better is subjective
depends on what kind of game/experience you are looking for
diablo 2 and diablo 3 are both good games, but completelly DIFFERENT games.
Sorry to put you on the spot but what's so different between both of those games? I was thinking of reinstalling and play some Diablo 3 it's been a while.
Diablo 2 is very demanding when it comes to items and builds and progress. I wouldn't say 'hard', but its demanding. You need to know what youre building, why you're building it, and what gear to get.
It good and fun because once you get a build rolling, mowing down monsters you struggled to kill at first can be fun, and there's a certain charm to it's itemization and drop system that no ARPG has accomplished since. Its character/item systems also offer an interesting depth that D3 does not. However, the endgame is quite shallow.
Meanwhile, D3 is SUPER casual and forgiving. You can throw literally anything on and pick any skills and make progress. However, once you reach nephalem rifts/Torments, you NEED to have a Set or some specific Legacy of Dreams gem build equipped, or you will hit a wall. This is still supper forgiving and casual, since the sets basically tell you what skills to use and how to play.
Almost all the sets are viable to a certain extent, but some are definitely better than others. D3 has a more extensive end-game than 2, and its pretty fun while it lasts. However, it really lasts a month maximum. D3 has a variety of fun skills and satisfying animations that make it a nice fun casual action RPG, but it lacks the depth that D2 offers.
>D3 has a more extensive end-game than 2, and its pretty fun while it lasts. However, it really lasts a month maximum.
How many hours do you think I can clock in with D3?
Damn, now I am considering picking up Diablo 3 and refunding Resurrected.
So far, I like D2R but I'm very early in the game and all the people talking about stat allocation and gear is daunting. I'm worried about reaching a point where the build I have is like running into a wall and I can't progress because "lol you should've read this manual on your class homosexual, now re-roll".
>all the people talking about stat allocation and gear is daunting
2 has content designed specifically for optimized buids. You can finish the game on normal with virtually any character build, but if you want to play on higher difficulties (they work like a newgame+), you need to know the skills and understand the game's mechanics. Some characters depend on gear more than others, but generally you will need an optimized build to see trully endgame stuff (ubers).
3 years ago
Anonymous
Bullshit. You finish normal at level 35-40, but can still level to 99 by the time you finish Hell. You don't need to be optimized to finish Hell, just stubborn.
I had a lot of fun playing OG Diablo 2, but found it extremely difficult to go back after playing 3. There are a lot of gameplay workflow optimizations that make it play extremely well on console, and I use the local coop on Diablo 3. Granted I do like the freeform weird ass characters you can come up with in 2, I like the seasons in 3 much more. The way the world is laid out feels fresher in 3, 2 gets old quickly. I have no desire to go back to grinding in 2, in 3 its only really necessary for GR 70+ chars. The crafting in 3 provides a lot of freedom, 2 is mainly runewords and a couple cube recipes (I haven't looked into this as much for current 2 Resurrected though so I could be wrong).
Diablo 3 has had the benefit of almost a decade worth of patches, tweaks and fixes and they're still releasing new content. 2 is like, trying to cash in on nostalgia but making you see it through EA lenses, if that makes sense. That's probably the biggest reason, I feel like I'm starting over with 2 but I already know everything and have to wait for patches, content, etc.
one more thing I forgot to mention, 2 isn't really old enough for me to feel nostalgic about it considering how long I played it for. I can go back to Diablo 1 on gog and I do, but I sunk sooooo much time into 2 that I have no desire to do it all over again without something new and fresh like local coop.
You're probably in the target demographic then, I don't think it really flies for people who played the shit out of OG 2. I hope you like it, I had some rad concept characters. Melee sorc, Lagromancer, Hammerdin, singer Barb, concept builds is where I had the most fun honestly.
Naw it's just all we did for a long time, thanks for asking though
3 years ago
Anonymous
>we
you have to go back
3 years ago
Anonymous
I don't talk to any of the morons I used to game with anymore. My wife likes local coop Diablo 3 so that's been our jam for a while. If I still played with them I might if they did, but we all kind of stopped gaming together for various reasons, then stopped talking altogether because that's all we had. I still play Diablo 1 though, I love the setting and music.
D3 is awesome if you want to shut off your brain and have glorious "I hit the button and the screen explodes into piles of loot," time. Nothing wrong with it. Musou games can do that, too.
D2 has a slower burn and bigger dopamine hits when you finally see a Unique or Set item drop or level up and upgrade a skill. Also, bigger multiplayer groups with people, mercs, and minions makes it feel like a larger experience.
Diablo is a very literal dungeon crawl -- you creep into the depths and can quite honestly be overwhelmed by two or three enemies -- but is also a gem.
It is a narrative being pushed on reddit.
One can argue that D2 isn't an ageless classic and there are better ARPGs out there.
But saying D3 is better is pure reddit contrarianism.
It's not that. The dude went out of his way to prove to some random nobody on Ganker? Lmao, come on I'm not wasting 3 minutes of my life to prove anybody on Ganker
you're wasting multiple minutes of your life posting on this board dumbass
3 years ago
Anonymous
I'm not wasting my time. I visit Ganker because it's fun and it amuses me. Proving to some random nobody on Ganker is extra rich from a complete moronic Canadian. And you're a homosexual.
3 years ago
Anonymous
>replying to some homosexual to prove him wrong isnt fun and amusing to me
do you have autism or something? cant understand that other people have their own unique experiences?
>leaf acting like subhuman
no matter the year, still a joke nation
also D3 is casualized to the point of sets giving flat 15.000% damage increase per description, allowing you to jump from T4 to T12. I remember that i could complete new season not in month, but in 2-3 days
Not american, but i prefer to eb europoor than being a literal joke of a countr and nation to the point, that other leaders just act like canadian PM is a clown, joking about him in front of him, despite ukrainian PM formery working as joker, just standing next to him
At least Diablo 2 Resurrected still has breasts. Corrupted Rogue is topless (only one boob + nipple exposed). Fricking Pathfinder can have text about child abuse, rape and torture but don't you DARE show a succubus naked.
>getting peer pressured to buy it >tempted because I'm a little bored and i kinda want to play Diablo 2 again >54$ CAD + tax >nu-blizzard product
Feels bad to deny my friends but I aint spending 60+ leaf bucks on a remake, especially a Blizzard remake.
if the canadian-obsessed offtopic posters are still here
do you have the one of the canadian wojak in his comfy tiny room with the bear peeking thru the window
>D1 >Warrior >Die at higher difficulties because your shield block animation has highest priority >Can't attack enemies because your block keeps overriding the swing animation >Die
I keep hearing people saying Diablo 3 is way better than Resurrected. Is this a meme or is it true?
better is subjective
depends on what kind of game/experience you are looking for
diablo 2 and diablo 3 are both good games, but completelly DIFFERENT games.
Sorry to put you on the spot but what's so different between both of those games? I was thinking of reinstalling and play some Diablo 3 it's been a while.
Diablo 2 is very demanding when it comes to items and builds and progress. I wouldn't say 'hard', but its demanding. You need to know what youre building, why you're building it, and what gear to get.
It good and fun because once you get a build rolling, mowing down monsters you struggled to kill at first can be fun, and there's a certain charm to it's itemization and drop system that no ARPG has accomplished since. Its character/item systems also offer an interesting depth that D3 does not. However, the endgame is quite shallow.
Meanwhile, D3 is SUPER casual and forgiving. You can throw literally anything on and pick any skills and make progress. However, once you reach nephalem rifts/Torments, you NEED to have a Set or some specific Legacy of Dreams gem build equipped, or you will hit a wall. This is still supper forgiving and casual, since the sets basically tell you what skills to use and how to play.
Almost all the sets are viable to a certain extent, but some are definitely better than others. D3 has a more extensive end-game than 2, and its pretty fun while it lasts. However, it really lasts a month maximum. D3 has a variety of fun skills and satisfying animations that make it a nice fun casual action RPG, but it lacks the depth that D2 offers.
>D3 has a more extensive end-game than 2, and its pretty fun while it lasts. However, it really lasts a month maximum.
How many hours do you think I can clock in with D3?
dunno tbqhwyf
depends on what youre looking to do as well
one char to end-endgame? maybe.... 100?
multiple chars and builds? more
Damn, now I am considering picking up Diablo 3 and refunding Resurrected.
So far, I like D2R but I'm very early in the game and all the people talking about stat allocation and gear is daunting. I'm worried about reaching a point where the build I have is like running into a wall and I can't progress because "lol you should've read this manual on your class homosexual, now re-roll".
lol oh so NOW you want to buy diablo 3? fricking shut the frick up you moron
If you don't follow guides you will be forced to reroll. It's virtually inevitable in D2. D3 is ass in general.
>all the people talking about stat allocation and gear is daunting
2 has content designed specifically for optimized buids. You can finish the game on normal with virtually any character build, but if you want to play on higher difficulties (they work like a newgame+), you need to know the skills and understand the game's mechanics. Some characters depend on gear more than others, but generally you will need an optimized build to see trully endgame stuff (ubers).
Bullshit. You finish normal at level 35-40, but can still level to 99 by the time you finish Hell. You don't need to be optimized to finish Hell, just stubborn.
imo current Diablo 3 is better than current Diablo 2 Resurrected
How do you figure that?
I had a lot of fun playing OG Diablo 2, but found it extremely difficult to go back after playing 3. There are a lot of gameplay workflow optimizations that make it play extremely well on console, and I use the local coop on Diablo 3. Granted I do like the freeform weird ass characters you can come up with in 2, I like the seasons in 3 much more. The way the world is laid out feels fresher in 3, 2 gets old quickly. I have no desire to go back to grinding in 2, in 3 its only really necessary for GR 70+ chars. The crafting in 3 provides a lot of freedom, 2 is mainly runewords and a couple cube recipes (I haven't looked into this as much for current 2 Resurrected though so I could be wrong).
Diablo 3 has had the benefit of almost a decade worth of patches, tweaks and fixes and they're still releasing new content. 2 is like, trying to cash in on nostalgia but making you see it through EA lenses, if that makes sense. That's probably the biggest reason, I feel like I'm starting over with 2 but I already know everything and have to wait for patches, content, etc.
>3 is suddenly preferred to 2 now that 2 has become the "new thing"
i hate you people so much its fricking unreal
one more thing I forgot to mention, 2 isn't really old enough for me to feel nostalgic about it considering how long I played it for. I can go back to Diablo 1 on gog and I do, but I sunk sooooo much time into 2 that I have no desire to do it all over again without something new and fresh like local coop.
Cool. I’ve never played D2 and I really enjoy the remake.
You're probably in the target demographic then, I don't think it really flies for people who played the shit out of OG 2. I hope you like it, I had some rad concept characters. Melee sorc, Lagromancer, Hammerdin, singer Barb, concept builds is where I had the most fun honestly.
are you on the spectrum by any chance?
Naw it's just all we did for a long time, thanks for asking though
>we
you have to go back
I don't talk to any of the morons I used to game with anymore. My wife likes local coop Diablo 3 so that's been our jam for a while. If I still played with them I might if they did, but we all kind of stopped gaming together for various reasons, then stopped talking altogether because that's all we had. I still play Diablo 1 though, I love the setting and music.
this goy is wilding out. top fricking kek
cool. i played it very little growing up so the remake is a blast to me
D3 is awesome if you want to shut off your brain and have glorious "I hit the button and the screen explodes into piles of loot," time. Nothing wrong with it. Musou games can do that, too.
D2 has a slower burn and bigger dopamine hits when you finally see a Unique or Set item drop or level up and upgrade a skill. Also, bigger multiplayer groups with people, mercs, and minions makes it feel like a larger experience.
Diablo is a very literal dungeon crawl -- you creep into the depths and can quite honestly be overwhelmed by two or three enemies -- but is also a gem.
diablo 3 is an arcade hack n slash dungeon crawler like gauntlet, its not an arpg
It is a narrative being pushed on reddit.
One can argue that D2 isn't an ageless classic and there are better ARPGs out there.
But saying D3 is better is pure reddit contrarianism.
i bet that user on reddit doesnt even have more than 4 buttons on their mouse.
Reddit isn't contrarian Reddit is mainstream normie shit. Ganker tends to ramp up the contrarianism.
The Hell 2 > Diablo
most stagnant genre of all time which is a shame since the looting and skill building have great potential
Diablo is Angband for morons
this mexican is hoping middle aged white men from middle america will write based to their post. adorable
Racist much?
Kys
noice. i got replied to by a bona-fide goy.
>He actually posts his arm to show he's not Mexican
C'mon anon don't be so fricking moronic. This is an anonymous image board
canadians let all their women become legalized prostitutes. dont be surprised they are stupid
massive cope after getting btfo lmao
It's not that. The dude went out of his way to prove to some random nobody on Ganker? Lmao, come on I'm not wasting 3 minutes of my life to prove anybody on Ganker
you think im random? but i encompass the power of all trolls. the common user has no power but to try and prove something to me
you're wasting multiple minutes of your life posting on this board dumbass
I'm not wasting my time. I visit Ganker because it's fun and it amuses me. Proving to some random nobody on Ganker is extra rich from a complete moronic Canadian. And you're a homosexual.
>replying to some homosexual to prove him wrong isnt fun and amusing to me
do you have autism or something? cant understand that other people have their own unique experiences?
>that soft looking skin and lack of veins
lol fatass
you have no wrist muscles go to the fricking gym you fricking fat skinny canadian fricking leaf moron.
>leaf acting like subhuman
no matter the year, still a joke nation
also D3 is casualized to the point of sets giving flat 15.000% damage increase per description, allowing you to jump from T4 to T12. I remember that i could complete new season not in month, but in 2-3 days
single-nationality americucks eternally seething
you will forever be in americas shadow leaf
imagine being unable to read kek
>b-but i also have american citizi-
you will always be a fricking leaf fatass
seethe harder
day of the rake soon leaf
>he actually went and seethed harder
>hes still a fricking leaf
>holy quran
had me up to there
most canadians are either already hardcore mormons or something or don't give a shit about religion
Not american, but i prefer to eb europoor than being a literal joke of a countr and nation to the point, that other leaders just act like canadian PM is a clown, joking about him in front of him, despite ukrainian PM formery working as joker, just standing next to him
massive seethe + cope kek
lol what does this post even mean, you ESL moron??
why did you want to reply to that b8 post?
jesus fricking christ, I didn't know leaves could be so based
adorable. samegayging. everyone does it though the samegayging
Simu Lu is honestly based! B-A-S-E-D!!!
At least Diablo 2 Resurrected still has breasts. Corrupted Rogue is topless (only one boob + nipple exposed). Fricking Pathfinder can have text about child abuse, rape and torture but don't you DARE show a succubus naked.
Being a contrarian makes you neither smart, nor clever
Diablo>=divine divinity>>>>>>>>
divinity>>Diablo 2>medianxl>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>d2r
Sacred > Diablo
>getting peer pressured to buy it
>tempted because I'm a little bored and i kinda want to play Diablo 2 again
>54$ CAD + tax
>nu-blizzard product
Feels bad to deny my friends but I aint spending 60+ leaf bucks on a remake, especially a Blizzard remake.
>people saying diablo 3 is good now
What the frick?
if the canadian-obsessed offtopic posters are still here
do you have the one of the canadian wojak in his comfy tiny room with the bear peeking thru the window
no.
actually yes, i do.
almost any game > diablo
simple as
Grim Dawn > D2 (modded) > D2 > PoE > D3 > Lost Epoch
Grim Dawn Reign of Terror mod is GOAT
>play D2
>have to play Blizzard Sorc for 40 hours since it is the only effective way to farm all the gear I need to play any other class
whoa...
3 > 2R >2
you were not even alive when diablo came out
what year do you think it is right now?
2021
im going to take an educated guess and say that OP is not older than 23
top kek this user is scarred from Ganker
but diablo came out on gog last year
why cant i pick a class
>D1
>Warrior
>Die at higher difficulties because your shield block animation has highest priority
>Can't attack enemies because your block keeps overriding the swing animation
>Die
just play ranger, simple as
I've played the game 5 times but I think 2 out of the 3 times I beat it I was a ranger
where's dark souls in all this then
>technical mess > more optimized mess
Congrats, you are contrarian
for once op is not a homosexual