Don't play Hellfire, first off. The original is slow and visceral and reminiscent of a survival horror. Having played all the Diablo games, this one is hands-down the best, like they literally broke the mold. It's a treat, a little vacation, to play this game to completion.
The pre-rendered backgrounds are beautiful, the jokes are great, the design is iconic. All the Monkey Island games should have been redone in this art style. It's simply amazing that a 3D game can look so timeless, as they usually age rapidly. People dislike it because it's newer and doesn't fit with their early 90's nostalgia and sense of Lucas Arts camp. However, it really is a more well-made experience than the other three.
The game starts out with a pretty cool, if janky, cinematic. The opening cutscene is also nice, if not weird and cliche. Suddenly, you're asked to draw a sword. Geralt holds it over his head, behind his back, and swings toward the target at about a 45 degree angle. So, basically, he hurts people by doing something that looks like the chicken dance. Not only are the animations ugly (I guess they spent all the money on instanced cut scenes), but the combat is just clicking people who have massive health bars. Click, click, click, click, click, right click (to parry or whatever), rense and repeat. You can also just run past all the enemies, in a way strikingly similar to Aliens Colonial Marines. There's no way I can get into this, even if the story is cool.
Must play for anyone who likes a game with a storyline.
