15 reviews
Sales Rank: 25722

Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 95

Model: 71189
UPC: 020626711890
EAN: 0020626711890
ASIN: B00004Z0FM

Release Date: November 8, 2000

Accessories:

•	PC Gamer (1-year)

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description
The bestselling and award-winning IDiablo/I games are now available in one conveniently packaged set. The IDiablo II Gift Set/I contains the classic IDiablo/I, a 3-D world of dark gothic fantasy that players can explore as a warrior, rogue, or sorcerer. IDiablo II/I features five all-new character classes with special attributes and abilities, plus all-new quests, weapons, spells, armor, monsters, and nonplayer characters. Over four times the length of the original game, IDiablo II/I will keep demon slayers busy for weeks. Also included in this set are two official strategy guides, Prima Publishing's IOfficial Diablo Strategy Guide/I and BradyGames' IOfficial Diablo II Strategy Guide/I.

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1 out of 5 stars

battlenet June 25, 2006
0 out of 10 found this review helpful

I have played this game since it came out..Unfortunately battlenet has not improved at all over the years, magic drops are low and bad(personally i think servers get cut of ebay sales)and the gameplay would be good if battlenet would clean up the frequent problems they have with lag and droping u from games, yes i have a high end comp, with a high end card and connection so dont ask.

3 out of 5 stars

A real unbiased review September 10, 2004
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

I am a Blizzard fan, I have bought many of the previous games that the company released like Starcraft and Warcraft 2, both of which are not only some of the best games I have ever played, but in the case of Starcraft, the single best game I have ever played and a game which I probably have played more than any other game. So I had high expectations of Diablo 2.br /br /Diablo 2 feature pretty impressive sound, good multiplayer, and is a mildly fun game. The only real problem though, ends up being the downfall of the whole game. Diablo 2 doesn't have a real good story and is almost totally linear, not involving many tasks that are not part of the storyline. Now a lot of times this is not a problem. However, in Diablo 2, it's linear nature is a huge problem because of the pedantic gameplay. The gamplay is fun for a couple hours, but by the time you reach act 3, you will be totally sick of just hacking through millions of monsters at every turn, and i'm not kidding, there are monsters everywhere in this game. Now the game being linear, there is nothing to take away from the boredom and frustration of fighting millions of monsters. br /br /After I beat this game I decided to check out the game on the internet, as this is usually where blizzard games shine. Unfortunately, in Diablo 2, there is no real difference between the internet gameplay and the single player gameplay. On the internet, you and other players are stuck in games of about 8 people, where the mission is to journey through the 4 stages of the first person game. That was a major shock to me, as I thought that if blizzard had made the multiplayer game include new maps and more pvp combat with allies against allies and goals to accomplish it would make up for the bad single player experience. Unfortunately blizzard did not do this, and I gave up playing the game totally because after playing the levels on the internet with a new character i had to level up from the beggining, I realized that it was more of a chore than fun.br /br /In the end I can say only a couple good things about this game: one the cinema scenes are spectacular, and two the multiplayer network is so solid from years of hosting diablo and starcraft that even though i did not like playing the game, i would play every once in awhile by getting sucked in through talking with people in the battlenet chat boards.br /br /If this isn't your opinion, fine, but I have been fair in this review to the best of my abilities.

5 out of 5 stars

Diablo 2 is better then many reviewers think. May 14, 2004
2 out of 9 found this review helpful

I'm sorry, but I can't stand seeing all these, Corrupted Reviewers, make this game sound like it's not worth buying.pMy friend thought Diablo 2 was stupid, then he played it. He was hooked.pWhy does this 9'2 550 pound guy pop like a water ballon filled with red paint? Because he's a Super Unique monster, and he's not 9'2, 550 pounds. How many RPGs are there that are like real life? Is it bad for an RPG to not be like real life?pYou reviewers, as you like to call yourselves, don't know Pong from Quake 3. I am not saying I am the best reviewer, I'm saying I am putting up the truth:pIf Diablo 2 is so bad, why have so many people bought it? After years of it being out, why do I go on the internet, and see like 500 games hosted, if this game is so bad? Why has Diablo 2 sold over a million copys, if it is so bad?pAs I saw in the review most of this review is built off of, everything is corrupted, and thats a bad thing. Do you pay attention to the story? Yeah yeah, the forces of evil are comming to the earth... Why is everything corrupted? There's only Diablo, the Lord of Terror, and his brothers walking the earth - why is everything corrupted???pWhy do a swarm of bugs have a certain name, and why do they drop items? What are RPGs? Do you want to attack a swarm of (blank), and after killing it not get anything? and how do you kill them with a sword? You want un-killable corrupted bugs attacking you that you can't attack back? I think you would hate this game alot more if it was like that. What else would you do? Spray them with bug spray? I'm sorry, that's too much real life in games.pIf you want the game to be so real, too bad. A Real Life game wouldn't be as great as you think. Do you want to do all the hard work you have to do every day in a game? Games have work to be done, but having to do what you do in real life is going too far. That is why The Sims you don't tell your Sims what to do while they are at work - who to take the papers to, what to write down - the game only get's so real - they are making The Sims 2, but they aren't improving it so much that it will be too real.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Stuff June 16, 2002
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is a very very good game it has a realistic form of killing I know the demons and things like that are not real butttttt the whole idea that what if that could happen or is happening what would one have to go threw to stop the pain... This game is the common hero wins always buttttt it also has the hero can die part to it... I remember in the few hours that it took for me to beat it that I was clenching my teeth from time to time hopeing that I will survive... Well after i beat it i figured what the hey lets have fun with the data it took to make the game... so i changed a few lines in the game to make it where i am invincible and i have any and all the weapons and unlimited space to place my items that is when it got really really fun... it wasn't the easiest game to make that way buttttt i did it just to say i could... any ways the game is a must get don't play any other role playing game with out trying this one.....

5 out of 5 stars

good good and great June 1, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I think its great if you are 18 or or less very good levels and a bust buy here