What you said sounds like you are probably right, but, bro, I don't understand half of those references, ha ha. I played D2 with expansion packs on solo, no mods, for years. No guides or anything. I was really too old to be spending all day playing video games back then, when you actually had time to see if some weird ass combo was going to work out or you'd be halfway through the game before realizing you screwed the pooch and should start over or expect a lifetime dependence on potions. So now I'm way out of the loop and so old I fart dust.

I hear what you're saying, and in general I like the ability to reset skill trees in most games, I just liked that with Diablo you really got a run for your money with builds because it took getting your ass kicked but unwilling to restart to find a creative way to make some wonky crap actually work.

I'll definitely check that out. Like you, though, my game time has taken a back seat to such a degree that I can't even really get immersed in them anymore. *sigh*

Same. I was playing D2 for the grind and trying out class builds. Over and over again. I was playing MUDs for the social aspects.

I might check out the expansion then. It wasn't the glory days of 2 but I liked it enough to play through the story line. I will say the graphics were beautiful.

Lol, I haven't spent a dollar on anything but used 360 games at half-price books in over a decade and that's once every few years 😆. I got bills to pay.

Yeah, seems like every generation gets a nostalgia building chunk of time and everything else after that just never seems to match it, even when the games themselves are objectively better.

I kinda liked that aspect, being locked in. You had to make your build work one way or another. Which increased the replay factor. I initially liked the ability to switch around the skills at a whim in D3, but instead of creating a ton of unique builds from each class, you just had the same class and a ton of equipment to make each variation work. I didn't really care for it but I do see the appeal.

Diablo 2 was my jam. Loved it.

3 seemed like the screen was too small and I didn't like the skill progression. No real customization. Story was 'meh'. Looked great, though.

Immortal was just... boring. Played for a few hours, couldn't get into the story, and I don't like all the mobile bells and whistles and battlepass bullshit.

Hoping 4 will bring back the greatness but I doubt it and probably won't even try it, too much real life shit to do to waste time finding out.

Agreed. Made me mad that the book had so much world-building potential and explored some interesting themes. Then some Hollywood execs had all of that in their hands and just obliviously crapped out some forgettable cash grab.

World War Z.

The movie was a pretty entertaining. The book was on a whole other level.

I, for one, welcome our Robotic Messiah Overlords.

I try not to think about it.

Heat death of the universe and astroids are like the only things in the world that actually give me some kind of existential anxiety.

When I think about astroids I immediately feel paranoid, like we're a sitting target, all the eggs in one basket kind of thing