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Summary: It's like a drug...
Review: I get on the computer as soon as my kids are asleep, and when I go to bed, I still see the scenes behind my eyes. My fingers twitch all day long with the urge to leave work early for just a little more game time... The graphics are Great - a lot of imagination went into making things look interesting. The world is HUGE! and I love the fact that it's split up into four acts. I have caught a glimpse of some of the screen shots from acts II, III & IV and can hardly wait to get there myself... Buy this game - it's worth the money!
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Summary: An Excellent Sequel To The King Of All Adventure Games!
Review: Diablo II does more than deliver on all the promises, it lives up to all the EXPECATATIONS that fans of this game, the original of which was voted Game of the Year by two separate organizations, had for it, which is an accomplishment in and of itself. The graphics aren't tremendously improved, but loading times, gameplay and the story itself are. It has more of an RPG feel to it, which is nice, but still doesn't leave you feeling unsatisfied when you're looking to be standing in a pool of blood and body parts. The creatures get tougher at a reasonable rate, and death can be nasty if you die in a bad area (you actually have to go retrieve your body and equipment!). You can avoid this by exiting the game and restarting, so your body appears in town next to you, but while you get your equipment, you've lost all your money (make GOOD use of your Stash in town! Save some money!). Overall, a WONDERFUL game that will provide many hours of role playing excitement (and many late nights; the caffeine industry ought to give kickbacks to Blizzard!).
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Summary: Blizzard for President
Review: After experiencing WarCraft II, StarCraft, their add-ons, and Diablo, I'm not at all surprised that Diablo II is a great game. Though I'm scarcely through with 1/4 of it, I could sit here all day and list all the great things about this game: e.g., inventive storyline; cool monsters; great music, sounds, and voice acting; very good (if not great) graphics; incredibly friendly (Blizzardian) interface; utterly addictive playability; need for catheter, NO-DOZE, back rub; etc. Though only one of the three discs is a play disc, this game is huge; if the smaller original Diablo has endless playbility, Diablo II's playability is "endless plus." Since it's pretty violent, I won't let my kids watch me play it. But that's a good thing; otherwise, I might play it too much. Based on what I've played, there are a very few "cons," if you'd call them that: e.g., I at least initially dislike the Save feature even less than that of the original; I don't like having to kill all the same monsters over and over. There is little if any improvement in the graphics over the original, but that ain't all that bad. Also, in the original I enjoyed littering Tristram from one end to the other with all the stuff I would find in the dungeons. With Diablo II, you have to sell the stuff you find to Gheed, store a measly bit of it in your stash, or else lose it all when you exit the game. But really, this might turn out to be a minor criticism. So was D2 worth the wait? Yes, I think so. Blizzard knows what it is doing. I just hope that it never becomes a subsidiary to a greed-based parent co. whose philosophy condones churning games out before they're ready. If and when that happens, the Blizzard magic will be lost. Meanwhile, I look forward--likely a LONG WAY forward--to WarCraft III.
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Summary: FUN ... PERIOD!
Review: Unlike most pc gamers, I never played the first Diablo. With all the hype and how much my friends enjoyed the first game, I figured this would be the game to buy. Well, it is. The fun and reaplayability factors definitely make up for the less than stellar graphics in this game. The controls and gameplay are superb. The sound and music is some of the most realistic I've ever heard (except for some of the recent FPS games). I haven't played on Battle.net yet simply because I'm having too much fun playing my own game and TCP/IP'ing with my buddies. Me and my friends started our game after we were halfway through with Act 1 in our own games, and we were amazed at how much fun we were having even though it was our second time through Act 1. When you play online with others it proposes a whole new slew of options like trading, etc. (teamwork!). What makes the game so replayable is that everytime you play it, it's different. Even if you play as the same character, you will end up getting weapons in a different order. The weapons and magic are just AWESOME by the way. It's so cool how killing the same enemies over and over (and over) again can be SO MUCH FUN! Usually I HATE normal RPG games, but this action RPG stuff is my bag ... baby!
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Summary: Welcome back Diablo
Review: The inovative Diablo is back. This game is a worthy sequel to a game that has lead to many a wasted hour. This game possess is great the first time you play it, it's action packed, and exciting( a quality that more then a few Role-Playing games lack)and it has a great story, I was actually in a hurry to find out what was going to happen next in the story, the movies between Acts are wonderfully done. And the best part is the game has great replay value, with five classes to choose from, and two modes to play after you beat to one before it. Each level of play is harder (much harder) the the level before it, and although you know the story lines if you play the second to levels, the challage of the quest are still there with the increased difficultity of the enemies, in short wide varity of play plus the online mutli-player aspects, make for hours more of wasted time in front of your computer, enjoy
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Summary: Great Game with an intriguing storyline
Review: Diablo II is a fine example of how RPG games should be made. I have never played the original Diablo before, so I can't really appreciate all the new additions to Diablo II. But I can tell you that Diablo II is an excellent game and I'm sure that if you purchase it, you will lose sleep and quality time with your family. I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: More than I'd hoped for!
Review: Instead of writing a review on how wonderful it is or how I love playing it, I'll just make it short and sweet. It is head and shoulders above its original predecessor, while yet staying simple. The RPG feel it has now makes it a completely different game, and the fact that it'll still run on my computer (albeit slowly) even when I don't have the minimum requirements means alot to me.
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Summary: To battle or not to battle with Battle.Net
Review: As a beta stress tester, I was encouraged with the initial phase of the Battle.Net Server. Since the release of D2, BN servers have been down more than I care for. The overall playability of the game is very intense and very very addictive. My right hand formed over the mouse so well after 12 hours of Single Player Mode that I thought it was going to stay that way. Once BN gets the bugs out, I will have to get a mouse implant and disconnect all forms of outside communications. This is a MUST BUY game!
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Summary: Blizzard is the best.
Review: Diablo 2 is great. In the first act, you visit Tristam, the town from the original, only to find it's been destroyed. You get to meet old friends as well old enemies. You can hire mercenaries to fight along with you. Every different type of equipment changes the way your character looks. 5 character classes, which means you to play it with each character to actually say you completed them game. But then you can continue with the Nightmare and Hell difficulties. The 4 bosses at the end of each act look awesome(Andariel, Duriel, Mephisto, and Diablo). Especially Diablo. He's bigger, faster and has more surprises to make your life harder. The collector's editon is fabulous. The DVD that contains the cutscenes look fantastic. You can feel the presence of evil as you see Mephisto and Diablo reunited. My only real complaint is how the Battle.net servers re still unstabble. I guess the stress test was unsuccessful. One last thing, remember the rumor from the original, "the secret cow level"?, well, the cow level lives in diablo 2! If you weren't involved with any of the beta testing, you will be in for a big surprise!
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Summary: Stick to the original
Review: Wow! This was a huge upset. When i opened the package 2 days ago and rushed to install the game i was so excited. Then after i chose my character, typed in my name, and started playin i already noticed flaws. Bad graphics, bad sound, same old stuff. Inventory the same, story is basically the same. After an hour of playin it i was back playin halflife playin with my friends. The box, manual and game had "mysteriously" dissapeard only to be found in the garbage the next day. The only reason i gave this a 2 is cause, wait why did i give it a 2?
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