Recently myself and several other Dtoid masterminds have been running a game of Diablo 2. One thing I can't seem to understand about this game is that no matter how much it ages, it's usually about a half hour in that I'm having such fun with it that I've forgotten it came out seven years ago. Yet the formula is so simple -- point and click my way around and maim anything I can get my hands on. Since it's release many games have come out proudly bearing a "Just like Diablo 2!!!" sticker, but nothing has really touched the popularity of the original game. Fan sites buzz with hope, but there's no confirmation from Blizz just yet.
Since I can't blame the popularity of it on a rich storyline or amazing graphics, I'm wondering what the magic ingredient in Diablo 2 is that makes PC players go back to it again and again after so many years. Deckard Cain's Sean Connery impression? Wirt's leg? Personally, I experience strong sexual arousal in the cow level, but I certainly don't expect that from the rest of you. Fess up: why do you still get the urge to kill Baal & Friends again and again? Or if not Diablo, what's the old school game that you love to replay?
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8:31 PM on 01.07.2007
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Nothing like a female bondage Goro to get you addicted to a game.
That, and the fact that in D2, necromancers actually were cool. None of the crap in other games where you can only have one skeleton. I want to spam for corpses and hate paladins thank you.
@namelessted: buy first, think later
i would love to join you guys on bnet, however, my cdkey on my lod case is smeared!!! i cant read 3 of the letters on it, arghhh.....
StarCraft, WarCraft III, Diablo.
And then...
Just my two cents ^_^
Never, ever, ever gets old.
Why?
It's SATAN, motherfuckers.
X COM!!!
Seriously! That game RULEZ. Alright, I'm gonna go play some D2. Thanks, Dtoid. I'm supposed to be beating Zelda Wii, but nooooooo....
Ahem, sorry
Now that I've pointed out this post to her, she may go install it herself. I may have to pickup another copy of the game with it's expansion, 7 years later!
I heard that Diablo3 WILL be coming out SOON! How did I learn this exclucive news? Google.com, duh.
I hope they have really good chars for diablo3. Also, Paladins will most likley be the weakest link when it comes out, I myself is a fan of paladins, so it will be a dissapointment. I have but only one question.. Are sorces good? They cant do anything good at first, and they cant wear any armor really.. Adding strenght to a sorc makes a sucky char!!! Help?