One More Level writer compares Diablo 2 and 3.
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Diablo IV may be the latest entry from the Diablo series, but it can sure learn a thing or two from the iconic Diablo II. Both of these games are different and similar to each other, but Diablo II's phenomenal presence should still be more appearing in Diablo IV to make the game even better in its current state.
A fan-run initiative called Project Diablo 2 has brought a 60 FPS update for the classic Diablo title, among other changes.
Boo! Thought this was eventually a patch for diablo2 on PS5. The fact that they can’t get that game to run in quality mode at 60fps is an absolute joke!
Nostalgia....it's usually better now than when you were actually having the moment. Few games were as epic as you remember. You had less fun than you probably remember playing that earlier entry too. Gamers always want their fav games to stay the same...then when they do they get bashed for not advancing. Classic
I haven't played Diablo 3 but I seem to be having the same trouble with most modern rpgs. Dragons dogma is the happiest I've been in awhile with an RPG because of its old roots. In a day when games cost so much to make and in a time of WoW and CoD in which developers are constantly aware of just how much can be made and how large a consumer audience can be, games have been streamlined. RPG fans of old lobe to spend as much time in the menus as in the game. We love huge skill trees and lots of loot. And we really love the story. Now, I know that younger gamers, for the most part, don't have the patience for this, and that they make up a large part of the target audience, but there must be a way to make some great old school rpgs that will sell enough to justify their creation.
This is exactly what I've been saying too
Diablo 2 when it came out was a buggy mess, it received 8.3/10 at IGN and just wasn't as good as people might think.
After patches and the Lord of Destruction expansion pack things changed dramatically, with the addition of rune words and world events. I played it to death again 2 years ago on battle.net.
In Diablo 3 I have two lvl 60 characters and I've met some awesome people as well. After hitting the brick wall called Inferno difficulty though, I have little motivation to go back.
Moral of the story: I hope Diablo 3 will grow and improve over time as Diablo 2 did.