I have the diablo II shareware (just barbarian, early game, other constraints) and my family played it for the first couple of weeks after we downloaded it, then went back to their other stuff.
The sims displaced Diablo at our place, but I revvved it back up again the other day, and I'm addicted again. I find it's still very cool.
There's a lot of things to admire about Diablo II. the instant transition between areas, the skill trees, graphics which customize your look, all sorts of neat things.
but I think it's almost crippled by the save system. I don't mind going and retrieving my corpse when I screw up. Really I don't. in fact I used to play a bit of diablo on multiplayer just so I would have to do that. added a little spice.
But when I got back to Diablo, I took great pleasure in hunting down all the creatures on a level, and making sure I learned all its secrets. that was something I missed in Diablo II.
In Diablo II, I stopped caring if I'd cleaned things out. it's not a pleasure, it's a chore. so I started just plowing though all those attackers to get where I was headed to. not as fun.
So what do all of you think.
The sims displaced Diablo at our place, but I revvved it back up again the other day, and I'm addicted again. I find it's still very cool.
There's a lot of things to admire about Diablo II. the instant transition between areas, the skill trees, graphics which customize your look, all sorts of neat things.
but I think it's almost crippled by the save system. I don't mind going and retrieving my corpse when I screw up. Really I don't. in fact I used to play a bit of diablo on multiplayer just so I would have to do that. added a little spice.
But when I got back to Diablo, I took great pleasure in hunting down all the creatures on a level, and making sure I learned all its secrets. that was something I missed in Diablo II.
In Diablo II, I stopped caring if I'd cleaned things out. it's not a pleasure, it's a chore. so I started just plowing though all those attackers to get where I was headed to. not as fun.
So what do all of you think.
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