Review NaN of 62
Price Paid:
$15.00
from Half.com Summary:
This game is basically a Diablo clone. For me, there is nothing wrong with copying a successful formula for a new game, however this game fails to improve on the formula. Now this game does improve on a few things, but they are mostly superficial like graphics and sound. In terms of core gameplay, this will be very familiar territory for anyone who played either Diablo game on the PC, but it is especially reminiscent of the first Diablo. All your old tricks that you had to discard in Diablo 2 are new again. Waiting around a corner to surprise a ranged unit who lost sight of you and just wanders over, check. Standing in a doorway and killing each member of a mob as they march through single file, check. Hiding in the corner till your mutant healing factor kicks in, check(Hmm, wrong game but the trick still works, there is even a skill to make it better!) Things like targeting are harder on a console, but there are skills to make up for it. You will be seeing a lot of familiar skills and spells, as many are lifted from the Diablo games as well. This game tries to have replay value, but the super difficulty level is just frustrating, especially because you loose all of your equipment when you start the higher level, and the improved items you can find are not really worth slogging through creatures that have a million HP and do tons of damage, yet are still as mindless as before. A special hate goes out to the extreme difficulty level first shop that does not have a single bow, my archer character was helpless for many hours till I found one and all my skills were usable again. Story is very standard fare, I was never excited about uncovering new segments, I was just plowing through it. I have been fairly critical of the game but I did like a few things that Blizzard(Diablo’s creator) could learn from. Graphical effects such as water, fire, freezing and burning are excellent. Also, the shopkeepers say funny and cool things while you shop. Finally, the sound of loot falling to the ground is clear enough that I can hear when something interesting drops, and what type of item it is. Report this review >>
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