LiquidOxygen80: I think I actually quoted the wrong person, disregard, Mad. My apologies!

LiquidOxygen80: This is why I chose PoE and Grim Dawn over it any day. Diablo 3 was a cartoon masquerading as a Diablo game.

IwubCheeze: Personally, I thought D3 was WoW masquerading as Diablo. I'm also quite surprised Bliz even had a demo of D3 because from what I played of the D3 demo, nothing from the previous 2 games were preserved, fans of the previous game weren't likely to like it.

For atmosphere, D1 totally nailed it. The music, the gritty art design, monster design and the fact you could still die on the second level if you weren't careful. Just my opinion but I think the atmosphere alone was what made the demand for D2. I know people will disagree with me but I thought D2 lost some atmosphere that made D1 special, I actually didn't like D2 when it first came out. Eventually after a ton of patching, D2 won me over and while I still don't like the loss of atmosphere, I think the character progression system makes up for it. D3 reatains none of these things. If Bliz called the game "Fisher Price My First ARPG" instead of Diablo 3, I would have been more forgiving over it.

I also like Grim Dawn, and I can't wait for the Forgotten Gods expansion due this year (November I think it was)

DedIago: just curious - have you played W3 before these two?
W1 and 2 are quite different, and while the second is definitely a big disappointment, first is one of my favourite games of all time.

also, another entry for GTA 4 here. big, beautiful, technologically advanced, bland, tedious and simply boring game. engine is really cool, though game is fun to watch, but not to play.

Raderofthelostark: Doom - Before I get mobbed, let me preface this by saying that it is a good game. It is a very important game in terms of gaming history. But I think the gameplay is a bit overrated. It is sometimes a chore to find keycards, which is made more problematic considering the game is supposed to be fast-paced. And the controls are clunky, even when I finally figured out how to overcome what was preventing me from rebinding the keys. Yes, I know you can mod it, but that isn't an excuse and I don't want to fumble around with making that work. Also, it is very frustrating how easily you can be hit by things above you when you have trouble aiming at them. Even worse is when things are way below you where you absolutely can't see them and you can still get hit anyway! It is a good game overall, but I think it gets too much of a pass. I feel similarly about Doom II and Final Doom.

Raderofthelostark: There are a few that come to mind off the top of my head. It was mostly due to seeing really good reviews for each of these games and then it coming short of my expectations, sometimes quickly.

Turok 2 - I absolutely despise this game. The first Turok was great, and I expected a similarly enjoyable experience. What I got was tedious gameplay and awful, confusing level design, combined with the worst map in a game I have ever seen (even worse than Daggerfall's, but I love that game despite and sometimes because of its flaws). Somehow I brought myself to finish the game, but I was already hating it about 2/3 of my playthrough in, after leaning back and forth between liking it and disliking it.

F.E.A.R. - At first it was interesting, but even then I just couldn't bring myself to play more than a half-hour each session. It has great atmosphere, but I quickly lost interest in the gameplay. It felt rather repetitive and the story just wasn't intriguing.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Somewhat similar situation to F.E.A.R., although the setting was much more interesting here. But the gameplay got very frustrating not too far in when you have to go underground. Completely unfair how quick AI reactions at that point are for some reason, and I was just losing interest in the story at that point anyway.

Doom - Before I get mobbed, let me preface this by saying that it is a good game. It is a very important game in terms of gaming history. But I think the gameplay is a bit overrated. It is sometimes a chore to find keycards, which is made more problematic considering the game is supposed to be fast-paced. And the controls are clunky, even when I finally figured out how to overcome what was preventing me from rebinding the keys. Yes, I know you can mod it, but that isn't an excuse and I don't want to fumble around with making that work. Also, it is very frustrating how easily you can be hit by things above you when you have trouble aiming at them. Even worse is when things are way below you where you absolutely can't see them and you can still get hit anyway! It is a good game overall, but I think it gets too much of a pass. I feel similarly about Doom II and Final Doom.

Raderofthelostark: Doom - Before I get mobbed

Raderofthelostark: Doom - Before I get mobbed, let me preface this by saying that it is a good game. It is a very important game in terms of gaming history. But I think the gameplay is a bit overrated. It is sometimes a chore to find keycards, which is made more problematic considering the game is supposed to be fast-paced. And the controls are clunky, even when I finally figured out how to overcome what was preventing me from rebinding the keys. Yes, I know you can mod it, but that isn't an excuse and I don't want to fumble around with making that work. Also, it is very frustrating how easily you can be hit by things above you when you have trouble aiming at them. Even worse is when things are way below you where you absolutely can't see them and you can still get hit anyway!

timppu: Yes it has very clunky controls compared to modern FPS games, its game-engine is very limiting and even laughable (like the up/down thing you mentioned) etc.