There shouldn’t be any arguments when I claim that the original Diablo was a masterpiece. Launched in the 90’s, it defined a new genre of dungeon crawling, successfully mixing traditional Rogue/Nethack elements with beautiful visuals, real-time comba…
Good article, and I really liked it. Learned about some new games I've never heard of, even on other "Games like Diablo" lists.
It's strange that Lost Ark's not on there, as it's the biggest recent game with Diablo-like combat. Does it not run on Linux? That's what I'm guessing.
I need to try Last Epoch again. Last time I played it, I couldn't get it to run at a stable framerate at any resolution above 1080p. Even on Windows. But that was back in late 2021 and they've apparently made huge improvements to performance lately so I should give it another go.
Grim Dawn is fun. And a pretty deep game with loads of customization, and it has some great mods too if you're tired of the vanilla game. Including "Reign of Terror," a total conversion mod that basically turns it into Diablo II with extra content on a modern game engine.
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •Good article, and I really liked it. Learned about some new games I've never heard of, even on other "Games like Diablo" lists.
It's strange that Lost Ark's not on there, as it's the biggest recent game with Diablo-like combat. Does it not run on Linux? That's what I'm guessing.
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •I need to try Last Epoch again. Last time I played it, I couldn't get it to run at a stable framerate at any resolution above 1080p. Even on Windows. But that was back in late 2021 and they've apparently made huge improvements to performance lately so I should give it another go.
Grim Dawn is fun. And a pretty deep game with loads of customization, and it has some great mods too if you're tired of the vanilla game. Including "Reign of Terror," a total conversion mod that basically turns it into Diablo II with extra content on a modern game engine.
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