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Diablo 1 for Web Browsers

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Re: Diablo 1 for Web Browsers

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Post by princevegeta89 »

slfnflctd wrote: post #64

Still some of the best (pseudo-) random dungeon generation I've ever played. That functionality alone probably accounts for over 90% of the time I spent replaying it. It's strange to me that so few games in the genre seem to do this as well, over 25 years later. Hades is supposed to be good, but for some reason it doesn't look like something I'd enjoy. Maybe I'll pick it up on sale at some point and find out.

Hope you came across Dead Cells.

Incredible game with an amazing value for almost infinite-replayability

Re: Diablo 1 for Web Browsers

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Post by solardev »

metadat wrote: post #86
diogenescynic wrote: post #81

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Diablo II is still more fun to play than Diablo III (in my opinion). The community behind Diablo II is just 100x more passionate and loyal. The rune word system in Diablo II is still being expanded which makes the game re-playable every season.

Agreed, D2 is/was the pinnacle of and set the benchmark for two-dimension dungeon-crawler RPGs. It's still an enjoyable game even 20+ years later. It's probably a good thing there's no Web/Android/iOS version because I'd be hooked, and don't have time for that anymore! I grew up playing an inordinate amount of Warcraft I, II, III, and StarCraft in the 90s with my siblings. The quirky character voices and scripts were…

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Re: Diablo 1 for Web Browsers

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Post by omginternets »

Schinken_ wrote: post #88
solardev wrote: post #71

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Have you tried Diablo 3 yet? After the real money auction house fiasco, Blizzard did a 360 and completely turned the game around and continued to grow it over the years. It is an excellent game now. Path of Exile is another really good one, more like D2, whereas D3 was more streamlined (plays very well, but less customization). Both do random dungeon generation. In a different genre, but Deep Rock Galactic has super…

Pointing out the obvious that doing a 360 would change absolutely nothing since you'd end up facing the same direction you started with. Did you mean: 180?

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Re: Diablo 1 for Web Browsers

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Post by Soulsbane »

johnny_canuck wrote: post #68

Wow, I grew up during the mid-90s when the internet was just starting to consume the world. Diablo (Battle.net) and QuakeWorld were my jams at the time. After that came the MMORPGs of the late 90s, Ultima Online and Asheron's Call. Good times. I was recently reading Masters of Doom and this fits right in with the vibes of that book. Incredible seeing the lasting impact of the games of that time.

Asheron's Call was my first MMO. Played it for like 6 years before moving to WoW where all my friend's were. One thing I loved about AC is you could run from one side of the world to another without zoning(for the most part). This was pretty unique back then. Another was the skill based system. No classes. It still holds a special place in my heart.

Still need to get around to trying the server emulator but I'm on Linux.

Re: Diablo 1 for Web Browsers

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Post by Thaxll »

vintermann wrote: post #59
Thaxll wrote: post #53

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Valve dooes not make games anymore though. One game ( VR ) in the last 10 years?

They're still very much in the games business, though. And it's better to have published few games than to milk their "franchises" dry in the usual way.

"better"? The only reason they don't make game anymore is because Steam is a printing money machine.

Re: Diablo 1 for Web Browsers

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Post by whartung »

My singular memory of D1 was that you had to clickclickclickclickclick.

It got to the point that I hurt my hand, it never really recovered from it.

I never got very far in D1, but played a lot of D2 and boatloads of D3.

I go back to D3 once or twice a year when a new season hits.

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