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Diablo (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Role-playing/Isometric Action RPG

RELEASE DATE

10/DEC/93

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Animated Blood & Gore, Animated Violence

DEVELOPER

Blizzard North

PUBLISHER

Blizzard Entertainment

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation, Hybrid Windows/Mac, Macintosh

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

Warrior 268
Sorceror 143
rogue 108

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

old school 322
Dark 278
Demonic 186

DESCRIPTION

The intricate town and many dungeon levels in Diablo are dark, cold and scary. You do not want to be here. Your instincts are screaming at you to turn and run but your courage is holding you firm. The two-handed broad sword you hold in your hands — just one of over 40 weapons — backs up your courage and demands that you to stay.

Sounds bounce off the dense stone walls making it next to impossible to judge the location of your enemies in this unforgiving dungeon. The magic spells you have learned in your travels are useless against these unseen enemies.

You listen closely...there's a scraping sound to the left and a thud to the right. The sound from the left closes in on you at an alarming rate and you leap backward to get out of the way of whatever is coming. A small, skinless, monkey-like creature stands before you. You've seen these things before — seen what this creature, one of over 20 different types you've encountered, can do to an unprepared man, mage or rogue.

You make a pledge to yourself: stay focused, never let your guard down. Then you quickly attack the surprised creature. The swiftness of your attack catches the scavenger off guard and you waste no time in planting your sword in its lower-intestinal tract. This small but important victory, just one of many, gives you some much-needed experience in your quest to become stronger; a strength you'll need as you track down the ultimate arch-demon, Diablo!

So goes the action in Diablo, a role-playing excursion into the depths of the underworld. Using guile, stealth, magic and raw power that you develop along the way, you'll find yourself up to your elbows, literally, in demons, zombies, gargoyles and much worse. Over 200 monsters await you in this dark, dreary and destructive domain, lorded over by the fiend Diablo, the embodiment of all evil.

Whichever character you choose — warrior, rogue or sorcerer — you'll have a variety of weapons and spells at your disposal for the ultimate journey to eradicate the evil scourge Diablo. Standard role-playing attributes such as strength, magic, dexterity, vitality, life and mana will improve, along with resistance ratings in magic, fire and lightning, as the quest heats up. A wide range of items and weaponry, gems and scrolls, spells and shields await discovery on your journey to the inevitable confrontation with mankind's worst enemy.

The interface in Diablo supports both mouse and keyboard shortcut commands. The game offers multi-player action through several modes: direct null-modem cable connection (2 players), modem (2 players), IPX network (2-4 players) and Internet (2-4 players). The Diablo manual, in addition to a tutorial, contains two stories that provide background information on the history leading up to the action as well as a short treatise on Soulstones. ~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide

Diablo (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Role-playing/Isometric Action RPG
RELEASE DATE:

10/DEC/93
TOP TRAITS:

Dark Fantasy, hack and slash, RPG
DESCRIPTION:

The intricate town and many dungeon levels in Diablo are dark, cold and scary. You do not want to be here. Your insti... more

players 3,224

followers 2

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POPULARITY: PC PLATFORM

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Diablo (PC) by: OakenShield

“It's been too long since I played, but I have never played on game from Blizzard that was even close to so so. ”

created 30/OCT/2009

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“just cool”

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Diablo (PC) by: Svelah

“Ah Diablo, in my youth i remember playing this game it was my first online experience with a game. I recently started to replay it online it has been fun it's not all dead like I thought it was. I try to play legit even though I think someone gave...”

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Xnightfirex4 played Diablo on 23/SEP/09

“after years of playing i still love braking my mouse after 1000000 clicks in under two mins :) anyone still play online?”

created 23/SEP/2009

Diablo (PC) by: colliny2k

“I really liked the environment in this game and the basic gameplay. However, in playing it I was only interested in the multiplayer. Unfortunately, I was never able to get into a game without hackers. I guess the anti-hack software just wasn't up...”

created 21/SEP/2009

Diablo (PC) by: Schweinebub

“The grandfather of the isometric spamfest RPG. To some extend helped revive the RPG genre. Fast paced, exciting, dark, sadly not very impressive nowadays in comparison to other games like it's follow up.”

created 19/SEP/2009

Diablo (PC) by: Storiwyr

“Who wouldn't like traveling into the bowels of hell and destroy creatures of nightmares? Someone crazy, that's who. This game is one of the best hack-n-slack, dungeon crawlers I've ever played. Yes, now days the graphics leave something to be...”

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Date: 14/SEP/2009
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Diablo (PC) by: Tjuhl

“Welcome to Tristram. Stay a while and listen. Remember to pick up and re-drop all those weapons you left behind at the smith so that they don't despawn. ;)”

created 13/SEP/2009

Diablo (PC) by: Frixion

“Classic game :) 13 years old and still fun to play sometimes.”

created 19/AUG/2009

Diablo (PC) by: Vegeta

“The story is kinda-trite and the gameplay is simplistic, but it is an old game, however the good news is that you can play this game cooperatively :)”

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