I had heard of Diablo II for decades and how the game was a trendsetter in the gaming industry. Many gamers heralded the action RPG as being the best thing to happen to PC gaming at the time. I read many accounts of people who were just binging on the game for countless hours at a time. Because I was not a PC gamer when the game was first released in 2000, I did not feel that Diablo II was something that I missed out on. I was mainly playing sports games, Japanese RPGs, and fighting games at the time. I was so into JRPGs at the time that as the gaming industry started moving more to western-style RPGs that contained more free-form combat and open-world type freedom, I strongly resisted it at first. In a silly way, I thought I was turning my back on games such as Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Star Ocean, etc. When I think about it, even if I did have access to play Diablo II, I likely would have shunned it at the time on that principle alone. I’m glad I’m not that type of gamer anymore.  Continue Reading