Path of Exile is what is closest to Diablo 1, which is the best game in the series IMHO, the art style, the Cathedral Dungeons, the npc's that live in the town, etc. It was a revolutionary game.
Most people nowadays just remember Diablo 2 because they were kids when they played it, most older brothers, uncles, played like me, Diablo 1, and also 2, but 2 was kind of "not as dark as 1", hell, even the locations are like "going around the world because we want to show we can produce a game with all the environments the earth has".
Diablo 2 was good, don't get me wrong.
Diablo 1 was something else not even remotely present in 99.99% in games of today.
I bought it in 1997, I was 15 y/o, and the gameplay in Diablo 3 today is almost the same as that game.
"Almost", but not quite, I don't know if in Path of Exile they have a Diablo 1 developer, but its amazing how it feels like that game with upgraded elements and new stuff thrown in.
As with previous released games, Diablo 3 will be a hit, but make no mistake, that's nothing like the original Diablo, a game that not even it's sequel can match, much less this "online all the time" spawn they created.
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