🚀 go-pugleaf

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.