After equipping yourself with rudimentary weapons and revitalising potions from the appropriate establishments you venture cautiously underground. A terrible demon called the Butcher lives in the catacombs underneath the nearby monastery and the townsfolk would be terribly grateful if you wouldn't mind buggering off and killing him, thank you very much.
After a bit of exploring you meet the townsfolk - a blacksmith, innkeeper, healer, all of the usual stuff - and before you know it you're faced with your first quest. You play one of three character styles (outlined elsewhere) and begin the game dumped in the centre of town without any idea of what it is you have to do. Hack 'n' slackĪt the heart of it all Diablo is fairly simple to describe as it's an svga, isometric, scrolling, combat-based, quest-driven, real-time, role-playing so much so that we only gave it 78 per cent. And that, let's face it, was a little bit of a disappointment compared to the previous Ultima titles. I don't know about you, but I can't really think of a decent game of this type since Origin's Ultima VIII: Pagan about three years ago. There hasn't really been a Cproper' rpg that deals with Ctrue' rpg issues (demons, monsties, blokes with swords, magic etc, etc) for a while now, so if nothing else Diablo serves as a good example of what can be done now that we're in the age of the Pentium. Produced by the same developers who knocked out WarCraft II, it's pretty safe to say that the development of Diablo has been accompanied by a certain amount of excitement. To them I say, go place your greasy five pound note on the counter, invest in a caffeine drip and bathe in its hack 'n' slash glory.
Those who are likely to buy it now probably won't have played it before, or they'll be fans of the sequel who fancy a little retro action. It's still a lot of fun, but it doesn't have the long-time lure of its successor, nor the multiplayer community. (That's too personal - Ed.)ĭiablo's value now is arguable, especially since you can get the Diablo II: Battlechest for a very reasonable price these days. Even with its three characters and four levels, it was so eminently replayable - coursework was left unfinished, boyfriends left flaccid and unsatisfied all so I could kill demons long into the night. On a personal note, I loved the first Diablo. Its repetitive gameplay may be frowned upon by those who didn't get just how addictive it really was, and still is in fact, since its sequel Diablo II is one of the biggest non-fee-based online RPGs around. Nevertheless Diablo is still an isometric classic. It's Surprising that this five-year-old game has only just gone down to a fiver.
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