«Best RPG of its time (which is 1996)»
Amazing work! Till now I play this game and it still sends shivers down my spine. I don't know, but there is an eeriness that Blizzard was unable to replicate in part II and if they go through with part III the way they showed it in the preview, then it'll stray further from its roots. Try it out, but don't expect much from its graphics, though when it was first released, the graphics was considered to be amazing as well.
Enjoy!!
[Sunday, September 14, 2008]
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«Classic awesomeness»
This is really the first RPG that I've really gotten into; I've always been more of a straight-up action gamer, but the farther I got into the game the more addictive it became, until I concurred that it's just awesome as...awesome! You have a choice of playing a Warrior (strongest with weaponry), Rogue (strongest with bow), or a Sorcerer (strongest in magic) and as such you must clear out a 16-floor dungeon of an army of demons, skeleton soldiers, and ultimately Diablo himself! The game is typical hack and slash gameplay in the tradition of old DOS games like 'Rogue' and the shareware game 'Vampyr', though with the (for its time) stellar graphics and an amazing soundtrack it elevates the genre to a whole new level.
Speaking of the soundtrack, it merits mention of its own. It is amazing. Matt Uelmen (composer) outdid himself with the main map theme: the "Tristram" theme that you hear in the main village is so good I had to get an MP3 of it for my IPod. It sounds like Opeth or Agalloch doing music for Age of Empires, and makes me feel like I'm walking through the dark forests of the Tristram village that you see while the music plays. The music during the dungeon parts is more subtle and ambient-ish and is also great. Around Floor 5 a new track plays that features creepy voice samples that give me the creeps every time. This is definitely a game to listen to with headphones if for no other reason than for the music and the ambience.
There are also some humorous moments, mainly from funny dialogue and voice acting like Thief and Far Cry. One thing that always makes me laugh is the way the Warrior yells "I DON'T HAVE A SPELL READY!" belligerently if you try to cast a spell with nothing selected. Good stuff.
In short, phenomenal and recommended. Get the 'Tristram' music somehow, it's amazing.
[Tuesday, June 17, 2008]
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«This game has so much going for it, but suffers from one major flaw.»
Well, some of you may be wondering why I have given this an 8.0 when almost everyone else has given it 9.0-10. There are many things that would make this game superb but one thing that qualifies in my opinion as merely fair, that being the combat. The graphics are good for when they were made. Everything is voice acted, which really adds to the experience and is still a rare thing to have in a game to this day surprisingly enough. The music is perfect and creepy, it really adds to the atmosphere. The dungeons are well mapped out and are littered with evil enemies and disgusting bosses like the butcher. This would all be fantastic except for the combat. It is incredibly repetitive and boring. Sometimes it accomplishes its goal and becomes highly addictive, but overall I would say it is just boring. If you like dungeon crawlers you must play this game, if not, I honestly don't think I would recommend it with so many other great games out there.
[Sunday, April 06, 2008]
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