Diablo + Hellfire

I own a physical copy of this game so probably won't be buying a digital duplicate but... Whoever says this game is outdated doesn't know a good thing if it hit him with a brick. It is better than Diablo 2, it is better than Diablo 3. It is when people who loved what they were doing made games; before corporate take-overs of developers tried to shove cellphone games catered for the asian market in front of a harcore Diablo fanbase. Stop reading this damn it, just go and play it! GO!

The first game of that kind I've ever played. Has been fascinating then and makes still addicted today. I love its old graphics and atmospheric sound- truely a masterpiece.

Probably one of the best game to get with just 10 bucks, not to mention I got it from a Winter Sale! The nostalgia that this game brings to me is priceless. Also the fact that it was refined by GOG so that a 1997 game can be played perfectly on a 1920px screen without any resolution loss is wonderful! I've never felt this happy buying a game before, thank you so much GOG for this! 10/5 stars for you

A lone game of Diablo saga that today are more tailored to hardliner fans, or curious that wanted to play the earliest real time RPG games, in total contrast to the turn based JRPG. The only drawback is the GOG package the original game engine with a minimum compatiblity tools, which are good for purists, but ignores the possibility to add newer third-party engines that make the game more portable to new hardware or operating systems. On my Debian 10 machine I need to use the dgVoodoo2 + DXVK combo to play the GOG version of this game, in expense to warp DirectX 3 over Direct3D 11, and again over Vulkan. The DevilutionX engine makes a more vanilla experience, but not run Hellfire so far. Otherwise is a old game that represents the beginning of a great saga, but the playability only improves just after the Diablo 2 games.

It's Diablo 1, if you loved it in its day and you omit all the improvements included in the second part, you will surely enjoy it. For me, the base price is disproportionate, I got it on offer thanks to a GOG coupon. I tried both versions (the supposedly improved one) and the classic one, the one improved with the Discord overlay tends to close, if the game is interrupted and you have that option activated you already know what the problem may be. The classic version has a connection to Battle.net in theory, that is if you manage to open the requested ports and you do not have a network that works under CGNAT, in which case you will have to contact your ISP to disable it (perhaps with an extra cost) or you will have to use external software for network play. Something that does not matter too much because you will find almost nobody to play with in the service. Personally I did not see any substantial difference at the graphic level between the HD and the classic version. It currently includes the Hellfire expansion, for 5€ it can give for many hours if you are looking to relive old memories or have someone to play with in coop.