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RE: Archdruid Gaming: Gaming Nostalgia Contest
Thank you for your entry. Just one of those games I'm shocked people even to do this day are still playing. We have a community member that posts a daily update on his progress of his playthrough.
No way! I need to find out how these people are still managing to install and play because I think I'd still rather play D2 than D3
Hehe I think we all still rather be playing D2. I've been playing Path of Exile to fill the void. You will have to ask @zakludick how he gets it to run. I think blizzard is selling a version of D2 on there store still. Not sure if there another way to get a playable version of it.
I have been summoned!
How did I get it? Hmmm... I will check for you...
BTW... I love Titan Quest!
I WILL playthrough on D2 all characters and Titan Quest as well one day! :P
Looks like I just got it from a friend. It's 1.13c and there is a Patch file. So... I dunno where I got it from?
D3 was awesome at launch: I could probably do a whole other post on that experience, but they've nerfed it down so much and taken out all of those "wild unpredictable elements" and left the players with pretty much just one path to climb which has made it less reliant on player skill and more on RNG and mindless grinding. So it eventually just got boring to me.
I loved It at launch I use to play a barbarian with a skorn as his weapon. Then they added in those blasted paragon levels and after that it just start to lose all its fun. I play it once in a while but every time I just tell myself “well this is the last time. ” People keep talking and hoping for some kind of D4. I’m not quite sure at this point if they even did would it be worth getting.
I assume they look at it and think “our original fan base is getting to old” we want that hip and younger generation. Would they try and turn it into a battel royal? I somehow think they would or try and make it esports.
I believe you on that theory: Blizzard Activision is definitely leaning hard into e-sports and even all of the challenge modes in D3 indicate that they are planning on it. They did the same thing with WoW and now have challenge levels in dungeons that you can compete on a ladder with. Hearthstone and Overwatch are obviously already full e-sport. Don't get me wrong I like and support e-sports but it's beginning to feel in each and every one of their games that unless you have the amount of time to make a full career out of it, then there is no way you will even start to feel competitive. In D2 all you needed was a group of people playing casually together every evening. There was no re-balancing every couple of weeks to force you to reroll your character and re-learn the game mechanics. It's hard to explain but by making the game more involved and complex, they made it less appealing