woges wrote:
Exactly. I used to get angry about the Diablo hate, but I've learned to accept it as part of what gaming is about.
People feel strongly about games and identify with their favorites--the ones they most enjoyed, that gave them the experience they were looking for, and delivered the elements they wanted in a game. That some have a love for Diablo to me doesn't seem any different than that others have the same feeling for Fallout or KoToR or Baldur's Gate. Or Doom or Zelda or Ms PacMan. I don't always understand why one game has to be "bad" for another game to be "good", but we're dealing with human nature here, and that's just how people are.
You can tell me that one game is superior to the other using your standards of enjoyment, and I can counter with mine--the fact remains that gaming tastes are one of the most subjective things out there. Some games are indeed bad to more people than others, some are buggy, crash-laden messes, or glaring examples of poor design and implementation, but those games seldom sell over 4 million copies or are still played by significant numbers of people 8 years after release. Diablo will always be hated by some, and that's fine. There are plenty of games coming out now I have no interest in or actively think are stupid--I just don't have the time or inclination to go all over the net bitching about them to people who want to play them.
Bottom line--no one will make anyone buy or play Diablo 3, or any other game against their will. If it should succeed, it doesn't mean that other games automatically fail. I'm not going to be all upset that D3 doesn't please everyone. I'm just glad it's finally actually happening.