Is Diablo 3 the worst game in the series now?

[TRethehedgehog]

It seems like people are really liking Diablo 4. Does this make Diablo 3 the worst one in the series?

Imagine I have to play Diablo 3 after Diablo 4 launches because I don’t have a good enough pc and because I’m not caught up with the series

[Psychlapse]

D3 wasn't that bad. People dogpiled it after the success of d2 - it was always going to be a tough act to follow.

D3 did feel more shallow, and a bit too reliant on sets and pre-approved builds, but it's still fun enough to spec right, switch off brain and watch whole screens of demons go squelch.

[AustrAlien2010]

Diablo 3 was always the worst, because it had an always online requirement, and didn't even had LAN support.

[Grimmz]

Messaggio originale di Nepgineer Gaming:

I'd say Diablo 2 is simply due to Diablo not being the big bad of a game ironically named after him but Baal instead, I mean how can we call it Diablo if the final boss is not bloody Diablo but his grumpy emo brother Baal!?

Baal was expansion you know. if you ever played the original d2, you'd know that.

[HALO_run]

1 isn't the worst as one feller was saying but yeah 3 is the worst of the set, 2 is the best don't even need to mod it

anything like 3 that always needs to be online kills the point of a solo player, no lan and worse

[Grimmz]

i never played 3 so i'm not gona review it but i'll just say it looks out of place, like its some kind of kid's version of diablo, its cartoony.

and D4 looks just like D2R, maybe slightly more honed but thats my issue with it, it doesn't look good enough for me to be interested in paying 60 something bucks for it. if i want a Diablo experience, i'll just stick to D2.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Messaggio originale di Masque:

Messaggio originale di Heitor Villa-Lobos:

"If we keep repeating its fun and that people are enjoying it, perhaps it will come true!"

Any Diablo-like is better than IV.

That's a bold statement and a hot take.

Even Lost Ark? Wolcen?

Ok, more of a feeling than a fact.

There are good Diablo-like games out there and I hope there will be more.

Also, I hope there are more community efforts on creating games using libre engines:
https://freeablo.org/
https://opendiablo2.com/
https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX

[TRethehedgehog]

That reminds me, does anyone know if the battle.net for Diablo 2 (2000) is still up? 1’s shutdown and on the store page for Diablo 2 they still advertise online

[kharille]

I discovered I could convert my diablo 2 key to a new version. Managed to get it installed but I don't play it. i think battlenet still works.

[Marius]

Diablo 1. Great game. Nice atmosphere. Bit old. Bit slow, but does its job.
Diablo 1: Hellfire. We don't talk about it.

Diablo 2: LoD post 1.10. Introduced Enigma, changed the game totally. Awesome!
Diablo 2: LoD 1.09. More down to Earth. No Enigma. Awesome game!
Diablo 2: Classic. Without LoD. It's hard, no mana potions, etc. You've got to love it.
Project Diablo 2. Enhanced LoD in lots of ways. Maybe bordering on straying too far from Vanilla.
Path of Diablo 2. Enhanced LoD as well. Staying closer to the vanilla experience.
SlashDiablo 2. Just Vanilla Diablo on private servers where BH and widescreen are accepted.
Diablo 2 LoD (Personally my favourite) with Vanilla.MPQ from Basemod + LeBron's BH + SlashDiablo's Widescreen. Introduces some quality of life improvements like gem, gold, scrolls, arrows, etc. pickup (no items) and many more. 25 fps bypass, etc. Picking another MPQ will grant you more, but questionable QoL's. Also has an editable config.ini (The 3 above can also be edited for SP).
Diablo 2: Resurrected. Patch 2.3 and 2.4 were basically Diablo 2, but with better graphics. It was awesome. Too bad we can't downgrade, but 2.4 is there somewhere for people who want to play Vanilla, but in a modern jacket.
Diablo 2: Resurrected. Patch 2.5, 2.6, 2.7. Has more influences from the post-original Blizzard team. Like new items, RW's, etc. Plays a bit more like Diablo 3 and 4. See Mosaic Assassin.

Diablo 3. Was somewhat fun, and very hard. RMAH was strange. One of the worst games ever. Always online as well. One of the worst stories.
Diablo 3: RoS. Made everything better. It felt a bit more like Diablo, but it wasn't Diablo. Lots of zoom-zoom action, etc.

Diablo 4. It's basically a Diablo 3 remake. Darker tone. Introduced MTX, open world, level scaling, etc. Cosmetics, etc. From a personal opinion, it's the worst game in the franchise. Can't deny it perhaps has great graphics, but I would rate D2 Resurrected graphics higher.

[Pendragon]

Not for me. I'm an old timer having played tons of D1 back in the 90s, then even more D2 and even "morer" 😅 D3. D3 is the game I played the most and still playing time to time. I find it hella fun. I played D4 only once for the story and while it was good the fact you can't replay the campaign with your same character is the most un-Diablo thing ever. Big letdown there. Now I'm mainly playing D2R (on the Switch it's so good) and occasionally D3.

[Steve]

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