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Re: A Diablo like game that is also older and SP?

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From: jam... Jamie Kahn Genet
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 03:55
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Ashen Shugar <death...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
> wrote something like...
> 
> >G'day all.
> >
> >What's another Diablo (especially D2) like game that is still good for
> >older hardware (for an old 2007 era iMac with it's ancient Radeon 2600
> >Pro, running OS X and WinXP) and lacking any need to be online for SP
> >like D3 was (I hate that)?
> >
> >What can I play to take a vacation from D2's same old classes, but not
> >lose the D2 style of play?
> >
> >I admit to feeling... dare I say it... a wee bit bored with the same old
> >D2 classes, this year. The only permutations that would be fresh,
> >require runes I have yet to accumulate (I run the RW mod for D2 SP). So
> >it's either a massive focus on countess runs, or something new (to me
> >anyway) for a bit.
> >
> >Any thoughts? :-)
> >
> >TIA,
> > Jamie Kahn Genet
> >
> >P.S. I never thought I'd be bored with D2! Burned out - sure, that's
> >happened many times. But now I'm actually feeling bored... :-\ Tis an
> >ill omen. I'm sure I'll recover in a few months. Heh.
> 
> 
> There was Sacred way back when, which apparently has a sequel.  I can
> vaguely recall playing a demo version back around 2001 I think, so
> hardwarewise it should be fine.  Look at it on steam, there's the gold
> edition which seems to be the base game and two expansions, which
> might have pushed the system requirements up a bit, but was still
> released 2006, so probably still okay.  USD$10.
> I might still have that demo version floating around somewhere, backed
> up onto a CD. *shrug*
> 
> Ashen Shugar

That's a new one to me. It certainly sounds a bit Diablo-ish. I'll see
if there are some gameplay videos on YouTube, thanks :-)

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