Re:The Beautiful Diablo 2 Resurrected Machine
by thriftwy on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:29PM
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Diablo II is a real-time game so it is, with all due respect, a rogue-like.
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Diablo 1 is probably the only notable game you could legitimately describe as a real-time roguelike.
Diablo 2 drifts pretty far from the formula, to the extent that it largely defines the "action RPG" genre as we still know it.
Re:The Beautiful Diablo 2 Resurrected Machine
by thriftwy on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @04:25AM
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Diablo 2 has hardcode mode which actually pushes it closer to roguelike than Diablo 1. I'm not sure what other differences do you have in mind.
Re:The Beautiful Diablo 2 Resurrected Machine
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @12:03AM
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I'll take your word for it; I'm not familiar with the differences between I and II.
Re:The Beautiful Diablo 2 Resurrected Machine
by syngrog66 on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @06:29PM
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Rogue-likes were turn/tick-based engines, played in a terminal, using the curses lib (or equiv). Diablo is no Rogue-like, good sir
my credentials: I'm the creator of what I think was the world's first commercial-only, traditional Rogue-like game (AFAIK)