Just curious, what’s your favorite and least favorite act ?
My favorite is act 5. The nostalgia, the music (especially Harrogath). To me, it is such a cozy place. The setting of a barbarian homeland is so awesome to me. Plus, the ancients, the snowy caverns, the betrayal. Just awesome.
My least favorite would be act 3. They really did a good job on the remaster. But the monsters are so annoying, it’s not a good place to be in hell, and it is difficult to navigate (for me).
Bonus question. Not asking if you want act 6 or not. But what would it look like for you ?
We have plains, desert, jungle, otherworldly, and snowy mountains. So, underwater act 6 ? Any cool ideas ?
act 4 is the smallest but it has the best feeling for me. this tiny, basically a room, called the “Pandamonium Fortress” (coolest fort name ever) hanging off the side of the cliff just outside of a place called “City of the Damned” which is a hop-skip-and-a-jump from THE hell. It’s just this miniature fortress which is safe from all things considering its location but is gothic as hell and still, somehow, imposing and strong given the situation.
Favorite Act 5 aswell, and yes act 3 is a pain in the a…, you just want done as fast as possible.
Underwater act seems out of place in this game. But maybe a qestline into the depts of a huge mountain, what awaits in the deepest darkest place. With cave trolls and dwarfes and such enemys.
you monster. act 3 is actually really cool if you spend some time in it. just the corn maze design for the first half that is sort of a slog. the updated graphics of act 3 are some of my favorite. it’s really cool looking and it has a lot of nice looking areas.
Favorite act, 2. the music sets this act above the rest IMO, and the fact a lot of the areas are long and drawn out makes it all the better. To this day I still turn off SFX and crank music when entering act 2, the nostalgia is real with that.
Least favorite has got to be Act 3, the fact that the flayer jungle can SOMETIMES be connect to great marsh and other times not, making you cross back through the spider forest after walking in circles for 20 minutes clearing every spot of unid map space “it has to be that last little square that leads up more wall… fffffffffffffuuuuuuuu” yeah, that place is literal hell.
Yeah I like act 2 too. My favorite sequence is when you enter the palace and the music kicks in, and then you find yourself in the arcane sanctuary, beautiful.
Act 3 is the worst but Act 2 is not far behind considering it has the 2 worst locations in the game (Maggot’s Lair and Arcane Sanctuary) and one of the worst boss fights ever designed with Duriel.
maggot lair is so narrow some builds cant even be used properly (hammerdins/bows/etc). in group play u trap any1 in front of you.
and them damn sneks huge dmg+stun…also duriel is hardest boss of any act.
A5 is prolyl favorite as its got variety and better plot of the acts.
I think thats where most of my likeness of the act comes from, a bunch of dumbass friends trolling each other in the maggot tunnels getting someone blasted with lightning bolts and getting melted, hours of entertainment.
Act II is my least favorite. That’s not saying I don’t like it; I do.
It’s just my least favorite of the five Acts, and that is only because I’m not a fan of desert environments.
Ugh, sand.
Act I is my favorite, followed closely by Act V.
I have no strong feelings either way about Acts III and IV; I enjoy them well enough.
Act 1 is probably my overall favorite for the nostalgia and pure fun, but Act 2 has the best music. I actually kind of like act 3, but the jungle maps can be rage-inducing with all the backtracking and deadends.
Least favorite, hmm, toss up between act 4 or 5. Act 4 is too short and linear in a way, and act 5 I usually skip a lot of maps, because it is just irritating to fight certain places (those teleporting dudes can get my blood boiling for sure!! )
Favorite act has to be act 2 for me, altho I quite like act 3 as well.
, also like act 1 alot.
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