Diablo II

After playing Diablo II and the following LoD for months I still love the game. Its great! Thanks to all the people who created it and to the

actresses and actors who gave their voices to the characters and npcs. (Especially to mr Ed Trotta - Greetings!)

Love

or 4... At least I think that's how long I spent playing Diablo II in every spare moment I could find, I'm not sure, I kinda lost track of time for a bit.

The concept behind making Diablo II so popular is ridiculously simple. Make an engine that can generate nearly infinite numbers of uniquely different magical items and people will play until the end of time trying to obtain a sword or a suit of armour that's just that little bit better than what you already have.

The stories and cut scenes that drive the game forward and link the various Acts are superbly done and contribute in some way to dispelling the "nothing but a clickfest" label that the Diablo games have been cast as.

Many spells and abilities are only available at level 30 or above and to fully appreciate these players are encouraged to move on to nightmare and hell modes in order to fully develop their characters. Indeed, the most powerful weapons and items are only available in these harder game modes and because of this Diablo2's replayability factor is very high.

The 4 character classes are both well balanced and varied enough that strategies that prove effective for one character class often prove disastrous for another. While Necromancers and Barbarians are traditionally the dominant classes, Blizzard has gone some way to leveling the playing field with their patch. The introduction of the D2 expansion pack also promises to introduce more characters and levels. The future certainly looks bright.

Diablo II is disarmingly addictive and it comes as a breath of fresh air in a crowded field of first person shooters and real time strategies that after a while begin to blend together in mimetic mediocrity.

Just remember to give your mouse hand a chance to recover every couple of hours....

This expansion set is worth getting. Even if it doesn't get good reviews an expansion set is really a BIG GIANT PATCH. They release it in boxes and ship it to stores for people to buy and upgrade thier current product. It would be way too time consuming to download. It comes with new characters such as the Assassin and the Druid. You get new items such as new rune gems. Instead of having 4 acts you now will have 5 acts. It is just like having Super Mario Bros 3 extended to world 10 from world 8. The gameplay is addictive, you can keep playing non-stop. The gameplay is so amazing that you would not get away from this game. The storyline as far as I can say is just so good that this game is considered the Lord of the Rings of PC Games. No one cares about graphics, games are supposed to be gameplay not showcase. Showcases are showcases, and games are games. They just used simple graphics so they can concentrate on making the best gameplay.

It is your urge to own this game and buy with whatever change you have left in your pocket. 10/10

The original Diablo came out in 1996, and generated ALOT of hype, some calling it the best PC game of all time. When Blizzard Entertainment announced Diablo II, it was expected to deliver. and it did. In 2000, it burst onto shelves and millions of hard drives. Yet again, the next chapter in the Diablo saga shattered sales records. Not only does it have a compelling Single Player mode, but Blizzard's FREE Battle.Net service, hosting Millions of gamers each and every day, with as many a 600,000 per hour.

Expansion to the game of the year. This expansion adds a new act, in which you must hunt down Diablo's older brother, Baal, and rid the world of the last Prime Evil. This game also adds many new items, including class-specific items, new monsters, and most importantly, 2 new character classes, the Druid, and the Assassin.