It’s the main reason why Reddit was a giant circle jerk. I like here that you can upvote and downvote things but it’s not connected to your account at all. Just connected to the comment or post, as it should be.

Right? Like I say obviously that wouldn’t work today either. Imagine how PACKED those levels would be.

I do wish however you didn’t have to be online to play, puts you at the mercy of the servers.

That’s the point though. There is tons more content, but what little content was in Diablo 1 for comparison was very rich and deep. I agree, cliches mean nothing without context so I’ll gladly provide some.

An example of this is this: who’s Griswald?

I bet you instantly know who that is, some of his lines, and where he was and his story.

Now name one vendor in Diablo 4.

Now, I’m not saying Diablo 4 should be like Diablo 1, because that also wouldn’t work in 2023. But having tons of content seems to have been traded for depth. While I liked the story and feel in Diablo 4, besides about 4-5 characters in Diablo 4’s story at the beginning and at the end, most were forgettable.

It’s like Blizzard forgot why NPCs such as Deckard Cain and Griswald and places like Tristram are so iconic.

They forgot why grinding was fun in 1&2. Getting my ass kicked by the Butcher, Duriel, etc. early on… then going back and leveling a couple more times and getting some better gear to kick their ass was rewarding and fun. Made it all worth it.

Between that and stats you can’t feel in the game. Because everything scales with you, to me after you get your ultimate, you don’t feel your character get stronger.

To me, Diablo 4 is a good game worth playing but it’s not nearly as good as 1&2, and I won’t dump thousands of hours into it like I did with LOD. I can go back to LOD and it’s as fun as it was 20 years ago despite playing the same content over and over.

The Act Man on YouTube did a review of the game and hit all the same points you did.

He explained Diablo 4 as being as big as an ocean (content wise), but as deep as a puddle. I think that is spot on.

Loved the game for the first 15 or so hours, but it’s getting kind of boring and many things seem like chores instead of fun gameplay.

Don’t get me wrong, I still think it’s a decent game, but for me it’s nowhere near D2(played mostly single player and easily my fav) and is the polar opposite of D1.

It is however, much better than D3. I hated that game. I put 3-4 hours into that game and just couldn’t do it anymore.