Retro Review – My First Experience Playing Diablo II

<p>In the year 2000&comma; the world was introduced to the sequel of <em>Diablo<&sol;em>&period; Blizzard North&&num;8217&semi;s creation&comma; <em>Diablo II&comma;<&sol;em> continues while improving the story and reputability&period; Yet after 18 years&comma; the question of whether or not the game is still relevant is a difficult one&period; Players must choose a class&colon; Amazon&comma; Necromancer&comma; Barbarian&comma; Sorceress or Paladin&period; Two new classes of Druid and Assassin are in the expansion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>It&&num;8217&semi;s Replayable But Needed More Content<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Each class has its own strength and weaknesses that offer a playable character for every RPG play style&period; Even after playing through one class&comma; the randomness of the items&comma; equipment&comma; and the wilderness offer an unmatched replay value&period; With such a large world to explore it feels rather empty&period; More structures&comma; monsters or NPCs are in desperate need&period; After wandering around and playing through quests&comma; the randomly generated wilderness is fun to experience a new setting each time you log on to play&period; Much of the game is exploring and traveling through areas to reach dungeons and areas of interest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;138888" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-138888" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-138888" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;27215001&sol;FirestormD&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"600" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-138888" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Diablo II &sol; Blizzard<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The story begins simply enough but after diving deeper into the game&&num;8217&semi; single-player mode&comma; it is easy to completely become lost within the well-rounded plot&period; Diablo is the hideous Lord of Terror&period; A hero once was able to defeat him but now that the hero is no longer alive&comma; a Dark Wanderer is reeking havoc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>The Lack of Pickups Is Problematic<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>A frustration that stands out from this classic title is lack of automatic item pickups&period; You must scroll over each deceased enemy to find a possible item and then click on the item&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s especially a daunting task while battling full hoards of zombies and demon&period;s This issue alone is enough to want to switch over to the newer <em>Diablo III<&sol;em> game&period; The graphics too is something that has not held up over time&period; On a newer computer&comma; the graphics look dull and grainy&period; Fans of the game since it originally was released probably find it nostalgic&period; But for someone who is playing <em>Diablo II<&sol;em> for the first time&comma; the graphics are not one of the classical elements of the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>The Music Is Still Amazing<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The background music alone is beautifully composed&period; The music is easily my most favorite part of the game&period; Listening to the soundtrack instantly transports the player to a dark fantasy world filled with evil and the light of those who oppose it&period; Despite <em>Diablo II&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;em> age&comma; the music is as beautiful as the day it released&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Impressively&comma; <em>Diablo II<&sol;em> is still popular online even with the third game of the series also being available&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s nostalgic vibe&comma; replay value and classic dungeon crawler elements make this game unforgettable&period; With a price tag for the base game of only &dollar;9&period;99 USD&comma; PC fantasy gamers have little to lose while playing&comma; except a sense of time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Diablo II<&sol;em> and the expansion is available through Blizzards&&num;8217&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;us&period;blizzard&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;games&sol;d2&sol;"><strong>website&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;