First of all, before I start my rant, let me say that I dont hate Diablo 4.I think its a big improvement to D3 - especially when I see how young it still is and how much better it can become in the months and years ahead of us.

However, no matter how much better they make D4 in upcoming years, it'll always has a somewhat ill foundation, most likely not fixable.

All Diablo games since D2 have lost their soul.

Anyone who played D1 and/or D2 knows so much about it. We know the item bases and we know what they are good for. We know prefixes and affixes and how high they can roll.
When know the monsters and their Deathrattles, their screams, their animations, we hear it when gear drops.

D1/D2 are such self conscious games, you know? They let us know whats going and they involve us, let us appreciate the base items, give us an atmospheric font on the floor and so muchr

That's one thing I hate about this game: the homogenous gear base.

D4 patch 1.12: Louder deathrattles

Might sound stupid, but I think Soundeffects were maybe the most memorable feature in D1.

EVERYONE remembers those, this was the shit.

Everything was so memorable. Animations, sound effects (even the sound when armor, weapons or jewelery drops on the ground), the soundtrack.
D2 lost that a bit, but was still good in that department.

You still remember monsters, items, areas, pieces of soundtrack. All of that is gone in D3 and D4. Really all of it.

This post was edited by Modulok2405 on Jul 27 2023 10:46am

Genius. genius cover and genius original. D1 still the best Diablo for me.