Revisiting Diablo: A Sly Comeback or a Nightmare Dungeon?

This is a deep dive into Diablo community's recent debate on reinstalling the game. Spoiler alert: It's quite the devil's advocate!

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Amid a wave of nostalgia and a pinch of fear, our friend Rmonsuave intrigued us with a devilish question: Should they reinstall Diablo or dive head-first into a nightmare dungeon in real life instead? Quite melodramatic, indeed, but understandably so considering the nerfing rumors we’ve heard a hundred times already.

Summary

  • Season 2 improvement over Season 1.
  • Some people never found it worth uninstalling.
  • Locking seasonal stuff behind ‘seasonal characters’ provides continuity.

the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Hilarious

Some users like SQRTLURFACE believed it was worth playing the second season if you haven’t played since launch. Whereas some like rayskicksnthings gave the good ol’ ‘No, please don’t come back’ with a wink and a nudge.

On the other hand, users such as ForcedToUseGoogle argue that the game was never worth uninstalling, standing firm in their eternal loyalty to Diablo, and knittingbro even hopeful for a better third season.

The ‘Seasonal Characters’ Conundrum

The crux of the issue? Seasonal stuff locked behind ‘seasonal characters’. User OK_Opinions expressed that this is the core aspect of seasonal games. In response to the query, havoc802 humorously remarked, ‘Yes, seasonal stuff is seasonal in case you needed confirmation on that’ which led to a roomful of virtual laughter and awkward coughs.

Is it worth it? Let me work it

Low-Chocolate1572 gave us some food for thought,“If you have to ask if a game is worth coming back to, I don’t think the game is for you tbh”. Wait, did we just get reverse-psychologied into playing Diablo again? Well, whether Diablo’s worth a revisit or not, we seem to be back to square one. Though some robust sentiments were tabled, the debate remains ever so vibrant and thrilling, just like Diablo itself.