I’m confused. You think D3 was WoWified because of the graphics? And somehow D4 is also WoWified even though the graphics are much darker and more gothic? I would think the gameplay itself mattered more towards a game feeling like WoW or not.
D3 graphics looked too much a kin to WOW, cartoony.
D4 looks like Diablo 1 and Diablo 2, how it should be, Gothic.
Game Style: Gothic Demonic Adventure.
Some say ARPG. I can call it ARPG too.
D3 I couldn't call Gothic Demonic Adventure, just ARPG or a WOW cartoony ARPG.
Just by design. I call Diablo franschise as a Gothic Demonic Adventure. It is still an ARPG.
DIablo 3 was also a ARPG, but I called it a WOWified one, meaning rainbows and over the top skills and gear. It filled its purpose ofc. But I am not a WOW player more than 3 hours, so I can't really say much about open world or such being MMO or WoW. I dont like that kind of genre obviously, but if they can take something and translate it into Diablo I am all for it.
DIablo IV, seems like a normal Gothic Demonic Adventure still. Adventure can be everything from going to livingroom to livingroom, no need for open world for me to think that hehe.
Unless I didnt really understand and I have commented in vein
Edit: Actual use of weapons is indeed a given in games, D3 ignored that almost completely. I don't know if D4 needs praise for something such basic and regular.
D3 graphics looked too much a kin to WOW, cartoony.
D4 looks like Diablo 1 and Diablo 2, how it should be, Gothic.
Game Style: Gothic Demonic Adventure.
Some say ARPG. I can call it ARPG too.
D3 I couldn't call Gothic Demonic Adventure, just ARPG or a WOW cartoony ARPG.
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Nothing about the Open World.
Just by design. I call Diablo franschise as a Gothic Demonic Adventure. It is still an ARPG.
DIablo 3 was also a ARPG, but I called it a WOWified one, meaning rainbows and over the top skills and gear. It filled its purpose ofc. But I am not a WOW player more than 3 hours, so I can't really say much about open world or such being MMO or WoW. I dont like that kind of genre obviously, but if they can take something and translate it into Diablo I am all for it.
DIablo IV, seems like a normal Gothic Demonic Adventure still. Adventure can be everything from going to livingroom to livingroom, no need for open world for me to think that hehe.
Unless I didnt really understand and I have commented in vein
:: Enkeria [Twitter / Twitch / Website / Tattoos]
Gothic demonic adventure. That's about it.
Diablo 3 is a game I called WoWified ARPG.
Edit: Actual use of weapons is indeed a given in games, D3 ignored that almost completely. I don't know if D4 needs praise for something such basic and regular.
:: Enkeria [Twitter / Twitch / Website / Tattoos]