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Summary: Great whenever your bored
Review: I play this game whenever im bored or have nothing else to do. Its a great game to play and all but those people who waste their whole lives on this game are nuts. Getting bad grades and endless sleep is just absolutly stupid and brainless. This game is great if u want to lose your brain and have no life but upgrading your character and getting the best weapons. I believe i have the best weapon so hahahahah mah s/n iz ]-[K^viru$ if ya ever intrested in playin Peace out yall!!
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Summary: Diablo 2 is Da best!
Review: This game has everything you want in an Action/RPG game! It involves skill, smarts, and of course, fun and entertainment! You can choose your characters, (which they have different special skills) then go and start by listening to the storyline (or skip it, if you want) then you start playing. The storyline is perfect! It starts from where the first Diablo game (also a must have! 5 stars) left off after you rid the Diablo. If you have internet access you can go on the net trade and fight other people, or talk about the game. They can also help you if you're having trouble with a mission! This gam is great if you are into the Medi-Evil genre, or just love Action/RPG games! This game is Rated M (for Mature 17+) because of blood and violence. This game is a must!
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Summary: Again?
Review: It's funny how game developers strike on a theme or concept and consider it a gold mine. And like your average gold mine, it's used for a while, some times for years, but before anyone realizes it, it starts to run out. And so like many crazy miners, the game developers keep mining hoping to strike that gigantic hidden vein. Well, Blizzard hit the gold mine with original Diablo. I myself admit, that I stayed up for all hours of the night playing Diablo by myself, on my LAN, and on Blizzard.net. Shame to admit it, I played the game until I reached Hell, then replayed with different characters (Big whoop) and played again using the "evil" hackers tools (GASP!). So when Diablo II was announced, I eagerly awaited the release of the sequel. I announced my retirement from Diablo, ordered and got the Limited Edition of Diablo II and . . . was disappointed.Really disappointed. My first mistake was accessing Battle.Net the day of release, nay the month of release. Blizzard stress tested the new network for Diablo II due to a fundamental change in how network play is handled. Well,. . . They stress tested for 10,000 people. Well, 70,000 Limited Edition Diablo II's were printed on top of who knows how many of the regular edition and the server was crippled for several months. What did Blizzard think? That we would graciously limit ourselves 10,000 people at a time? (10,000 world wide if I understand the news wheel correctly.) Granted the change was for the best. I myself was getting annoyed by the vast number of Cheating Player Killers (CPK) using special software to "survive" anything. Many honest players were forced to use the very same hackers tools just to enjoy the game. The network was changed for Diablo II to prevent this type of cheat in an "honest" game. At least Blizzard didn't lose all of their brain cells. Blizzard did work hard to improve the AT&T servers for game play and now thanks to their hard work server down time is somewhat minimized (albeit hardly perfected. We game players are an impatient bunch.) And now on to the graphics. Well,. . . The graphics are nothing new. Still problems with the Voodoo 2 series of the cards (under certain circumstances it appears that you are looking through a sheet of water.) Monsters are still ho hum, areas are um . . the same random maps. Not much difference except the "bowled" effect. Not sure why blizzard implemented this, perhaps to give the player a better "perspective"? Things kind of do look more "distant" as the object reach the edge of the screen. Whatever. Controls are the same. The game now makes better use of the keyboard however the entire game can still be played without ever touching the keyboard. Both points are good. I like the fact that belt items are a variable (4 for the first belt, 8 for the next belt, 12 for the next belt and so on and so on.) however, many may not like the newer compact look of the screen. They may not realize that this is by design to allow the player more visible gaming area. Item finding is vastly improved (how many times did we squint at the screen to find a stupid ring.) pressing a chosen key highlights the items for easy finding.Also, managing and using your character has never changed from the original. It's still easy to look at the farious stats and items that you have. However, I've never liked how much screen real estate this process has to take. I find that the characters are somewhat unbalanced for game play. I can't really decide if this is good or bad. It is clear that one character will certainly stand out as the best for player to player combat, not good. As well as another character will become the best for single player games and another will be the best for "grouping." I do like the "unique" spells and abilities of each character. But is all this better than the "vanilla" characters of Diablo I? It certainly is, but by how much I'm not too certain. There really isn't much to say about this game. Giving or not giving a star for each quality, I rated the game like thus. One star for the solid, but very stock, graphics. One star for the extremely refined controls. However I have to force a loss of one star for the quirkiness of the battle.net servers. "Is that fair?" you may ask. Well, yes, You see, playing Diablo II by yourself is only 50% of the game. Playing online or on a LAN is the other 50%. Online play is such an integral part of the experience of this game that I feel that Blizzard's service should be included in the rating. Sorry guys and gals. I can't decide whether to give or take one star for the characters. I would rather give half a star but amazon doesn't allow that, therefor I'll be nice and round up. One star for the character selection and development. The final star goes towards overall addiction. This game is indeed addictive, however care should be exercised that boredom won't creep in. All in all, three and a half stars rounded up to four. This game needs to be viewed as an extension of the original instead of the a whole new version and your enjoyment will increase. The price is a bit high as of this writing but I feel it is worth the hard earned cash (or credit in our modern world). On a final note, (yes, I'm positive, no more paragraphs.) some of you may wonder why I don't always include music and sound in my reviews. It is because I am a part of the deaf community (although, I myself am not deaf.) I am keenly aware that deaf people often really don't care about music in a game so therfor I tend to leave those out. In case you are wondering, the music in Diablo II is far better than that found in Diablo I. Much more moody and awe inspiring, it certainly sets the pace of the game. Thanks for reading! TigerPomme
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Summary: Great game in the beginning which quickly gets boring
Review: Diablo 2 is a great game when you first start out, but then after you clear the game the first time, things go downhill really fast from there on. The action gets monotnous and boring. Although I like the character advancement system, gameplay and graphics, playing it once through normal mode was enough for me. Multiplayer didn't work too well for me either since I had to play on the Asia server. Oh yeah, I have a character there, but with 0 playing time and level 1 thanks to lack of server space, it really wasn't much fun.
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Summary: Better Than the Original
Review: This game is incredibly addictive. If you are sick of Diablo 1, don't think you will be bored of Diablo 2. The same great gameplay is back, only highly refined and expanded 5 times. You can literally play the entire thing through 15 times and not see everything. For those of you who haven't played Diablo, it is basically an RPG version of Solitaire - very simple, very repeditive, and very addictive. The perfect game for blowing 30 minutes at lunch, but beware - you might take the rest of the day off! The backdrop of the game is breathtaking! You will travel through dark caves, desert tombs, monasteries, deserted cities, jungles, ancient Mayan temples with undead priests assaulting you in waves, and even the rivers of Hell. The final showdown with Diablo is 10 times better than the original. The story that ties everything together is, well, not as deep as other RPGs, but still spell-binding. The ending will have you begging for D3. And once you finish it, you can play it again! This game has the most replay value of any RPG ever. First, it is actually fun to play over and over. Secondly, Diablo 2 has five highly unique character classes which all play differently, and within each class are 30 skills which would take you 300 levels to explore! You'll want to finish the game 2-3 times with each character. Finally, Battle.Net rocks. You are basically getting a MMORPG for free, without the monthly fee. Get online, meet your friends, form a party, and hop on a game. Incredibly simple. The games gets dynamically tougher as more players join, and you will never feel like there are more players then there are monsters. Forget camping, or taking 3 months to level - Diablo 2 lets you have fun immediately and doesn't slow down. During launch, everyone was trying to use it at the same time, but now things have calmed down significantly.
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Summary: Lather, Rinse, Repeat...
Review: I wanted to give this game more stars. I really did. The characters are distinct and interesting, the graphics are very good, and it can be quite addictive. However, there are a couple of flaws that are so annoying it's impossible to give the game a high rating. First and foremost, the game can be so repetitive at times it could be used as a substitute for Sominex. Some scenes continue far too long, and as you progress into the nightmare/hell levels, it's necessary to repeat scenes in order to level up before continuing with the quests. This gets so monotonous it's unbelievable. Endless traipsing through the Flayer Jungle is enough to give anyone a migraine. The second huge flaw is that the Blizzard team must have been high when they tested the relative character strengths throughout the entire game (normal, nightmare and hell). Anyone who has played several of the characters into at least the nightmare level will probably reach the conclusion that the Barbarian and Necromancer are by far the easiest characters (Barbarian in particular). Considering how long development took, I expected more from Diablo II. For how long is it fun to run around killing 5 or 10 versions of the same basic monsters? The answer is, it's fun for awhile, and then you start to drift off...desperately longing for games you would never have previously yearned for, like checkers or solitaire. ANYTHING sounds better after too long with this game. Sorry, Blizzard folks...better luck next time. I think I'll go play Baldur's Gate II now.
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Summary: Not As Good As The First
Review: I waited a long time for Diablo II (maybe too long). Yes, it's bigger with more monsters, better graphics, etc. But, it doesn't have the same spookyness that made Diablo I so appealing. The atmosphere of Diablo made it better. Diablo II is awesome for it's "hack & slash", but I miss the "spooky" sounds and atmosphere that just aren't there in Diablo II.
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Summary: THE BEST GAME AROUND!!!!!
Review: This game is the best. every one says that you lose some sleep, grades go down, exe. exe. I haven't lost any thing. This game is better than any final fantasy game i have ever played. The qusts are good and the gambling is a great idea. I collect the set idems whichare very helpful and hard to find. The monsters comning back is the best part of the game. I am playing a level 24 barbarian. Now it is hard to level. Overall, this game is worth buying.
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Summary: This is Blizzards best game ever
Review: Me being a great fan of Blizzard I have played most of their games and Diablo 2 is the best by a long shot.The spells and weapans alone are enough to keep you awake for hours at night,the ghaphics aren't much improved from the first Diablo but none the less they are still better.There are so many quests to defeat and boss's to kill that once you clock the game you'll just want to do it again.Ohh wicth brings me to the point there are five charcters to chose from and also three class's to chose from basicly they are easy meadium and hard so all you peaple who have read this you know to buy Diablo 2.C ya
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Summary: Diablo II ...... buy it
Review: if you have 50,000+ income each year, DONT HESTITAE! BUY IT! if you have 10 hours each day free, DONT HESTITAE! BUY IT! if you have a good mouse that you will want to break, DONT HESTITAE! BUY IT! if you have a hobby of repeative, DONT HESTITAE! BUY IT! if you love hack and slash and no roleplaying aka brain (for 50 hours) DONT HESTITAE! BUY IT! if you love to get bored, DONT HESTITAE! BUY IT! if you just love to kill endless identical monsters over and over, DONT HESTITAE! BUY IT! dude, even my mom can beat this game. she doesnt speak english, and she cannot read neither. it is so easy that she got bored when she was fighting diablo (the last boss). and she yelled at me: "I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU SEPNT 10 DOLLARS ON THIS CRAP!" (i lied to my mom that Diablo II is only 10 dolars. I dont want to die, you know?) well, Blizzard is always my favorite game company, but it is really a company that suited best for strategy games, look at Starcraft and WC II, they r awsome. if you are a gamer happend to look for a roleplaying with balanced battle system, and a great developed story line. i recomand you check out Planescape Torment and Baldur's Gate II. but if you are just as i described above......BUY IT!
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