Is Diablo 2 any fun ...now?

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Yeah, I've never played it, but I can get it now. Is it worth playing? Not the storyline, for obvious reasons , but the graphics, the sound, the interface and all?

 

Well, numerous people will disagree with me, but - NO!

Graphics are dated, which would be forgiveable if the story was good, but..

Sound and music were better in the original. But maybe the story...

...there's a story? Well, who cares, as long as the gameplay is varied...

(Although the controls are very easy to learn.) Well, maybe no points for gameplay.

Oh, but maybe there are lots of interesting quests!...

...unless you intend to play the game more than once.

Like I said, you may get some differing opinions.

Get Divine Divinity instead.

 

I will have to agree with Splunge on this one. The only replay value in it is the character creation and possibly the discovery of new, interesting items.

The actual gameplay is pretty boring and the graphics are not worth the money. The sound is average.

It is an extremely simple game to play and there is not that much skill involved. So, you are looking for that kind of game, I recommend it. Otherwise, do not bother with it.

 

I agree with everything the above people said.....BUT.

It's still Diablo, the graphics were out dated when the game came out, never bothered me.

The whole point of the game is to kill *a lot* of enemies and the thrill to search for cool items. No one cares about the story, in fact there isn't one, there is only item finding which can be a good thing and a bad thing (depending on what you are finding).

If you are a hardcore role player you shouldn't buy it.

If you are someone who needs to kill some time every few months, this could be your game.

 

I prefer games with a good story, but still found D2 a good game and have never regretted buying it. (Maybe a few times after getting insta-gibbed ) The point is to kill enemies to gain levels, skills, and abilities, not to mention trying to find those ûber-elite S&M Axe of Ultimate Doom +1000.

But frankly; even though it is a good game, I would rather wait for Diablo 3.

 

yea i gotta agree diablo 2 d2-lod realy sucks i should know been playing stupid game for sometime
, i perfer iwd2/bg2 at least theres stuff to do, uests, story/plots, in d2 just random, tradeing sucks if your online realms, open b.net has to many hackers, single player to boreing, so if u want a game with story/plots/quests stay with iwd2/bg2 i am

 

It all depends on how cheap you can get it. I personally wouldn't ever play it again, but if it's cheap enough you may as well pick it up and see for yourself.

Otherwise, don't bother.

 

I think it's worth it, Chev. Especially now that it's so cheap. Pick up the expansion if you can, because I think the 2 new classes are a lot of fun and it adds several cool features the original did not. Actually, I'm not sure why I just told you that as a selling point...I think we all know you'll just play a Paladin anyway.

It's a good game. There's nothing in the way of roleplay in it...but that's not, and was never, the point of the game. It's fun, the graphics are cool (if outdated), and it's a well-done game. Get it.

 

I bought it a year ago and have started the game many times with different characters. I have never reached any farther than the 3rd chapter before getting bored of doing always the same, though. IMHO, D2 game is cool for powergamers, and great fun if you can get some friends and play a multiplayer game, trying group combat tactics and stuff, but otherwise...

 

It's a fun LAN game.

 

You people are absolutley crazy. D2LOD is one of the best games ever made. I think it was Gamespot that recently ran a tournament to determine the best game of all time and D2 made it all the way to the semifinals before losing.

About the only people who seem to have a problem with D2 are purist RPG freaks. The game is a hybrid rpg/action game. If you find some good people to play with you will have a blast (and there are plenty of them). Of course it is true if you end up playing with some jerks it will not be as much fun.

Good Luck and Enjoy

 

I would say the storyline alone makes it worth it, but it requires some knowledge of the world of diablo.

the game is like any other hack n' slash, the goal of the game is to boost your character as much as possible. Action as described above
Instead of rerolling a million times in the cRPG, this would be a good game. I think it's a good game every now and then.. even though I've wasted countless hours on it

 

Diablo 2 is a fun game for a bit but IMHO (and I've finished it) it get's boring rather quick.
The combat is simple but can be good fun during the more spectacular battles but I'd recommend getting Sacred instead.
I've just bought Sacred; it's like Diablo but Bigger, Better and with a potentially interesting storyline (haven't gotten very far in that one yet).
Back on topic: it's nice enough - graphics aren't spectacular especially by todays standards, but not yet so poor that they're a hindrance to enjoying the game.
The areas and enemies are pretty good as is the sound - neither are grand but pretty good.
Characters are diverse and interesting, all with cool skills and looks.
A good budget or semibudget title if you want a lighter breed of combat RPG but definitely not an epic-class game like BG.
If you can, get Sacred, if not, D2 will be a decent pass-time till you do.

 

It's a decent pass-the-time enjoyment.

More fun is to check out all the skills every class have, Sorceress... yum!

Regarding Sacred: Sacred is Diablo 2s overrated, bugfilled younger sister/brother with better graphics... but not necessarily a better story.

 

I actually just started playing Diablo 2 in single player mode and I'm quite enjoying it.

Of course, it's early days yet (about halfway through part 1) and I imagine long before the end of the game the sheer repetiveness will have driven me to distraction.

 

Ah yes, the jungle. It's all coming back to me now. Pure tedium.

Tal's first comment reminded me that I forgot to mention something in my first post - I only play D2 in single-player, and without the expansion. Multi-player is supposed to be much better, but I never play multi-player games. And like Tal, I really enjoyed D1.

 

Huh? I don't know what kind of luck you had Tal, but I found tons of unique items (ie with the gold lettering, not yellow or green). Not tons, but at least 4 or so per runthrough.

And I, too, liked D1 better as well. Probably because there was never a game like it before. And I don't know why people complain about D2's graphics. It did come out almost 5 years ago, and was a great improvement over the original.

But yes - I hated the jungle too. Could never put my finger on why.

 

For me, it was the map overlay that I always use. The other areas have (mostly) black backgrounds, and the map overlay had white lines, which showed up distinctly on the overlay. In the jungle, you had (mostly) green and blue backgrounds, with the map overlay similarly in blue and green (to differentiate between forests and streams) and it was difficult to figure out where you were going.

Also, the other areas had defined levels, whereas in the jungle, sometimes both the areas before you go to the jungle city were on either side of the original jungle area, and you had to run back through the original jungle area to get to the third area. In fact, on my first run through the jungle, I actually went to the third jungle area before going to the second. I didn't even realize it until I got to the way point.