Diablo + Hellfire

It's great to have this game available again. Grandfather of action RPG games. Goes well with The Hell 2 mod!

Runs fine on Linux with Lutris. Solid, game with an atmosphere that I feel is still the best of all Diablo games, however, it is an old game so people might want to consider if they still want to try it or go with the more modern Diablos which have some much needed Quality of Life improvements. Without mods, Diablo 1 lacks visual XP or monster HP bars which can be annoying. You can't use a key to show all items so finding things can be a pain (especially when the background is typically dark). You have a person who refills HP, but not mana. As a Sorcerer this was annoying (though I will say I never hurt for full mana potions). Spells also have a hit chance, but this was also made worse by the fact that some of the spells you had needed to be lined up perfectly to actually hit an enemy. Sometimes, I just had to wait until an enemy closed in melee and hoped my Mana Shield held while I blasted them. I found it was also way too easy for enemies to stunlocked. I think most of the my deaths occurred simply because an enemy would hit me and I would just get swarmed. Also, unlike Diablo 2, death = game over so you have to make sure you periodically save the game (and that their aren't monsters around to kill you right away). One thing I really appreciated was the game didn't over stay it's welcome like some other games. By the time I was ready to be done, I was at the end. The best thing for me was outside of the last level (level 16), it didn't feel like swarms of enemies were thrown at me which is more annoying than fun. It also helped that as a level 24/25 Sorcerer with all points in Magic and a level 8ish Fireball and Chain Lightning, full belt of full mana pots, and Mana Shield, I was pretty much able to kill all foes in 1 - 3 hits (Diablo was like 10) which was nice. Too many games just add HP/Bullet sponges which isn't fun. Still, it may be worth looking at Diablo 2/3 for more modern games with QoL or other ones like Path of Exile, Grim Dawn, etc.

OK while technically the first time I played it was when Diablo was brand new, I only played it for like an hour so it doesn't count. A couple of weeks ago I decided to play the game and complete it for the first time. For my twitch stream ( www.twitch.tv/trusteft/) and I completed the main game in 4 sessions of total of about 16 hours. Normal difficulty, playing as a warrior. Gameplay wise it is not very complex. You use the mouse to move around and to pick targets, and also to interact with with the GUI (menus, dialogues etc). Left click attack, right click use the chosen spell/scroll/etc. Like any other RPG, after a while you have enough experience points to level up and spread the 5 extra points on your skills, strength, magic etc. Battles take place in a variety size of rooms, all of them underground aka dungeons. You can use potions to recover health, or magic and you need to use potions to recover mana (which is used for spells). If you need to recover health you can do it either by clicking on the "belt" which has room for 8 items and is always shown while you play. Or hit one of the 8 keys (1 to 8 numbers). If you have time or you have nothing left in the belt, you need to go to the inventory and right click on the potion Each belt/shortcut has room for only 1 item so you can't just use say number 1 for all your health potions. They don't stack up. Not the best way of handling things, but you get used to it. In fights you usually have to do tactical retreats when you are overrun by enemies etc. Use your brain. Still, nothing too complex. You can find various types of loot, potions, books (learn spells), scrolls, armor, weapons and rings/amulets. What you wear can be either vanilla, or enhanced. Enhanced for better or worse. They can also require you to identify them (with scrolls or someone do it for you) to "see" what the enhancement is. Portals (spell/scroll) are used to travel to market and back. 5 stars for its time, 4 now.

a very good game, I played it on Boosteroid, it's worth a try

Grandaddy of Arpgs, containing elements that are used in present day games. Procedurally generated quest lines for each new playthrough, npcs that have its own voice over, multiplayer, memorable sound effects and music, it surprised me that such an old game with a small installation size contains it all. It feels like playing an ancient roguelike.