Fans Can Enjoy Diablo II On Their Mac
Diablo II
Diablo II was a big sought after game when it was announced. It is the sequel to Diablo I released in January 1997. Now Diablo III is announced, I amongst others are eagerly waiting for this Mac game!
The game is a dark fantasy action role playing game. Or as many would like to call it. Hack and slash. Around one year later after release it had become the most popular online game. The game style is addictive and with free access to battle.net it provided a diversity that makes the game a long lived one.
It was also released one expansion pack called Lord of Destruction in 2001. Also a big success. Read more about it below.
The gameplay consists of several characters you can select and build. The characters are Amazon, Barbarian, Sorceress, Necromancer and Paladin. These classes have different spells and abilities so you can select the character that fit you the most, or the one you want to play.
When playing the game you take on a role as a hero that is fighting monsters during your travels over land and dungeons. The story line consists of four acts and each act have several quest you have to complete. Some quests can be skipped and you can still complete the act wich usually ends with the destruction of a big monster. It would be good to go through all the quests though so you get the complete story line wich is really good.
There is also three difficulty levels, where the first is Normal, then Nightmare and lastly Hell. You have to complete the difficulty levels in order before you can select another difficulty level. When you have completed the Normal difficulty level you can use the same character when starting the Nightmare level, trust me you need it. Also the same when starting the Hell difficulty.
Lord of Destruction
This expansion pack is usually called LoD, and it was released for Diablo II by Blizzard North. This expansion pack introduced two new characters: Assassin and Druid. It also added a fifth act to the story line. Taking place around Mount Arreat in the Northern Barbarian Highlands. With the boss act Baal for example.
With LoD Blizzard increased the screen resolution from 640x480 to 800x600, though selectable by the player.
Also new items was introduced such as Ethereal items. Much more powerful than the standard items but they could not be repaired. Also runes that can be placed into sockets that provide other bonuses amongst many others.
Blizzard have a site online, Blizzard Support, wich helps you getting the game up and running with your Mac. The game work just fine on the new Intel Macs too.
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