🚀 go-pugleaf

just to charm in here, but the bottom line is that diablo is fun, who gives
a shit what kinda game it is.
Teej
UnTamed wrote in message <3543522f...@news.ozemail.com.au>...
>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.