Diabo II is without competition one of the best action rpgs ever made!
Ok,The gameplay...The gameplay was just awesome for the time.The game is a mix between a hardcore RPG and a easy dungeon crawler.The game is very easy to pick up but hard to master,like most of the blizzard games.The graphics arent great,but they are not the best with a reason-the reason is accessibility,it doesnt require a supercomputer to run,like Age Of Conan,but in some places it is much better than newer rpgs.The story is just a masterpiece,like most of the blizzard stories.I dont wanna get indepth with the story,because it would be really hard to explain.The difficulty isnt punishing,like most of nowdays rpgs.There are three difficulty levels tho.Normal,Nightmare and Hell.What they basically do is give enemies more health and resistances to certain attack types.For example in normal only bosses and random boss monsters have resistances,while in hell the first monsters you encounter will probably have two resistances each,and as your character completes difficulty levels he/she gains titles.There are three titles,which of the title when you complete hell changes with the expanison.In the game there are 4 acts,5 if you get the expansion.As i said before the story is really good,has some little twists,and is very difficult to explain.You start the game at a normal Farmland like looking place,i dont currently remember its name,but from there you go to a desert,with a big town called Lut Golhein,and from there you go to a swamp and marshland filled place,where you will meet the first of Diablos brothers,and from there,you go to basically Hell itself,but if you have the expansion you will go to a snow and ice filled land to face the final brother of diablo.Diablo was in hell by the way,the act 4 i was talking about.Then theres a multiplayer for the game.You can play with other people to complete the story,or just duel them or trade.Now for the summaries
GAMEPLAY
The gameplay is just superb in every way,fast paced,action packed and potion filled:P
10/10
GRAPHICS
The graphics arent too great,but hey!its a 2000 game!So they deserve a good mark still
9.5/10
DIFFICULTY
The game is easy,but sometimes gets a bit hard,and deserves the title of Just right
9.7/10
OVERALL
Diablo 2 is a great game for the time,and deserves the rating of:
9.8/10