For me it's Diablo II. Granted I've played my fair share of D2 since launch, and also recently on a private server with a comrade from hexbear, but I still feel like years later the game didn't grab me as much as D1 did.

Granted I don't hate D2, but for a game that I keep coming back to, D1 takes the prize.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    12 days ago

    FUUUUUUUCK Star Fox Zero and its rehashing of Star Fox 64 story, removal of characters that came around after Star Fox 64, and especially FUUUUUCK that forced "innovation" of janky Wii U second screen gunnery controls.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwchN4_yR5E

    • SSJ3Marx [he/him]
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      12 days ago

      HOT TAKE: Star Fox Zero is the best entry in the franchise since 64. It delivered on every single thing the fans of SF64 wanted but because it got bundled with a controller gimmick that's all anyone could talk about, even though every other game that has motion aiming gets praised to high heaven because it's objectively a better way to aim a gun than a second thumb stick.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        12 days ago

        i-think-that It was hard for me to experience the better gameplay you're talking about because the controller gimmick was mandatory and very unfun for me to play with. I wasn't particularly fond of other games using that second screen as a mandatory inclusion, either. Also, because it's a story rehash, it felt more like a pretty but clumsy SF64 remaster than a new game.

        The opening cinematic was amazing and should have been its own movie/show, though. sicko-wistful

        • SSJ3Marx [he/him]
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          12 days ago

          I mean it's all subjective but I personally liked the controls and I'm sad about how hard they were rejected by the masses doggirl-gloom I do dream of a Switch port that makes them optional though, because I feel like the game itself deserves a second shot. There's a lot to like in the campaign (except for that helicopter level).

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            12 days ago

            I don't want to yuck your yum there, so I'll just share frustration that Star Fox is probably mothballed indefinitely now.