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image: "/img/games/diablo2/cover.jpg"
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date: "2020-12-13"
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title: "Diablo 2 twenty years later: a retrospective"
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tags:
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- 'Diablo 2'
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- 'hack and slash'
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- 'diablo'
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- 'retrospective'
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game_platform: 'pc'
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played_on: 'winxp'
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howlongtobeat_id: 2512
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howlongtobeat_hrs: 35.5
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draft: true
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game_name: 'Diablo 2'
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description: "2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the beloved and mostly undisputed hack and slash king, Diablo II. Does it still hold up, twenty years later, compared to modern Diablo clones?"
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game_genre: 'Hack and Slash'
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game_release_year: '2000'
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game_developer: 'Blizzard North'
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---
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## 1. World Design
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### Graphics
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![](/img/games/diablo2/crystallinepassage.jpg "The Crystalline Passage, a typical dark and grim dungeon.")
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![](/img/games/diablo2/talrasha.jpg "Tal Rasha's chamber - be ready to face Duriel! Note the thick fog of war.")
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### Enemies and Mobs
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![](/img/games/diablo2/mobs.jpg "Killing mobs in Act IV and hoping for something good.")
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### Quests
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![](/img/games/diablo2/baal.jpg "The Main Quest: kill All Evil. I'm about to hand it to Baal for the first time.")
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## 2. Loot
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![](/img/games/diablo2/loot.jpg "Wow, my topaz-socketed 72% magic find helmet pays off in Nightmare!")
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## 3. Character Progression
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### Attributes
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![](/img/games/diablo2/stats.jpg "The Druid skill tree and my stats. Hurricane gets damage bonuses from other skills.")
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![](/img/games/diablo2/items.jpg "Look ma, unique stuff!")
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## 4. Ambience
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### Sound and Music
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### Cinematic
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![](/img/games/diablo2/inhouses.jpg "Scouring for chests in the remains of Lower Kurast.")
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## To Conclude
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