A New Game is launched 25 years later, Diablo 2 director still hasn’t gotten over how much the stamina bar sucks: “It’s like a newbie tax almost” is launched.
25 years later, Diablo 2 director still hasn’t gotten over how much the stamina bar sucks: “It’s like a newbie tax almost”new features
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25 years later, Diablo 2 director still hasn’t gotten over how much the stamina bar sucks: “It’s like a newbie tax almost” new features
25 years after the launch of the pioneering action-RPG Diablo 2, series creator David Brevik still has one major gripe: that stamina bar is no damn good, man.
Diablo 2 is an undeniable masterpiece that has shaped and influenced the action-RPG genre, and the RPG space broadly, to this day. And as someone whose childhood was more or less defined by the first two games in the series, even I can admit the stamina bar is an annoying, unnecessary obstacle to fun.
Although largely irrelevant at higher levels, earlier in the game, the stamina bar depletes frustratingly quickly, and when it does, it doesn’t refill unless you’re at a complete standstill. It’s one of the only pain points I still remember having with Diablo 2, and it’s one that unfortunately remains in the 2021 remaster.