Quote (ADDreen @ Jan 24 2023 06:45am)
IMO there's so much nostalgia that comes from D2, but if you truly compare it to modern games it's silly to say it is STILL the best ARPG right now to play.
sure the open trading is cool, because everyone here is invested into d2jsp to some degree, but that leads to a huge bias towards it being the ONLY way to make a game.
Honestly there's nothing that inherently makes newer games better. If graphics are your litmus test sure, or if having a multitude of end game systems then that's fine too. But Diablo 2's infinite replayability comes from a multitude of things and it honestly is still one of the strongest ARPGs out there. But again, "best" is subjective anyways, and there's no sure fire way to quantify an abstract concept like "best".
Before anyone says POE is the best ARPG, just remember how god awful it feels to run the campaign, whereas Diablo 2 is still a pleasant experience to do a normal-hell walk every ladder... 20 years later.