Diabolic goings on (Diablo II Expansion Set - Lord of Destruction (PC))

Member Name: kingsraconteur

Product:	Diablo II Expansion Set - Lord of Destruction (PC)
Date:	21/05/09 (18 review reads)
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Advantages: Lengthy gameplay, vast array of weapons/armour, excellent online play, easy to get into

Disadvantages: Lots of cheating online, some of the higher difficulty levels are absurdly difficult, dated look now

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 and get your hands dirty in anticipation of scavenging something to wear. At first the treasure is pretty mundane but with progress you can discover better items. There are set items to find (usually in green) which become enhanced once you find more of the set. The best items though have to be the elite items which are damn hard to find.

There are 5 scenarios to traverse and this expansion introduces the realm of Baal. Three difficulty settings from normal, nightmare and hell are in place but it's going to take you a damn long time to conquer hell (unless you cheat!)

Cheating. Alas this game is rife with cheated items. As soon as you enter battle net you're plagued with cheats and if you want to survive you've no option but to join in. You will get little twerps intent on engaging in pointless battles which can ruin the game. Personally I'd have liked Blizzard to have a duel zone where these individuals can leave the quest players alone!

Having said that it's online where this game comes into its own. With its easy to play interface it isn't long before you're engaging in a cross European quest to bang Andariel (boss demon from level 1) on the head!

I don't play this much these days due to the fact I've seen all there is to see. It played ok on Windows Xp and I've had no problems with Vista as of yet.

Certainly well worth getting and if you ever bump into a character called Doomwager be sure to say hello :D

Summary: Very fine game and pretty cheap to buy these days