Diablo III

[JohnGabriel]

Well after a couple days of playing I am already pretty bored with it. Its visually nice and very few bugs, but it just doesnt have the same staying power as WoW to me.

I remember playing Diablo on the PS2 and it felt just like this, just greatly improved graphics now.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

but it just doesnt have the same staying power as WoW to me.

Frankly, once I got into MMOs, regular single-player games just felt shallow unless they had a great story to tell. And even then, considering most single-player games are designed to provide less than 20-40 hours of entertainment (aka "content") I have a really hard time investing anything in them until they go on the bargain rack. I'm pretty much either playing MMO or RTS games these days.

[edit] And I don't consider the same instance cut & pasted with the same monsters at different levels to be content.

[edit2] No multimonitor support? http://www.wsgf.org/blog/skipclarke/...y-blizzard-why -- that's an interesting justification: "with a fixed isometric it doesn't make much sense." Bullshit. I play all sorts of RTS games. My favorite layout is the isometric view on one screen and maps/status/etc. on the other. Example:

[EaTCarbS]

Frankly, once I got into MMOs, regular single-player games just felt shallow unless they had a great story to tell. And even then, considering most single-player games are designed to provide less than 20-40 hours of entertainment (aka "content") I have a really hard time investing anything in them until they go on the bargain rack. I'm pretty much either playing MMO or RTS games these days.

[edit] And I don't consider the same instance cut & pasted with the same monsters at different levels to be content.

[edit2] No multimonitor support? http://www.wsgf.org/blog/skipclarke/...y-blizzard-why -- that's an interesting justification: "with a fixed isometric it doesn't make much sense." Bullshit. I play all sorts of RTS games. My favorite layout is the isometric view on one screen and maps/status/etc. on the other. Example:

Only my favorite RTS of all time. So much better than Starcraft in every way.

[F9thRet]

Only my favorite RTS of all time. So much better than Starcraft in every way.

Make that three of us. I just went through the campaign again last month out of boredom.

Stephen

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Make that three of us. I just went through the campaign again last month out of boredom.

Stephen

I knew I liked you people for a reason.

[F9thRet]

I knew I liked you people for a reason.

Hehe, right back at ya Man.

It's funny, I had played a number of RTS games, etc. But I never became so involved, untill I joined the Starfleet Command Community, way back with Interplay, then Taldren, and now The Dynaverse. You take one part trekie, one part Military, and one part loving games, and you learn a lot fast. Those guys are incredible when it comes to RTS games, but they really shine when we debate military strategy, or history. Up till then, my strategy was mostly Chesty Pullerisque. (Yeah, I made a new word) , in which, cool we can shoot in any direction and hit the enemy, to learning about Oblique attacks, Retreating attacks ala Alexander, to Obscure military battles like the First and second Crumonia BC69) , to Solway Moss 1542AD.

They really opened my eyes, Much like the community here has with Multiboxing, and the joys it can bring. Sure, we don't get into the intricacies of making say , Zythum, the first Egyptian Beer, But I bet we would all sure share one of those beers with one another.

Stephen

[Bollwerk]

Only my favorite RTS of all time. So much better than Starcraft in every way.

As much as I enjoyed TA and SupCom, I personally think Starcraft 2 is superior. (can't really compare SC 1, since it's so old)
Having factions with actual different playstyles and units is very hard to do well and Blizzard did it quite well, IMHO.
Unfortunately for TA/SupCom, the factions are almost carbon copies of each other.
Additionally, I actually paid attention to (and enjoyed) the story in SC2. I couldn't care less about it in TA/SupCom.