暗黑破坏神 + 地狱火

I've been using mods and hacks to get this game working for 20 years, my friends and I take a night and beat through it again at least once a year. So, sooo happy to see it finally on GOG! This is my personal favorite of the entire Diablo series. Diablo 1 is a child of the original roguelike genre, and I love the "rogue" feel here that I don't get from later games in the Action RPG genre it spawned (games more steeped in story and evolving modern game mechanics, including later Diablo games). I also love the gothic plot, just enough plot to set the mood, not so much that the plot becomes the point, because it's really about exploring the dungeon. It can be unforgiving. When you die you have to get back to your body to recover your gear, sometimes that's a real nightmare (use town portals to lure monsters away from the body, and don't quit the game until you've recovered it). Some monsters don't open doors, use that to your advantage. Remember to repair your equipment, if it breaks it's gone forever and it it really sucks to lose that prized item because you put off repairs. Especially if you're the Rogue character because every shot damages the bow a little bit. Randomness matters too. You only have the spells you find and that can change the entire game. Multiplayer takes about 10 hours, you can beat it in one weekend (or one night like we do). That makes it ideal for a long night of gaming with friends. It's balanced best for 2-3 players, with 4 you'll slowly become under-powered. Even with three players we sometimes restart the server and replay from the catacombs if the caves or hell are too difficult. Even with those replays 10 hours is about right though. Finally, yes the interface is dated. You have to navigate text-based menus with the keyboard when you talk to NPCs and things like that, but once you get used to it it's not bad at all. If you want an old school roguelike dungeon crawl I can't recommend it highly enough.

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Frankly, I like this better than Diablo 2, which for me has become a grindfest for known items. This first game feels more like an adventure, and not like item shopping. It has a dark atmosphere, a sense of danger, and less of a sense of the player's eventual invincibility. Not being able to run, while inconvenient, adds to the tension.

While I was ecstatic that GOG brought Diablo 1 in to work with modern OS, I put off buying it at the $9.99. It's arguably a fair price, but balanced with other games on GOG of the same caliber, I figured it would be better to wait for a while. Summer Sale 2019 comes around and there's a 10% discount. Not a dealbreaker, but got the email announcing the third party Hellfire expansion would be included AT NO EXTRA CHARGE. Some may argue that Hellfire wasn't a great expansion, but the additional bells and whistles were much appreciated (the fast movement in town alone is a big deal for many). The unofficial debut of the Monk (and, with tweaking, the Barbarian and Bard) cements the deal. Companies that thrive on microtransaction DLCs should take a page out of GOG. This is how you build customer loyalty! Playing it after so many years is like an old friend. Sure, the graphics are dated, and the interface is clunky compared to modern stuff, but the atmosphere, the challenge, the experience, all of these make up for the shortcomings, especially if you've played it before. Diablo II was a huge improvement, but the original will always have its place in gaming history for its innovation and bridging the Roleplaying and Action Gaming genres.

I never had the chance during my early youth to play Diablo, but was always aware of the reputation that precedes it. Due the age of the game, I perform the grave mistake (like many) in bypassing the opportunity to get ahold of the game, forsaking it in the ever-growing Wishlist. As part of the winter sale, I decide to bought it. My only regret was not buying it sooner... As somebody whose judgment is not clouded by nostalgia, Diablo exposes you to many special things. In my case: the in-depth appreciation of ARPG-genre games; the well written lore and atmosphere that prevails until present time; the music; the characters. Diablo will not make you a fan of the game, but rather of the franchise. And for that, it has my highest praise. My only negative feedback would be that was too short, leaving me for more. But, ironically, this may pertain to the old adage: quality over quantity.