Diablo + Hellfire

Diablo on it's own is a very good game, the feel of it is unmatched by literally anything, the sensation of crawling through a corroupted place, delving ever deeper into something that was once holy... It's brilliant. But without Hellfire it's not quite complete. The expansion fixes some of the few issues I have with the game and adds a few things that I personally really like, it's the type of improvement that takes a four star game and gives it a fifth. The new classes all add a good bit of variety with bard being my favourite though monk is the only one that's unlocked by default. This link ( http://www.ladyofthecake.com/diablo/howto.htm ) will let you know how to unlock all of the hidden stuff that's not there by default. If you've played diablo to death I cannot recommend doing a runthrough as a Bard enough. Having the ability to cast identify in dungeons seriously speeds up exploration and simplifies sorting equipment, and the search spell is so brilliant they made it a default feature in Diablo 2 (a lot of the features of the expansion were put in Diablo 2 actually) The two new dungeons aren't exactly perfect, but they are more Diablo, and the link I put above adds some hilarious dialogue for those who prefer a bit of sillyness.

Back in the summer of 1997, a friend of mine installed the demo version of Diablo on my computer one night. Like several demos he had brought over previously, I didn't have high expectations for this one. I'd never even heard of it at that point. But, within a few minutes of him showing me the game, I knew we had something special here. The idea of an action RPG was mind-blowing to me at the time. I replayed the demo many times over that first night until 3AM. Then I woke up about six hours later and promptly went out to buy the full game when the store opened that morning. The next few weeks or so afterwards were a complete blur. When I was away from the game, I was thinking about it constantly and how I would develop my character. I replayed this game and the Hellfire expansion pack several times over before Diablo 2 came out. While I still have my original discs for the games, I was beyond pleased that GOG was able to re-release these classics so that I now have a digital copy that is all patched and works without any sort of trickery to get either game to run correctly. This was an instant buy the moment GOG released it. And maybe it's the nostalgia in me, but I still have a blast replaying these classics and have to say that Diablo and Hellfire both remain my all-time favorite games on the PC all these years later. The pacing, graphics, setting, sound, and music are all in harmony here.

Diablo 1 was my very first PC game and arguably the best Action RPG in existence when adjusting for time period. The remastering fixed a load of bugs that 10 year old me had to deal with and I could not be happier. I've been waiting for this for ages and I'm delving into the labyrinth like never before. Thanks to Bliz for subbing this task out to GoG and thank you GoG for making this possible. It would have been a colossal waste to let this title remain in abandonware hell.

Even for it's time it's still surprisingly a chill game to kinda lay back and finger blast your mouse for more hours than I expected in a full playthrough. The imagery, especially towards the end with a certain Altar was a nice touch of horror. Of course it's old, so the only thing that really grinded my gears was the ranged mobs and how they would run, run..and keep running from you the whole way to Narnia when you played as a Warrior, lol.

This is a game that i thought would never see again aside for other questionably sources, it is definitely one of the best games of its time and one that help set the path for many Action RPG games such as torchlight or Path of Exile. It is still the same slow and clunky game that I played many years ago and it is stills feels awesome with is music and design, while it is true that it hasnt age well, its still represents one of the best experiences out there and a must play for any action rpg fan, just to see how far this types of games has gone. Sorry for any misspelling or grammar, english is not my native language.