I also think a lot of people's memories of these acts are not of the first time they played through them, but of all the time they did their multiple replays of grinding and MFing and rushing and grushing.
Cause like, Act 3 for example, I actually really liked. It's definitely not my favorite place to replay, but the first time I played it I totally loved the dense jungles and all the ziggurats. Sure the midgets were annoying but it was a nice reward when you finally got to Kurast and you were fighting what seemed to be corrupt men. And I always complained in Diablo how nice it would be sometimes just to fight regular people who happened to be evil or corrupt as opposed to just the undead and demons.
I loved the theatrical feel of Act V. Especially with the music. Some of the best video game score I'd ever heard was in Act V. Okay, so the barricades are a pain but you can run around them if you really want to.
I'd like to say Act I was my favorite, but I hated the Jails and Catacombs so bad. Which is strange cause that part of the game looks most like the original Diablo but it was just way too huge. Needlessly huge.
Never quite understood the complaint about Act IV being too short. It really didn't need to be any longer. And on a regular single player game, by the time you get there the monsters are pretty tough so it's gonna turn into a bit of a grind sometimes anyway and make it feel much longer.
Cause like, Act 3 for example, I actually really liked. It's definitely not my favorite place to replay, but the first time I played it I totally loved the dense jungles and all the ziggurats. Sure the midgets were annoying but it was a nice reward when you finally got to Kurast and you were fighting what seemed to be corrupt men. And I always complained in Diablo how nice it would be sometimes just to fight regular people who happened to be evil or corrupt as opposed to just the undead and demons.
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I'd like to say Act I was my favorite, but I hated the Jails and Catacombs so bad. Which is strange cause that part of the game looks most like the original Diablo but it was just way too huge. Needlessly huge.
Never quite understood the complaint about Act IV being too short. It really didn't need to be any longer. And on a regular single player game, by the time you get there the monsters are pretty tough so it's gonna turn into a bit of a grind sometimes anyway and make it feel much longer.
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