Trivia
In the German gaming magazine GameStar (issue 02/2001) Diablo II was named as "Best Game in 2000" and received a special award as "Best Multiplayer Game in 2000".
In the following issue it was also named as "Best Game in 2000" in the reader's voting.
In the German gaming magazine PC Player (issue 01/2001) Diablo II was named as "Best Online Game in 2000".
Once in a great while, you'll hear one of the zombies utter 'brainsss.' This is a reference to the numerous Living Dead movies, in which the zombies hunger for human brains.
Contributed by
Santa 
(847) on Jan 15, 2006.
Diablo II was ranked # 16 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3025) on Mar 19, 2005.
In act I player can enter a portal to ruined Tristram. There are signs of three characters from Diablo 1. Decard Cain who is alive and will help player in his quests, Griswold the blacksmith who is now possessed by evil powers and the remains of Wirt the peg-legged boy whose leg will allow player to enter the cow level.
Contributed by
Ajan (260) on Aug 01, 2004.
Diablo 2 actually was adapted by D&D into a set of two rulebooks for RPG in Diablo-verse. Only two books were published... Diablerie was published in 2000, and To Hell and Back was published in 2001.
The much rumoured and non-existant secret "cow-level" from the original Diablo was actually added by Blizzard to Diablo II... To open a portal to the secret cow-level the player must finish the game, then place a Tome of Town Portal and "Wirt's Leg" (from Tristram) into the Horadric cube and transmute them. The portal will then open giving the player access. The cow-level is just a flat plain, populated by bipedal cows, which go "Moo", "Moo" in dead-pan human voices. It's actually very funny! There is also a boss in this level - "The Cow King". who looks just like all the other cows.
Contributed by
Tibes80 (1498) on Aug 29, 2003.
As well as the mentioned action figures, Blizzard released a whole stack of merchandise, including Zippo lighters, wristwatches and mousepads, all in limited edition. (Editor's note: I got a Diablo II pen. :) -Chris)
Contributed by
phlux (4157) on Nov 25, 2001.
There's an action figure line produced by Blizzard itself available. The line is composed of: Barbarian, The Unraveler and of course, Diablo.
Contributed by
Zovni (9139) on Aug 06, 2001.
