Favourite game publishers

[my_lo]

Overrated?! Diablo?! I failed my first year at univ because of Diablo 1 (just came out during an important serie of exams) and almost another year when the second opus came out. I've finished Diablo 2 almost 7 times (solo + online) and not once, i ever got tired of the game. I can't describe the hysteria that followed the announcement of a third one being developped. (I was at WWI of Blizzard in Paris last year)

That you didn't like it is one thing but you can't say it's overrated when it's being considered as masterpiece by so many people.

[Demon Cleaner]

That you didn't like it is one thing but you can't say it's overrated when it's being considered as masterpiece by so many people.

Just like the movie Blade Runner

[Buleste]

That you didn't like it is one thing but you can't say it's overrated when it's being considered as masterpiece by so many people.

Just like the movie Blade Runner

Blade runner is in no way overrated.
Highlander however sucked more than a Dyson.

[Harrison]

Highlander was great at the time of its release, but has badly dated since. The music is still brilliant though!

As for Diablo. It is a great game I agree, but I also agree with DC that it gets boring very quickly. I can only every play it for an hour or so at a time before I get bored of it, as it is too much all the same, hack and slash, with little variety.

[thirtywinter]

Yea... Highlander hasn't aged well at all. I remember thinking the transitions they did was nothing short of brilliant, but I tried watching it again a year ago or so and I couldn't make it through the movie. The transitions were.... awkward to put it nicely.

Good memories though and an excellent bad guy to boot with some excellent one liners..

"I know his name."

[my_lo]

Is it the hack and slash type you don't like, guys or the Diablo serie? In that case, could you tell me which Hack and slash you prefer over Diablo? I've long been searching for better but i could never find it (titan quest was ok but i'm not really into greek mythology...). If such a thing exists, please tell me...

WoOt? Blade Runner, overrated?! DC, you play with my fragile little heart... Highlander was great, too bad they had to make sequels...

[Harrison]

The sequels were definitely not so good. Although I really liked the TV series. I watched and enjoyed all of those.

I like hack and slash games, and enjoyed Diablo, but just couldn't play it for long periods of time before it got too repetitive. For another hack and slash game I enjoyed more, Dungeon Siege was a favourite of mine. It felt more like a proper RPG, with a full party of adventurers to command, and a nice battle system where you could pause the action to issue commands, and then unpause to see them played out.

But for one of the best hack and slash style games, Icewind Dale has to be one of the best. A game system similar to Baldur's Gate, but with a combat system closer to hack and slash.

As for Blade Runner. I also think it is slightly over rated. There is so much more they could have done with the concept, but it is still great all the same.