|
|
Forum Overview
::
Reviews
|
|
|
by MM 02/24/2006, 7:29am PST |
|
 |
|
 |
|
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:
I think an excellent question is, "How did Diablo 2 get so big?" I remember the Multi-Gauntlet emulator becoming mature around the summer of 1996, Diablo being released late in 1996 and Get Medieval being released in 1998. I nailed 'em all. I was pretty much set at that point. But there must have been something compelling in Diablo 2 (I've never played it) because it was released four years after the first one and it's still for sale at Best Buy or Walmart or whatnot six years later.
ICJ
I have no clue. I beat Diablo 1 once and could never finish Diablo 2. Desire to watch all the cutscenes was the only thing that got me as far as the swamp chapter (nature's sewer.) I most definitely did not like the whole "save up your skill points until you hit level 25 sometime in the final chapter" gameplay straightjacket.
My favorite Gauntlet clone was actually an add-on for the computer game Nox. Nox was originally designed as sko 2D deathmatch game so the characters sprinted at top speed and combat was genuinely exciting. The single player was not randomly generated, however, and suffered greatly from the problem of degrading equipment and a scarcity of shops at which to repair them. Not to mention no co-op.
Then late in the game's shelf-life the site released this 30 MB add-on pack that was a series of dungeons with enemy generators, non-degrading equipment, and co-op play. Shops were still rare, but it was a fucking blast. It looked a hell of a lot better than Diablo 2, also. |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Why is diablo 1 fun? by CHicago 02/24/2006, 12:32am PST 
It's not. It WAS because it was one of a kind, then Diablo 2, now MMOs. NT by Creexul :( 02/24/2006, 1:05am PST 
Re: It's not. It WAS because it was one of a kind, then Diablo 2, now MMOs. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/24/2006, 1:24am PST 
You should play it. It's awesome. NT by Fussbett 02/24/2006, 2:08am PST 
Re: It's not. It WAS because it was one of a kind, then Diablo 2, now MMOs. by MM 02/24/2006, 7:29am PST 
Re: Why is diablo 1 fun? by Bunyip 02/24/2006, 3:23am PST 
|
|
|
|
|