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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9722969" data-attributes="member: 18">Original release D3 was just not a very good game on any level except maybe second-to-second gameplay (which isn't quite enough for an ARPG, I would argue).Later D3, after the expansion and huge loot changes was a pretty great game but the designers focused their effort pretty much entirely on the &quot;endgame&quot; mode of play and Adventure mode. I've never heard anyone say &quot;beat the game 3-4 times then it gets good&quot; (because it's not true), but that seems like a translation of &quot;the game is built around endgame&quot; (which is true). D3 is hugely more entertaining as a game-game (rather than just a play-once story or w/e - it's a pretty bad story) if you play Adventure mode and just level up fast and then do Greater Rifts etc.Then you have an actually solid ARPG, and that is how undoubtedly most of the hours logged on D3 were spent, so I think the devs were correct to focus on that.Ultimately no Diablo game has a particularly great story - ARPGs in general aren't typically designed as play-once story experiences in the way some CRPGs and a lot of action RPGs (i.e. Witcher 3 etc.) are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9722969, member: 18"] Original release D3 was just not a very good game on any level except maybe second-to-second gameplay (which isn't quite enough for an ARPG, I would argue). Later D3, after the expansion and huge loot changes was a pretty great game but the designers focused their effort pretty much entirely on the "endgame" mode of play and Adventure mode. I've never heard anyone say "beat the game 3-4 times then it gets good" (because it's not true), but that seems like a translation of "the game is built around endgame" (which is true). D3 is hugely more entertaining as a game-game (rather than just a play-once story or w/e - it's a pretty bad story) if you play Adventure mode and just level up fast and then do Greater Rifts etc. Then you have an actually solid ARPG, and that is how undoubtedly most of the hours logged on D3 were spent, so I think the devs were correct to focus on that. Ultimately no Diablo game has a particularly great story - ARPGs in general aren't typically designed as play-once story experiences in the way some CRPGs and a lot of action RPGs (i.e. Witcher 3 etc.) are. [/QUOTE]

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