10-28-2008, 12:39 PM
I would have to see some really impressive changes when D3 comes out for... and hold on to your seats here... me to even get it.
I played D2 a lot. Like a hell of a lot. Off and on for several years. It was a great game. But the one thing that it lacked that is probably the most essential part of any game. Substance. Longevity. I had several characters in their 80's with pretty godly gear, but it didn't even require a "falling-out" with the game to steer me away from it to other games.
I think the reason for that is that it was more of a satisfaction to a gamer's OCD. Making a perfect character, getting the best gear, and being able to kill things the fastest. That's how all games are, but D2 was repetitive. You aren't going up against new monsters that are harder, you're going up against the same monster. It's pretty blah.
A lot of people play D2 for the PvP, and maybe PvP is a whole other world that I never fully experienced, but I didn't think it was really all that interesting or fun. It was mostly just a bunch of people teleporting around each other and chancing hits on one another. Meh.
If D3 proves to be something really amazing, then I'll get it, but I don't think I can see that happening unless they do content patches, like WoW, although they aren't going to be asking for monthly subscriptions.
So it's iffy. I almost want to buy it just because it's a Blizzard game though. We'll see.
I played D2 a lot. Like a hell of a lot. Off and on for several years. It was a great game. But the one thing that it lacked that is probably the most essential part of any game. Substance. Longevity. I had several characters in their 80's with pretty godly gear, but it didn't even require a "falling-out" with the game to steer me away from it to other games.
I think the reason for that is that it was more of a satisfaction to a gamer's OCD. Making a perfect character, getting the best gear, and being able to kill things the fastest. That's how all games are, but D2 was repetitive. You aren't going up against new monsters that are harder, you're going up against the same monster. It's pretty blah.
A lot of people play D2 for the PvP, and maybe PvP is a whole other world that I never fully experienced, but I didn't think it was really all that interesting or fun. It was mostly just a bunch of people teleporting around each other and chancing hits on one another. Meh.
If D3 proves to be something really amazing, then I'll get it, but I don't think I can see that happening unless they do content patches, like WoW, although they aren't going to be asking for monthly subscriptions.
So it's iffy. I almost want to buy it just because it's a Blizzard game though. We'll see.