Diablo isn't really an RPG. It's more along the lines of an action-adventure.
While it has some aspects of that genre, it is missing some key elements, I'm not saying you can't call it a RPG, it is better labelled as Hack & Slash Action Adventure.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, now that is an RPG, referred to by some to be the Best RPG of all time. I am not sure that is true, but it definitely ranks among the top in my book.
I personally am not a fan of HG: L Vs. Diablo (Vs. another game) thread, (I thought we outlawed these threads months ago?), mostly because I fail to see who you can compare a 3rd person Isometric medieval fantasy Hack and Slash Action adventure game set in a fictional world, with what is essentually a First person futuristic shooter set in our world (albeit in the future naturally).
They are two vastly different games, sure there are some similarities, chiefly, its creators, but as a whole they are very different. I would more associated HG: L with any other FPS out there. ANd yes I know it can be played in 3rd person, but that still doesn't make it any closer to Diablo.
I don't know a heck of a lot abut Mythos, so I can't really comment too much on it, heard it was a Diablo clone though, maybe it is maybe it isn't, I sure it has it's moments like all games, but since it is LOD (and thus by extenstion the Diablo series) that led me here, that game will always have a special connectation, I won't get from another game released after it.
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While it has some aspects of that genre, it is missing some key elements, I'm not saying you can't call it a RPG, it is better labelled as Hack & Slash Action Adventure.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, now that is an RPG, referred to by some to be the Best RPG of all time. I am not sure that is true, but it definitely ranks among the top in my book.
I personally am not a fan of HG: L Vs. Diablo (Vs. another game) thread, (I thought we outlawed these threads months ago?), mostly because I fail to see who you can compare a 3rd person Isometric medieval fantasy Hack and Slash Action adventure game set in a fictional world, with what is essentually a First person futuristic shooter set in our world (albeit in the future naturally).
They are two vastly different games, sure there are some similarities, chiefly, its creators, but as a whole they are very different. I would more associated HG: L with any other FPS out there. ANd yes I know it can be played in 3rd person, but that still doesn't make it any closer to Diablo.
I don't know a heck of a lot abut Mythos, so I can't really comment too much on it, heard it was a Diablo clone though, maybe it is maybe it isn't, I sure it has it's moments like all games, but since it is LOD (and thus by extenstion the Diablo series) that led me here, that game will always have a special connectation, I won't get from another game released after it.