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Summary: a good value for the money
Review: I read about Diablo years ago. Now this package is available. These games are HIGHLY addictive!It takes quite a while to get through the quest, or quests. There is alot of fighting and crypt crawling. Sometimes management of items will get tedious, and you will have to sell or drop some things along the way. I had to tackle some of the bosses several times in order to achieve victory. Along the way there are hirelings available to help you on your quest. There are also some helpful non-player characters with information and services available. I've had to take a break from it several times, as the last legs of the journey can be difficult. It is sometimes preferable to go back and clean out several dungeons to raise experience levels before tackling a tough boss. There are several classes available. I played the barbarian in the demo, and am now running a necromancer. The spell casters are a little more difficult to play - the game is basically alot of fighting, and unless you have some decent magical items or helpers you are going to find yourself dying frequently. The graphics are awesome, but you will need a pretty fast processor -there is a lag sometimes even on my machine. I've never seen such great backgrounds before, and the creatures and people are quite vivid. The slant of the game is obviously towards males aged 13 - 30 though - there's alot of half naked women running around! One of the design features I like the best is the skill system. You don't simply go up in levels and learn spells automatically. You must choose various skills, most of which can be taken again to improve them. The basic skills must be learned before some of the advanced stuff can be chosen. No two characters will be the same. Sometimes you will find a choice does not work well given your style of play, as I did a few times. Some skills will find more general use, and others you might only use a few times to get out of a sticky situation. The same system applies for fighters. If you don't know the skill for a particular weapon it will be less effective, and some weapons may not be available for your class at all. And armor is sometimes unwearable without some rings or amulets available to boost your strength. It's long and sometimes frustrating, but the package was well worth the money.
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Summary: THIS IS FUN
Review: I was struck dumb with awe when i friend showed me this game. IT is the koolest game i have ever played on the computer. You are a hero who tries to defeat the ultimate evil Diablo. You can choose from 7 classes in the expainsion. Assisain, druid, amazon, barbarian, padilin, and my fav sorceress. When you first start out u have no armor and weak weapons but when u kill monsters you will gain exp and sometimes they drop weapons or armor. This is a 3rd person game and its real time. The animations are wonderful and the cutseens are really well done. The cap lv is 99 and when u lv up u can choose to up str or def or something else. You can also get speical attacks or magic. Like leap attack if ur a barbarin or something like nova which is an attack that realeses energy and goes out of u in the form of a cricle. This is the best game i have played in a long time i it has a high replay rating since u can play online and theres so many iteams to collect. The secret cow lv is really fun and funny. I hope u enjoy this as much as i did
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Summary: I WOULD GIVE THIS 999but i cant
Review: THIS IS BY FAR THE B E S T GAME EVER!!!Ive played A LOT og games but this tops everything. I myself have played hours at which r very very unhealthy srry to say. The interaction with other people online or the nice play of offline is one of the 999 (or something like that) reasons this is the best game ever.
U can start with either one of these charictors and can switch without deleting them unless ur playing on battlenet u can have up to like 9 on battlenet or somthing ike that. U can pick bewteen a Sorcerous-Power ful ice fire and lightning spells at her disposel if u use her right she becomes one of the best charictors of the game, Necromancer-Summons skeletons and golems to help him defeat his enemys he also uses curses and poisen-bone spells to weaken and desroy his enemies,paladin-sword master he is very good with combat skills and defencive and offencive aures, Barbarian-This awsome charictor can hold 2 wepons in his hands the only cahrictor that can do this besides assissns who can use to claws he can master the arts of wepns and more, assissin-Traps martial-arts are her best abilitys with powerful finishing moves and traps that will send eniems against each other make the assassin one of the best charicors in the game, Druid- this shapeshifting charictor has mastered the art of shapeshifting summoning vines and bears and wolfes he can also call hurricanses and volcanoes to stop his foes,Amazon- she can use either javolins or bows/crossbows. she can use magical arrows or thunder javilns to destroy her eneime that is all i have to say there maby some more i left out srry if i did.
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Summary: If your going to play video games make this one of them.
Review: Diablo 2 with expansion pack is very replayable. Very fun and easy to learn but a long time mastering and lots of ways to do things. I wouldn't really describe it as a role playing game at all however. You don't really play a role. You have one of 7 character types that you can develop in different ways. It's more of a game of character development and exploration of tactics from my point of view but it is very fun and liked by a wide range of people. Diablo 1 I played a while back so having it free is a nice perk I guess. It was fun but not quite simple dynamics compared to what you get in D2 and D2X. Some might want to give D2 a try and then get the expansion. Really, you are just shorting yourself. The world is far more complete if you just start the game with a full expansion install.
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Summary: Two reviews for the price of one
Review: Since both games (plus the expansion) are involved here I'll go ahead and give all 3 a review. Diablo came out in the mid 90's to rave reviews and newly found addiction from PC gamers everywhere. I got my own copy (still the original) and found the game to be a refreshing switch from other games I was goofing off with at the time. Diablo's premise is that you enter the town of Tristram to defeat an evil that has sprung up out of nowhere and resides in dark places below the village. The graphics for the time were pretty good albeit grainy and dark by today's standards. The characters you could play as were all great although the only real difference between them (Magician, Warrior, Rogue) were the starting stats, and even your Warrior could learn spells (same as the Magician) provided he found enough books and skill levels, the Magician could do much the same with Warrior weapons, provided the player put points into Strength and Dexterity. The plot to be honest was a bit ho-hum, go down, hack and slash, and rescue some kid while defeating monsters with thier own story and lore, which oddly I found no interest in. To make matters worse the singleplayer game went much quicker than multiplayer and so a shorter game is less apt to hold your attention span. But it's real value came when adventuring with friends either by internet or modem (yeah, people did modem to modem gaming back then...unreal ;) ) and it was in this way the game became unbelievably addictive as hours long searches in dungeons for the best weapons and equipment became a pastime. Diablo II was the much ballyhooed and awaited sequel in gaming history at the time. The game saw a few delays getting out of production (usually a surefire sign a game will be a dud) but turned into solid gold. In every single way an improvement over it's forebear. And the plot was outstanding! The music, atmosphere, the weapons and armor you could find...what was there to *not* be liked about the game? The story has you following the previous game's hero (the plot assumes it was the Warrior) and watches his downward spiral as he travels east towards the place of Diablo's rebirth, releasing mayhem as he moves. Besides special missions that give you permanent stat upgrades and named items you have a gigantic choice of places to explore, there are runes and gems that you can drop into weapons and armor, giving them custom upgrades. D2: Lord of Destruction follows the path of the last bad guy, the Lord of Destruction, into the frozen lands of the north, homeland of the Barbarian. This expansion gets a lot of mixed reviews, but personally I like it. The music, locales, and especially the amazing experience one can get just by going through the expansion once is not to be ignored. Plus super customized "named" armor that you make by having certain rare runes is definitely a bonus beyond words. Online play is fun but with so many hacked items it's simply better to go it alone and try and get some good stuff that's legit, a real sign of respectability these days. The game is very addictive and you'll find yourself going back to it again and again. Try it out and see :)
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Summary: How long have I been playing this???
Review: These games were a big hit on my PC.
The original Diablo's graphics didn't seem poor to me until after Diablo II came out.
Love the greater character depth that II brought.
The additional character types also revive the story when you have 'played out' an old character.
Problems?
Well for the Nech. raising the dead can come back to haunt you...if you grow them on both sides of you in a tunnel they have a tendency to jam the tunnel and thier love of you means that they arent going anywhere. Must restart the game to resume.
I also prefer a Game Save to save right where I am and not return me to back to the level origin with all the bad guys I worked hard to terminate revived as if I have to pay some penalty for saving the game.
It also took me a while to learn that you don't have to pick something up just because a monster dropped it. This lesson will save you loads of trips to the surface to sell worthless junk when the thing that you really want respectable armor/weapons to spend with the money that seems to always be filling your little chest (storage rental???).
These minor blemishes don't detract from the inventive play and running battles that keep me coming back for more.
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Summary: It's the best!
Review: I love Diablo. In my opinion D2's the best game ever made. I've played with my boyfriend's copy but my birthday's coming up and I'm hoping for the battle chest. I've played D1 and D2 before, just not D2x. D1 isn't really so great. People say it has a better storyline but I disagree; it has an insane storyline that revolves around the items you have to give to people. It didn't click with me. However, I love everything about D2. The graphics are great for when it was made, and are still very fashionable by today's standards. It's just not 3D, which puts some people off, but it's a very good looking game and the MOST FUN to play. And to the person who said that the game is horrible because there are scammers and people with hacks on BNet, it is all true. Playing on BNet is horrible if you don't congregate with people that you know. They all use hacks and steal items and scam you. But there is no problem if you choose not to interact with these people. Besides, this is irrelevant to the GAME itself; this is the fault of people, not Blizzard. The GAME is great but people are not. It is simple as that. The game still deserves 5 stars because it's the greatest game ever made! Very VERY addicting.
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Summary: One of the best games out there
Review: If this is the first time you look at this game, then you are definitely missing something out. Diablo II is simply the best game for its genre: hacking, slashing, and some magic displays. You get to choose as one of 5 very different but balanced characters (7 if you also install the expansion, LOD). From Barbarian with its brute strength to Sorceress with fire, ice, and lightning mastery. From Necromancer with his undead minions, Druid with his wolves and bear minion and natural magic including lycanthropy, to martial artist Assassin. Plus bow/javelin wielding Amazon and party leader Paladin.
Whether you are a fan of D&D (Forgotten Realm, Dragon Lance) or RPG (Final Fantasy), you will find this game very enjoyable. Watch for addiction! The randomized dungeons and customizable characters will render you vulnerable to long hours of game play just to see how effective a pure fire Sorceress compared to a multi-element one.
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Summary: Now THIS is my kind of video game...
Review: ...And it's a GREAT value!! To tell you the truth, I haven't played it a whole lot, so I can't rattle off all sorts of neat facts, but I can tell you it kicks the "you know what" (...) out of most games. The graphics are improved with the expansion pack included, allowing you to have 800x600 resolution even on the original Diablo II, which is cool. There are two new character classes, and they are both welcome additions. Act V with 6 new quests I believe, is on the expansion pack. Like I said before, this is a...value. At first, I bought Diablo II for [$$]. Then I planned on buying Lord of Destruction for another [$$], but then it hit me...that, my friends, is a [joke]!! I got my money back for Diablo II, and then bought the battle chest which includes Diablo, Diablo II, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, and an awesome strategy guide...but the best part is....IT'S [$$] LESS THAN THE DIABLO II + EXPANSION PACK COMBO!! Go for the battle chest, it's worth every penny.
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Summary: One of the greatest games ever made. Period.
Review: I cant even estimate how many hours Ive spent playing this game on Battle.net over the last few years. It is just that good. Logging onto Bnet and playing this game with tens of thousands of people, 4 years after its release, shows you just how great the game is. If any game can put up these numbers years after its release then its got to be doing something right. Pick up this game now if you havent already. Youll be hooked for a long time...
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