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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by Maro on Monday June 18, 2018 @02:39PM (#17340574)
I played and loved both Diablo 1, 2 and 3, SP only. At 37, I still play D3 sometimes (SP).

Can somebody explain why D3 is not the "spiritual successor"?

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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by Vekz on Monday June 18, 2018 @03:24PM (#17340965)
It dropped a lot of the themes, pacing and mechanics of Diablo 1 and 2.

The classic aesthetic of Diablo is a slow-medium paced dungeon crawler rouge like with brooding death metally horror atmosphere and deep lore.

Diablo 3 is fast paced anime esque disney lore slot machine

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