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| Diablo Battle Chest | 
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| From: Blizzard Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $30.20
You Save: $9.79 (24%)
New (11) Used (7) from $22.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  198 reviews
Sales Rank: 1047
Platforms: Windows Nt, Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 95
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 7.4 x 1.4
MPN: 71730
Model: 71730
UPC: 020626717304
EAN: 0020626717304
ASIN: B00005N6K3
Release Date: December 14, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Golden! August 6, 2008
This is one of the greatest games of all time. The hack n' slash action is incredibly addictive; and the online play is as good as ever(8 years or so after the game's launch). I had to buy this game again, because I lost my discs. The price may seem a little high, but I assure you it is worth it!
 D2 August 1, 2008
Even though it's several years old, it's still a great game. Very addictive, though :)
Great set of games! July 30, 2008
I purchased this a few weeks ago after the explosion of news, screens, and videos that was Diablo III. I grew up playing the Diablo series with my dad and hold the series very dear to me. It brings back a lot of great memories and this set was great for a nostalgic like me. I've owned other copies of the games over the years but this is by far the definitive collection for fans of the game.
As you may know, the collection includes Diablo, Diablo II, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, and the Brady Games strategy guide for the second game and it's expansion.
The games are both fantastic and have received much critical acclaim over the years. The original Diablo started the franchise off to a great start. In the game you are investigating recent "mysteries" in the town of Tristram. You'll eventually find yourself fighting into the very bowels of hell itself on a hunt to destroy Diablo. Diablo II expanded on the first game a good bit by offering varied environments and experiences. Where in the first game you spend much of your time underneath Tristram in the dungeons and caves, in Diablo II you'll venture outdoors more often. The expansion added some great new additions to the gameplay, new character classes, new items to collect, and a higher resolution to boot.
The Brady Games strategy guide does a great job of introducing you to the world of Diablo. In the first half of the guide, you get a ton of information about each character class, their special abilities, and how best to utilize those abilities. The only thing I found lacking in this section is that only the new character classes added on in the expansion, the Assassin and the Druid, get in-depth strategies for skill-building. It would have been nice to see write-ups on the other classes as well, but this is a minor nitpick.
Overall, the package is a blast and chock full of Diablo goodness. For fans and veterans of the series, this collection helps to replace all of those old forgotten Diablo discs and gives you a nice convenient package to store them in. For newcomers and fans of RPG's who have never played the Diablo series, this set is a must-have in my opinion and something that you owe to yourself to experience. Be warned though, one you're drawn into the world of Diablo, it's hard to get back out!
Great classic July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is a great classic for the PC. I remember years ago playing it every day, for so long trying to get to the highest level and get awesome gear. Even coming back to it years later, it's still as fun as ever, as if I hadn't even left.
Some new things since that day of course but all in all it's one of the best RPG experiences I've had to date. People online are mostly friendly, the game is easy to pick up. And there's no real consequence to not knowing how to build characters. No matter how you decide to develop your character, it's generally going to be good and powerful.
The only complaint I would have is online, on Battle.net, all of the ad bots that now populate the game lobbies and even join games for 20-30 seconds tops, advertising for some site to pay for items. But who can really stop that? They'll always find a way around the anti-bot mechanisms.
Also end-game (post level 90 and above) is somewhat lacking, in my opinion. Most people use their characters to find better stuff or duel others. I myself have no interest in dueling, and the trading economy can get a little boring. But hey, unless you try to power-level, the trip from level 1 to 99 can take a long time.
 Ridiculously Overpriced July 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
These games are excellent, but Diablo II was released in 2000, and the expansion was released in 2001. Diablo I is even older, and that game was little more than a stripped down clone of Rogue (a free, open source computer RPG) with some prerendered graphics added and a cheezy story.
So in essence, the idea for the game is unoriginal, and the latest content in this package was released 7 years ago, which is fast approaching a decade. Yet, they want us to pay $40 for this. I'm sorry, but that makes absolutely no sense; at best this entire package could be valued at $20, though in all practicality it could be sold for less than that (republished as a $15 single-disc).
Blizzard is ripping you off. Show them how you feel by not buying it--borrow it from a friend.
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