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Barbarians are cool
Captain Treacherous - writer/artist - posted on Saturday, 09/08/07 2:36:47 EDT
Nick, Insight and I are replaying Diablo II. It's a lot of fun, more so because I get to play as a Barbarian. After my two year stint with World of Warcraft, I was left wanting brutal melee combat that the Warrior class of WoW simply did not provide. Fortunately, Diablo II and the Barbarian class were there to pick up the slack.
In the world of Diablo, Barbarians are guys who take up their weapons and ram them down the throat of the nearest demon. There's a story involved about how Barbarians are protectors of some sacred relic that ensures the safety of the world, but I was too busy kiling demons to pick up any of it. This is what's known as "roleplaying", or pretending to be as single-minded and brutish as the character that you play. It's fitting; because when you're playing a Barbarian you don't have any desire to learn any more about the world of Diablo than necessary and rather go straight to the murdering.
Barbarians are highly skilled at murder. Be it with two weapons or one big one; they can dice multiple foes and shout down anyone too stupid to stay dead. They've got brawn to spare but no mercy to go with it. This sort of mentality gets one far in life, which might explain why my boss was mysteriously replaced by a Barbarian. I tried to reason with him about why I was ten minutes late, but all I got was an earful of rage and a sword down my throat. The ensuing punishment was to write a rant about how cool Barbarians are, and if no one reads it I'll be dead tomorrow. As an avid fan, I couldn't be more honored.
-The Cap'n