(05-29-2012, 09:46 PM)Jester Wrote:(05-29-2012, 09:38 PM)Ashock Wrote: However D2 never had the same kind of negativity related to it. Just look at the number of "dissapointing game" posts on the official forums. Not annoyed at a particular feature or lack of it, but the whole game.
Really? I remember reading that, between WW barbarians and corpse explosion, that D2 on release was unbalanced as could be, and people were not shy about saying so...
-Jester
And the expansion had the same. I remember moderating this forum at LOD time, and lots of "OMG THIS GAME SUCKS!" threads got moderated or edited, if only so the whole front page was more than just those threads.
Nostalgia is a great memory-changer, evidently.
--Mav