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

[mimizukari]

no 1 is worst in the series. then 2 unmodded is 2nd worst. but 2 median xl>3

[TRethehedgehog]

Ok well yea, one is feeling a little dated, but at least I can play it unlike TES: Daggerfall

[mimizukari]

i would say save the money buying diablo 3 and work towards upgrading your PC. Diablo IV is the absolute best, probably one of the best if not the best game that I have ever played. 3 is very dated at this point.

[Hammer Of Evil]

yeah i'd say for sure.

3 is just fully boring from start to finish, the devs attempted a direction there, and i didnt really appreciate it.

honestly though, i think d2 w/ LoD expansion was the magnum opus of diablo. the game was so addictive it was insane. and so much fun.

idk if d4 comes close to that though, i dont think its much better than d3 imo =p

[lavalobster93]

compared to diablo 2, it is a step down
it feels dumbed down and way too much cool stuff drops, i was deep in the torment levels before i stopped

diablo 2 (and now d2r) just feels more fun to play, i bought the remaster and played it for a month straight before i played anything else

[Masque]

I liked D3, but I had problems with it.

D2 = nothing good ever drops for your class, because they wanted you to be online and trading, and I never played online.

D3 = nothing good ever drops outside your class or it's partner class, because everyone complained about that in D2 so they went to the exact opposite extreme, instead of splitting the difference.
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D2 = mods and overhauls like Plugy and MEDIAN XL

D3 = screw you, modders.

[mimizukari]

Masque a écrit :

I liked D3, but I had problems with it.

D2 = nothing good ever drops for your class, because they wanted you to be online and trading, and I never played online.

D3 = nothing good ever drops outside your class or it's partner class, because everyone complained about that in D2 so they went to the exact opposite extreme, instead of splitting the difference.
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D2 = mods and overhauls like Plugy and MEDIAN XL

D3 = screw you, modders.

and D4 = targeted farm, things will drop outside of your class if you know what to farm. different monster families have bonus drops outside of their regular targeted loot pool, best of both worlds.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

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!?

[mimizukari]

Nepgineer Gaming a écrit :

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!?

wat? uber lilith is the big bad, not the weak diablo who is inconsequential. Lilith literally created sanctuary and had to be stopped in Diablo 2. she was way stronger than any of the base game(prior to endgame) bosses like Baal. she had as much hp as pandemonium Diablo and was able to hit way harder.

[Masque]

I've been playing D4, intermittently since late afternoon on June 1, and I don't know if I like it yet or not. It's more difficult for me, even steeped as I am in the genre, especially Diablo 2,3, and Grim Dawn (777 hours!). They did the current thing of matching the enemy level with your level so grinding isn't as important -- since all the enemies and bosses level up with you.

Also the open world format makes it a very different style of game than before. More like Grim Dawn or even Breath of the Wild, if the comparison can be stretched. I recently read a guide on one of the game sites that recommended that at first I just focus on main quest goals -- because if you don't, you'll level too quickly and so will all the bosses.

You can start in the D3-equivalent of Tier 2 if you want (for "experienced Diablo players") so I did, thinking I was probably in that category. The first boss completely kicked my butt, but I'm not used to the dash mechanic (press space to dash, and you start with only one dash, and it has a 5 second or so cooldown), and there's lots of stuff flying around bullet-hell style on the first boss. And I suck at bullet hell games.

I plan on humbly switching the difficulty back to the Tier 1 newbie babby beginner level when I play again.

D4 might sit in my library for a few months before I really get into it.

D3 sat in my library for more than a year before I decided I liked playing it.

Right now, Soulstone Survivors just got a No Man's Sky-sized gigantic update, and is more fun than D4 for me. D4 will abide, in the meantime, and grow, and get patches, and evolve.

It is incredibly gorgeous on my 1660 Ti, 4th gen i7 (4790k) with DLAA and 1080p.

No server issues. I don't care about microtransactions, and I don't care about FOMO or dressing up my character like a barbie doll, so their presence doesn't anger me and cause me to cry in my keyboard like so many others.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

mochikaeru a écrit :

Nepgineer Gaming a écrit :

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!?

wat? uber lilith is the big bad, not the weak diablo who is inconsequential. Lilith literally created sanctuary and had to be stopped in Diablo 2. she was way stronger than any of the base game(prior to endgame) bosses like Baal. she had as much hp as pandemonium Diablo and was able to hit way harder.

I know but at least Diablo, whos name is on the box, is not regulated to just a side act! In Diablo 2 he's not even a major part, he's more of a secret boss you can optionally fight, in Diablo 3 sure hes not that big of a part but you met the dude when he's trying to understand why humans run their heads into walls by running his head into the gates of heaven!

Also ya I do know how Lillith and the...god I forget the Archangel dudes name have the entire main lore, I was trying to just joke with how Baal is a boss of one game then seemingly gets left hanging as his death had seemingly no impact later

[Masque]

Wait, Diablo games have a story?



Kidding aside -- does anyone really care about the story or lore in Diablo games, or Grim Dawn, or Path of Exile, or Torchlight 2?

The skinner box is all that matters to most of us rats.

Except the really nerdy rats. Nerds.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Masque a écrit :

Wait, Diablo games have a story?

Ya quite a lot of it that is largely explained in the usual Blizzard fasion, largely in books or ingame guides, just like the entire Lore of Warcraft Dragons is largely told in hardback books.

[Anosmyk]

Is Diablo 4 only on blizzards launcher?

[Goldias]

It's the one that make me stop caring for this series so yeah.