Diablo III is for real

[kandrathe]

Just last night I took up the frightful quest of seeking Horazon's Urinal.

(Following Occhi's post, is my timing excellent or wretched?)

I agree with Occhi about the feel and more specifically with Urza-DSF about the music. I loved the soundtrack of both games.

About D2 being brighter, I think it's true, but you need light to cast shadows. :)

Also, we're looking back now and know the game inside & out. If I take a beginner's mind, I recall the first time I went after Blood Raven was scary - like encountering the Butcher for the first time (or the second or...). Ditto the first time the prowling dead in Act 5 started resurrecting on me.

-- CH

And with D2 I never managed to save a game where my Rogue didn't realize she had just woken up three Steel Lords (?). That led to a Twilight-Zone-like loop of repeated deaths.

Yeah, I still get a lump in my throat when I need to go up against some mini-boss extra strong with sparklies. Or, how about in the swamp as a melee char when fetishes with thorns swarm you? Or, the first time you took on Andariel solo when she was spewing poison clouds about you? D2 has its moment of terror.