Dadplaysgames4 wrote:
Yeah I convinced a couple of friends to play median as well. Unfortunately they all left after act 1 normal because they said: "This game doesn't look good." and "this game isn't up-to-date with normal QoL elements seen in other games"
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I don't get it either. Iv'e had a few try out mxl and quit for pretty much the same reason, or it is flat out too difficult for them (lmfao just Duncraig-Teganze) What is more frustrating is that these same people ask for "more content" from the mods that they play (PoD-PD2) when in reality the other mods should or already have taken ideas from mxl.
The thing is, this mod isn't for all "d2 players." With that being said the content here is challenging enough to even drive away semi-experienced players. But it's also shitty that they can't have "fun" just playing the mod, when they will go and do that for the others.
I also believe that there is just too much attention/over-hype for D2R, when those that bought the nostalgia cash-grab are bored after another 10000000000 Baal runs and maybe some ubers: they will be looking for a mod to play.
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"Looking for a mod to play" is really the reason they're making it. Games like Median XL have shown that Blizzard's design team were a bit rubbish at the content side of things, but they hit the spot with the look and feel.
So they have quite rightly set out to avoid updating content, leaving that to people who do that (much) better. They even left the old graphics in there so that it can also be used as a "moddable old d2" if the new graphics don't appeal. And they've realised that since Blizzard North days they've failed in the look-and-feel department too (D3 was too cartoony). It looks as if D4 may have the wrong end of the stick as well in trying to have "a darker feel" - D1 and D2 were not about being "dark", they were about atmosphere - you could feel the suspense in many places.
So they are covering all the bases for modders, cashing in on providing the platform for old d2 graphics-based mods and new d2 graphics and (they hope) killing off the d2 hacking in the process.
Given the limitations of Blizzard design these days, that's probably the best thing they could do.