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Old 12-20-2007, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Siberys View Post
How is Diablo 2 unique in any way? Most of the skills have already been used in most editions of D&D, the point and click interface with the birds eye view camera is also not unique due to Blizzards other games that came before Diablo 2, such as Starcraft and Warcraft 1 and 2. And most of the creatures in that game are also rather generic and unoriginal. A fallen is a goblin, a fallen shaman is a hobgoblin, a fetish is a pygmy, a Cliff lurker is a Windego, and most of the gigantic versions of bugs have been done in movies that came from the 50's.
Nicely put. Then again, most games nowdays also lack plenty of originality. That being said, I would still prefer it to be in 3D. I guess that will make it more challenging, especially if it stays true to its roots of being a hack n' slash game.
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