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Diablo II Expansion Pack:
Lord of Destruction
August 19, 2001 by Gero Back
So the latest expansion pack for the Blizzard cash cow is
now released. Does it improve Diablo II overall gameplay? Let
us see.
Gaming Addiction
I have never played any other types of games except flight
simulations until 1997, when I bought “Diablo” because
my friends told me that it is good. After I bought it, I have
never played it for 4 months then I got bored and decided to
play with it. The story line pulled me in navigating into the
deeps of the Cathedral, until I suddenly noticed I’m addicted
to playing with it. I would never forget that I played with it
straight 15 hours from 7:00PM to 12:00PM the next day and I have
not finished it yet. The only rest I had was when I needed to
go the bathroom & when I ate lunch.
Diablo II - The Evil Continues
After our heroes have defeated Diablo in the deeps of the
Cathedral, he sacrificed himself by putting the Soulstone into
his forehead knowing that he can contain the evil within. But
he was wrong. Diablo was able to corrupt our hero, little by
little our hero lost his humanity and became the Lord of Terror.
As the youngest sibling of the three prime evils Baal & Mephisto,
he went to the East, always to the East to free his other brother.
In Diablo II, a new hero emerges taking on the challenge of
adventure & sacrifice with only one mission… to stop
Diablo at all cost before it's to late.
The Game
The game itself is pretty easy. A few keystrokes, point your
mouse and click. I guess this game is a big joke to those hardcore
gamers that played Quake II or Unreal on “Hard” Difficulty
Mode. Nevertheless, this sense of easiness is the main factor
why Blizzard could sell 2 million copies of Diablo 2. As proof,
this is the only the game my sister ever played on my computer.
I tried to get her to play Tomb Raider but it was too difficult
for her.
Also, the required computer system is very low, even a Celeron
300 MHz with 64 MB RAM is enough to run the game. And the best
of all, it does not require a 3D Accelerator Card. All it needs
is at least a 8MB Video Card.
Expansion Pack: Lord of Destruction
Okay when you bought Diablo 2 and played it, you were wondering
something is missing? The most frequently asked questions that
arise when developing Diablo 2 is the resolution. Since 3Dfx
released Voodoo 2, gaming resolution climbed from 640 x 480 to
1024x780. I mean when I bought my Voodoo 2, the reason I bought
it in pairs was to be able to play a 1024x768 resolution. It
does not matter if my framerate suffers but at least I can play
Half-Life on a 1024x768. It’s pretty ironic that you have
to buy the expansion pack to be able to gain the resolution of
800x600.
New locations
The Expansion Pack introduces an additional area, which is
Act V. Act V is the best & most colorful of all Acts featured
in Diablo 2 Expansion Set. It is set on the Barbarian Highland;
your task is to stop Baal from corrupting the Sacred Stone in
Mount Arreat.
Continued:
New characters
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