You know what was awesome about Diablo 1? I could play a Warrior and cast Mage spells. I wore nothing but Mage Armor and shit like that. I would cast 3 fireballs and be empty. haha but man it was hella fun. =)

Zanno

United States1484 Posts

January 18 2012 09:06 GMT

#62

if i never played diablo 1 and would like to play it, where can i legally acquire a copy of it

i'd rather not pirate a blizzard game because blizzard games are you know...good

Psyonic_Reaver

United States4342 Posts

January 18 2012 09:43 GMT

#63

You can buy it from www.battle.net

actionbastrd

Congo598 Posts

January 18 2012 09:45 GMT

#64

i love love love love love D1. Even when i got deep into D2, i still played through diablo 1 at least once a week. It has something that the others dont. And you did a good job telling it like it is. There is just something about the pace you walk, the battle stance you take in the dungeons, the dark dankness of everything. You hearing the monsters down the corridors. Oh man what a game. Im gonna have to play through that one again this week. Hell was a pain to get through as the warrior sometimes for me too. Damn harps.

Nice to see a thread about D1 ^__^. I am enjoying that D3 is bringing back some of that diablo 1 lore tho. It is refreshing.

PandaCore

Germany553 Posts

January 18 2012 11:09 GMT

#65

What I liked most about Diablo 1, and which probably was the reason that I even played the demo of 1 longer than the full version of 2 is: you could build your character in any way you wanted. If you wanted to make a warrior that could learn all the spells in the game, then you could do so. You could distribute the stats any way you wanted.

Now you're just stuck in your class with skill trees to choose from.

Cyber_Cheese

Australia3615 Posts

January 18 2012 11:18 GMT

#66

On January 18 2012 11:50 oBlade wrote:

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The only acts that repulsed me because of their ugliness were 1 and 3. I'd still indict them all on not being dark enough, though. The reason the bestiary probably went to shit is they put so much stuff in the game for you to grind that every act is a hodgepodge of weird creatures so you don't get bored fighting the same guys all the time. The underlying problem is probably there being too many guys, and none of them very threatening.

What? One and four were the awesome dark Acts.
Jails and hell as a theme is just better than desert/forest/tundra.
The rest of them did have their moments though, Act 2 maggot lair, Act 3 sewers, Act 5 not so much, but Baal's laugh made for a decent atmosphere.
Caves were good too, the fields in Act 1, meh.

Diablo 1 had the decent from jail to hell, and it was great.
The feel of starting out in a terrible place, and having it steadily get worse, instead of ruining that all with some random sand/jungle areas.
I feel like D2 could have done that too, to a large extent, and the atmosphere would have been a lot better.
Start in the jungle, roam into deserts, then large caverns akin to that giant Skyrim underground, then jails and hell.

aseq

Netherlands3996 Posts

January 18 2012 11:30 GMT

#67

On January 18 2012 18:43 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
You can buy it from www.battle.net

Can you? I can't find it on my account, DII is under classic games even. There's only 7 titles to choose from in total, no WCI or WC2 either.

frontliner2

Netherlands844 Posts

January 18 2012 12:30 GMT

#68

It's terrible. Blizzard should have War1, war2 (Bnet edition) and D1 as a digital download.

Medrea

10003 Posts

January 18 2012 12:33 GMT

#69

Diablo 1 is no longer supported by Blizzard, i believe they have withdrawn Battle.net access to it.

SnetteL

Belgium473 Posts

January 18 2012 12:59 GMT

#70

Why hasn't anyone mentioned the shrines yet?

Skwid1g

United States953 Posts

January 18 2012 13:29 GMT

#71

Meh, Diablo 1 was pretty mediocre looking back on it. Yes, the butcher was scary... when I was 4. Most of the difficulty wasn't really difficulty, but rather "let me stand in this doorway for 10 minutes so I can effortlessly kill everything!" Not that Diablo 2 was any better in either regard - the only reason I played Diablo2 for years was because it's PvP was far and away superior to every other RPG imo.

The atmosphere doesn't mean all that much to me, potions having CD is far superior to them being scarce for me, and I honestly believe that d2's system of progression was just as good - they just made the higher tiers beyond impossible to find outside of duping/mfing all day. Good luck farming up your own hoto/cta/enigma. Honestly, the progression item wise was better than Diablo 1's Pre-LOD in my opinion. I don't really think you have to be stuck using bland white weapons to have appreciation for better weapons.

Nazeron

Canada1046 Posts

January 18 2012 14:01 GMT

#72

i wish i could go back to the days TT

Firetoss

Germany30 Posts

January 18 2012 14:42 GMT

#73

Basically all old games share one big advantage concerning atmosphere. All had ridiculous and unrealistic graphic. So they left a lot of room for your imagination. Like a book somehow. Recent games focus on realistic graphic. However there is no more room for your own imagination.

tissue

Malaysia441 Posts

January 18 2012 14:55 GMT

#74

The butcher gave me the willies as a kid. I waited until my rogue had cleared 9-ish levels down before coming back to kill him. And even then it was hard.

Ballack

Norway821 Posts

January 18 2012 16:03 GMT

#75

This thread made me decide to play D1 again, THANK YOU SO MUCH (no sarcasm here btw, and no metasarcasm either, I'm genuinely happy about it)!

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

January 18 2012 16:09 GMT

#76

What I love about Diablo 1 the most was taking advantage of the terrain. Too many mobs behind doors was annoying, but there was plenty of other ways you can take advantage of the terrain in your favor. Diablo 2 felt too much like an arcade game with the insane run speeds. I love Diablo 1's more methodical approach.

Snettik

Finland186 Posts

January 18 2012 16:18 GMT

#77

i feel like the diffinculty of Diablo 1 varies like hell on each playthrough. Sometimes it's a cakewalk, sometimes feels impossible. Maybe it punishes really hard for choices i made (and i don't see which one was it), or it's about rolling drops/quests/mobs. Those acid spitters.... fuck em.

Neo.NEt

United States785 Posts

January 18 2012 17:06 GMT

#78

Yeah I'm having a problem with RPGs being so easy these days. I'm playing Skyrim on the hardest difficulty and it's pretty much impossible to die unless you find a dragon priest in which case it's impossible to even take one hit without getting owned. The D3 beta (which is only a beta but still) is so easy it's a joke (and not even fun). Difficulty up plz.

Shockk

Germany2269 Posts

January 18 2012 17:16 GMT

#79

On January 19 2012 02:06 Neo.NEt wrote:
Yeah I'm having a problem with RPGs being so easy these days. I'm playing Skyrim on the hardest difficulty and it's pretty much impossible to die unless you find a dragon priest in which case it's impossible to even take one hit without getting owned. The D3 beta (which is only a beta but still) is so easy it's a joke (and not even fun). Difficulty up plz.

"Yeah RPGs are too easy except for the fights I can't manage but avoid so my argument is still valid."

Yeah, right.

Tomba

Norway106 Posts

January 18 2012 17:21 GMT

#80

The butcher was scary as hell! but i was very young when i played it, always when i made a new char i was hoping that i would not get the butcher quest.