11-01-2004, 01:03 PM
I enjoyed it immensely
I suspect that the rather nicely worked character system will not have the replay value of Diablo 2
At one point I alternated between elements on my elementalist, trying out each one on successive missions. It's a bit - oh that's what that does then? - then revert to the old favourite. Eventually I just used Fire Storm and my secondary class's healing spells as healing seemed much more in demand and useful than damage
I thought the PvE missions were great, but I doubt you'd replay them very much. I played most missions a few times each and got the feeling I've seen almost all of it in 2 days
Where the game does have the capability to keep player interest is in pvp. I did quite a lot of this, it is really good fun
The random arenas make it very accessible to find pickup groups or less serious pvp and the gvg matches you against someone of (allegedly) equal skill. Nice to win a few and get some points for the guild (I was with the Basin). Of course winning bumped us up to the point we met well-honed killing machines and so the points didn't last too long :lol:
I think I'll be playing. I don't think playing this precludes playing other games as it seems to be designed to let you max out your character fast and pvp as opposed to offering a deep pve experience
I suspect that the rather nicely worked character system will not have the replay value of Diablo 2
At one point I alternated between elements on my elementalist, trying out each one on successive missions. It's a bit - oh that's what that does then? - then revert to the old favourite. Eventually I just used Fire Storm and my secondary class's healing spells as healing seemed much more in demand and useful than damage
I thought the PvE missions were great, but I doubt you'd replay them very much. I played most missions a few times each and got the feeling I've seen almost all of it in 2 days
Where the game does have the capability to keep player interest is in pvp. I did quite a lot of this, it is really good fun
The random arenas make it very accessible to find pickup groups or less serious pvp and the gvg matches you against someone of (allegedly) equal skill. Nice to win a few and get some points for the guild (I was with the Basin). Of course winning bumped us up to the point we met well-honed killing machines and so the points didn't last too long :lol:
I think I'll be playing. I don't think playing this precludes playing other games as it seems to be designed to let you max out your character fast and pvp as opposed to offering a deep pve experience