[tcaudilllg]

It looks like the type of game that would take a month to finish.

[RampantCoyote]

Yeah, it's pretty huge. And you spend a lot of time returning to town and heading back down into the dungeon again (though there are shortcuts you can find to get you to certain lower levels quickly, which helps).
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[tcaudilllg]

Is there story, or is it all dungeon?

[TheSuddenFire]

[tcaudilllg]

My impression of it was Rogue in 3D.

[RampantCoyote]

There is a story, but it's pretty thin.

It's a fixed dungeon with (semi-)fixed encounters, not random like Diablo or roguelikes. So the dungeon has a lot of very specific puzzles and navigation tricks to it.
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[TheSuddenFire]

Puzzles would make it cool. Diablo didn't really have any at all that I can remember. I never played Rogue. However, I could argue that the replay value would lessen a little if everything were fixed. Not that it's that big of a deal. Just throwing out thoughts :)
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[tcaudilllg]

If you've never played Rogue, it's playable online right now. Just type it in Google.

But it's basically a flat Ultima.

[RampantCoyote]

[TheSuddenFire]

Very true on the fact that Diablo may have had one little extra spark involving the rest of its world. The run, run, hack, slash, done thing kinda bores you after a while. Not having to "figure anything out" can leave it stagnant. It's one of those games where you spend all of your time getting better and better equipment.
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[tcaudilllg]

Diablo is fine as a single player game. However the new Diablo 3 is just WoW with different graphics. I'm completely unimpressed with the game and don't intend to play it at all.

I think this game would have been better if the maker had asked a writer to write a plot for it. Might have even made the pages of PC Gamer in that event.

[TheSuddenFire]

I've only seen YouTube vids of it. It looks like Diablo II with more 3D appeal and I've heard a lot of bad rap on it. I always thought Blizzard was interminably perfect until WoW hit and now I guess D3, as well. Every band writes a bad song on their CD, right?
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[tcaudilllg]

All they've produced for years are 3D versions of their previous games. No gameplay innovations of any kind. Just not worth the value.

But these days, the big publishers just don't hardly stand out. Only a few still produce worthwhile content. Most of the best games today, are indie.

Speaking of which, have you played Agarest War 2? That game must be the most complex, convoluted TRPG EVER.

[TheSuddenFire]

I haven't had money or heavy game interest for a long time. I'm really upset that Project Offset was cancelled. I think it was a 3 man project from an interview that I watched and the game was outstanding. It was supposed to take the Skyrim spot but didn't work out for some reason. If I had the funds, I'd get another PS3 and play Alice 2. I got to test it for a minute at a friends house. GORGEOUS. Not to mention I'm an avid Alice in Wonderland fanatic.
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[tcaudilllg]

I'm thinking The Last Story will be worthwhile.