On one hand, it's a classic game that spawned a truly iconic franchise. On the other, its first sequel and many of its clones frankly do its thing better in all ways (while D3 is a somewhat different game altogether); I think the only thing I actually miss from D1 when playing D2 is playing a warrior and still being able to learn spells. On one hand, it was a downright mesmerizing experience back in the day, but on the other it's neither the best of its kind, nor actually the first of its kind, either - it was just the most accessible and best presented example of its kind back in its day. Which is nothing to sneeze at, to be clear, but that kind of distinction usually ages badly, and I feel like it's probably the case here. And finally, on one hand, it's great to finally have it available in digital format... but on the other, it doesn't come with the expansion, and you can get physical copies of both for less money than this. All in all, I honestly want to give this release both two AND four stars, and feel that averaging it out to three doesn't really convey my feelings...
