10-18-2006, 09:15 PM
I have a hard time finding out what you're trying to say exactly. The original topic to me seems to be a comparison of D2 vs TQ. If someone hasn't played either of the 2, seems like finding out more about it or even asking around seems to be more productive than engaging in some sort of 'confrontational' style debate about it.
You might hold that kind of style yields a better 'debate', but most of the time all it generates is a lot of heat and not a lot of light on the topic. I've got nothing against feeling passionate about the subject during any debate. But personally your original reply reads to me like some angry ranting that distracts and obscures any coherent points you might have.
>So this period of time is somewhere between ten years and the (six? Seven?) that Diablo II has been out?
The quality of video game titles is not appreciated in the same way as other mediums, at least not yet from what I've seen. Almost no one complains that classic Monopoly is an oldy moldy game that needs better looking game pieces to compete and win players attention. (Sure there's special editions and what nots, but classic monopoly is still playable on many levels.) Maybe it's part of the package that video games benefits and suffers from the 'latest is greatest' syndrome.
I'd say that's more a problem with some industry and players attitude, rather than the actual games itself. (And while the D1 section isn't as lively as say the WoW section, if you check there's still some activity going on there.)
>And yet you compare Diablo II to Hellgate: London? If my understanding there is correct, that's going to be more of a tactical first-person shooter with MMO elements...not seeing the comparison.
All Thecla said was something along the lines of hoping Hellgate being a worthy successor to D2. To me that's pretty far from comparing them directly. And since Hellgate hasn't even come out yet, an accurate analysis is hard to do.
You might enjoy the confrontational style, and hey it might even be entertaining in a CNN:Crossfire kind of way. But there's better C-words out there in a debate. Like Clarity, Civility, or Concisiveness. (actually that last word I'm not sure about, but it sounds truthy, so in the interest of breviticiousness, I'll leave it at that.)