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Re: try HEXPLORE and you will blow Diablo away !!!!!!!!!!!!

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From: MJ
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 00:00
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> > 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

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From: "MJ" <Ma...@b150.aone.net.au>
Subject: Re: try HEXPLORE and you will blow Diablo away !!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 1998/04/21
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