As a young kid in and around 1997 – the year Diablo released to a great hype – I've immersed myself in the rich, imaginative depths of such boundary-pushing games as Fallout, System Shock or Thief: the Dark Project. Over two decades later I've decided to give Diablo – a game appeal of which I could never quite grasp – an overdue go, discover for myself what the hype was all about. While Fallout and the rest of them remain mostly just as interesting and deep an experiences all those years later, I can confirm Diablo is a definition of a torturous grind, its entire depth down to clicking the same mouse button over and over upon the never-ending hordes of enemies and piles of gold that spill out of them. Hack enemy (mouse click), move to the next one (mouse click), collect gold (mouse click) go buy a bigger sword (mouse click), rinse repeat till a month later you presumably arrive at the big boy demon. When you do, make sure to mouse-click on it. Mind-numbing experience. On the other hand, credits need giving where due – music and atmosphere is actually pretty good.
One of the most unforgettable adventures a man can have within confines of a computer game. An incredible, deep game, with choices, consequences, great mechanics, believable, big world and so much atmosphere it could share with other games and still not come short. A classic.
Essentially a great stealth game of superb atmosphere and some great mechanics, slightly flawed by some level and game design decisions. Although I'd run into some trouble with running it correctly on modern machine at times, it does recognise joystick on a pc and contrary to another reviewers rant, it does not require manual to override copy protection, one simply presses enter to override it which I'm guessing he didn't figure out. Definitely worthy of checking out as long as you keep in mind this is a tense tactical stealth game rather than straighforward military shooter.
