Hi Fellas,
I’ll give you my fascinating backstory because I know everyone loves that in the introduction forums.
First played Diablo 1 at my uncles when I was a kid and he was young enough to still play games.
Next developed an unhealthy obsession with Diablo II when it was released, apparently like every other Diablo II player.
Cried myself to sleep everynight after Diablo II died and only woke up with the promise of Diablo III.
Diablo III was released!!! I played it for about 1 week before I started to cry myself to sleep again at It’s horrendous structure. What can I say? Nothing that hasn’t been echoed thousands of times already. I struggled on for about 3 months before I quit entirely. I’ve never been more disappointed.
Played PoE after reading everyone saying it was ‘What D3 should have been’. I’ll admit, I enjoyed PoE. I joined in when they had A3 running and I played through quite enjoyably. They had a refreshing approach on the entire genre with those skill gems.
However, I found myself never logging back in to grind once I had completed the game (got level 60-something). I finished the content a couple of times, bought skill gems with real money and got a 6 linked warhammer with an awesome combination of gems(MultiStrike/Infernal Blow/Fire Penetration/Melee Splash/Melee Physical Dmg, but I never found myself coming back like I came back in Diablo II or Grim Dawn.
Grim Dawn is the only game where I keep coming back like I did in D2. The only game I feel the same as I did when I played D2. For that I must commend the creators of Grim Dawn. I may have finished the game but I keep coming back to farm? Why? I don’t know, but they’ve done something right for me to keep coming back. It’s not that I ‘felt powerful’ like people say about D2 because I was fucking powerful in PoE, but something else. The X factor if you will. Grim Dawn has it.
The only wish I have about Grim Dawn is that paths are randomized like D2 to farming areas and map is not visible after entering the area once. Remember searching A3 for Mephistos lair for 10minutes (unless you were a sorc or had Enigma) That’s what I would LOVE from Grim Dawn. Even if it was something like just the end game dungeons had randomized dungeons, like whenever you went into the SoT they had several different paths just to get to the High Priest. That’s the shiznit Devs! That’s where replayability comes from. If the dungeons beyond the Steps gates are randomized that would be a MASSIVE bonus. Imagine people entering a random room and not knowing that was the death room in that game! It would be awesome! Not as programmed as it is currently.
Anyway, I believe I’ve gotten a little off topic.
Bottom line, D1 > D2 > D3 > PoE > GD <3
