Customer Reviews
Diablo 1 
2006-07-16
I enjoy the game a lot and have for several years. It is getting harder and harder to find a copy of Diablo 1
The more I play it the more I get out of the game. The added levels are great also. I feel this is a great game for kids as well as adults. Kids 12 and older maybe.
this game doesn't seem old 2005-09-23
The story of Diablo is based on premise of a war between Heaven and Hell. The town of Tristram is under attack by demons, and the player must save the town. As the player delves into the underworld, he discovers more about the demon Diablo, through large tomes that are read aloud by the character. Eventually, the player reaches the lair of Diablo and must kill him.
Gold and Gloryhounds 2005-09-14
Diablo is the best game I have ever played. There is no silly role playing and impossible mazes. It incorporates an excellent atmosphere with exciting gameplay. You have to be careful playing it alone because it can get quite scarey. I know a certain bloke who we will call "Liam" who actually got so scared he had to take a few days off work and eventually wound up selling his house on acount of a dark corner in the basement that reminded him of the catacombs level.
Anyhow two player action is excellent and I recomend conning your sucker friends to playing the warrior character while you pick the Rogue character. The warrior has to get in close to do any damage to enemies. The Rogue character is best at bow and arrows so you can kill plenty enemies without fear of taking damage. If you follow my advice you let your sucker friends engage enemies first then you can either pepper the melee with arrrows or run around picking up gold and items. The only drawback can be if your friend is like my friend Liam who has eyes that literally light up at the sight of gold or sweet looking swords and other items. I suspect he has a large case of gloryhoundism. He swoops in and grabs the good stuff doublequickspeed leaving you with nothing. All you can do is try to abandon him in a melee fight then when he gets good and dead you slip in a rifle his smelly corpse for loot. Liam gets quite upset at this but fair is fair. Plus I think he is just greedy when it comes to the gold on account of he just got told by his real life wife he's only allowed to spend sweet cash on essentials like clothes, food and stuff for the kids. Jokes on him though, wifey outsmarted him and grandfathered the clothes catagory into the rules so she can spend loads on shoes and clamdiggers with no fear of breaking her own rules.
This one time Liam made me so mad that I slammed the bathroom door when I went for a wizz, this silly little clay lizard he got from Mexico fell of the wall thanks to his shoddy nailing job. Anyhow my reflexes were hyped up from a killer diablo session plus I was angry about being cheated out of my rightful share of the gold. Anyway, as soon as the lizard moved I thought it was actually alive, I was a little boozed too, and I'm a littl ashamed to admit that when I'm on the booze I like to beat stuff up. Well I layed a beating on the lizard quicksnap. I think I broke it's leg off or something. Liam was plenty sore but it's his own fault for getting me so riled up and not monitoring my boozin'.
I made it up to him by turning him on to this awesome band known as the Streets. They are his favorite now and he would still be listening to Def Leppard and their crappy one armed drummer if it wasn't for me.
Still playing after all of these years 2005-09-13
I bought Diablo when it was first released back in 1997 and to this day I still find myself playing it. I have solved it numerous times but I never tire of it. I just create a new character and start from scratch. Whether it be a warrior, rogue or sorcerer, it is fun playing as each character and finding the strengths and weaknesses for each character. Even though Diablo 2 has since been released the original Diablo is still fun. The graphics may not hold a candle to the games on the market today, but in the end all that matters is fun and Diablo is just that FUN! If you are looking for a game to play while passing the time between blockbuster releases, then pick up a copy of Diablo if you don't already have it.
watch your back 2005-09-08
This game is a lot of fun. It is even more fun (and less scary) if you play it with a friend. If your friend is Joe the "Duke of Winona" you best be watching your back though. Joe like to play the rogue and Joe isn't fussy about who he shoots his arrows at. I can't count the number of times my character lay dead beside chest, back full of arrows while Joe jumped up and down beside me yelling "Yahoo! More Loot!" He wasn't careful about drinks on my new sofa either.
uncareful + new loot = spilly joe
One time he even broke some wooden lizard I brought back from Mexico. It was hanging on the wall and he was a bit dizzy on account of too many beers and it being way past the time he usually retires for the night and he bumped into it and it fell.
Another thing Joe does is hang back a lot. I'd call him "old hang-back joe" because he'd wait for you to clear out a room and when you're standing there trying to catch your breath, in he'd sweep and collect all the loot.
Simple, beautiful, addictive, humorous at times, and awesome. 
2008-06-17
This is really the first RPG that I've really gotten into; I've always been more of a straight-up action gamer, but the farther I got into the game the more addictive it became, until I concurred that it's just awesome as...awesome! You have a choice of playing a Warrior (strongest with weaponry), Rogue (strongest with bow), or a Sorcerer (strongest in magic) and as such you must clear out a 16-floor dungeon of an army of demons, skeleton soldiers, and ultimately Diablo himself! The game is typical hack and slash gameplay in the tradition of old DOS games like 'Rogue' and the shareware game 'Vampyr', though with the (for its time) stellar graphics and an amazing soundtrack it elevates the genre to a whole new level.
Speaking of the soundtrack, it merits mention of its own. It is amazing. Matt Uelmen (composer) outdid himself with the main map theme: the "Tristram" theme that you hear in the main village is so good I had to get an MP3 of it for my IPod. It sounds like Opeth or Agalloch doing music for Age of Empires, and makes me feel like I'm walking through the dark forests of the Tristram village that you see while the music plays. The music during the dungeon parts is more subtle and ambient-ish and is also great. Around Floor 5 a new track plays that features creepy voice samples that give me the creeps every time. This is definitely a game to listen to with headphones if for no other reason than for the music and the ambience.
There are also some humorous moments, mainly from funny dialogue and voice acting like Thief and Far Cry. One thing that always makes me laugh is the way the Warrior yells "I DON'T HAVE A SPELL READY!" belligerently if you try to cast a spell with nothing selected. Good stuff.
In short, phenomenal and recommended. Get the 'Tristram' music somehow, it's amazing.
This game has so much going for it, but suffers from one major flaw. 2008-04-06
Well, some of you may be wondering why I have given this an 8.0 when almost everyone else has given it 9.0-10. There are many things that would make this game superb but one thing that qualifies in my opinion as merely fair, that being the combat. The graphics are good for when they were made. Everything is voice acted, which really adds to the experience and is still a rare thing to have in a game to this day surprisingly enough. The music is perfect and creepy, it really adds to the atmosphere. The dungeons are well mapped out and are littered with evil enemies and disgusting bosses like the butcher. This would all be fantastic except for the combat. It is incredibly repetitive and boring. Sometimes it accomplishes its goal and becomes highly addictive, but overall I would say it is just boring. If you like dungeon crawlers you must play this game, if not, I honestly don't think I would recommend it with so many other great games out there.
The Devil 2007-11-17
How can you kill the Devil?
A simple game that caused a landslide...
Did Blizard have any Idea what they started?
An Addictive game that you can easily get into. 2007-08-15
Diablo is a game that can easily entertain you for months on end. It's incredibly addictive, and you'll probably find yourself playing through it many, many, many times. You'll spend a lot of your time working the statistics of your character, seeing which items will help you the most, or what armor will help you take down a certain enemy. All in all, this is an amazing game anybody can get into, almost everyone will love, and it's one of the most addicting game of all time.
It's as good as I remembered it! 2006-08-20
I've played Diablo before, when it first came out. It was fun, exciting and learning the tricks to beat the game was great. As with all things - time, moving, etc - I lost my original copy and had several hard drive formats. When I went to order it anew, I found that Blizzard no longer carries/sells the single Diablo (the original game) disc. I found it here on Amazon and ordered it from NothingButSoftware. They sent it in a bubble pack, the disc in a software disc envelope, and the software, per the ad, was new. It arrived in a timely matter according to the Amazon shipping rules (4 days I believe it was) and in good condition. I highly recommend all 3 to anyone who wants Diablo, wants a good merchant, or an overall good company - Amazon.
