Diablo 2 creator says players treated the action RPG like a "lifestyle game" because it was fun, and MMOs like World of Warcraft had more to do with starting the live ser…
Ladders in Diablo 2 were a closed multiplayer realm where players would create a new character from scratch and grind for XP ...
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Diablo creator explains ARPGs are inherently live-service to “some degree”, but the blame is more on WoW
Diablo creator David Brevik discusses whether ARPGs are inherently live-service games or not two decades after their release.