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RaderOfTheLostArk |
Mar 8 2019, 02:15 AM
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QUOTE(SubRosa @ Mar 7 2019, 04:34 PM) Gog.com now has the original Diablo on sale. I am downloading it now. I really want to buy it, but is it really worth $10? Admittedly, I'm a bit of a cheapskate, but $10 seems a bit much for such an old game. Of course, some old games are still worth that much. I always hear great things about it, and from what I've seen I think I'd enjoy it. I have a few questions if you or anyone can shed some light on it. 1) I saw on some of the GOG reviews (which are astonishingly 15 pages long already even though it was just released today and even though it was highly desired by GOG users) that the mechanics are very clunky. How clunky are we talking? There are clunky games that I've enjoyed and there are some that I just could not get into. 2) Whenever I've played a "Diablo clone," I'm never quite sure what people mean. Titan Quest and Grim Dawn supposedly fit this bill, but I found those games boring fairly quickly. Yet Divine Divinity is also called a Diablo clone and it is one of my favorite games ever. And I felt they were very different games. So what the hell exactly makes a Diablo clone a Diablo clone?3) If I've never played it before, is it really worth $10? Although I have some historical curiosity, it is not enough for me to buy this game. But I am very interested in playing. This post has been edited by RaderOfTheLostArk: Mar 8 2019, 02:16 AM
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mALX |
Mar 8 2019, 03:13 AM
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Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN
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QUOTE(Decrepit @ Mar 3 2019, 06:07 AM) @mALX Talk about living close to the tracks. In this less than one minute clip folks push it to absurdity! It will be a while before I can watch the new episodes you've posted; I really want to give them my full focus and can't right now. I did watch the above; though = I just have to ask...why? What is the point of that? If the train stopped and people got off and shopped, maybe I could see it. But to set up there just to have the train roll over the top of it = not to mention that the fruit would have to get dirt and diesel fumes all over it = urgh.
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SubRosa |
Mar 8 2019, 11:45 PM
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Joined: 14-March 10
From: Between The Worlds
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QUOTE(RaderOfTheLostArk @ Mar 7 2019, 08:15 PM) QUOTE(SubRosa @ Mar 7 2019, 04:34 PM) Gog.com now has the original Diablo on sale. I am downloading it now. I really want to buy it, but is it really worth $10? Admittedly, I'm a bit of a cheapskate, but $10 seems a bit much for such an old game. Of course, some old games are still worth that much. I always hear great things about it, and from what I've seen I think I'd enjoy it. I have a few questions if you or anyone can shed some light on it. 1) I saw on some of the GOG reviews (which are astonishingly 15 pages long already even though it was just released today and even though it was highly desired by GOG users) that the mechanics are very clunky. How clunky are we talking? There are clunky games that I've enjoyed and there are some that I just could not get into. 2) Whenever I've played a "Diablo clone," I'm never quite sure what people mean. Titan Quest and Grim Dawn supposedly fit this bill, but I found those games boring fairly quickly. Yet Divine Divinity is also called a Diablo clone and it is one of my favorite games ever. And I felt they were very different games. So what the hell exactly makes a Diablo clone a Diablo clone?3) If I've never played it before, is it really worth $10? Although I have some historical curiosity, it is not enough for me to buy this game. But I am very interested in playing. I suppose it all depends on how much $10 means to you. At this point in my life, I don't really notice spending that much. At other times, I would have had to put a of thought into spending that much. I remember Diablo when it first came out (and I shelled out a lot more for it). At the time it was exceptional. Nowadays its really nothing special. To be honest, I bought it again more for the sake of nostalgia. I still have my old cds from when I first bought it. The same with Diablo II. It was not easy getting Diablo I to work from my old discs, and impossible with Diablo II. So I was glad for a copy that was pre-tweaked to run on a 64-bit OS. I do not know that I would say it was clunky. It is a simple point and click game. Point and click to walk. Point and click to attack. Inventory management could be difficult as the game does not pause when you look in your inventory and move things around in it or to your 'belt', which is basically a hot-bar of 8 slots that you could assign quick keys to. Mainly you put healing and mana potions there. Then you could hit the quick keys to use them (numbers 1 - 8 of course). If you had to dig through your inventory to find a potion during a fight, there was a good chance you would get killed.
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RaderOfTheLostArk |
Mar 11 2019, 02:06 AM
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Mouth
Joined: 4-May 17
From: Lilmoth, Black Marsh
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QUOTE(SubRosa @ Mar 8 2019, 06:45 PM) I suppose it all depends on how much $10 means to you. At this point in my life, I don't really notice spending that much. At other times, I would have had to put a of thought into spending that much. I remember Diablo when it first came out (and I shelled out a lot more for it). At the time it was exceptional. Nowadays its really nothing special. To be honest, I bought it again more for the sake of nostalgia.
I still have my old cds from when I first bought it. The same with Diablo II. It was not easy getting Diablo I to work from my old discs, and impossible with Diablo II. So I was glad for a copy that was pre-tweaked to run on a 64-bit OS.
I do not know that I would say it was clunky. It is a simple point and click game. Point and click to walk. Point and click to attack. Inventory management could be difficult as the game does not pause when you look in your inventory and move things around in it or to your 'belt', which is basically a hot-bar of 8 slots that you could assign quick keys to. Mainly you put healing and mana potions there. Then you could hit the quick keys to use them (numbers 1 - 8 of course). If you had to dig through your inventory to find a potion during a fight, there was a good chance you would get killed.
I can certainly afford it, but I want to still be careful about spending. But I'm more concerned about it being justified depending on how much time I'll be able to give it (I've also got some backlog games, and only so much time to play them). From what I've seen of it, it looks like Divine Divinity plays a lot like it. Similar look, similar feel, also point-and-click. Although I would use the pause key if I couldn't react quickly enough or needed to access quick menus to change weapons or drink potions. So if it's "clunky" like that, I can definitely manage because Divine Divinity, while certainly dated, was by no means a chore. QUOTE(Sakiri @ Mar 9 2019, 04:03 PM) Yeah I wouldn't call Diablo clunky.
Diablo clones are games that mimic a lot of Diablo's mechanics, the inventory style, drops, monster waves, etc. Go watch some gameplay and then watch Titan Quest or Champions of Norrath(PS2 Diablo clone) and you'll notice a lot of similarities in how the game plays.
I loved Titan Quest. I have it but a) I don't know if it'd run and 2) no DVD drive.
I'm not sure what it was about Titan Quest, but it didn't click with me. That was a couple of years ago or so, though, so I don't remember why. But Grim Dawn was sometime last year, and I got bored with it after about 7 or 8 hours. I remember that story did not interest me and there was too much loot. Like it was way too overbearing sifting through it all and reading the extensive statistics about what they all did. I think those were my too biggest issues. I don't mind having a ton of loot and a ton of enemies thrown at me necessarily (or even if combat is repetitive, provided it is fun). But Grim Dawn was over the top in those regards, IMO. But Divine Divinity had an interesting (although somewhat generic) story, combat was somewhat repetitive but fun, and there was a lot of loot and enemies but mostly not too crazy. Overall, I felt DD played much differently than Titan Quest and Grim Dawn, yet all of them are called Diablo Clones...which makes me think that the term is overused and kind of has lost its meaning. From what I have seen, DD looks much closer to Diablo, so I think I'd enjoy it.
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Mar 12 2019, 04:55 PM
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Ancient
Joined: 28-September 16
From: Sheogorath's shrine talking to myselves!
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Mostly BATTLETECH, at the moment, with a bit of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate mixed in.
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Mar 12 2019, 10:02 PM
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Ancient
Joined: 28-September 16
From: Sheogorath's shrine talking to myselves!
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QUOTE(SubRosa @ Mar 12 2019, 03:12 PM) But I did try out a little bit of Battletech, and did an instant battle. It was really confusing, since there is no manual. The initiative system had me really scratching my head, until I figured out that it was alternating between one of mine and one of their computer's mechs. Usually. I did figure out most of how things work eventually. I won, barely. Afterward I found this guide, which sheds a lot more light on how things work. It’s a brutal game. Even once you’ve figured out things like evasion, reserving, and morale, the computer can sometimes get lucky hits that can really ruin your day. Khajiit was playing a mission earlier in which, at first, everything was going great. My mechs were running circles around the computer controlled lance. This one kept the evasion up on all of the small fast mechs while keeping the heavier mechs back. Well, somehow the computer landed a shot from a PPC that obliterated one of the arms on Commander Qin’s Spider scout mech, even though it had 5 bars of evasion built up! That was the worst damage any of our mechs took, and there were no armaments lost when the arm exploded, but it still cost us 2 days and 30,000 c-bills to repair. Annoying!
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mALX |
Mar 16 2019, 04:33 AM
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Ancient
Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN
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QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Mar 15 2019, 11:18 PM) I was punched in the face by nostalgia and started playing Gex: Enter the Gecko again. Part of me wants to dig around for Tomba! and Tomb Raider as well. I'll definitely play Gex 3, though. I guess I'm in a platforming mood.
Gex! How funny you mentioned these two games! I was just talking with Renee about it earlier; and she was talking about Tomb Raider! I miss Gex! "AAADRIIAANNN!!" (and don't forget that you can jump in the Lava at that one spot). This post has been edited by mALX: Mar 16 2019, 04:35 AM
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mALX |
Mar 17 2019, 06:14 AM
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Ancient
Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN
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QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Mar 16 2019, 02:13 PM) I dunno what that means, but I think i was just brought back to this one demo disk for the PSX that had a bunch of games on it.
The first time I played Gex as a full game was on the N64, which was USUALLY the inferior version as far as multiplatform games went in that era. This time I'm going with the PSX version, so I'm seeing a lot more features. :v (Apparently the Titanic level in Enter the Gecko is N64 exclusive? Either way, there's more levels in the PSX version)
Getting tough, tho. The camera doesn't really help with the trickier platforming parts. At least i managed to rack up 30 lives in the earlier levels.
Whenever Gex was taking damage, he would yell: "AAADRIIAANNN!!" (long drawn out version of "Adrienne" = from that Rocky movie where Sylvester Stallone kept yelling that at the end of the fight).
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monkeyemoness |
Mar 17 2019, 07:12 PM
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Joined: 21-December 16
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QUOTE(mALX @ Mar 17 2019, 12:14 AM) QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Mar 16 2019, 02:13 PM) I dunno what that means, but I think i was just brought back to this one demo disk for the PSX that had a bunch of games on it.
The first time I played Gex as a full game was on the N64, which was USUALLY the inferior version as far as multiplatform games went in that era. This time I'm going with the PSX version, so I'm seeing a lot more features. :v (Apparently the Titanic level in Enter the Gecko is N64 exclusive? Either way, there's more levels in the PSX version)
Getting tough, tho. The camera doesn't really help with the trickier platforming parts. At least i managed to rack up 30 lives in the earlier levels.
Whenever Gex was taking damage, he would yell: "AAADRIIAANNN!!" (long drawn out version of "Adrienne" = from that Rocky movie where Sylvester Stallone kept yelling that at the end of the fight). lol yeah, i actually JUST got that reaction today in one of the prehistoric levels when I fell into lava (and shortly after a random WILMAAAAA while walking)
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mALX |
Mar 18 2019, 04:06 PM
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Ancient
Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN
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QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Mar 17 2019, 02:12 PM) QUOTE(mALX @ Mar 17 2019, 12:14 AM) QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Mar 16 2019, 02:13 PM) I dunno what that means, but I think i was just brought back to this one demo disk for the PSX that had a bunch of games on it.
The first time I played Gex as a full game was on the N64, which was USUALLY the inferior version as far as multiplatform games went in that era. This time I'm going with the PSX version, so I'm seeing a lot more features. :v (Apparently the Titanic level in Enter the Gecko is N64 exclusive? Either way, there's more levels in the PSX version)
Getting tough, tho. The camera doesn't really help with the trickier platforming parts. At least i managed to rack up 30 lives in the earlier levels.
Whenever Gex was taking damage, he would yell: "AAADRIIAANNN!!" (long drawn out version of "Adrienne" = from that Rocky movie where Sylvester Stallone kept yelling that at the end of the fight). lol yeah, i actually JUST got that reaction today in one of the prehistoric levels when I fell into lava (and shortly after a random WILMAAAAA while walking) Oh, I completely forgot about the "WILMAAAAAA!"
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