11-05-2006, 02:42 PM
Quote:Item glut in D2? Try hard core, using only items you find or buy and never repairing them (just toss or sell when they wear out). It does take some of the 'easy' out of the game and the vendors do become your best friends:) Combine that with some non-optimal builds, and the game can stay interesting for a long time.
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Minesweeper is a better game than most now sold. It takes some thought, it takes some skill, and it can actually be lost. And that is indeed a sad commentary on the modern computer game.
--Pete
There's a difference between "can lose" and "can't win". The stipulations you put out (sub-optimal build, losing key gear right when you need it) make it impossible for the vast majority of players to finish Nightmare unaided, let alone the whole game.
As for Minesweeper, there's an arguable case that it and games like it are genuinely rigged against the player - and that is the number one Bad Thing ™ in the world of video and computer games.