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Diablo II
Critic Score
Metascore: 88 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.4 out of 10
based on 34 reviews
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In Diablo II, return to a world of dark fantasy. As one of five distinct character types, explore the world of Diablo II -- journey across distant lands, fight new villains, discover new treasures, and uncover ancient mysteries, all in the quest to stop the Lord Of Terror, once and for all. [Blizzard Entertainment]

PUBLISHER: Blizzard Entertainment
DEVELOPER: Blizzard Entertainment
GENRE(S): Action, RPG
PLAYERS: Multi
ESRB RATING: M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE: June 28, 2000

What The Critics Said

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100
Daily Radar
Blizzard has scored again with an object lesson in polish, depth and sheer compelling playability.
100
Maxim Online
It’s an endless cycle of killing creatures to get bigger weapons so that you can kill even more creatures. But who cares? “Are you not entertained?”
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100
GamePro
Anyone who ever considered an action/RPG should run straight to the store and sell their souls for Diablo II.
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95
Gamer's Pulse
We all seem to agree on one thing though; this game rocks!
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95
Antagonist
This is one monkey that's tougher to kick than nicotine, alcohol, and nose-picking all rolled in to one.
94
PC Gamer
Don't steal, but lie and cheat if necessary. As a gamer, it's your duty to own Diablo II. [Aug 2000, p.75]
93
FiringSquad
Diablo II isn't a perfect game - the save system and battle.net are the two major issues we had, though we are still baffled by the lackluster graphics. However, when it comes down to it, Diablo II is undeniably fun.
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92
PC Gameworld
Why are you still reading this review? You should be on your way to the software store right now!
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91
Gamers' Temple
Higher resolution graphics and a better automap feature would make this game rate even higher.
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91
Gaming Age
The music is just plain amazing and it is perfect for the game.
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91
Game Over Online
Despite all of its problems, Diablo 2 is as much fun as any action game I’ve ever played and twice as addictive.
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90
CheckOut
Simply put, "Diablo II" is a legalized form of crack cocaine.
90
Total Video Games
It will take over your body and soul when you take it to new heights by playing on-line.
90
Hot Games
Another addictive dungeon romp. Kiss your free time and hordes of demon butt goodbye.
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90
Eurogamer
The wealth of online servers, the randomly generated dungeons, the difficulty of missions, not to mention the three difficulty modes which change the way you have to fight to survive, all add some staying power to the game.
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90
Happy Puppy
Make sure your affairs are settled before you start playing this game, and pray that your relationship is strong enough to make it through the addiction.
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89
Gamezilla!
While it is a great game, it doesn't rate top honors due to the many issues with Battle.net and flaky support for Windows 2000.
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88
My Gamer
With appealing graphics, extremely challenging gameplay, along with keen sounds, and a two second learning curve, Diablo II provides the ultimate experience.
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88
Game Fan
Apart from the major issues of online play, the graphics aren't showstopping, especially when you consider that the game was in development for nearly three years.
88
Spank!
If you're going to buy one role playing game this year then this has to be it.
86
GameSpy
Held back from being an EXCELLENT game by the fact that it features no really interesting characters or roleplaying, it only has a few simple quests, its story is paper thin, it has a few technical issues, Battle.net is unreliable, and the gameplay is ultimately shallow and repetitive.
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85
GameSpot
In exchange for the additional complexity and size, you'll have to tolerate low-resolution graphics and a few more gameplay problems than you might have come to expect from Blizzard games.
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85
GameZone
As groundbreaking as the original Diablo may have been, this style of role-playing game has been easily outdone by the likes of "Baldur's Gate" and "Planescape Torment," which concentrate more on integrating the character(s) with the story.
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83
Game Revolution
There's a feeling that sinks in after awhile that "Diablo" was more direct, more enveloping, more focused than Diablo 2.
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83
IGN
It's fun for a while, but ultimately is very, very repetitive and hard on your clicking finger.
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81
Da Gameboyz
This is a great sequel to "Diablo," and I highly recommend it.
80
CNET Gamecenter
A great game, but not the revolution in gaming that we were expecting.
80
Evil Avatar
To start off, let me state definitively that Diablo 2 sucks...Sucks time, that is -- it sucks every last bit of free time out of your life.
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80
Electric Playground
It’s a slightly empty, guilty and dissatisfying sensation, like pleasuring yourself with an adult mag that you stole from your senile grandpa. Sure, it felt good for a little while, but it was wrong on so many levels that you have to wonder, after the fact, what the Hell made you do it.
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80
ActionTrip
The SAVE & EXIT option is a true killer for playability.
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80
All Game Guide
Those who just want to get their licks in without committing significant hours of time will find Diablo II to be one of the more addictive games of 2000.
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80
Computer Games Magazine
Most fans will not be able to get away from it, repetitive and simple or not. Diablo II is simply one of the most potent drugs of the year 2000. Take it orally for a week, and intravenous use is sure to follow.
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75
Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
If it wasn't a Blizzard title, Diablo II would be dismissed as the bimboesque bit of frippery it actually is, and gain no more than a passing interest from most folk. Be warned.
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70
Adrenaline Vault
What Diablo II lacks in visuals, it makes up for in music, as the appropriately selected and highly engaging tunes never fail to live up to the moment and truly serve to immerse the player.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 60 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Waldemar T gave it a10:
To Griper :'' Unfortunately the online component is very dead... yes some people still play, but not enough to warent picking the game up again" That is soo not true. To this day many people enjoy Diablo 2 On battle.net I have been playing Diablo for an extremely long time and the game just doesn't get boring.

Michael U. gave it a5:
A mediocre rpg. First of all, the graphics stink. Even when it was first released, the graphics were not that great. Another thing is the size of towns. The very first place you go to is a laughably small camp with about 10 people there. The rest of the space is filled with monsters and stuff. While the second and third towns are bigger, you are still left with the feeling that you are lonely. Simply killing monsters and collecting items is fun for quite a while, but by the time you reach the third act, it gets quite boring. The skill system is cool, but it is very easy to completely mess up your character and have the wrong skill combo. The combat is either extremely easy or insanely hard, there isn't really an in-between. at one point your slaughtering enemies and then a special monster comes and nearly kills you. Altogether, this game was fun for a while, but got boring soon. This game is best for those who don't like thinking much and just want to battle. For the rest of you: this is a fun little game, but be prepared to get bored sometime.

Griper gave it a0:
Diablo II, I will not deny that in it's time... as an MMO, Diablo was SWEET... but it isn't now. Also, FYI, Stop rateing the game based on the expansion... that has a whole other thingy... Either way, Diablo II is Diablo I fixed... and broken... But I will not deny it was fun to play. Unfortunatly the online component is very dead... yes some people still play, but not enough to warent picking the game up again. I do remember, I had specced a Fireball based Sorr... and pitted myself against a sorr that was a few levels higher than mine... Tele based. If anyone thinks Lightning is POWERFUL... PLEASE! She ran back into town to aviod dying so many times. (And then got her "friend" to come over and kill me cause she was too weak). Diablo II had fun times... but it never deserved a 10, and it certainly doesn't deserve it now.

Oleg O. gave it a10:
Great game. Addictive as I-don't-know-what.

John D. gave it a10:
Diablo II is like WoW, except good! and FUN! it's the kind of game that you love to hate and slowly become addicted too!

Tommy N. gave it a10:
This game is excellent! This game's like Runescape, but the graphic's the best, and has great weapons, armors, etc.

Simon B. gave it an8:
No game deserves a 10. Some games deserve a 0 for blatant null everything. Diablo 2 is a successful game in many regions aside PVP. Actually going through the story shows the irony of "SINGLE PLAYER" as you are forced to fight on your own or with a companion ( many for Druids and Necros ) throughout the game. You then finish the game but... surprise! You are only level 25 , buddy. Start over again, finish Nightmare... surprise! You gotta do it all over again. Level 82, finish hell... surprise! You got nothing left to do. Well, yeah you do. You can still get to level 99 , do some PVP, make people bitch at you because you're a level 90+. This game is fun, don't get me wrong, but it gets a whole hell of a lot boring when all you can do is Baal Runs for hours in order to get the amount of XP you want in a record amount of time. PVP is the main reason I give this a 8. It's fun when you can beat people with all your mad equipment and +# skill levels stuff. But how annoying can it be when a sorceress can transform into a bear, do warcries and cast ravens at you and still kill you? Some of the runewords should have never been made available for other characters. Instead, you'd be better off allowing players to choose what synergy they want to have for their characters. This makes it so that in PVP, people without the RIGHT kit can't do crap against people that spent hours and hours just "running" to get the precious runes that give them the amazing items of "incessant pwnage". Breaks all the fun, to me. Makes the game far too individualistic for an RPG that is multi-player.

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