role-playing

Ok first things first. I loved Diablo II. I was awestruck by how cool the plans for the expansion (XP) looked. If you choose to play the XP, I'm sure you won't be too dissapointed (unless you expect Blizzard to fix Battle.net). Then I found out the price. [price] for an EXPANSION!!?? That's only $10 less than I paid for the full version original. An expansion for a game that provides one extra act of gameplay, and two more character classes should NOT cost 80% of the original game. Ok fine, so I decide not to buy the expansion, a bit disappointing but no big deal, because Blizzard promised us that we'd still be able to play the original version as long as we didn't convert our characters over. WRONG! If anyone has seen the 1.08 patch for Diablo II released yesterday(which I might add you have no choice about downloading) it is now nearly impossible to solo in Hell difficulty with any character class. They have made changes that were not supposed to happen until the XP "in preparation". Only one problem...most of the changes they made were to add some of the challenges that the XP will bring (such as unique monsters with full immunity to certain attacks, and life leech not working at all on some, or as well on most enemies), and they haven't given us the tools (such as runes, jewels, etc) that will offset these challenges in the XP... thus making Hell difficulty nearly impossible for a normal character.

Ok, Diablo 2 was my BDay present from my dad. I thought it was cool and fun, but set it aside for some odd reason. (Probably our trip across the globe). I recently continued my Diablo 2 playing - but this time on Battle.net. It is VERY important that you play Battle.net, otherwise the game isn't as satasfying. It's my second favorite game ever, (First is Final Fantasy 7). Now there is an exp pack! White Items: Normal, Blue Items: Magic, Yellow Items: Rare, Orange Items: Found only by making in Horadric Cube, Gold Items: Unique (Very rare), Red Items: Elite (Best in the game, found only in the Hell difficulty). There are also new weapons for each class! The barbarians have executioner swords, polearms, and axes. Amazons have Ceremonial Javelins, and those bows that were mentioned above. Sorc's have Orbs now. Druids, I'm not sure. Assassins have wrist-bladez. There are all kinds of new monsters, wacked uniques, etc. I'd like to mention this also: Now weapons feature something like this: 125-160 Damage - 5% chance of casting L5 Frozen Orb - Freezes Target - +20 Life/Mana. Thats a new unique, that totally rocks. Anyway, if you're considering buying your son, or daughter, this, don't hesitate. It's a great game, and is NOT satanic or anything. You are after all, killing the devil :).

This game is better than Diablo 2. Much better. Although you might think 'oh, it's just one act and two new characters,' that makes all the difference. This game, with Act 5, Baal, The Assasian and the Druid, can take over any other computer game by far. A great accomplishment for Blizzard.