Poll: Play Diablo, or skip to Diablo 2?

[Twilight_guy]

Diablo one's story is fairly nonexistent so missing out on it will not ruin it much. Besides most of the players on battle net have no idea what Dialbo 2's story is besides kill stuff, get loot.

 

[scotth266]

Snip.

Get the Battle Chest. They still sell them at Walmart. It includes both games, as well as guides if you get stuck.

Thataways you can try both.

 

[Thaius]

Snip.

Get the Battle Chest. They still sell them at Walmart. It includes both games, as well as guides if you get stuck.

Thataways you can try both.

I've already borrowed both from my cousin, actually. I don't have the expansion for the first one, but I have the expansion for Diablo II. I was thinking of buying the Battle Chest, but it was $40, and I'm a poor college student. That $40 is a lot at the moment...

 

[Woem]

As a fellow Mac gamer I would advise you to go straight for Diablo 2, and then for Baldur's Gate 2. And then wait until Diablo 3 is released: it gets out on PC and Mac at the same date!

 

[joystickjunki3]

Diablo was boring. Skip to D2. But honestly, do whatever feels best to you. I played both, in order and I didn't care for Diablo 1, so I almost swore off the series. Diablo 2 changed my mind.

 

[Chaos Theory]

You dont have to play d1 first but D1 is alot harder than D2

 

[Threesan]

I tried to go back to play D1 years ago, but I was just, "Blah!" and quit. And really, even with some of the things some people are saying, I don't think I'll be trying again.

I've been trying to play Diablo 2, but i can't seem to get it to cooperate with vista, any advice?

Upgrade to XP or Windows 7.


Also, you should play Diablo. Even if you won't like it. Then play Diablo 2. In my opinion, it's a lot better. But wait before playing online till 1.13. People don't have energy to play the game for now, because they told us they would reset the ladder in April. It's almost November and still nothing...

I doubt switching OS is necessary. I've run, e.g., Starcraft (two years older than D2) on Vista without issue. For older games like these, you might want to go find the .exe and set one or more of the compatibility flags, though. (Right-click > Properties > Compatibility.) E.g., looks like I have Starcraft set for "Run in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP2", "Disable visual themes", and "Disable desktop composition." If anything, it appears to run better on my Vista box than on my friends' XP boxes (they all chronically lose connection to Battle.net).

 

[Snotnarok]

I liked Diablo more than it's sequel, so I'd say play that first. Maybe I'll have to go back to 2 to see if I like it better than when I was a teenager.

 

[kahlzun]

Stick to Diablo 1.

D2 didn't have the same charm.

EDIT:

You should play Diablo and skip Diablo 2.
Diablo is a dark, interesting and compelling game. D2 is a gaudy, generic piece of trash that comes nowhere near to capturing the atmosphere of the first.

Yes, this!

 

[Beatrix]

Technically I should have voted No, but it would've sent the wrong message pooled in with the rest since my disagreement lies not with playing 1 first, it's with playing 2 after.

Diablo 1 was utterly superior to Diablo 2, the expansion pack of 2 made the game more fun, but it still didn't match 1.

EDIT: Hey, wow :O people have that opinion as well, awesome! You people rock.

 

[4fromK]

If you play diablo II before the first, be ready for a world of pain when you try play the first one.

 

[GloatingSwine]

You can pretty much skip the first one. The second is better balanced, bigger, more varied, and generally better in every way, and since there is no story worth speaking of, there's nothing missed by playing it without the first.

 

[ottenni]

i would play the second, the first really is the same level over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and then there is the story which you will be able to guess from the opening cut scene of the second. id only bother if you love nostalgia or have a shitload of spare time, in which case GET A JOB!

 

[BonsaiK]

Play Torchlight instead of either. Torchlight is Diablo but with all the annoying things about both Diablo games removed and replaced with sheer mindboggling awesomeness.

 

[Ryuk2]

It would be good to play Diablo, but it's not required to play Diablo 2.
Well, you should play Diablo, because that's a classic, but you can skip it if you don't want to.