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[LavCat]

I played the D3 open beta recently. D2 is pixilated and charming. D3 beta features modern graphics, and is gloomy & charmless. I plan to level a few characters to the end game just to see how it goes.

At the risk of derailing RTM's thread, the blacksmith is not exactly Charsi. And the beta felt more like Gilneas on a bad day than Sanctuary. Gloomy is fine. I've nothing against gloomy. It is, after all, Diablo, not Candy Land. But the D2 beta was a thrill, the D3 beta was not.

What's worse, other than the snazzy graphics, I didn't find the beta much of an improvement over playing Demon Stalkers on the Commodore twenty five years ago. Demon Stalkers had nice music too, and a level editor to design your own levels. And the ghosts would attack through walls. I don't see a quarter century of progress.