Diablo + Hellfire

Old but Gold! 10/10

Do not listen to those that say Diablo 2 is the game. The number one is still the best, and still got it all these years and decades later. And now with it here on GOG you get it the easiest way possible, with a easy clean instal AND it makes it very easy to mod. With HD mod and Tchernobog you can play with friends, find new gear and so on: the possibilities are endless, just like the replayability. Love it, vanilla or modded: this is as good as hack and slash dungeon-crawling gets.

There really isn't another game like Diablo. Sure, there are a lot of "Diablo clones," but these games are actually clones of Diablo II and play nothing like the first Diablo game. In comparison to Diablo II and its many clones, Diablo is much slower and more deliberate, and sometimes feels like playing a survival horror game. Powerful loot is very rare, and you'll probably be using much of the same equipment for much of the game. Finally, there really is no concept of a "character build," because of how rare powerful equipment is and due to the lack of any kind of "skill tree." Like the classic roguelikes, you just have to roll with what you find. The game excels in atmosphere, and no game in the sub-genre has topped it in this area. The graphics are simple but still look good today. The star of the show, however, is the audio. The soundtrack is absolutely fantastic and chilling, and the sound effects are memorable and unique. At only 10 hours to complete the game with a single character, it's definitely worth a play to check it out. Highly recommended!

Just two things that make me wanting to back to D1: 1. Soundtrack 2. It is not easy Thats all. This is what is missing in D3 honestly. I got D3 on PS4 to play with friend in coop on one couch. How dissapointed we were to find out that we can not set difficulty level from beggining. It was most borring 2 hours of our lives before we quit. Games need to be challenging.

Despite its age, most of Diablo's features are still enjoyable. The music and ambience is great, the graphics are still pleasant to look at, the characters and the story are engaging, and even the voice acting is quite good. The only downside, unfourtunately, is the gameplay. There are basically two kinds of enemies: the ones that attack in melee and try to close in on you, and the ones that attack at a distance and will try to run away from you. A few enemies have some kind of gimmick, like a charge attack or spitting acid that lingers on the floor and damages you if stepped on, but those are few and far in between, most enemies will just try to close in or run away from you. The dungeons themselves aren't much more diverse either, they're mostly empty hallways with little valuable loot and little reason to explore other than doing quests, it feels more like a chore to crawl through them than meaningful exploration, especially from the mid-game onwards, as the game starts throwing a lot of enemies on you at once to compensate for the fact none of them are individually challenging or require any real strategy other than pointing and clicking. The classes, armor and weapons are good, especially with their individual perks that, sometimes, will make you consider which one you should pick given their benefits and downsides, but sadly they're not enough to compensate for the lackluster combat and exploration, which is what you'll be doing the most in this game. Diablo is an interesting piece of gaming history, and most of its features are good. But the main ones, the ones you'll spend most of your time in, I personally found boring and repetitive. It may be something you'll be interested in, but for me, it just wasn't my cup of tea. Linux compatibility (for me): Couldn't play the original, it kept asking me to insert a CD. I didn't try to fix it, just played the resmastered version with no problems, it may be possible to play the original, however. Wine version: 8.12