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Diablo II

Description

Knowing full well that Diablo's spirit could never be truly destroyed, the hero of Tristram made the noblest sacrifice of all: to take the spirit of the Lord of Terror into himself, hoping that his strength of will could contain the demon within. He was wrong. Now it's time for extending the story. The player can pick from five classes to play: Amazon, Necromancer, Paladin, Sorceress, and Barbarian, of which each posseses unique abilities.

Like its predecessor, Diablo II is an action RPG. Most of the gameplay is dedicated to roaming wilderness areas and fighting hordes of monsters in real-time combat, gathering experience points. Dungeon layout and items are randomized. Diablo's magic has been replaced with skills: class specific abilities that can be purchased with skill points as characters level up. A Paladin's skills allow him to cover allies with a protective aura, while a Sorceress can learn to fire lightning bolts and frozen blasts from her hands. Skills can be purchased several times to level them up, and some skills, when purchased, will increase the effectiveness of other skills. A new item type, socketed, has been added as well. Socketed items can be modified permanently by adding magic gems to them, increasing their statistics or adding elemental properties.

Alternate Titles

• "暗黑破壞神 2" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "暗黑破坏神II" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Diablo II: The Calling" -- Working title
• "D2" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Diablo II series
• Diablo series
• Gameplay feature: Armor / Weapon sets
• Gameplay feature: Auto-mapping
• Gameplay feature: Character development - Skill distribution
• Games with randomly generated environments
• Video games turned into board / card games

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The Press Says

macHOME	2000		100
Techtite	2000		100
Macworld	2000		90
Inside Mac Games (IMG)	Oct 27, 2000	9 out of 10	90
MacNN	Sep 13, 2000		90
IGN	Jun 07, 2002	8.3 out of 10	83
JeuxMac.com	Jan, 2002	4 out of 5	80
AppleLinks.Com	Aug 17, 2000		80
Electric Playground	Sep 01, 2000	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

Dungeons & Dragons

Diablo II was adapted into a set of two D&D rulebooks: Diablo II: Diablerie, published in 2000, and Diablo II: To Hell and Back, published in 2001, in addition to which a Diablo II set for the Dungeons & Dragons boardgame was released by Wizards of the Coast in 2000.

Promotion

Blizzard itself produced an action figure line, with figures depicting the Barbarian, the Unraveler, and of course, Diablo. They also released a whole stack of merchandise, including Zippo lighters, wristwatches and mouse pads, all in limited edition.

References: Diablo

The much rumored and non-existent secret "Cow Level" from the original game was actually added to Diablo II. It is just a flat plain, populated by bipedal cows, which go "Moo! Moo!" in deadpan human voices. The level also features a boss, "The Cow King", who looks just like all the other cows.

In Act I, the player can enter a portal to the town of Tristram, now destroyed by demons. Some characters from Diablo can be seen there. Decard Cain and Griswold the Blacksmith are alive; the former will help the player with his quests while the latter is possessed by evil powers. The remains of Wirt the Peg-Legged Boy can also be spotted; his leg allows the player to enter the cow level.

References

Once in a great while, one of the zombies can be heard uttering "brainsss". This is a reference to the numerous Living Dead movies, in which zombies hunger for human brains.

Awards

• Computer and Video Games
  • 2005 - #25 "101 Best PC Games Ever"
• Destructoid
  • 2009 - #7 "Top Video Games of the Decade"
• GamePro
  • 2008 - #11 "The 32 Best PC Games"
• GameSpy
  • 2000 – Special Award for Cut-Scenes
• GameStar (Germany)
  • Issue 02/2001 - Best Game in 2000
  • Issue 02/2001 - Best Multiplayer Game in 2000
  • Issue 03/2001 - Best Game in 2000 (Readers' Choice)
  • Issue 12/2008 - Special mention in the "10 Coolest Levels" list (for the secret level "The Moo Moo Farm")
• IGN
  • 2009 - Issue 12/2008 - One of "Gaming's Top 10 Easter Eggs" (for the secret level "The Moo Moo Farm")
• PC Gamer
  • April 2005 - #16 "50 Best Games of All Time"
  • 2007 - #82 "Top 100 Games"
• PC Player (Germany)
  • Issue 01/2001 - Best Online Game in 2000
• VideoGamer.com
  • 2009 - #49 "Top 100 Games of the Noughties"

Information also contributed by Ajan, Kasey Chang, Patrick Bregger, PCGamer77, phlux, Tibes80, and Scott Monster.