With a development time of over a decade, Diablo III may not reinvent the genre as much as fans might have hoped, but instead rebrands its time-tested gameplay for a new generation.

Hailed as a genre-defining triumph on its released back in 2000, Diablo II remains for many the epitome of the hack-and-slash dungeon crawler, the merry jingling of loot jumping out of demons' corpses causing a Pavlovian reponse from gamers to click on the swag, and click on it quick.

It does.

Excellent core gameplay

Nothing new; Unimaginative plot; Ridiculous online demands

There was no excuse for the shambolic launch of Diablo III . It was the most widely awaited PC game in, oh, ages – we know this because developer Blizzard Entertainment mentioned "2 million pre-orders" in passing. So the protracted meltdown suffered by the company's servers was shoddy.

the second it went live, Blizzard's dungeon crawler is one of the most-anticipated PC releases in recent memory. For a sequel with so much riding on it, the title didn't get off to the best start.

Diablo III brings its own take on dungeon crawling and loot-grabbing; but it's the boundary between real and imaginary profits that are attracted the most attention...

Diablo's loot-based economy is proof that capitalism is alive and well.

"== Diablo III == Diablo 3 was one of my most anticipated games when it was first released back in 2012. It was mediocre at best when I played it, but now with the upcoming expansion Reaper of Souls, a lot has changed and the game is one of the most exciting and addicting games I've played this...

Re - playability; The more people the better; Self achievement when you get loot you want

A lot of grinding; boring story; RNG

Fantastic game, but dont add an authenticator to your account... as if you lose it, thats it, game over man, no more game for you... Blizzard will refuse to remove it from your account so you'll be left with nothing.

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I'll be honest, I havent really played much of Diablo 2. But I do know there are alot of people that still play it, I know its hugely popular and even now Diablo 2 still has a large fanbase.