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Is Diablo 2 worth buying in 2011?
Kanester
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Hey guys, I've been having a break from MMO's and since I ended my WOW and Aion subscription I have had a blast playing some old games and games such as League of Legends, Starcraft and Mass Effect 2.
I've got my list of games ready to buy over the next few months and boy is it long. Diablo 3 has really caught my eye but I was wondering If Diablo 2 is worth buying? Just to get to grips with the whole Diablo thing. (I know I know, I've never played it!)..
Dirt cheep on ebay, Worth Buying or outdated in 2011?
Cheers Kane.
Comments
very outdated graphics wise but still very fun.
The graphics haven't really held up that well in my opinion, but the gameplay is still great.
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
I dont recomend it the grafik will make you disapointed, i reinstalled the game when i herd that diablo 3 was a fact and it looked crap it was not like the glory days when i played the game, so if you want to trye it dont spend more then 5 dollar on the game!
D2 is quite old now, I'd say buy Torchlight instead. Or maybe you could wait for Torchlight 2
classics are, always, worth revisiting. go ahead and buy it but just now D3 will be out by Xmas
No its just a shadow of its former self:
cartoony graphics no gothic feeling what so ever
no custom stats
no talent trees
no horadrim cube
no inventory tetris
no boss runs
no death penalty
no necromancer
no lan/solo mode
so basically its world of diablocraft
We need a MMORPG Cataclysm asap, finish the dark age of MMORPGS now!
"Everything you're bitching about is wrong. People don't have the time to invest in corpse runs, impossible zones, or long winded quests. Sometimes, they just want to pop on and play."
"Then maybe MMORPGs aren't for you."
i will dissagree with most posters higher
i would even recomend to get the combo pack at wal-mart or something for 9,99 and play them in order from begining to end.
diablo 1
graphics outdated of course but gameplay still amazing lore is deep and you actually go down to the depths of hell to fight diablo himself. (dont worry i wont give spoilers)
diablo 2
you keep following your hero from diablo 1 from another person's point of view and again (of course) you go down to the depths of hell and fight diablo...
yes diablo 1 and 2 have very outdated graphics... but the gameplay, story, quests and lore are incredible... i still play diablo 2 and after some point i forget the shitty graphics. hell even diablo 1 is still good
then again i come from a generation of gamers that prefer a good gameplay with bad graphics than a bad gameplay with good graphics. my computer can run the cry2 engine without a hickup on max and i still think diablo 1 and 2 are great games to play nowadays. (less D1 than D2)
recomendations for D1 (warrior class)
Recommendations for D2 (Druid (expansion) or amazon regular, easy mode with the barbarian))
For those genuinly interested in D3 the last few days the offical website has exploded with class, skills and system information. http://www.diablo3.com, also check out youtube for 1080p video of the beta.
I have to agree with this post. When D1 & 2 came out i was out of my gaming phase and too busy with real life. I picked up D2 & the expansion cheap perhaps 3 or so years ago fully expecting to hate it with it being so old and outdated but i made myself stick with it for a couple of hours just to see what i'd missed out on and ended up completely addicted to the game.
It's old and ugly but very very addictive and fun. One of the only games to remind me why i loved the simplistic games when i was a kid playing on systems like Amstrad CPC464's and that grpahics don't make the game.
I recommend getting the patch to increase the screen resolution before playing it though. It won't make the game look any better but on todays monitor sizes an 800 x 600 window is tiny and a little off putting. If you end up liking the game then I highly recommend trying out Baldur's Gate if you haven't already.
Thanks guys, Think I will give it ago over the weekend. I don't mind the crappy graphics, I would just like to see what i have missed out on.
Thanks.
Sorry but you are clueless in some ways.
Runes aren't doing what custom stats did back in Diablo same with active passive skills, thanks.
Diablo 3 is not a MMORPG so I should be able to play offline, period.
Diablo 2 is still a good game but you really need the resolution patch. Baal and Diablo runs are fun
We need a MMORPG Cataclysm asap, finish the dark age of MMORPGS now!
"Everything you're bitching about is wrong. People don't have the time to invest in corpse runs, impossible zones, or long winded quests. Sometimes, they just want to pop on and play."
"Then maybe MMORPGs aren't for you."
Yes. Snag the battlechest. Necromancer corpse-explosion in the bug lair is well worth the money.
remember the time where you could have 30+2 minions out at once? people hated me i caused so much lag and chaos. they they limited it to 9
Diablo 1 & 2 are still pretty decent games themselves. However, I would NEVER pay the price a bunch of stores charge for the games still. I've seen them range $30-50 USD, namely for the D2 collection. This 10+ year old game is not worth that.
If you can find them cheap, then it's worth a look.
"I have only two out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold." (First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates, US Marine Corps, Soissons, 19 July 1918)
Watch a gameplay video of it on youtube, if the quality and gameplay looks great in your eyes, then yes. purchase the
Diablo Battle Chest Box Set
There's also a game called Path of Exile, it's in Closed Beta which anyone can sign up for and everyone that's register get a chance to get a beta key sent to them. The site has a random member generator and every 20 to 30minutes a member gets a beta key... This is an upcomig F2P Action RPG, it looks like Diablo 2.5 modified to the extreme. I would even watch a video gameplay of this game as well. The game is set to release at the beginning of next year.
Wildstar (2013) & Elder Scroll Online (2013)
Playing: Diablo 3, WOW, Far Cry 3 & X-Com.
Enjoyed: WOW 5 1/2 yrs, LOTRO 3yrs, GW 1/2yr, DFO 1yr, EVE Online 3yrs, and Huxley (Beta).
Failed to impress: GW2 3months, Tera Online 6 months (best combat system in any MMO I've played) STO 1/4yr, Aion 1/2yr, AoC 1yr, CO, Fallen Earth, DDO, EQ2 1/2yr, WAR 1/2yr, Lineage 2 and FF XI 1/2yr, FF XIV.