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General discussionI just met the Butcher... again(17 posts)(17 posts)
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Posted June 15, 2023
They've run out of ideas like 10-15 years ago and are just milking nostalgia by now. We've met and killed "A The Butcher" in D1, D3 and now D4, because as Diablo 3 lore explained to us, there are absolutely multiple The Butcher demons in existence so it's fine to recycle him guys!!! I distinctly remember eye rolling when I first encountered him in D3 and eye rolling even harder after reading the in-game lore snippet on him (or them, I guess).

Same with Leoric. You kill him in D1, D3 and from what I've heard, you kill him (this time it's final for real guys...) in Diablo Immortal. Also heard they recycled the Countess from D2 into Immortal.
Post edited June 15, 2023 by idbeholdME
Posted June 15, 2023
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SargonAelther: Well clearly not. Neither Diablo 2 nor Diablo 1 can be an inspiration for Diablo 1 lol.

The OP should really qualify what the heck he's talking about. I'll assume Diablo 4 for now...
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andysheets1975: I'm pretty sure it's Diablo 4. I came across some hype for the game talking about how they brought the Butcher back. Because "no one's ever really gone...."

If it is Diablo 4, then I find the music severely lacking. I mean literally most of the time it feels like there's no music at all. It's way too subtle. It feels like the composer confused ambient noise with music. Diablo 1 had some very good and haunting music. Diablo 2 reused some of Diablo 1's music, but it was overall less haunting. Still very good though, especially the whole Lord of Destruction score.

In Diablo 4 there's nothing memorable at all, beyond the main theme I guess, which is also ridiculously subtle and most of it is just empty ambience.
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andysheets1975: That's pretty standard nowadays. Memorable, well-developed musical scores have largely given way to bland ambient music (see also the System Shock remake). It's disappointing that it's happening more often in video games, though, as games had been a refuge for good music after film and TV producers largely annihilated classical scoring.
It's been happening in Total War too, though i have to say, the Three kingdoms OST actually went pretty well
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