Customer Reviews
AMAZING - By: Mrs. J. R. Backhouse, 24 Jun 2008 
ive been playing Diablo for years but the Expansion (especially on patch 1.11b) is incredible. It blows your mind away. With the two new character classes-druid & assassin- & hundreds of new items, this addictive game is a great play & can keep you going for hours.
buy this game.
you will never get bored :)
The Best Game EVER - By: Mr. Cory J. Schultze, 25 Jan 2008 Diablo II was amazing; the expansion puts a few cherries on the already beautifully iced cake. (Mmmm, cake...)
LoD introduces runes, jewels, more weapons, a new act (Where you have to kill Baal) & further levels of difficulty, allowing you to obtain Elite versions of weapons, like the Phase Blade - a Crystal Sword with much higher damage & a far-increased speed.
Update to version 1.09 & you have perfection installed on your PC.
You won't complete the gamein a week - SOLID. It takes forever. And before you do, you'll find you're addicted to it. You'll finish itin normal mode, then nightmare, then hell. Then you'll relapse a year later. I'm addicted to this game like Robbie Williams on Coffee - I just can't put it down!
This is a good hack em' style RPG. - By: Mr. N. Aldridge, 19 Jul 2007 Diablo2 has been my favorite online game for many years, the simple yet entertaining hack & slash style of playing makes the game have a great flowing feel to it.
Although the grapics are now dated & look dire compared to newer titles such has World of Warcraft, you wont find another RPG that isin the same leaguein its style.
Basically you look down on your chatacter, which can be any of the the five oringal characters or the new Assassin & Durid. Click where you would like to move away you go on quests & treasure hunting. You can equip loads & loads of diffrent items to your character & with the Expansion, all new one class only items.
Each character is tottaly diffrent yet very well balanced. Has your character levels you will gain attributes ponits & skill ponits, with which you can customism & a create a personalised build for your character, some working better than others.
The best thing about Diablo2 has got to be the great online gaming, which may i add is 100% free. You can have up to 8 playersin one server, which you can create or join. So you & your friends can quest together. Making things like power leveling possible.
Leveling is nice, 99 levels. So it it isnt slow to level at the start of the game, where you can set the basics for your build but has you hit the 60 mark levels become more & more difficult. Myself have never hit the 99 mark.
You dont need a good pc to run this game, nor 100s of hours of free time. Its a very layed back, well made RPG which i recommend to anybody who likes a good RPG.
Prepare to be converted! - By: Rutwij, 24 May 2007 This review's been a long time coming. I've been a die hard fan of Diablo 2 for a good 7 years now (that's to say the game rocks rather than I'm a sad loser with no life :)) & with good reason.
Gameplay:
Single player games (where you play offline using just one character) are fun, & you get to know the game the hard way. You use your self-found equipment & enjoy the game much more.
Online games are even more fun because of the social aspect. You meet other gamers & have heaps of fun completing quests with other players playing different characters. Believe me, having a well rounded party (with melee fighters, spell-casters & party enhancers like Paladins & Necromancers) gives gameplay a totally refreshing & entirely welcome twist!
On the downside, the game is now so old that most of the players online just want to rush through quests without enjoying the game, getting experience, etc. It's sad to see many online gamers getting rushed through all acts & all difficulty levels & then participatingin mind-numbingly boring levelling runs. That kills the game for me. That was a big reason I switched to single player. Another downside to online play is the multitude of cheaters & hackers who take the fun out of the game. Blizzard has attempted to combat hacks & cheats but not very effectively. What this has resultedin is a total destruction of the online game economy where honest players find it difficult to enjoy the game properly. The new ladder system (where everybody starts from scratch when the ladder resets) helps mitigate that to some degree, but there hasn't been a ladder resetin ages. And the hacks & dupes find their way into the ladderin a few weeks anyway.
But having said that, the character development (uniquely customizing your character with various skills, attributes & weapons/armour/other items) & item finding aspects still make the game very highly playable & highly addictive.
A glut of information is available online about all aspects of gameplay, so I won't go into details here. Suffice it to say that if you like medieval role playing games, this game will keep you engaged for months at least!
Graphics:
Most gamers will find the graphics sufficient for enjoying the game. But they're hardly photo-realistic. Take a look at game screenshots on the official website to get an idea. There are a few on-screen character appearance changes based on what you're wearing, but not too much. When there're too many monsters or characters on the screen & if there are area-of-effect attacks or spells (including necromantic curses), it does tend to get a bit cluttered & difficult to make out details.
Music & sound:
The music & sound fit well with the dark gothic theme of the game. Though my game sound has been off for ages now, I never found reason to complain on this front.
Replayability:
Replayability is very high for reasons I have mentioned before. There are so many variationsin gameplay possible, that you'll find it very difficult to get bored by this game.
Pearls of wisdom from a veteran to enjoy your Diablo responsibly:
First of all, if you like the sound of what you hear, you have to try the game out. But before you plunge into it, make sure you download the latest game patch from Blizzard which will enable you to enjoy the latest the game has to offer. I would recommend playing a couple of charactersin single player mode first, & completing the gamein normal difficulty level just to know the score. After that feel free to continuein Single Player mode, or pop to battle.net for the multiplayer experience.
Most of all,in your first few weeks, play the gamein moderation & try not to exceed a couple of hours of consecutive gameplay & not more than a few hours a day :) Enjoy!
Can a pc actually be this much fun? - By: Bob Bob, 12 Aug 2006 Diablo & Diablo II were both brilliant games but they just dont compare to the awsomeness of lord of destruction. I speak from experience when i say this is a must have game for anyone with action & adventurein their blood. I recomened playing as the new character Druid, not only is he able to summon upon the foces of nature but he can also shapeshift into either a werewolf or a werebear! Come on that has to be the greatest feature ever!
Believe me i dont work for blizzard & im not being threatened with a gun, i honestly think that this game is worth every penny.
And dont forget that you need the origional diablo II before you can play lord of destruction.
