暗黑破坏神 + 地狱火

Not as polished as 2, but still a classic in it's own right! Made in a time when Blizzard was young, hungry and actually cared, the game has a legendary soundtrack (just the first few notes of "Tristram" transports me back everytime!), great atmosphere, especially for a pixal game, and if you've never played before, your first run in with the Butcher! Ah, fresh meat!

Diablo is a fantastic title, I played hundreds of hours if not thousands of hours as a kid. I played Diablo 2 almost religiously when that came out too. Battle.net was the creme d'la creme of gameplay experiences. For nostalgia reasons alone I gladly pay the $13. It's nice to see that GOG and Blizzard have worked together to get Diablo 1 working on modern OSes, I hope they do the same for Warcraft 1 and 2. I can't say enough good about the game, but there's already hundreds of reviews on the internet, so I won't bother. However... This version of Diablo has two gameplay modes. There's Diablo and Diablo (Classic). In order to connect to B.Net to play Diablo you must play using Diablo (Classic). Part of that means you're playing in the 640x480 resolution of 1996. There is a renderer that works to display at 1080p, 1440p, 4k, has AA, AF, etc, etc... But to play multiplayer you have to give that all up and play in a faux SVGA mode. While the modernized version does have a multiplayer option, it's options that no one is going to be using. IPX (LAN), Modem, and Direct Cable Connection. I suppose with Hamachi or some such you can connect to people over the internet, but for the B.Net features you have to play the game in an intentionally inferior state. For that reason, I deduct 1 star. I hope that whomever was in charge reconsiders this awful decision.

Whereas the original game version doesn't because of the well known blank (black) main menu. But i had to tweak a few things. i had to activate the virtual desktop and set the ddraw.dll to native. i had to set resolution to 1024 * 768 (or higher) in the launcher options because : - this option affects the main men (the game ramains at 640 * 480) - anything less than 640 * 480 pixels is blackened (blank main menu bug ?) Once the actual game is running, it seems to work perfectly fine.

Yes, it's old. Yes, it's clunky. But it still has that dark, captivating atmosphere that made it famous. Descent to Hell is as chilling experience as it was years ago, when I played it in high scholl. And now it comes with Hellfire expansion too (which is a great feat by GOG, Hellfire is published by Sierra and it's a strange beast). For even better experience, install the Beelzebub mod and start your descent into madness...

I really enjoyed my time with Diablo 1, but be warned that i haven't played any other diablo game (only a Diablo 2 clone: Titan Quest) and my ARPG and CRPG catalog of games that i completed is extremely limited. I'm more of an FPS guy so bear with me if i say something to obvious. I only played the vanilla version since i hear that HELLFIRE isn't that good. It's intresting that the simplicity of the game is what appealed me and help me get through it. What exactly i mean by simplicity? 3 clear distinct classes: Rogue, Warrior and Mage. You can clearly see from the getgo what kind of weapons each one favors and on what you should invest (mostly). Skill points are also pretty straight foward. Easy and interconnected layout: gave some Dark Souls vibes, when you unlock a new "region" you get passage to get back to the main hub. None of that new unlock teleport thingy that ARPGs that games inspired by Diablo 2 have. It's just one hub and a journey of 15 floors to hell to kill the big bad boss. The levels are also randomized in each playthrough so you will have different enemies and layouts. Is a short game by today's standards: one playthrough might give you 7/10 hours of fun (or hell). I like this. Not everyone has enough time to remember a colourful cast of characters in an long adventure like Titan Quest or an CRPG like Fallout 2. You get a few key characters and a set of randomized secondary missions (only 6/7 per playthrough i believe). ENEMIES STAY DEAD!! i love this feature because it forces you to explore each floor to kill every enemies for that sweet XP and gold. The atmosphere of the game is great. I'm a 1997 kid/adult? i grew up playing half life 1 so i dont really care about graphics. What i truly care about is Art direction and this game nails this. There is a horror undertone that diablo 2 and 3 (for the gameplays that i've seen) lack. The music contributes a great deal to this horror undertone. IF YOU ARE A WARRIOR BE SURE TO INVEST IN MAGIC!!