/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10402145
On the other hand:
>atmosphere isn't bad, but it really struggles to match a tenth of the oppressive darkness you get deep down in the dungeons beneath Tristam
>even the town of Tristam itself felt very cut off from the rest of the world, you don't get that kind of isolation here
>the higher speed of the gameplay also works against this, you can sprint like a mad cunt now, so it's seldom as threatening or tense
>there's just not any one deep, dark fantasy dungeon to be crawling anymore
>doesn't actually generate dungeons on the fly anymore, every RNGd area has a small set of formations which is flipped and rotated, then semi RNGs in stuff inside it
>actually getting to Hell, it's a lot less spooky and dark, in fact it's small, often lit by hot lava
>at higher levels, all of the potential variety which Diablo 2 has gets increasinglt flayed off to give way for a proto-MMO skinnerbox
>only limited sets of skill setups and equipment sets are really viable, and the higher level and difficulty you get, the less variety there is, the meta gets incredibly sterile
>by the endgame every character of any given class will look and play the same as everyone else of that class
>the gameplay at this stage becomes monotonous grind runs for levelling and better loot
>Battle.net was already littered with spambots by 2012, and most people were already very content with Diablo 2 being a daily chore for watching numbers go up

Diablo 2 CAN be very fun in multiplayer (singleplayer isn't bad, just not as good), but be wary of what it easily turns into. It's best enjoyed with some pals, ideally with characters which none of you play unless you're all together, so you don't outlevel each other or cramp each other's adventures. Avoid "taxi" servers and drawn out grinding fests.

>>7041056
while things can get kind of muddled with the open design at times (though I only ever got really fucked by a puzzle in hub 3), the open world design is really fucking nice and impressive considering it's age, and also the classes are fun though I ended up missing the roster of weapons at your disposal you had in heretic (and the tome of power of course, shit was amazing)
the autumn trees look amazing to me too, hexen has a great artstyle
>>7041087
main game is fine for the most part but I wasn't able to finish death kings
should not have went with the mage especially after using the fighter in the main game

Hexen turns 25 tomorrow.

If OP doesn't use a Hexen image for next thread I'll personally hunt him down.

Also there should be a large list of recommend mods and hub wads for everyone to play to celebrate the 25th in honour of the switch hunting doom engine kino

>>7025830
ARE YOU READY TO DIE?

>>6132972
>Hexen
Don't fucking get my hopes up, Romero.

>>5779525
Favorite game of all time.