Is it me, or....?

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How many of you consider Diablo and Diablo II RPGs? they look more like Gauntlet than otherwise. I think they are more fantasy-based arcades. So, if Single Player NWN seems to be a little "Diablesque", don't you think they have more of an arcade than of a RPG? of course, if multi-played, it becomes a full and very interesting RPG, althought I think it's still inferior to BG.

 

That is hardly a fair comparison. Diablo 2 has very little in the way of plot and next to nothing other than combat and "l33tness."

I spent much more time exploring and talking with NPCs than fighting in either the OC or SoU. In fact, I'd say that there is more in the way of hack-and-slash gameplay in BG2 than in NWN.

I'll agree with you that Diablo is not an RPG, as with your statement that BG2 is a better game. However, I found NWN to be much deeper than the Diablo or Dungeon Siege series.

 

single-player NWN is "diablesque" if you only consider the first OC, and presumably if you only played through as a fighter (or any other brain-dead melee class).

while there may have been some disagreement as to whether the first OC was an "RPG", the two XP's were both definitely RPGs. and there are user-made mods out there which can make BG2 blush (almost!).

as for diablo, i never played D2, i played D1 at a friend's house for about 30 minutes and got sick of it.

you can't compare multi-player NWN to BG2 since one is a scripted single-player full-party control adventure, while the other is run by HUMANS and thus has limitless potential.

oh, and I was weaned on 1st edition AD&D and the SSI Gold Box games like Curse of the Azure Bonds and Pool of Radiance. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

I for one don't find Diablo a traditional RPG. It's too lineair. No offense, but I adore BG2 & even ID2 and all other stuff, but I can't play D2 for more than 5 minutes. It's probably just me, but I dislike the genre. Just like Belgiums very own Divine Divinity, which ressembled Diablo. I played it for some time, and it is arguebly an RPG however, the dialogues are well done and all, so I found it an enjoyable play, though not specifically an experience like BG2. But that's my opinion.

[ May 07, 2004, 16:16: Message edited by: Nizidramanii'yt ]

 

You aren't the only one. The Diablo games were boring to me also.

 

Boring like hell. But NWN is far from a Diablo game.

Of course, you CAN play it like one. But it goes far deeper than that. Diablo is more a casual game. I don't see anyone get 'hardcore' with D2...