Diablo 3 - A Pipe Dream

Jarlaxle — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:02:25 GMT

the diablo series is far from being the best RPG games ever made. Tbh it was fun but I prefer better storylines and non-linear gameplay over the hack & slash linear RPG Diablo was. Also Diablo did have a great skill system

Diablo 3 - A Pipe Dream

Kody — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:02:24 GMT

Yeah I agree, while Diablo was a fun game in its own right, there are far better RPGs out there when it comes to stories and in some cases gameplay. The skill system was definitely great, though.

Diablo 3 - A Pipe Dream

Indelible — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:02:23 GMT

I'm sorry but name one thing in Diablo 2 that has not been reciprocated in another game in some way, shape or form. The RPG genre would not be anything like it is today without Diablo.

Diablo 3 - A Pipe Dream

Kody — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:02:22 GMT

Well, I'd have to say the same thing about the Final Fantasy series as well. It happens in any genre though, really. Successful games are mirrored as much as possible because game companies think that just because they're using features from a game they're going to capture that "secret sauce" effect the originator had.

Don't get me wrong - Diablo and Diablo II were great games - probably some of the best games in the last 15 years, but I personally don't find either of them to be the "best" at some of the things they offer. I enjoyed the stories of Warcraft III and some of the Final Fantasy games more, for example. That's not to say the Diablo story is bad, but I don't feel it was amazing for my play experience either.

Then again I was busy playing Warcraft II and then later StarCraft, so I never really got hooked on the Diablo series. Once 2000 rolled around I was summarily beaten into submission by EverQuest and ignored most everything else.