Time Capsule from PoE Closed Beta -- a classic PoE vs D3 thread circa 2012
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Well that's the great thing about diablo (2) with regard to snobs, douches and other unpleasant people, you can just leave the game.
Although they generally don't appear very often in d2 (in my experience) the great thing is you don't have to deal with them at all. You can just leave the game and join another one, and there's barely any 'douchebaggery' in the form of gameplay because of the way the game is set up. ''Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters.
The silence is your answer.'' IGN: Vaeralyse |
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" well not to baffle you lets break this down, many things in poe were imported from d2's gui. the map for example is a diablo 2 signature thing. as well as the life and mana orbs are very similar.   the lighting dynamic in the game are also familiar to diablo 1 or 2, as well as the highly detailed areas.   now lets take a look at the items..   Auras   i could go on but i think you get what im trying to display here, there are very striking similarity's between diablo and Poe, as a d2 player i recognize those subtle things in poe as i did in diablo 2, which i dont find in diablo 3, yeah path of exile is in wreaclast, but it feels as though its in the realms of the Known Diablo Universe, when i play diablo 3 beta its Warcraft / Activision esq. only time will tell which is the true successor, but as the looks of it Path of exile branches more from the Diablo Franchise than anything else. my 2 cents Phase 1: Make D3 Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit Last edited by TheFalls212#5812 on Mar 25, 2012, 7:59:21 PM
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Yeah I was thinking the same thing when I saw the gameplay videos, reminds me of Diablo II :)
Julius's path of exile wine bundle for mac here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/48708/page/1 Last edited by Faerie_Storm#2108 on Mar 25, 2012, 8:48:56 PM
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I think I'd have to say I agree with this thread in principle, even if my reasons are different.
Having played the beta I must say that Diablo 3 is, I'm afraid, one of the worst triple-A games of thise generation. I'm quite the cynic though (think that Mass Effect 3 was a largely horrendous game). What I was hoping for with Diablo 3 was something mature, something that rewarded me for being a 20 something year old hack 'n' slash fan. Sadly what Blizzard have made is a juvenile game clearly designed to appeal to the World of Warcraft core above and beyond the classic Diablo and Diablo 2 fans. Frankly Runic Games have a better game with Torchlight 2 than Blizzard have with Diablo 3, and it is infinitely cheaper and fills the same gap. For something more mature, Path of Exile looks to be a much better and far deeper game. I haven't played it yet so it's just speculation, but what I'm hearing is good. MOAR PANTS, because every good game needs a pointless meme.
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Indeliblestain wrote:
" I agree with your statement... Being a +40 yr old grumpy old git myself , I am hugely dissapointed with D3 Beta..Far from my expectations.. Played D3 Beta since launch and Poe since September. I still play POE , D3? = total playtime= maybe 25 hrs. I do not doubt that D3 release will be better than the beta , but "I got a bad feeling about this" The game that was no 1 on the "got to buy" list this year = well , glad I didnt preordered.. D3 grapich´s ala 2012 (you gotta be joking..)
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 Brgds , L **Better to burnout , than to fade away**
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" I have got to agree here. I waited for this game for 3 years since I discovered it was being made. It went from my "want to buy list" to my "don't buy this ever list." The graphics are meh, especially for being in development for 10 years. I tried out torchlight with was good, torchlight II looks like it will be good as well, and finally Path of exile looks good. Julius's path of exile wine bundle for mac here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/48708/page/1
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" I consider this as universial truth,and there is a reason I signed up on a forum for the first time since D2,I luckily discovered PoE. After watching a few seconds of a gameplay video,it made me realize even harder the truthfulness of this statement,it was like I snapped out of my D3 fog of "well this is what we get"-mentality. |
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" i was into diablo 2 around 2005 up until 2008 i waited for diablo 3 soo patiently, i remember rumors of diablo 3, how it was going to be just like d2 but wayy more graphically detailed, come to find out we get a wow spin off. poe is my last hope :D Phase 1: Make D3 Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit Last edited by TheFalls212#5812 on Mar 26, 2012, 12:16:31 AM
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" I don't see your reasons being much different to mine there. :) Differently worded perhaps, but the basic reason is the same: extreme disappointment in the mismanagement of the Diablo franchise. https://linktr.ee/wjameschan -- everything I've ever done worth talking about, and even that is debatable.
Huh. My mace dude is now an actual cultist of Chayula. That's kinda wild. |
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" " So true, I waited for 3 years for Diablo III only to be disappointed (got into these games rather late XD). Still I don't want to pay $60 for a game I'll never really *own* I'll go for torchlight, torchlight II and Path of Exile thanks :) Julius's path of exile wine bundle for mac here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/48708/page/1 Last edited by Faerie_Storm#2108 on Mar 25, 2012, 11:29:07 PM
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