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Diablo 2
i tried the remaster but i dont get the appeal. i played at release once until finish and then stopped. what makes you come back to this game?
20+ years is a hell of a habit to break.
Beyond that though, the items in endgame are quite fun. Can use runewords to guarantee some slots and rare drops for others. The gameplay loop is a bit stale by today’s standards, but you can drop an item to make you roll a whole new character. A lot of similar type games today don’t really have that. Builds play a lot differently. You can Taylor a build to farming specific content. There’s really a lot on offer from D2 if you like grindy games.
Exactly the reason why D4 falls flat after a while. I'm not on the "D4 bad" hate wagon, there's definitely things I liked about the game. But the Smart Loot is so fucking awful. D2 you play two times. First your actual playthrough. Second you find all kinds of crazy stuff that makes you go "time to roll a new sorc and try this item!". It's what keeps you coming back over and over again. The itemization is unrivaled imo. D4 loot is boring to the point I don't even want to look at it after a couple of dungeons.