Customer Reviews
GOT A SPARE 3 MONTHS - By: stuart, 04 Jan 2008 
or 4... At least I think that's how long I spent playing Diablo IIin 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 & 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 & cut scenes that drive the game forward & link the various Acts are superbly done & contributein some way to dispelling the "nothing but a clickfest" label that the Diablo games have been cast as.
Many spells & abilities are only available at level 30 or above & to fully appreciate these players are encouraged to move on to nightmare & hell modesin order to fully develop their characters. Indeed, the most powerful weapons & items are only availablein these harder game modes & because of this Diablo2's replayability factor is very high.
The 4 character classes are both well balanced & varied enough that strategies that prove effective for one character class often prove disastrous for another. While Necromancers & 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 & levels. The future certainly looks bright.
Diablo II is disarmingly addictive & it comes as a breath of fresh airin a crowded field of first person shooters & real time strategies that after a while begin to blend togetherin mimetic mediocrity.
Just remember to give your mouse hand a chance to recover every couple of hours....
Buy this now! - By: , 01 Apr 2006 
The best game you can get!!!!!!!!!!!!! So smeging good. ( chavs are complete smeg pots.
A good game - By: diablo 2 gamer, 05 Mar 2006 A good game but not for those that dont like a challenge... IT IS NOT EASY!!! The graphics are not the best but apart from that a great game.
Standing the test of time - By: Adam Brooks, 19 Oct 2005 I first played thisin 2001, &in 2005 have come back to it & found it as immersive & as fun as ever.
It's accessible, fast, atmospheric, & still has a sizeable online community following.
This is going to steal a fair few hours of your life, & you'll be able to run it from most pc's, it being an older game.
The expansion pack is also a worthy addition, & recommended.
A Great Game - By: , 21 Mar 2004 This game is must have for many people's collections. It is a fast & furious game which transports you to a world where evil is trying to take over.
You can be one of 5 different classes, & although the story line is the same for each - there is a huge varietyin the style you play (amazons stand back from the fray, while barbarians throw themselves in!).
This game is a huge improvement to Diablo 2 (which I wasn't a big fan of) so it should appeal to old hands as well as newcomers.
Character development is simple, as you kill things you gain experience, once you have reached a certain amount of experience you will raise a level. This gives you one skill point (to put on a skill of your choice) & five stat points (for you to distribute between various stats). This gives you a huge variety & no two characters are alike.
There is a huge variety of items which are classed as either, normal, magical, rare magical, set or unique. The uniques are veryin demand on the online games (so you can use them for a spot of trading!)
The multiplayer is probably the best bit, playing with other people over the internet is great, (and you can also get some good free items off other people!!) you can kill each other or aidin a quest it's completely up to you!
Contrary to what some people have written, this game is not designed to be a strategy game, it is basically a hack & slash. The only aspect of strategy is which armour you will wear, which skill points will be put where. Not "how do I get out of this stupidly huge dungeon".
The one fault I could find is that it is slightly repetitive - you have to play the whole game three times to finish it totally!
Apart from this though the game is a really good buy, I have had it since it came out & I am not sick of it yet!
