Diablo 2 Gift Set

by Blizzard Entertainment

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00004Z0FM
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 8, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,666 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Got me Into RPG's, November 19, 2000

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Cheaplymade (New York, NY 10022) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diablo 2 Gift Set (CD-ROM)

I had never played an RPG before Diablo II, they had never interested me. I have always been a fan of strategy/war games and simulations. I found Diablo II impossible to put away. The first time through single player experience is so rewarding it's not even worth discussing. What really sets the game apart is the mltiplayer (free) and continuing single player options. You could still be trying new things out when Diablo III comes out (knowing Blizzard that should be around 2004).

The following is an update from my 2000 review:
Graduated college, got married, two kids, have worked in two cities and have lived in four different apartments. Still no Diablo III (but the website looks pretty great - fingers crossed for Q4 2012!!).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Expands on the Original, December 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Diablo 2 Gift Set (CD-ROM)

I received DII for my birthday and just started playing it. It has some of the same familiar controls as Diablo. Game play is just as easy.

What's different? DII gives you 5 character classes to choose from. Each class has it's own "Skill track" to develop unique powers as it increases in level. The game also has a nice variety of indoor and outdoor landscapes for adventuring - not just the dungeons of the first Diablo. That's great. There are also many new monsters to battle. They're ugly and fun.

Characters can also carry gloves, a belt and boots in addition to the helmet, armor, weapons, amulet and rings. That's more magic stuff for you to enjoy.

What keeps this from being a 5 star game for me is the Save feature. When you save a game, and go back, you begin back at camp. You are not placed back to the spot where you saved. That's kind of annoying. Also, if you're killed, you lose all your equipment (the stuff that's on your body) and gold. When you re-start, you can go back to the spot where you were killed and retrieve your stuff (minus the gold). These are minor inconveniences worth mentioning, but they won't keep me from continuing on my adventure.

I'm going to forge ahead to destroy Diablo and save the world.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Um... wow, February 11, 2001

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Mike (the San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diablo 2 Gift Set (CD-ROM)

What you are getting here is an awesome game, an even more awesome game, and two indispensible strategy guides.

The first game, Diablo, is simply incredible, plunging you into a world of a town under siege by Diablo and his minions. As you seek to destroy diablo, you encounter demons and undead, and you'll run into lava-tossing lords, fire-spewing winged demons called Balrogs, gargoyles, and a menagarie of over 150 monsters and some nasty terrain situations which you'll need to put on your thinking cap to get out of.

Then you play Diablo II, which is a totally different game than its predecessor. The terrain is open, but the seemingly endless variety of monsters and magic (over 150 spells) will keep you coming for more. The five charachter classes are five completely different play styles, and on top of that endless sub-varitions on the charachter styles will keep you transfixed. E.g, The Amazon can be split into many different styles, including the javelin-tossing breed, those who use spears, those who fire as fast as humanly possible, those who specalise in elemental (fire and frost) attacks, etc.

Not to mention the strategy guides, who are to be kept at even the most casual gamer's computer-side, even if the second one is poorly written.

Simply put, this game is "darned" addicting, pun intended. I actually uninstalled it because it transfixed me too much to focus on work. Let the serious student beware!

Simply put, once you enter either game, your gaming life will never be the same. Buy or don't buy accordingly.