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Favorite and least favorite acts
Firebrand:
So now that's Ragnarök is out, there are five acts to choose from! Do you have favorites? Are there ones you just don't like? Go ahead and share!
To lead by example, I'll do. I'm in a bit of trouble with favorite, though. Whenever I leave Egypt with a character on legendary (it hasn't happened very often, mind you, but I've had a few characters there), I always feel a bit disappointed that I'm not going back there (at least with that character) again. I really like the atmosphere that was built up for Act II, and the fact that it's most likely the shortest of the five by a long shot doesn't really help, either. On the other hand, Act V is hard to contest with. Celtic and Nordic themes are both great, and the deep forests and snowy wastelands are both very evocative. The soundtrack is superb, and there's some unique feel to the Dvergr ruins, too.
My least favorite is much less of a question, I think it's always been Act IV. Don't get me wrong, the atmosphere is pretty greatly done, usually (I particularly like the eerie Tower of Judgement), but something about the whole act just makes me want to get out of there as quickly as it's possible. I could never really explain why that is, but somehow the whole act has a rather oppressive feel, I think.
On that note, I'm not a huge fan of the start of Act III, either, but by the end it really grows on me. I'm not fond of the random prehistoric monsters, either; I guess I think that with its rich mythology and history, China really would've deserved an act on its own, and before that Babylon, Persia and the Silk Road could've been rolled into another. Thinking about it, I'd really have liked to see how that'd have turned out!
Typhon:
Act 4 is my favourite, I like the darkness of Hades and Elysium as a whole and many of the monsters designs. With Act 1 being a close second because I like Greek Mythology more than most others presented in this game.
Act 2 is my least favourite because of it's massive bland levels of dirt and sand and I found most enemies to be boring.
I haven't reached Act 5 so I don't know how well I'm going to enjoy it.
Medea Fleecestealer:
Can't say I have a particular favourite or disliked act in the game, but what I don't enjoy every much in the battle area before you reach Hades' Palace. It's just too noisy for me - I usually mute the sound when I play through there. If I don't do that it's always a blessed relief when I enter the Palace and there's SILENCE. :) Orient not that great because of so many trees, it's difficult to see foes sometimes, especially since I've have to put with nightimes too. Can't wait for Soulseekkor to get the freeze time of day mod back in the Defiler.
Pazuzu:
Act 3 is my favorite. The monsters and the terrain are simply awesome. I cant say i really like babylon, but its a really short run and once you get in to the cave it gets awesome. The snowy areas are amazing and they look nice graphically. The mountains and the forests are nice too, and the mobs are much stronger than act 1 and 2 and its a challenge most of the time in normal, especially in xmax or massbosses. We have tigermen, ratmen, demons, dragonians, what's not to like? By the way, when you enter the cave that leads you to Typhon, you get a whole new level of challenge, its nothing like you've previously encountered, because everything in there is freakin strong. And if we count Olympus as a part of act 3, then add that to the challenge.
My least favorite act is definitely is act 2, i get tired of seeing the same yellow terrain for hours, the areas need a lot of exploration because although its the shortest act, the areas are not connected to each other and if you don't know the game well, you will get lost and ask your self what's next. When you reach thebes you can take 2 different routs in order to go to giza and unlock the main quest, same goes for fayum desert, you will have to find the scorpos king and then go the other way around for the main quest. The telkine quest doesn't help either, if by chance you discover the telkine tomb first, it might let you wonder what's the use of the other caves in the area (there's no use, you can either farm them or let them be). The mobs in act 2 are also boring, the fire bugs are annoying, the spectrals too. And the undead are basically the same ones from act 1, not to mention that as an act its probably the easiest. When you first get to rhakotis you would expect a higher level of difficulty, but that's not the case, and as you gradually proceed with the main quest, you realize that it actually gets easier, because most mobs in act 2 are weak, except for the reptilians generally, and the spectrals in legendary only (high damage, pierce if im not mistaken). I cant take the yellow terrain, its not for me.
Act IV is not that great imo, the dark theme is nice, but it changes themes sometimes, like the one in the water area, its kinda lame. But i think its pretty playable considering that its much harder than the previous acts and you need to keep an eye out for machaes and other new enemies out there. But still, act IV would be a contender for least favorite act if it wasnt for the secret passage and the fact that in act 4 you can generally find good items. Also im not really a huge fan of chaos, act 4 is pretty chaotic, especially towards the end.
Act 1 is pretty good for me. It has an initial challenge, it has a lot of caves and tombs and its a pretty long act, or at least it feels that way because you are usually undergeared and in normal you run really slowly.
Haven't played act 5 yet.
sauruz:
I still didnt try act5.
Its hard to say whats a favourite and least acts.
I love every bit of details in places, i dont like acts i do like the zones, wusao cave, sonoris, monsters war camp in greece, the seven tombs in egpyt... i could go all night .
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