DII vs. Titan Quest

[Thecla]

For the record, I've played neither Titan Quest nor its demo.

To be honest, I'm a little astounded to hear that after your first response. At the very least, I'd suggest that not having played TQ puts you at a disadvantage in trying to compare it with DII, relative to someone such as myself who has actually played both of them. YMMV.

I feel compelled to dig into the why Diablo II is better, and the best way to bring out reasons is generally to attack assumptions.

As a matter of fact that was exactly the point of my post. I wondered why TQ (nice as it was) didn't (IMO) measure up to DII. They are very similar games (TQ is clearly modeled on DII in many ways, with updated graphics and a classical mythological background, both of which I liked, incidentally), so it's not so easy to put your finger on why. The advantages of DII I came up with were: random environments, better multiplayer support, better combat, and better itemization. How you're in a position to argue with me that e.g. DII combat is no more interesting, difficult, or engaging than TQ combat when you've apparently never played TQ, I really don't know.

No, it's not the hell I made it out to be, but it's not the utopia you describe in comparison to Titan Quest. Addiction factor aside, I'd rate Diablo II maybe slightly above average.

I didn't describe DII as a utopia by any means --- I just think DII was a better game than TQ. By the way, I rather liked TQ (more than I expected in fact), and I'd recommend anyone who liked DII to give it a whirl if they're looking for something similar but a little different. I just wouldn't expect a huge amount of replayablity, at least not on my part.

Diablo original was better in so many ways.

No question in my mind there --- DI was a better game than DII. But, well, you can only play any game, however good, for so long.

I'll stick to my strategic games, though. They tend to have more replay value (for me). Diablo II, at heart, is always going to be "Click on something until it dies."

The difference between strategy games and action RPGs is a whole different question than the difference between TQ and DII.