varshan summons (although I don’t understand why they’re still having the parts we now turn into Malignant Hearts drop rather than just having Malignant Hearts).