🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 26 Apr 1998 15:29:06 GMT, mrpo...@ozemail.com.au (UnTamed)
wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:37:33 +0000, Xay Voong
><REMOVEk...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>>�
>>
>>MJ wrote:
>>
>>> > > HEXplore and Diablo both BLOW. If Diablo is an RPG then I'm fucking
>>> > >Santa Claus, which I ain't.
>>> > >You want a real RPG wait for EverQuest or Ultima9 baby!
>>> > If you read the writeup about Diablo II in CGW then you'd have seen
>>> > the quote, "We thought about making a RPG, but decided to make Diablo
>>> > instead."
>>> >
>>> > Cynic
>>>
>>> The Genre is defined by the way the game plays or is, not by what the
>>> producers call it. I could write a childrens book and call it a
>>> psychilogical thriller but it would still just be a picture book
>>> �
>>
>>�very good point.� i mean people still call Rogue-like games RPG, even
>>though
>>it has no role-playing involved, just exploring and fighting.� Diablo seems
>>like
>>a modern Rogue to me, albeit enhanced graphically and interface-wise,
>>realtime
>>and multiplayer and all.
>>
>
>Well, why does 90% of people call it an RPG?  It shouldn't even be in
>that category. Kind of annoying comparing this to the Ultima's, EOB's,
>Elder Scrolls, M&M's, etc. I brought Diablo and played it for a few
>days and was SOOOO sick of it. It's all the same and the randomly
>generated dungeons suck.

It's simple really. If you like Diablo, or any other game for that
matter, you play it. If not, then don't. People are different, not
everyone sees it the same as you, and judging by Diablo sales
(approaching 2 million) lots don't see it like you.

Paul