Vault Dweller
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Well, since Skorpios sucked all the fun out of the original thread I thought we can give making fun of morons another shot. Without futher ado:
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Actually its not the combat system in Diablo I care about anyway. It wasn't that bad, I certainly could have put up with it if the game had a story, some interesting characters and maybe a few puzzles. But Diablo was just a combat system with character progression in the end. why don't we compile a list of things that are important in an RPG.
1. Character Creation and Progression
Diablo had zero char creation, yet the progression was done quite well.
Lionheart uses Special System for creation and advancement. Nuff said.
2. Storyline and Characters
Diablo had dull, dull characters. And the storyline progressed (in D2) through cutscenes only and was very simplistic in both games. No interaction with the world at all.
Nobody doubts that Lionheart has a strong, well thought out storyline and the few characters I met in the demo far outstripped and I met in Diablo.
3. Combat
My opinions on this have already been stated, but let it just be said there are two schools of thought on this.
4. Graphics and Sound
Being the newer game Lionheart has better graphics. I don't judge a game on this anyway, but other people do.
5. Interactivity
Here is where Diablo fell to pieces and Lionheart should excel. What could you do in Diablo? Fight (include spell casting here), talk to people (or rather hear what people would say to you), trade items.
In Lionheart? Fight (include spell casting here), talk to people, steal from people, kill people (not just monsters), sneak past people and monsters, search for hidden treasure, pick locks, be evil, be good, be a little of both.
So Diablo beats Lionheart in one thing out of five? Wow there's a great reason not to buy Lionheart and go get Diablo instead. And people who are complaining that the combat isn't enough like Fallout, look at it like this. Fallout to Lionheart (using the above system) comes to a four to four tie. (I am assuming that you agree Lionheart has better graphics than Fallout , and Fallout has better combat than Lionheart).
So won't Lionheart be almost as good as Fallout?
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Insightful little fella, isn't he? Btw, if you want to see the entire discussion it's here
http://forums.interplay.com/viewtopic.p ... c&start=30
I like that he included Sound in the list of things that are important in a RPG. I also like how he arrived to the conclusion that Fallout = Lionheart.
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Actually its not the combat system in Diablo I care about anyway. It wasn't that bad, I certainly could have put up with it if the game had a story, some interesting characters and maybe a few puzzles. But Diablo was just a combat system with character progression in the end. why don't we compile a list of things that are important in an RPG.
1. Character Creation and Progression
Diablo had zero char creation, yet the progression was done quite well.
Lionheart uses Special System for creation and advancement. Nuff said.
2. Storyline and Characters
Diablo had dull, dull characters. And the storyline progressed (in D2) through cutscenes only and was very simplistic in both games. No interaction with the world at all.
Nobody doubts that Lionheart has a strong, well thought out storyline and the few characters I met in the demo far outstripped and I met in Diablo.
3. Combat
My opinions on this have already been stated, but let it just be said there are two schools of thought on this.
4. Graphics and Sound
Being the newer game Lionheart has better graphics. I don't judge a game on this anyway, but other people do.
5. Interactivity
Here is where Diablo fell to pieces and Lionheart should excel. What could you do in Diablo? Fight (include spell casting here), talk to people (or rather hear what people would say to you), trade items.
In Lionheart? Fight (include spell casting here), talk to people, steal from people, kill people (not just monsters), sneak past people and monsters, search for hidden treasure, pick locks, be evil, be good, be a little of both.
So Diablo beats Lionheart in one thing out of five? Wow there's a great reason not to buy Lionheart and go get Diablo instead. And people who are complaining that the combat isn't enough like Fallout, look at it like this. Fallout to Lionheart (using the above system) comes to a four to four tie. (I am assuming that you agree Lionheart has better graphics than Fallout , and Fallout has better combat than Lionheart).
So won't Lionheart be almost as good as Fallout?
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Insightful little fella, isn't he? Btw, if you want to see the entire discussion it's here
http://forums.interplay.com/viewtopic.p ... c&start=30
I like that he included Sound in the list of things that are important in a RPG. I also like how he arrived to the conclusion that Fallout = Lionheart.