DIABLO SPELLS There are three ways to cast spells: by reading a scroll that has the spell written upon it; by using a staff that has the spell.

Diablo: Hellfire is an expansion to the original Diablo. It was subcontracted while Blizzard busied themselves with its sequel, Diablo II. Many fans who say the expansion is lackluster consider this to have been a disastrous decision. The game was published as part of the Diablo: Hellfire Bundle by Blizzard Entertainment in North America in 1998.

Diablo: Hellfire is also available via the GOG.com release of Diablo; it was added as a free bonus on June 6, 2019, with additional fixes for compatibility and high-resolution support.

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Diablo: Hellfire's storyline occurs as an aside to the main story arc of the original game. A sorcerer, while performing a ritual, unknowingly releases the demon Na-Krul upon the town of Tristram, but before it can completely escape, the sorcerer magically seals the doors. The player is later tasked with venturing into Na-Krul's lair and vanquishing it.

The expansion pack adds several enhancements to Diablo, including the Monk class, two new dungeon difficulty settings, additional quests, several extra game items (including oils which affect item statistics), new runes that can be placed as traps, a new page of spells, new affixes for weapons and armor, new shrines, new mini-boss enemy names, a noticeable boost to Diablo's strength and power, and a number of UI and interface improvements.

Diablo: Hellfire integrates into Diablo, and because of its design, its dungeons can be avoided entirely. In order to gain access to the dungeons, the player must speak with Lester the Farmer, who is north of Tristram, near the herd of cows. However, if the player speaks to Lester before reaching a certain point of the main Diablo quest, he will be hesitant to ask them to enter the new dungeons.

The rest of the expansion integrates more fully into the main adventure. Objects like oils, new weapons, rings and armor, and runes drop amid other more common kinds of items, and the new spellbooks, including books for two previously existing spells that did not have books, and scrolls are found in the same kinds of places. New shrines are found where shrines would normally be found. The new unique monsters, which appear as palette-swapped, but otherwise normal monsters with a unique name, also appear in the Diablo quest like any other. It should be noted, however, that there are almost no unique monsters found within Hellfire's exclusive dungeons. The Hellfire dungeons are populated with new enemies that do not appear in the main Diablo quest, however. The difficulty of Hellfire dungeon floors 1-8 mirror those of levels 9-16 of the main Diablo quest, requiring experienced characters to explore.

Some of the newer convenience features include the option to move more quickly around town using the 'jog' toggle found in the options menu, a spell that highlights objects lying on the floor as though the cursor was placed over them, and a spell that teleports the player to the nearest staircase found on that level of the dungeon.

Diablo: Hellfire installs into its own directory independent of Diablo. Players are required to have the retail Diablo CD in order for the game to run. Instructions are available in the README file on how to convert Diablo characters into Diablo: Hellfire characters.

The Diablo: Hellfire storyline is not taken into account during Diablo II. It was not released as a part of the Diablo Battle Chest, but it did get released as part of the Diablo: Hellfire Bundle, published in 1998 by Blizzard Entertainment.^[1]

However, in Diablo II, Blizzard North later implemented insect caves and crypts that bear similarities to those in Diablo: Hellfire. A few of the convenience features introduced in Diablo: Hellfire were also added in Diablo II as fully-fledged functions, such as being able to run to cover ground more quickly, and being able to highlight items lying on the floor via button press, instead of by spells.

Two additional characters, the Bard and Barbarian, and two additional quests can be enabled with a special text-file edit in the Diablo: Hellfire installation directory.

As test characters, these warriors have new skills and attributes. The Bard can use two one-handed weapons, one in each hand. The Barbarian can hold certain two-handed weapons in one hand, and carry a shield in the other. They do not have unique character graphics developed for them, appearing in-game as the rogue and the warrior, respectively.

The hidden quests are the Theo quest and the cow quest. The cow quest appears first by turning Lester the Farmer, who allows the player to unlock the hive, into the 'Complete Nut', who wears a cow suit. After giving the player a rune bomb to open the hive level, he will send the player off to recover his suit. Once the player returns the brown suit to him, he rewards them with the Bovine Plate. The cow quest was based on an internet joke that directed players to complete a series of silly objectives to unlock a secret cow quest.

The Theo quest is given by a little girl standing by a tree near Adria's shack. The player must kill the Hork Demon to retrieve Theo and acquire the reward. If this quest is not activated, the Hork Demon drops the amulet himself with no storyline.

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.: March 1998.: April 1998,Mode(s),Diablo is an developed by and released by in January 1997.Set in the fictional Kingdom of Khanduras in the mortal realm, the player controls a lone hero battling to rid the world of Diablo, the Lord of Terror. Beneath the town of Tristram, the player journeys through sixteen randomly generated dungeon levels, ultimately entering Hell in order to face Diablo.An expansion pack, was released in November 1997.

In 1998, released Diablo for the. This version, developed by, featured direct control of the main character's direction, as opposed to movement, using the PlayStation controller. A version was considered by Electronic Arts but never released. The game's success led to two sequels: in 2000 and in 2012. Contents.Gameplay Diablo is an action role-playing hack and slash video game. The player moves and interacts with the environment primarily by way of a.

Other actions, such as casting a spell, are performed in response to keyboard inputs. The player can acquire items, learn spells, defeat enemies, and interact with (NPC)s throughout the game.The dungeon levels are with themes for each level; for instance, the catacombs tend to have long corridors and closed rooms, while the caves are more non-linear.

The players are assigned a random number of quests from several tiers; these quests are optional but help to level up the character and/or reveal more of the backstory. The final two quests are mandatory in order to finish the game.Classes. A warrior engages in combat with a ghoul enemy. A 'Level Up' button indicates the character has attribute points available to distribute. The icon at the lower right indicates that the character's head protection is damaged and in danger of breaking.Diablo has three character classes: the Warrior, the Rogue, and the Sorcerer.

Each class has a different level of assigned attributes along with a unique skill. Each class is capable of using almost all of the same items and spells, in contrast to later titles in the Diablo series which have class-specific items and spells.

Ravenland band. However, the limitations in the attributes for each class reward play that utilizes them efficiently; for instance the Warrior's low maximum level of Magic prevents him from learning the higher levels of powerful spells like the Sorcerer, instead the Warrior is best suited to melee with a faster weapon swing plus a 'critical strike' for bonus damage. Warrior: The most physically able of the three classes. The Warrior is a close-quarters fighter and can generally take the most physical damage.

The Warrior's primary character attribute is Strength. The Warrior starts with the skill to repair objects in his possession at the cost of overall durability.

Rogue: A master of ranged weapons. While not as strong as the Warrior, the rogue is very effective at attacking enemies from a distance with the bow. The Rogue's primary character attribute is Dexterity. The Rogue's unique starting skill is the ability to disarm traps. Sorcerer: A spellcaster being the most physically weak of the three classes, but can learn the most spells at the highest levels. The Sorcerer's primary character attribute is Magic.

The Sorcerer's unique starting skill is the ability to recharge spell staves at the cost of lowering the maximum number of spell charges that the staff can hold.In the expansion set, the Monk was added. The Monk is proficient at melee combat with the staff.

Two other classes, the Bard and Barbarian, were unfinished but remained hidden characters in Diablo: Hellfire, and could be enabled using a hack. Using the in-game sprites of the Rogue and Warrior, respectively, the Bard is capable of dual-wielding weapons while the Barbarian was a two-handed axe specialist.

Items Many items have attribute minimums to be used effectively. White-colored items are normal items, blue-colored items are magic items and gold-colored items are unique items. Any items that are not white in color must be identified to make use of their magical effects, however, characters can use unidentified items as they would the base item. Items wear down through use and only have a certain amount of durability. When an item's durability is zero, it is destroyed. Players can return to the town and pay a fee to an NPC, Griswold the Blacksmith, to have the items restored, while the Warrior can repair objects in his possession at the cost of overall durability.Bows are the ranged weapon of the game, best used by rogues. Staves, while capable of physical attacks, are mainly used for the spell charges that they contain, as casting from a staff does not require the player to learn the spell or use mana.

A staff's spell can only be cast a certain number of times before it requires a recharge. Swords are typically one-handed (though two-handed varieties also exist), while axes are all two-handed. Maces and clubs add a 50% damage bonus against the undead.

Shields, when paired with single-handed weapons, allow attacks to be blocked. There are three classifications of armor: light, medium and heavy.

Characters are also allowed to wear a helmet, two rings, and one amulet.Books contain spell formulas. Spell books cannot be used more than once, but multiple books of the same spell will increase the spell level, up to a maximum of 15.

Scrolls allow use of both spells not yet learned, and spells not available in book form. They vanish after one use. Many potions are available for use, including health and mana restoration, and elixirs that increase statistics. Multiplayer Multiplayer is available up to four players. Multiplayer characters' states are saved periodically. Players can either be aggressive towards, or play co-operatively with, other players.

Players can connect direct connection, connection, connection or network connection. The game lacks the stronger anti-cheating methods of Blizzard's later games and as a result, many characters online have been altered in various ways by common third-party programs known as trainers and/or game editing programs such as Cheat Engine. Plot Setting The setting of Diablo includes the mortal realm which is the world of Man as well as the High Heavens and the Burning Hells.:61, 62, 64 & 72 After eons of war between angels and demons, the ascension of man prompted the three Lords of Hell (including Diablo himself) to seek victory through influence, prompting their exile into the mortal realm. There, they sowed chaos, distrust, and hatred among the humans of Sanctuary until a group of magi, called the Horadrim, trapped them in enchanted crystals called 'Soulstones'.

Diablo's soulstone was buried deep in the earth and a monastery was built over the site.Generations passed and the purpose of the monastery was forgotten. A small town named Tristram sprang up next to the monastery's ruins. When King Leoric rebuilt the monastery as a cathedral, Diablo manipulated its archbishop, Lazarus, to destroy his soulstone prison. Diablo subsequently possessed the king, sending out his knights and priests to battle against peaceful kingdoms, and then possessed the king's son, Prince Albrecht, filling the caves and catacombs beneath the cathedral with creatures formed from the young boy's nightmares.Tristram became a town of fear and horror, where people were abducted in the night.

With no king, no law, and no army left to defend them, many villagers fled. Story The game starts when the player's character arrives in Tristram. Several of the remaining townsfolk assist the player such as Deckard Cain the Elder. The labyrinth under the Cathedral descends from the dungeon/church, to the catacombs, followed by the caves, and finally Hell itself, each with a mixture of the undead, animals, and demons. Leoric has been re-animated as the Skeleton King.Late in the game, the hero must defeat Archbishop Lazarus, and eventually Diablo himself.

At the end of the game, the hero kills Diablo's mortal form. The hero then takes the Soulstone out of Diablo's forehead after which Diablo transforms into a lifeless Prince Albrecht. The hero then drives the Soulstone into his/her own forehead, and he or she contains the essence of Diablo within himself or herself. Sequels As told in, canonically the warrior was the hero who defeated Diablo and drove the soulstone into his head.

The warrior was corrupted by Diablo's malignant influence and became The Dark Wanderer, before finally succumbing entirely to the Lord of Terror and perishing with him at the conclusion of Act Four. Of the other two heroes that took part in the Tristam quest - the Rogue of the Sightless Eye was named Moreina, and the Vizjerei Sorcerer was Jazreth - both were corrupted and became Blood Raven (Act One) and The False Summoner (Act Two), respectively.further expanded the backstory behind the Darkening of Tristam, and warrior from an anonymous male into King Leoric's eldest son, Aidan.Development. One of the things that we were trying to get with Diablo was ease of gaming.

The NHL series was really good at this, where you just click and you're in the game. Before Diablo, when you created a character, you had to answer 53 questions about this that and the other; you had to name it, give it a backstory and so on. We just wanted to get in and start smashing things.— on the creation of DiabloDiablo was conceived by during the development of the (1995), developed by Japanese studio with two American studios, Condor Games (later ) on the version and Silicon & Synapse (soon renamed ) on the version. Condor, Brevik's studio, was initially unaware of the SNES version, but eventually became acquainted with that version's co-developer Blizzard, who they found to have a similar interest in. Condor's proposal for Diablo, then a turn-based, was turned down by other publishers on the grounds that 'RPGs are dead' before Blizzard took an interest after the idea was pitched to them in January 1995.

Blizzard, coming off the success of (1994), requested two major changes, to make it real-time and to have multiplayer. Brevik also designed a 'modern and cool' interface intended to bring the quick directness of as well as (1993) to computer RPGs. During development, Condor was eventually renamed Blizzard North. The basis of Diablo was the 1980s game; Bill Roper later said that the team's 'initial pitch, in a nutshell, was to take the excitement and randomness of games like Moria, Nethack, and Rogue, and bring them into the 1990s with fantastic graphics and sound'.

The switch from turn-based to real-time gameplay occurred roughly six months into production.According to Matt Barton, the game, released by in 1982, influenced the development of Diablo. Barton and Bill Loguidice also cite series as an influence on Diablo, particularly its move towards real-time action, away from the stat-heavy, turn-based gameplay of earlier computer RPGs.At first, Diablo was a turn-based role-playing game, but later in development, also influenced by the previous success of, they decided to make it a real-time action game. The game was also originally conceived to be made in claymation (much like ), but they decided to have a 3D isometric style instead.Around eight months before the planned release, Blizzard South at the location, were finishing up, and began focusing on the upcoming release of Diablo. Blizzard wanted the game to have multiplayer but did not want to rely on existing online gaming services like for matchmaking. While Blizzard North finished up Diablo, Blizzard South began development of the basis of.

According to Brevik, when Blizzard South came up to start to see how Diablo 's multiplayer code would incorporate with Battle.net, they discovered then that Diablo had no multiplayer code as Brevik nor others had any idea how to write such code. Blizzard South sent employees up to Blizzard North, including, at that point to incorporate multiplayer for Diablo and interface with Battle.net over the last six months of development. Music The music of Diablo was composed. The soundtrack consists of six tracks. It was released after 15 years, in 2011.Release Diablo normally requires the original CD to play, however also included on the disk is a shareware version of the software that could be played without the CD called Diablo. This version of the game allows access to the first two areas of the dungeon, and locks out two of the three playable classes and many of the NPC townsfolk. It is playable in both single- and multiplayer with those restrictions.

The demo is also downloadable.In 2016, David Brevik stated that a dispute existed as to whether Diablo had been released in 1996 or 1997. In 1997 and 2000, Blizzard reported Diablo 's release date as January 1997, and issued a press release on January 3 to announce the game's availability in stores. At the time, reported that Diablo 's wide release occurred on January 6. Conversely, Brevik argued in 2016 that the game was available in certain western U.S.

Retailers by December 31, 1996. Blizzard marked Diablo 's 20th anniversary on December 31, 2016.In 2019 Diablo was released digitally on with minor enhancements. Reception Sales According to Max Schaefer, Blizzard's initial sales estimates for Diablo were modest. He remarked, 'We were thinking that if everything went well, we would sell 100,000 copies.' Following the game's positive press coverage before its release, estimates by the team were increased to roughly 500,000 copies, David Brevik later said. Had surpassed 450,000 units globally by December 17, at which point the game was set to launch with a shipment of 500,000 units staggered across its initial days on shelves.

Diablo debuted at #1 on 's monthly computer game sales chart for January 1997. It held the position for another three months, before being displaced to #2 by in May. Diablo remained in second place until September, when it dropped to fifth. It exited the top 10 that October.In the United States, the game was the highest-selling computer title of the first six months of 1997. Its worldwide sales surpassed 500,000 units by April, 750,000 by June and 1 million by late November. By the end of 1997, Diablo had sold 670,155 copies in the United States alone.

It was declared the country's fourth-best-selling computer game of the year by PC Data. Schaefer attributed the game's success in part to its December 27 shipment date, and noted that 'there weren't any other games released after Christmas, so we were the only game in town for a long time.'

After being absent from PC Data's charts during the final months of 1997, Diablo took 13th place in the rankings for February 1998. It remained in the top 20 for another month, dropped out in April and reappeared in June. It returned to the top 10 from July through October, rising to #3 in August. For the first half of 1998, it was the United States' 14th-best-selling computer release. At the time, Jason Ocampo of called Diablo one of the charts' ' 'perennial' inhabitants', and compared its longevity to that of. The game's average sale price during the January–June period was $36; by October, it had fallen to $26. Diablo finished 11th for the year in the United States, with sales of 354,961 units and revenues of $9.57 million in the region.

In August 1998, Diablo received a 'Gold' sales award from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD), indicating sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.Diablo 's global sales reached almost 2 million units by September 1998. One year later, its sales in the United States alone had grown to 1.17 million copies, which made it the country's seventh-highest computer game seller since January 1993. This number rose to 1.3 million copies by March 2000. Remarking upon these sales, 's writer Desslock hailed Diablo as an 'undisputed commercial blockbuster'. The game returned in 2000 to PC Data's annual top 20 for the United States, with 260,020 copies sold.Worldwide, Diablo broke 2 million sales by mid-2000 and reached 2.3 million by January of the next year. Ultimately, the game sold over 2.5 million units by mid-2001.

Critical reviews ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScorePC: 89%PS: 80%PC: 94/100Review scoresPublicationScorePC: 9.6/10PS: 8.3/10PC:PS:90%88/100PC: ADiablo has received critical acclaim, with an average rating of 94/100 on. Most praised the game's addictive gameplay, randomly generated dungeons, superior graphics, moody musical score, and great variety of possible magic items, enemies, levels, and quests. This last aspect was noted by editor Trent Ward in his review: 'Similarly, although a set number of monsters is included, only a few will be seen during each full game.

This means that players going back for their second or third shot at the game will very likely fight opponents they haven't seen before. Talk about replay value.' Reviewers commonly cited the online multiplayer aspect as one of the strongest points of the game, with it being described as greatly extending its replay value. Columnist Bernard Yee commented that compared to contemporary online multiplayer games such as, Diablo gives newcomers a much better chance of enjoying themselves, as they can either cooperate with other players or build their character so that they can hold their own against hostile players.

's Cindy Yans said that 'weapons, armor and items are so numerous that you're always acquiring something new to try. Not to mention the game's multiplayer universe'; she went on to say that 'for anyone who enjoys a good multiplayer dungeon crawl, Diablo can't be beat'. Yans finished her review, 'Despite the rather pale storyline,.

watered-down quests and a fair amount of necessary repetition, Diablo is a must for anyone interested in 'just plain fun.' ' Ward stated: 'Diablo is the best game to come out in the past year, and you should own a copy. 's Michael Gowan wrote, 'The only downside to this role-playing game is that the adventure ends too soon.' Steve Klett's review for PC Games, which was reprinted in sister magazine, commented that ' Diablo 's definitely not your typical dungeon hackfest. In fact, its closest rivals are games like and on the PlayStation, but they really don't compare.' A critic similarly remarked that Diablo is more of a modern incarnation of Gauntlet than an RPG, 'but with enough changes and improvements to make it a completely new experience, and one of the best titles so far this year.'

Reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that 'If you were addicted to the PC version, you can experience it all over again on PlayStation. And if you haven't played Diablo at all, check this one out.' Diablo won the overall 'Game of the Year' awards of, GameSpot and Computer Game Entertainment for 1996, and was a runner-up for 's award in this category. The editors of Computer Gaming World wrote, 'For this year, Diablo is the game that everyone will remember.' It was also named 1996's best computer role-playing game by GameSpot, Computer Game Entertainment and Computer Games.

While it was nominated for Computer Gaming World 's 'Role-Playing Game of the Year' award, the publication gave the honor to. Legacy In 1998, declared it the 42nd-best computer game ever released, and the editors called it 'a nearly flawless gaming experience'. Ranked it number 1 on his personal list of the greatest games of all time in 1997.In 2005 GameSpot chose Diablo as one of 'The Greatest Games of All Time'.

It was placed at No. 20 on Game Informer 's 'Top 100 RPGs Of All Time' list.The made for Diablo is, released in 1997. It was produced by rather than an in-house Blizzard North development team. The multiplayer feature of the expansion pack was disabled with version 1.01. The added content included two additional dungeon segments located within a new side storyline, several unique items and magical item properties, spells, and a fourth class, the Monk. There are also two unfinished 'test' classes (the Bard and Barbarian) and two quests which could be accessed through a configuration file modification.Blizzard sold exclusive worldwide rights to develop, publish, and distribute console versions of the game to in 1996.

In 1998, a version of Diablo was released, developed by and published by Electronic Arts. The game lacked online play, but featured a two-player cooperative mode.

Notable differences to the PC version include the auto-aiming for range weapons and spells and an option for increased game speed. It features an option to learn the story through a narrator without having to find the books in the game. The European PAL version is translated and into, and in addition to the original. The PlayStation version was infamous because of its need for 10 blocks on a PlayStation memory card; the standard size of memory cards for the platform was 15 blocks.The game was re-released alongside Hellfire in a 1998 bundle, called Diablo + Hellfire. 1998's Blizzard's Game of the Year Collection contained copies of Diablo,. The Blizzard Anthology (2000) contained Diablo, StarCraft, and WarCraft II: Battle.net Edition.

The Diablo Gift Pack (2000) contained Diablo and, but no expansions. The Diablo: Battle Chest (2001) contained Diablo, Diablo II and Diablo II 's expansion,. Later releases of the Diablo: Battle Chest also have a strategy guide for Diablo II and Lord of Destruction, though subsequent releases do not include the original game, instead featuring Diablo II, its expansion, and their respective strategy guides.For Diablo 's 20th anniversary, it was announced during 2016 that Diablo III would receive a free patch called The Darkening of Tristram that recreates the original game.

The patch contains a 16-level dungeon, four main bosses from the 1996 version and special graphics filters and 8-directions limited movement like the original game. The test patch was released on November 11, 2016 on the Public Test Realm server.In March 2019, Diablo was made available for sale on, which marked the first time Blizzard had released the game on a platform. The release featured two versions of the game: The original 1996 version and a new -based version built in-house by GOG that features additional display and graphical options. References Notes. Archived from on April 8, 2000. ^ (Press release).:.

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