06-27-2012, 02:57 PM
Isn't this what Torchlight 1 did? It's a great game mechanic in general.
The infinite dungeon side-"event" gives you the best of both worlds:
1) It's optional - has nothing to do with the "plot" of the game so it feels entirely optional, compared to Diablo III's method of another difficulty tacked onto the base game that feels semi-compulsory.
2) It's epeen-oriented: how deep can you go? Make it skill based, not gear based, so the gear that drops there is the same power as what you can find in the base game (although maybe more of it, just to keep it interesting).
3) It can be progressively more difficult as you go - with each level having monsters that are 1% stronger than the previous level or something. Instead of having a huge brick wall of difficulty like D3's Inferno.
4) As you clear a level, you gain the ability to warp back to it from then on, saving your progress. There will always be that lure to see if you can clear "just one more level."
I don't know, it appeals to me, but maybe not to many others. After all, you can never ever "win" the game this way. There will always be another level to try. However, you can "win" Diablo III, and some people like that.
The infinite dungeon side-"event" gives you the best of both worlds:
1) It's optional - has nothing to do with the "plot" of the game so it feels entirely optional, compared to Diablo III's method of another difficulty tacked onto the base game that feels semi-compulsory.
2) It's epeen-oriented: how deep can you go? Make it skill based, not gear based, so the gear that drops there is the same power as what you can find in the base game (although maybe more of it, just to keep it interesting).
3) It can be progressively more difficult as you go - with each level having monsters that are 1% stronger than the previous level or something. Instead of having a huge brick wall of difficulty like D3's Inferno.
4) As you clear a level, you gain the ability to warp back to it from then on, saving your progress. There will always be that lure to see if you can clear "just one more level."
I don't know, it appeals to me, but maybe not to many others. After all, you can never ever "win" the game this way. There will always be another level to try. However, you can "win" Diablo III, and some people like that.
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