Diablo II

Diablo II (abbreviated as D2) was an awesome game, it had a random level generator that never disappointed you and the game still got attention from Blizzard ten years, that's right, TEN years after the initial release of the game. D3 will be a great game because Blizzard puts a ton of effort into their games and never wants to disappoint their players. Seriously, they are the only ones that do that these days.

Their motto on releasing games is not "Here's the release date, enjoy!" but, "We will get it done when we think it's done!"

If every game manufacturer did this for their games, then we would see a lot more GOOD games and not cookie cutter pieces of shitake mushrooms. They might not make as much profit, but they sure will be on a path to gaining the trust and admiration of every gamer around.

D2 is mainly based around you starting from level 1 and repeatedly bashing in monster's skulls until you reach level 99. What's unique is that it's camera view is birds eye and there are three modes of campaign, each unlockable after you finish the latter.

Gameplay

There are five characters to play as in D2, and seven total in it's expansion pack. Each character has some pretty cool abilities that they can cast, like summoning blizzards, chain lightning, fireballs, and some abilities they can use, like whirlwind strike, where the Barbarian character spins around as fast as a tornado and it does damage to everyone around him. Usually the skills themselves become more powerful, and more impressive the higher the level you get. Take the Necromancer as an example, he can actually bring a target monster back to life to fight for him. If you can get a really powerful monster, you are almost invincible for the time being.

Items are a key aspect to the game, and by key I mean if you don't have them, you'll die. Items can give you numerous advantages over the enemy, like my magical crossbow... That shot exploding arrows. EXPLODING ARROWS... DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY EXPLOSIONS THERE WERE? A lot.

Storyline

Plot: Cliche
Difficulties: Normal Nightmare Hell
Bosses: Many
Acts: Five

So, darkness falls everywhere. Evil monsters are poking their little heads out of their little rocks, and you and your band of heroes are the only ones that are strong enough to defeat them. Ancient demons come out of hiding to conquer Sanctuary, and they call themselves...
The Prime Evils.

The band of heroes travels through five cities, each much harder than the previous. Each with their own kind of dangers and infestations. Together, you must face and kill terrible monsters with the power to destroy the entire world. Together, you must cleanse Sanctuary of it's evil invaders, and you just might get rich along the way.

Do I Recommend This Game?

Normally, I would, but with Diablo 3 so close to release, I would say wait until that is released to spend momentous amounts of time leveling your character. Diablo 3 in my opinion will be a heavily modified D2, though the graphics will be SO AWESOME and there will be different classes and more things to do, but really, there won't be too many extremely different features.


Diable 3 will probably feel like an upgrade to Diablo 2 and here's why. You really can't add much on to it... It's a giant problem with some games, you can't really make a good innovative sequel because there's not much more you can add on to a REALLY good game. You just can't make anything innovative without removing what made the game so good in the first place.