Diablo: Battle Chest

TL;DR: I gave it 5 stars because the game, which is rather old, is a lot of fun at a great price. The expansion is a must because of all the great in-game features that it enables. Let's start with what is included: First, there is Diablo II disks with the CD keys, and the Lord of Destruction expansion disk (also with CD key). Let's face it, this is what you are buying it for, so it better be there. Then there is a "strategy guide", that honestly is not necessary, but it comes with the package, so I can't complain. Game play: If you've done any research, you know that this is a "Hack and Slash RPG" which means you will be clicking with a mouse a lot and your character will level up. It is simple to get the hang of once you try and the early levels are forgiving for new players. On my 2009 Dell laptop (which was not optimized for gaming by any stretch of the imagination) it runs great. It has very short load times, the characters respond to my movements, and I can enjoy the game. The downsides are largely due to the compatibility mode that I need to run it in for my windows 7. It needs XP service pack 3 compatibility to run well, which is no trouble to select, but it contributes to the relatively long time between clicking the icon to start the game and it darkening the screen and playing the Blizzard Entertainment credits. It also has trouble connecting to battle.net for me (which doesn't really bug me as I enjoy the solo quest and don't feel the need to play with others). One last bug that warrants talking about is that if you decide to use something like alt+tab to move to your desktop, then back, you are in for a bad time. The colors go all wacky. The only way to fix this is to restart the game. Annoying? Yes. Intolerable? No. This is in addition of course to the fact that graphics will look bad to a person who is used to playing more modern games. You cannot see the hairs on your character's head, rather you can see the pixels that make up his head (slight exaggeration there). I would recommend conditioning yourself to low graphics if you've been playing graphic heavy games like Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Farcry, ect. as it will make it easier to adjust to the low graphic quality of Diablo II. That being said, if you should want to pick up this game for the game play, not the graphics. I'm not going to ruin the story here (the game book can do that for you if you really want), so that is all I'll say about game play, other than install the expansion first and play expansion characters for the best experience. "Strategy Guide": Because of how the game is played, and the random map generation that makes this game have such a great replay value, this guide is not what I was used to in a game guide (I'm more used to guides like pokemon's guides that have a map). There are no maps, rather it just says things like: go to the third level of the dungeon, or you'll know the tree when you see it. Honestly this isn't great help. What it is good for is telling you the story (which is not something I support), and giving you tips about how to deal with frustrating bosses (a lot of the time that is "stay away from [boss's name]" or "you should dodge the attacks"). The boss tactics are actually useful, if they sound silly because it tells you some damage types you may want to learn to defend against, or what you need to dodge to live through the fight. Sort of trivial, but until you get overpowered for your difficulty, you are going to need tips to survive boss fights. As far as its item list, character skill development list, and monster lists, I'd call these a swing and a miss. It may have been correct with things like mana costs when the game first came out, but recent patches mean that your best bet for what skills to pick to become powerful lie in checking out the Diablo wiki for in depth looks at the whole skill tree for a given character. (As I mentioned before, this was not a viable in-game option for me, but I learned it on my own time later.) The item list just tells you how the item names will make bonuses to the item (which you could just read the description on the item when you have it as it is way faster). It can't tell much about specific items because they appear mostly randomly just like the maps. The monster lists are sort of silly, because most of the time you just click like crazy to kill the monster. You don't have time to look this stuff up most of the time. To sum up, the guide is nearly useless except to plan a bit for boss fights; however, they send it with the game, so it is not like it is worth worrying about if you should buy it or not. Summary: With this package you are getting a great game that will work on systems up to windows 7 (I'm not testing it on 8 until they kill support for 7 or my computer legitimately dies). It will provide DAYS of fun, and nearly infinite replay ability. You may have better luck than I did with minor issues like graphics bugs, and connecting to battle.net for multiplayer. I highly recommend it to anybody who wants a great vintage gaming experience and doesn't want to shell out a lot for Diablo I (which was about $35 (us dollars) when I looked) which may not play at all.

I have played Diablo 2 before and after several years of inactivity I suddenly got an urge to play the game. I remembered instantly after I started why I was so addicted to it in the first place. It is a great game for both single player and multiplayer. Single offers the luxury of not having to compete with other players and progress through the story as you see fit. While, Multi offers a vast network of players even as of now in 2010 that are still addicted to this game. PVP is good and keeps you wanting to better your character. The story is definately top notch and a true tribute to the original. Overall, I'd say if you want one of the best mmorpg's on the market, buy this game. A few sidenotes: This game is newb friendly; If you haven't play an mmorpg before this is a great introduction to the genre; The Stradegy Guide for the game is outdated and some of the information (runewords and cube recipes) no longer work with the updated patchs, but the guide is still useful for help with character progression, monster index, and quest information.

I found that the original diablo game was too dark visually as well as thematically. The base town stays in a perpetual "middle of the night" darkness, which only gets darker and creepier the deeper you delve into the catacombs. Plus there's a significant lack of color, which gives the game a very hopeless and depressing mood. The thematic darkness mainly comes from the dialogue from some of the plot characters graphically describing the dark lord's cruelty. Just outside of the entrance to the first level of the dungeon, there is a bloody man who looks like he has bones sticking out of his body, gasping a warning to you before you enter. In the dungeon, pickup items are hard to see and the mood is simply foreboding. I didn't care to play the game after my wife and I finished the first level of the dungeon. Diablo II is a much better game for the casual gamer, at least in the beginning. The visuals are brighter and far more colorful, and I've played up to what seems to be about half of the game in single player mode. So far, the story really doesn't get in the way of the fun gameplay, and the "evil" feeling of the first game is almost completely gone here. The only objectionable part of this game I can see at this point, is the way blood gushes out of bad guys as you kill them, which remains there on the ground until you leave the area. There are five characters you can play, each with their own unique abilities that you can learn, and unique weapons that they use. So far, the expansion only seemed to add two characters with new abilities. Plus the manuals are nice, because they describe all of the skills and items better than the game does. In conclusion, Diablo II is a very fun and rather addicting game that most adults and teenagers will find enjoyable. And perhaps after Diablo II is finished, Diablo I may have some appeal.

Nothing to say but life changing, mental improving, mental grinding, mental lightning, mental suffering, mental learning, mental strenghtening, mental carrying, mental slamming, mental rendering, mental self-capacitating, mental everything! Thank you for create such a masterpiece!

es algo triste que no agreguen diablo 1 como en el battlechest original pero aun asi el pack se siente bastante comleto pues trae diablo 2 con su expansion y ambos juegos traen el manual original que venia con los juegos sueltos ademas de que la guia que trae puede no resultar muy util para un jugador experimentado pero para alguien nuevo es una muy buena herramienta para adentrarse al mundo de Diablo. Las claves de juego las puedes registrar a tu cuenta de Battle.net y descargar el installador de los juegos si es que no tienes lectora de cd's o si simplemente no quieres usarlos tambien venia una hoja de como instalar y actualizar el juego aunque no creo que nadie use eso y 2 pases de invitado para World of warcraft (se los dejo yo no los uso) JCDBTJ-94KJ-ECPYNC-HYE2-YFMMD6 F7THWH-K9C9-RZYFTC-TZWH-8WCRB6 recuerden que los pases son de un solo uso asi que los primeros en leer esto se lo llevan

The picture clearly shows Diablo I in the set, yet the copy I received contained only Diablo II and the LoD expansion, with the guide etc. I really wanted the whole set, but it's easier to pick up D1 separately than send this back.

2015年１１月現在、ディアブロ2のオールインパックが高めになっているため、ディスクにこだわるならこっちの方が少しお得 全編英語の設定資料集がついてます。 new version old version とあるようです old versionのほうには初代ディアブロがついてたみたいですが、現在は入手困難です。 DL版でいいならBattle.netのクラシックゲームから買った方が安いと思います。

This battlechest is NOT the old version. It DOES NOT includes first Diablo game. I bough it because I thought it included first Diablo game ....