Both my dad and I still play the first Diablo. Playing it when I was young was also very much a bonding activity between us; before I joined him in multiplayer (we only had enough money for one copy of the game), it was still a joint effort. He'd play, I'd sit there with the guide and read up on enemies and shrines when needed.
The graphics haven't aged well at all (nor have the... colours), but the randomly generated dungeon does add a whole lot of replayability. And a lot of new opportunities to get completely fucked over, on harder difficulties.
Excited to finally throw my hat into the ring for this year's banner contest!
I'm playing into the Amiibo craze a bit here, but please, if you or someone you love is struggling with Amiibo Fever or involved with an Amiibo cult, seek help.
The Richard persona was probably my least favorite aspect of the story because it seemed like almost everyone in the world of Hotline Miami hallucinated the same being. To me it sort of undermined Jacket's insanity. (I also was a bit annoyed that HM2 assumes that you didn't kill Richter in HM1, and that a Biker look-alike appears in the crowd outside the courthouse.)
I enjoyed probably enjoyed the sections where you play as Jake and Richter the most, you get some different perspectives on the events of the first game. If the game had been you playing as a bunch of masked people sent by 50 Blessings I would have loved that. I wanted to like The Fans section but they don't get many levels in the overall game, don't get very fleshed out personality-wise. Their story/The Henchman's and The Son's story is pretty isolated from the rest of the game.
The Soldier/Beard sections were also great, but I sort of wish it was left a little more ambiguous that he and Jacket were friends in the military. (I also thought Jake was the guy in the bandana in the Hawaii missions, but they seem to be unrelated.)
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