Since this is really “less-than-cosmic” I put it here. Actually, I really don’t know where it should be so if it needs to be moved, feel free.
Anyway. I recently bought and installed this game. Yes, I am behind the times. I bought it brand new at Costco. It did not come with any kind of a book or anything. Just the cd in a case which was in a regular “new program box.” Is there any particular way or order that this game is supposed to be played? How do you know what you are supposed to do? Does anybody know of a really good website that would explain how to play this game? I did a Google search and all I got was either Diablo II sites or sites for walkthroughs. So far, I have walked around the village and talked to a few people and gone to a church (?) and fought a bunch of bad guys, but I am at a loss as to what I am supposed to be doing or what I’m supposed to be looking for. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.
I liked Diablo I better than Diablo II anyway. Creepier music, more consistent plot. Warning, though: the ending is VERY stupid and merely a lame excuse to spawn a sequel.
Another warning–don’t bother trying to play it on the Internet against/with other people. Diablo I was hacked very quickly and nearly everyone on the net cheats to some degree. Not much fun.
I was very disappointed by the ending. I was playing online with a friend and we were hacking and slashing away and when it ended we were like…that’s it?
Still the game itself is excellent and lots of fun.
Enjoy cheezit!
I didn’t mind the ending at all in its essence; a longer cutscene would have been nice, though. It could have gone into a sequel that would have been a lot more interesting than just the Bigger, Longer, More of D2–but all in all, it probably wouldn’t have been a sequel Blizzard could pull off, so they made one that was a guaranteed winner instead.
To add to Weirddave’s links, I offer this. It’s a message board of several dedicated D1 players, who can answer any and every question you could possibly have.
My suggestion is that once you beat it on single player (with each class if you want to be thorough), switch to multiplayer. You don’t have to go online, just set up your own single person game on “Modem”. This allows you to play Nightmare and Hell difficulties when you reach the required levels (22 and 30, respectively).
If you do want to play a multiplayer game, and don’t want to deal with the trainees and hackers, head over to the Diablo Strategy Forum channel. To get there, just replace the “USA-1” or “USA-2” with “DSF-1”. There are usually a few good doers willing to help out a newbie. And once you get on your feet, they’ll have a few variants for you to give a try to.
Also, the best link that WD gave was the second one, if you’re only going to hit one. It has great starting strategy, and will give you a real good idea of what you need to be looking for in terms of equipment and what skills to work on in terms of ability. Have fun!
It sounds to me that you didn’t read the manual that is on the CD as well. If you did, nevermind.
Here is a site that I use to get cheats, info, hints and such. I can’t remember which on of them had it, but they had a complete list of items and quests and what to do withthem.
Definitely check out Jarulf’s Guide which Weirddave linked to. It’s considered the Diablo Bible and has everything you could ever want to know about the game (and lots of things you wouldn’t even want to think about).
I still say the guy had too much time on his hands, but hey, at least he got a character named after him in Diablo II.
I’d also recommend getting the Hellfire expansion if you can find it–it should be cheap as all heck by now.
It adds quite a bit to the game play. Hell, the extra 3 character classes and the ability to “run” while in town alone make it worthwhile. I’m not too wild about the new dungeons, but that’s only because I dislike archer type monsters–the graphical design on them are pretty cool.
I bought it brand new at Costco. It did not come with any kind of a book or anything. Just the cd in a case which was in a regular “new program box.” Is there any particular way or order that this game is supposed to be played? How do you know what you are supposed to do? Does anybody know of a really good website that would explain how to play this game? I did a Google search and all I got was either Diablo II sites or sites for walkthroughs. So far, I have walked around the village and talked to a few people and gone to a church (?) and fought a bunch of bad guys, but I am at a loss as to what I am supposed to be doing or what I’m supposed to be looking for. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.