Major factors that contributed to the game's success include its continuation of popular fantasy themes from the previous game and its access to Blizzard's free online play service,. The game's five acts feature a variety of locations and settings to explore and battle in, as well as an increased cast of characters to play as and interact with.īuilding on the success of its predecessor, Diablo (1997), and improving the gameplay, both in terms of updated character progression and a better-developed story, Diablo II was one of the most popular games of 2000 and has been cited as one of the greatest games of all time. Set shortly after the events of Diablo, the player controls a new hero, attempting to stop the destruction unleashed by Diablo's return. The game was developed over a three-year period, with a crunch time of a year and a half.

The producers were Matthew Householder and Bill Roper. The game, with its dark fantasy and horror themes, was conceptualized and designed by David Brevik and Erich Schaefer, who, with Max Schaefer, acted as project leads on the game. Note: Please do not download the game unless you have purchased it.Diablo II is an action role-playing hack-and-slash video game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 2000 for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and macOS. Finally, there are a few of my characters that finished Hell difficulty and a mule. There is a document with a list of every unique and set item, and another document with important game stuff that one might need to refer to. Also includes all unique items, gems, runes and sets found in the game. Includes Ultimate Diablo Item Editor 2 (UdieToo) and Hero Editor. You don't have to change anything, just leave this window open (minimized is fine) while you play. To avoid/fix this, simply right-click on the desktop and open Screen Resolution. Known issue: on Windows 7 and up (maybe even some earlier versions), the game's colors are all garbled. It is configured to run 1280x800 resolution. To keep save files in the same folder, run as administrator. Runs on all Windows (including 7 and up). If you want a particular patch, just extract that into the game folder and you'll be set. Later patches are included, but the MultiRes plugin only works on 1.12. Pre-installed Diablo II: Lord of Destruction from Blizzard Entertainment patch 1.12 (English) with MultiRes plugin that lets you run the game in high resolutions.

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