Diablo 2

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Amazon.com In Diablo II, players return to a world of dark fantasy. As one of five distinct character types, players explore the world of Diablo II, journey across distant lands, fight new villains, discover new treasures, and uncover ancient mysteries. Since the beginning of time, the forces of order and chaos have been engaged in an eternal struggle to decide the fate of all creation. That struggle has now come to the mortal realm, and neither man, demon, nor angel will be left unscathed. Diablo, lord of terror and youngest of the three prime evils, awakes from his long sleep beneath the dark earth. Setting in motion a grand scheme to free his exiled brothers, Mephisto and Baal, Diablo takes control of the small western kingdom of Khanduras. Working from deep within the ancient catacombs beneath the town of Tristram, Diablo grips the entire populace in a blanket of fear and paranoia. Ultimately, as even Khanduras's good King Leoric falls under Diablo's wicked power, a lone hero arises to challenge the darkness that engulfs the land. After plumbing the hellish depths of the labyrinth under Tristram, the nameless hero finally confronts the lord of terror himself. Knowing full well that Diablo's spirit can never be truly destroyed, the hero makes the noblest sacrifice of all--casting his soul and his very sanity aside, he takes the spirit of Diablo into himself, hoping that his own strength of will can contain the demon within. The hero doesn't realize that his selfless act will not only ensure Diablo's victory, but will also irrevocably damn his soul for all time. Product description Evil has survived in thisepic roleplaying adventureProduct InformationIn Diablo II Diablo the Lord of Terror has fallen to a brave herobeneath the church of Tristram. Now that hero is gonereplaced by a Dark Wanderer who roams the world of Sanctuary leavingdeath and destruction in his wake. As a hero of humanity youmust face the minions of Diablo's evil brothers and stop the DarkWanderer before he fulfills his terrible destiny. Learn newskills find powerful new weapons and armor and enhance your gear withmagic as your hero's power and legend grow. Vengeance wasonly the beginning in the epic role-playing action and adventure ofDiablo II.After possessing the body of the hero who defeated him Diablo resumeshis nefarious scheme to shackle humanity into unholy slavery - thistime by setting out to free other Prime Evils Mephisto and Baal. As Amazon Sorceress Necromancer Paladin or Barbarian youmust put a final end to Diablo and his evil brethren as your journeyacross distant lands fight new villains discover new treasures anduncover ancient mysteries in a world of dark gothic fantasy.Product Features Five Bold New Character Classes - BattleHell's minions as the Amazon Sorceress Necromancer Paladin orBarbarian each with unique skills and abilities. Powerful New Weapons - Summon andmand nightmarish creatures harness the powers of nature and masterthe energies of light and darkness through arcane spells andenchantments. Fiendishly Enhanced Multiplayer -Advanced Battle. technology unleashes support for up to 8 playersover the Inter including multiplayer quests and player rankingsystems. Four Expansive Realms - Storm a vastunderworld of twisted dungeons and uncharted wilderness on a journeyacross the immense ever-changing world of Sanctuary.Windows System RequirementsSingle Player System Requirements: Windows 95 98 2000 and NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 Pentium 233 or equivalent processor 32 MB of RAM 650 MB of available hard disk space 4x CD- Review Several changes have been made in the general gameplay of Diablo. The first thing you'll notice is the new interface. The familiar balls of health and mana frame the interface, but now more of the screen is devoted to the game. The text window in the middle of the screen is gone. Now, dialogue from NPCs appears over the respective NPC's head, and item descriptions and text also appear over objects. Another new addition is the stamina bar. One big gameplay change is the ability to run. Now, you can run, but only for limited durations. When you do run, the stamina bar slowly depletes. When it runs out, you need to rest until it starts to fill up again. There will be items and spells that increase your stamina, but running will always be a limited ability. Although running obviously allows you to travel faster, it will leave you more vulnerable to attack, although you can go from run to attack seamlessly, as there is no pause between the two actions. Moving around in Diablo has been improved in other ways as well. To cut down on the tediousness of walking back and forth between cleared-out areas and town, Blizzard North has added waypoints to the game. However, these aren't waypoints in the real-time strategy sense. These waypoints are more like teleportation spots, quick portals between two or more locations in the same act. Each town has a waypoint, and various locations around the wilderness also