Diablo + Hellfire

Именно из этой легенды растут ноги почти всех RPG (и не только), которые мы сегодня знаем: Real-time боёвка, зачищение подземелий в поисках лута, увеличение силы своего героя за счёт экипировки и навыков, сражения с боссами, где требуется показать всё своё умение и смекалку - эти черты, которые встечаются почти во всех RPG-подобных играх, обрели форму именно здесь. Несмотря на свой возраст, в игру можно играть до сих пор, приготовившись, конечно, к некоторым трудностям и частым смертям. Легенда своего времени и чуть ли не важнейшая игра в истории! Не противящимся классики и желающим увидеть "истоки" жанра action-RPG, да и всем остальным, кроме совсем уж казуалов и неженок, строго рекомендуется! От меня игре: 8/10 - На сегодняшний день (учитывая нынешний стандарт качества и игры, что вышли после) Ведьмак/10 - На момент выхода. Игры лучше на момент 96-го года было не найти!

Back in 1996, I saw this game pop up on a tech show and thought it looked amazing. How could anyone create something like that? So I went and purchased it and I've been completely and utterly hooked on games ever since. It's one of the first co-ops that garnered thousands of guilds and player loyalists. It shook the game world to its core. The only rival it had at the time was Ultima Online. What drove it? Arguably, it had to be the random loot generator, the ease of use and believe it or not, the sound and music. Few games have ever combined music and character vocals so hypnotically than Diablo. The strumming guitar and the village character voices never grow tiring. Still to this day I catch myself saying to someone "What kin I do fer ya!" It really was that influential to millions.

I recently booted it up with the newest version of Devilution X, and there is somethig to be said about how addicting and fun this game still is even after all these years. Truly a timeless classic.

The most common and reminiscent line of any game: "Stay a while and listen" As uttered by Deckard Cain. Even to this day, no one can escape those words. If there is an older game that amazed us and still beats Diablo II & III, it has to be the original game. Unlike the other ones, this one has spirit, mystery, charm and a great cast in Cain and the others. As for the voiceovers, they were potentially the best of that era. There is something about Diablo that makes me get my CD out again (although I will buy the GOG soon as I have a newer PC without a drive). Sure, for younger gamers, this game is clunky with a low resolution. Still, for those of us who knew Diablo, Messiah, Dune 2 and other games of our time, Diablo was just magical. Diablo 3 is a joke in comparison. Graphics mean nothing if the gameplay is terrible and unappealing. Diablo had good graphics for the time, had cinematics (sort of), as well as a great story and amazing characters.

The smell of death surrounds me....