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It's kinda hard to believe that Diablo was a cRPG at some point.

fennecfoxy 4y ago
I remember going to a talk by David Brevik at NZGDC where he not only explained that the majority of Diablo was written in assembly, but that it was originally turn based, and his staff kept whining and whining about how good it would be if it were real-time. So in one weekend he made the necessary changes (ie run 1 turn/x time), ran over to a skeleton and hit it with his sword; he was sold! I'm sure he tells the story in that format a lot but it was still awesome hearing it from the man himself.
smcl 4y ago
Wait is it now known as something other than an RPG?
- Waterluvian 4y ago
  The latest one is a micropayment gamble game on phones.
  - smcl 4y ago
    Ohhhhh yeah sorry I forgot about that one. Something like pay-to-win, and costs $100k to 100% the game?
    - iakov 4y ago
      Yes. Although the main story line can be done without paying a single cent, the endgame nudges you towards real money shop all the time. After some point credit card becomes the main progression path. I personally enjoyed playing through story on iPad, but was unimpressed with the endgame. It is very shallow, limited to the same generated locations or dungeons you have already seen. There is virtually no build diversity either. Not sure why someone would pay money for the experience.
    - NaughtyShiba 4y ago
      More like 600k (from currently known max upgrades). And good luck doing anything if you don't have team of 8 whales which you need for raids. So more like 4.8 million for proper maxing...
  - barrysteve 4y ago
    D4 looks like it might be okay
- sally_glance 4y ago
  ARPG or more specifically the subgenre Hack and Slash I suppose? Both are RPG subgenres though I'd say. Edit: This was for D1-3, sibling makes a good point that the current incarnation might be classified as a gacha or something :-D
  - smcl 4y ago
    Yeah I was only thinking of the original trilogy too.
- drooopy 4y ago
  I can't see it as anything other than a top-down, epilepsy-inducing brawler with some pseudo-rpg elements.
easeout 4y ago
I've always regarded it as a real-time roguelike. In fact it's probably the first game I played and thought, "this is like Rogue."

I remember going to a talk by David Brevik at NZGDC where he not only explained that the majority of Diablo was written in assembly, but that it was originally turn based, and his staff kept whining and whining about how good it would be if it were real-time. So in one weekend he made the necessary changes (ie run 1 turn/x time), ran over to a skeleton and hit it with his sword; he was sold! I'm sure he tells the story in that format a lot but it was still awesome hearing it from the man himself.

smcl 4y ago

Wait is it now known as something other than an RPG?

Waterluvian 4y ago
The latest one is a micropayment gamble game on phones.
- smcl 4y ago
  Ohhhhh yeah sorry I forgot about that one. Something like pay-to-win, and costs $100k to 100% the game?
  - iakov 4y ago
    Yes. Although the main story line can be done without paying a single cent, the endgame nudges you towards real money shop all the time. After some point credit card becomes the main progression path. I personally enjoyed playing through story on iPad, but was unimpressed with the endgame. It is very shallow, limited to the same generated locations or dungeons you have already seen. There is virtually no build diversity either. Not sure why someone would pay money for the experience.
  - NaughtyShiba 4y ago
    More like 600k (from currently known max upgrades). And good luck doing anything if you don't have team of 8 whales which you need for raids. So more like 4.8 million for proper maxing...
- barrysteve 4y ago
  D4 looks like it might be okay
sally_glance 4y ago
ARPG or more specifically the subgenre Hack and Slash I suppose? Both are RPG subgenres though I'd say. Edit: This was for D1-3, sibling makes a good point that the current incarnation might be classified as a gacha or something :-D
- smcl 4y ago
  Yeah I was only thinking of the original trilogy too.
drooopy 4y ago
I can't see it as anything other than a top-down, epilepsy-inducing brawler with some pseudo-rpg elements.

easeout 4y ago

I've always regarded it as a real-time roguelike. In fact it's probably the first game I played and thought, "this is like Rogue."