DemonDragonJ
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This year is the 20th anniversary of Diablo II, the second installment in Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo video game series, and certainly one of the greatest video games ever made.
First, I would like to apologize for the lateness of making such a thread, because I did not realize that that game was so old.
If Nintendo and DOS games were the games of my childhood, Blizzard games, especially this one, were the games of my adolescence; I cannot recall how many hours I spent playing this game, but they were hours that were well-spent, since this game never failed to provide an exciting and novel experience. Very few other games that I have played have ever had such great replay value.
I would not say that Diablo II is my favorite video game, ever, but it is definitely in my top ten, because it simply contains such a great amount of awesome content and helps the player to feel immersed in the game world.
The original Diablo was certainly an excellent game, in its own right, but its controls and gameplay could be slow and unwieldy, at times; however, Diablo II definitely improved upon the original with gameplay that was far smoother and easier to understand, and even more impressive was the fact that even one of Diablo II’s five acts was nearly as large as the entire game of the original. However, there was also a contrast between the atmosphere of the two games; the original game was very dark and grim, and made the player feel as if they were exploring a small town with a dark secret and truly descending into hell, but the sequel was more of an epic fantasy quest, as the player traveled across five different realms in pursuit of the titular character; the sequel certainly had dark and grim moments, but none as dark as the original, although that is not to say that the sequel is in any way inferior to the original; it simply is different.
Of the seven classes in the game, my favorite is likely the assassin, since I was a student of the martial arts, at one time, and her playing style most appeals to me.
For the 20th anniversary of this game, it would have been great if Blizzard had remastered it, as they did for both Starcraft and Warcraft III, but it seems that they are not interested in that, unfortunately.
What does everyone else say about this? What are your thoughts about this year being the 20th anniversary of Diablo II?
First, I would like to apologize for the lateness of making such a thread, because I did not realize that that game was so old.
If Nintendo and DOS games were the games of my childhood, Blizzard games, especially this one, were the games of my adolescence; I cannot recall how many hours I spent playing this game, but they were hours that were well-spent, since this game never failed to provide an exciting and novel experience. Very few other games that I have played have ever had such great replay value.
I would not say that Diablo II is my favorite video game, ever, but it is definitely in my top ten, because it simply contains such a great amount of awesome content and helps the player to feel immersed in the game world.
The original Diablo was certainly an excellent game, in its own right, but its controls and gameplay could be slow and unwieldy, at times; however, Diablo II definitely improved upon the original with gameplay that was far smoother and easier to understand, and even more impressive was the fact that even one of Diablo II’s five acts was nearly as large as the entire game of the original. However, there was also a contrast between the atmosphere of the two games; the original game was very dark and grim, and made the player feel as if they were exploring a small town with a dark secret and truly descending into hell, but the sequel was more of an epic fantasy quest, as the player traveled across five different realms in pursuit of the titular character; the sequel certainly had dark and grim moments, but none as dark as the original, although that is not to say that the sequel is in any way inferior to the original; it simply is different.
Of the seven classes in the game, my favorite is likely the assassin, since I was a student of the martial arts, at one time, and her playing style most appeals to me.
For the 20th anniversary of this game, it would have been great if Blizzard had remastered it, as they did for both Starcraft and Warcraft III, but it seems that they are not interested in that, unfortunately.
What does everyone else say about this? What are your thoughts about this year being the 20th anniversary of Diablo II?
. Would be interesting to see how this plays on consoles and it would be very entertaining to get back into that world again. But then you remember this is current Blizzard and loot boxes and such come to mind.
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