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watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a look back at the legendary dungeon
crawler Diablo developed by Blizzard
Entertainment in 1996 Diablo is an
action RPG for the PC and Mac that had
players clicking their way through
hordes of skeletons goblins and
eventually the devil himself players had
the option to tackle the minions of hell
by themselves or in a party of up to
four heroes set in the world of
sanctuary players begin the game as a
hero that has newly arrived in the town
of Tristram things in Tristram are
apparently pretty grim the townspeople
are frequently terrorized in the night
by unknown Wars and have thusly been
reduced to just a handful of survivors
the game’s backstory is a convoluted
tale involving a civil war a Mad King a
mysterious archbishop and an unknown
evil sweeping the land however very
little of all this is important to the
new hero what is important is that the
Cathedral on the edge of town is clearly
full of monsters and it just so happens
that the townspeople want our hero to
check it out the sanctity of this place
has been fouled as the game begins
players select their hero from one of
three classes the warrior the rogue and
the wizard the wizard is a ranged magic
user the rope primarily uses the bow and
the warrior uses a wide variety of blunt
and pointy objects to dismember his foes
from up close despite having some rather
complex RPG elements gameplay and Diablo
couldn’t be simpler
you want to go over there click the
ground where you want to go want to pick
up that item on the ground click it talk
to that guy click bash that skeleton
with your mace well you get the picture
often labeled a dungeon crawler Diablo
has players progress through various
dungeon esque locations leaving a path
of slain monsters in their wake each
defeated enemy grants the player
experience points and collecting enough
of these points grants the player a
level up leveling up Awards the player
with 5 points to distribute among 4
major attributes namely strength
dexterity magic and vitality strength is
most important for warrior
as it governs the amount of physical
damage they can deal dexterity governs
ones chance to hit and is thus most
important to the rope and magic as you
may have guessed is most important to
the wizard class as it determines the
effectiveness of spell casting vitality
governs the amount of total health a
player has and is thus an attribute that
is generally used by every class in
addition to leveling up players need to
make their heroes more powerful by
equipping them with more powerful items
slain enemies drop armor and weapons
that can be equipped by the player the
farther one progresses the better the
dropped equipment becomes this in turn
becomes one of the game’s most insanely
addictive qualities the possibility that
the next enemy might drop an even better
sword than the one you already have was
enough to keep many players up into the
wee hours of the night coupled with
Diablos addictive loot hunting mechanic
was it’s devilish atmosphere gloomy
environments vicious enemies and an
unforgettable soundtrack all made for an
experience that was surprisingly
frightening anyone who played the
original will tell you that they
positively wet themselves when they
first encountered the Butcher fresh
although the player is tasked with a
number of quests throughout the course
of the game the main goal soon takes
shape as the adventure draws towards its
climax
you must slay Diablo the Lord of terror
after working through the cathedral the
catacombs and the caves players enter
Hell itself and are forced to go
toe-to-toe with big red whether or not
they were fully prepared for this fight
is another story a testament to how well
Diablos gameplay formula worked recent
games that mimic its gameplay are often
dubbed diablo clones and while there
have been two sequels to the series many
enthusiasts will argue that neither has
come close to the terrifying and
addictive flick fest that was the
original the warmth of life is entered
by tomb
prepare yourself mortal to serve my
master for eternity
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a look back at the legendary dungeon
crawler Diablo developed by Blizzard
Entertainment in 1996 Diablo is an
action RPG for the PC and Mac that had
players clicking their way through
hordes of skeletons goblins and
eventually the devil himself players had
the option to tackle the minions of hell
by themselves or in a party of up to
four heroes set in the world of
sanctuary players begin the game as a
hero that has newly arrived in the town
of Tristram things in Tristram are
apparently pretty grim the townspeople
are frequently terrorized in the night
by unknown Wars and have thusly been
reduced to just a handful of survivors
the game’s backstory is a convoluted
tale involving a civil war a Mad King a
mysterious archbishop and an unknown
evil sweeping the land however very
little of all this is important to the
new hero what is important is that the
Cathedral on the edge of town is clearly
full of monsters and it just so happens
that the townspeople want our hero to
check it out the sanctity of this place
has been fouled as the game begins
players select their hero from one of
three classes the warrior the rogue and
the wizard the wizard is a ranged magic
user the rope primarily uses the bow and
the warrior uses a wide variety of blunt
and pointy objects to dismember his foes
from up close despite having some rather
complex RPG elements gameplay and Diablo
couldn’t be simpler
you want to go over there click the
ground where you want to go want to pick
up that item on the ground click it talk
to that guy click bash that skeleton
with your mace well you get the picture
often labeled a dungeon crawler Diablo
has players progress through various
dungeon esque locations leaving a path
of slain monsters in their wake each
defeated enemy grants the player
experience points and collecting enough
of these points grants the player a
level up leveling up Awards the player
with 5 points to distribute among 4
major attributes namely strength
dexterity magic and vitality strength is
most important for warrior
as it governs the amount of physical
damage they can deal dexterity governs
ones chance to hit and is thus most
important to the rope and magic as you
may have guessed is most important to
the wizard class as it determines the
effectiveness of spell casting vitality
governs the amount of total health a
player has and is thus an attribute that
is generally used by every class in
addition to leveling up players need to
make their heroes more powerful by
equipping them with more powerful items
slain enemies drop armor and weapons
that can be equipped by the player the
farther one progresses the better the
dropped equipment becomes this in turn
becomes one of the game’s most insanely
addictive qualities the possibility that
the next enemy might drop an even better
sword than the one you already have was
enough to keep many players up into the
wee hours of the night coupled with
Diablos addictive loot hunting mechanic
was it’s devilish atmosphere gloomy
environments vicious enemies and an
unforgettable soundtrack all made for an
experience that was surprisingly
frightening anyone who played the
original will tell you that they
positively wet themselves when they
first encountered the Butcher fresh
although the player is tasked with a
number of quests throughout the course
of the game the main goal soon takes
shape as the adventure draws towards its
climax
you must slay Diablo the Lord of terror
after working through the cathedral the
catacombs and the caves players enter
Hell itself and are forced to go
toe-to-toe with big red whether or not
they were fully prepared for this fight
is another story a testament to how well
Diablos gameplay formula worked recent
games that mimic its gameplay are often
dubbed diablo clones and while there
have been two sequels to the series many
enthusiasts will argue that neither has
come close to the terrifying and
addictive flick fest that was the
original the warmth of life is entered
by tomb
prepare yourself mortal to serve my
master for eternity
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