I played D2 religiously for years. Definitely have 2k hours across multiple platforms.
The crash that game had in 2023 with the Lightfall expansion destroyed it. The prior expansion was peak, and it really felt like they took all that goodwill and shat on it.
There’s a ton of other stuff at Bungie that went wrong and contributed, but Lightfall is the easiest thing to point to. The missed revenue projections from that release started a chain of bad decisions that really crippled the game.
Even though Final Shape was amazing and reviewed very well, they couldn’t come back from the 2023 shit storm. Especially when new and better games became available to play.
Some of the worst writing and storytelling that the series has seen. The new subclass was great, but they forced you to beat the whole campaign before you could use it. The campaign gave more questions than answers.
It was just so jarring because Witch Queen and the proceeding seasons were generally well received.
Compare that to Final Shape where the Campaign was amazing and you get access to Prismatic almost immediately.
I still think D2 would have fell off after Final Shape regardless, but I have friends that just stopped playing after Lightfall and didn’t even come back for Final Shape.
I played D2 religiously for years. Definitely have 2k hours across multiple platforms.
The crash that game had in 2023 with the Lightfall expansion destroyed it. The prior expansion was peak, and it really felt like they took all that goodwill and shat on it.
There’s a ton of other stuff at Bungie that went wrong and contributed, but Lightfall is the easiest thing to point to. The missed revenue projections from that release started a chain of bad decisions that really crippled the game.
Even though Final Shape was amazing and reviewed very well, they couldn’t come back from the 2023 shit storm. Especially when new and better games became available to play.
Diablo 2 really was a great game.
I think we need a heretic 2. Seems long overdue
You mean a remake of Heretic 2, because it already exists 😉 - longplay video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k2RZcdpkH4
I believe they called it Hexen
Oh thanks, I might be thinking of a Nintendo game. Thanks
What was the problem of Lightfall?
I played some of the midgame expansions, but found it hard to follow the plot, and so much if the grind turned me off
Some of the worst writing and storytelling that the series has seen. The new subclass was great, but they forced you to beat the whole campaign before you could use it. The campaign gave more questions than answers.
It was just so jarring because Witch Queen and the proceeding seasons were generally well received.
Compare that to Final Shape where the Campaign was amazing and you get access to Prismatic almost immediately.
I still think D2 would have fell off after Final Shape regardless, but I have friends that just stopped playing after Lightfall and didn’t even come back for Final Shape.
Lightfall sunsetted everything I was using that wasn’t an exotic. Completely destroyed my build.