Diablo II Expansion Set - Lord of Destruction (PC)

The inevitable expansion set for Blizzard's Diablo II can usually be found for the same discounted price as the main game itself, which nowadays can be as little as five pounds from major retailers, and it requires an install of the main game to run. Developed, like all expansion sets, to build upon the existing game and add new reasons for experienced players to keep playing, 'Lord of Destruction' succeeds in broadening the horizon as far as it reasonably could, but perhaps responds a little too enthusiastically to misguided criticism of the earlier game in cheapening the overall experience. As this is a review of the expansion set in its entirety, I won't go into the ...  Read the complete review

Fancy killing demons, flayers, beasties, necromancers and other players? Well this is just what you're looking for. This is another of those games that will eat away at your precious time. It's damn fine entertainment and will certainly keep you busy. You can play solo and online and the game has been updated several times over the years with automatic patches to enhance your experience. There are several characters to play with and this expansion introduces a druid and an assassin who both have their strengths and weaknesses. You start off pretty weak with barely anything to fight with. The first thing to do is wander the wastelands ...  Read the complete review

The long-awaited expansion pack for Diablo II (so I'm told, I only started playing the basic game last year) adds 2 new character classes to the 5 that were available before, a whole new fifth act, with characters, enemies, quests and rewards, plenty of new items to the game, and alters certain things like the space available to store items, amount of experience given to characters, and the difficulty of enemies. The resolution can be made nicer too. This all sounds good, (unless you don't understand the jargon I'm reluctantly having to use and don't even know what the un-expansion game was like. In that instance, please read my review "8 ...  Read the complete review

******************** Update: Patch 1.09 This eagerly-awaited patch for the Expansion was released earlier this month. It makes a significant number of game changes. I'll review the most significant below. - Hirelings Some may have noticed that in v1.08 it was extremely difficult to get your Hireling (or mercenary) to level up with any decent speed. This has been fixed in the Patch, and a significant improvement should be noticed. - Nightmare Difficulty On Nightmare, the middle of three difficulty levels, the monsters' physical resistance was buggy, making it initially difficult for characters that rely on physical damage, ...  Read the complete review

Diablo 2 Expansion Set: Lord of Destruction, is rather good. Forget that, it is very good. But I should clarify that it is a very, very good expansion to a merely decent game. Lord of Destruction accomplishes something impressive - it gives players a reason to go back to Diablo 2, even if they've already beaten it several times. Yes, ultra mega mega replay value. Lord of Destruction is based on the game expansion theory which states that in expanding a game, you don't just add more to it, but you enrich what existed before. While there is a new act added to Diablo 2, of greater importance are the two new character classes and host of additions and ...  Read the complete review