Sunday, February 19, 2012

DIABLO SHAREWARE REVIVAL

I recently started playing Diablo 1 again and became to realize that it is still fun even to this day. While playing on battle.net I found a few other players who were still playing. One day I mentioned to one of the players that I remembered playing the Diablo 1 multiplayer demo. Turns out this guy also used to play and we decided to make new characters on the Diablo Shareware (Hereafter referred to as "Spawn") to test the limits of the game, get max stats with shrines, and become the best Spawn pvpers on the net. After playing for a bit and going through a huge nostalgia trip I found out that Spawn is just as fun as the full game. It is everything about D1 melted down into a tiny microcosm of a microcosm. Here is a list of the things I particularly like about Spawn:

1. LESS IS WORTH MORE - Since its only the first 2 levels of the D1 dungeon your resources are very limited. Money is much harder to get and much more useful than in D1. Mana can only be refilled with found potions, repair bills get expensive, and the best gear and spells can only be bought from vendors for very high prices. This gives the game a sense of resource management which rewards good critical thinking skills.

2. SPELLS COST LESS MANA - Because your character stays at a low level. This means that even with the low mana pool of a warrior you can use spells practically. Even without investing many points into magic, high level spell books can be read with the proper gear.

3. ALL CLASSES IN ONE - In Spawn you can only be a warrior. What this means is you can be any kind of warrior you want. The three main builds of magic, swords and bows still apply, with all sorts of room for hybrid specs.

Really Spawn is all the fun of the actual game, compressed into a neat package of action rpg awesomeness. I think 2v2 matches would be a lot of fun so roll a character today!

13 comments:

  1. After finally fixing the registry so that Diablo Spawn runs flawlessly, I'm in.

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  2. Awesome! What is your bnet account? I'll add you to f list.

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    1. By the way what channel are you guys normally on ingame?

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    2. diablo shareware usa-1
      my bot is usually there.

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    3. Level 13 now, halfway to 14. 50k in the bank and getting there slowly!

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    4. Oh man, you are well on your way to becoming top spawn player! I may have to come online to defend my title soon... (although I would say Erayzer is number one at the moment)

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  3. Account name is Triumvirate, feel free to add me, hope to see you soon!

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  4. My name is Legitdemowar. Are you on the USEast gateway?

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    1. Europe right now :(

      Maybe I can switch back and forth though.

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  5. You can, the character file is stored on your computer and can be used on all gateways. You just make a new account on USEeast with the same name as your EU one after selecting your character.

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  6. I would hop on for old time's sake. When do you have time to play?

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