i’ve been giving diablo 2 a whirl after a million years of hearing it’s the best thing since sliced bread. the thing is thing that i don’t really want to eat a plain slice of bread, which is kind of what diablo 2 feels like.
it’s just so dull. hours and hours of walking through generic rooms killing the same two or three enemy reskins by holding down the same button.
i honestly preferred diablo 3 which feels a bit like saying i like mcdonalds more than steak. but i would take mcdonalds over an overcooked, unseasoned steak. junk is better than bland. and like, the bad steak still has more nutritional value (which is to say that diablo 2 is a real coherent video game and diablo 3 is just an elaborate skinner box ala gacha games), but god I need some fucking kepchup. i played diablo 2 for three days and I still haven’t unlocked ketchup.
anyway, tortured metaphors aside, a lot of what made me want to play diablo 2 is the style of the remake; i’m a big fan of the isometric perspective, love when my video games look like a diorama. but none of the environments are that interesting? i kinda reached a point where i was just like, I could play pillers of eternity 2 for the millionth time if i wanted this art style but with like, creativity.
anyway, i hate to yuck anybody’s yum and i know diablo 2 is a beloved game for a lot of people. i really tried to like it! but I just don’t see it. my intent here is not to yuck yums, but to get this fucking tortured food metaphor out of my head.
also it goes without saying not to give blizzard money in 2023. happily, i acquired diablo 2 through mysterious Other Means.
anyway, i think i’m gonna give grim dawn a whirl. i’ve had my eye on it for years a playing on of these games as a gunslinger sounds rad as hell.