Diablo + Hellfire

The more I play it, the more I remember why I don't like it: lots of grinding that doesn't really feel rewarding, but it drags instead; little story and interaction, creepy atmosphere and music (I really hate the limited light and how enemies can sneak up on me, if they are well camouflaged). While I do like playing with The Hell 2 more than the original Diablo, it doesn't really do away with any of the problematic areas of the original game (listed in the paragraph below) and by now I already tried a run with TH2 once before, so there's no novelty to help keep me engaged either. I can see both Diablo's historical value (it basically started a genre from what I understand) and how other people might like it, but it's the wrong combination of rigid gameplay, repetativeness ad infinitum (especially if you want to go for a character with balanced build, (Diablo isn't friendly to a jack of all trades character)) - I'd basically have to reply sections I've seen so many times before to grind and eventually progress a little further, only for the cycle to repeat - and too little story to keep me engaged. Plus canon lore says the town gets wiped out despite the player defeating Diablo in the first game. So there's no sense of accomplishment or helping the residents. As it stands I might play through the entire thing one day just to say I've completed it and probably never give it a second glance. I'd rather play a game I can enjoy - with more story and one I can impact and with less opressive athmosphere and less forced grinding that in Diablo begins to feel pointless the more repetition it forces for a tiny bit of progress - Diablo just feels like a chore after playing for some time. In short: I can see the game's historical value and mods do improve it, but they don't take away the wrong mix of things I dislike about the game itself.

The combat has issues, but once you get used to them, it's rather enjoyable. Get it on sale and it's worth it.

Although Diablo practically spawned the "Diablo-clone" subgenre, this game is really, really unique. If you like similar ARPGs, give this one a try. I love this game, and I really think it's a bit different than most of its clones (including the sequel, Diablo II)

Bon, je dois avouer que l'idée de pouvoir retrouver Tristram et son thème ont suffit très largement pour me faire basculer dans les retrouvailles avec ce jeu. Mais quel plaisir de retourner dans les tréfonds des donjons et, surtout, d'achever enfin ce petit chef d'oeuvre. Graphiquement, il reste tout à fait agréable, et je dois avouer que j'aurais sans doute regretté une trop grosse retouche des graphismes. On est dans les années 90, pour le genre, pour le gameplay, pour les graphismes aussi, donc. Le système bienq ue basique du jeu est déjà très abouti, et c'est un petit bijou d'exploration de donjon, avec assez de dificulté dans les quêtes pour prendre un eptit plaisr de recherche sans trop se prendre la tête durant des heures. Après tout, j'enjeu ici n'est pas tant de réflechir n'est-ce pas ? En tous les cas, ce jeu, son ambiance, et ces heures que j'ai à nouveau passé devant la taverne pour le seul plaisir (idiot je sais, avec Youtube, mais bon...) d'avoir cette mélodie en fond sonore... Pas d'hésitations, il faut rejouer à ce jeu, ou même pourquoi aps le découvrir !

I played when I was 8 years old and now I am 32 yo but still love this game!!!!