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Diablo is easily my favourite ARPG. I remember being a young man being completely consumed with Diablo 1. My best friend and I loved it so much that we'd take turns switching our characters while we hunted other players for their ears. I had never seen a game push the level of darkness that Diablo did. Then, Diablo II was released...  And it took Diablo 1 and dialed it to 11. Everything was larger and more dark. There were more classes, more abilities, more places to adventure. Character skill trees and countless new pieces of gear to farm. For me, Diablo II was the pinnacle of what the genre could be.  When they announced Diablo 3, like most lovers of the games, I was overly pumped. It had been 10 years without something new. And when it arrived.... Well.... It was definitely something new. The abilities had Cool-downs now, there was no longer a skill tree, no more customizable character attributes, a real-money action house and what seemed like no chance to get meaningful lo...

Let's get the air clear here right away. I love the Diablo series. I adore everything about the ARPG style of games. Chaos Bane had been marketed as the "Diablo Killer" since its early Alpha tests. I purchased Chaos Bane shortly after launch at full price. At that time, I was very let down. I played the game for about 10 hours with my cousin. We encountered numerous glitches, a crash or two and even had a character of mine get corrupted and couldn't play it anymore. So, I chalked it up to hype and marketing getting to me and put the game back on the Steam shelf.  After recently hearing that Diablo 4 will still be a long way off, like not launching in 2021 even (WTF BLIZZARD, don't you guys have programmers? lol), my girlfriend and I decided to take another swing at Chaos Bane. I introduced her to Diablo via Diablo 3 and she fell in love. She has the "Diablo itch", just not as bad as I do currently. So we install the game and right off the bat, she has an...