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For any of you who are interested, a negative review of Diablo can
be found at http://www.gamecenter.com/Xperts/GamerX/013097. Check it
out. I would like to take this opportunity to answer some of the
question posed by GamerX in his review.

1. Q: One- to four-player multiplayer play?

A: Yes.

2. Q: That's it?

A: Yes.

3. Q: And you can't play it over the Internet unless you use battle.net?

A: Correct. Be happy you can play it over the Internet at all. It
(battle.net) is free. Quit bitching.

4. Q: Making matters worse, spawned versions and the CD version can't
see each other.

A: So? Who says they should? Where on the Diablo packaging is the word
"spawn" or "spawning" even mentioned? Good luck trying to find it
because it isn't there.

5. Q: And what's up with battle.net allowing only one- to four-player
contests? I was expecting something meatier, more in line with Meridian
59 or TEN's Dark Sun world.

A: If you were expecting something more then you obviously didn't check
out the free demo that has been in circulation for about 5 months now.
You also must have never checked the battle.net forums
(http://www.battle.net) where the capabilities and the limitations of
the game are discussed openly and often. Also, Meridian 59 and Dark Sun
are pay for play services. Battle.net is free. To compare the two is not
really fair or objective. Also, the play that takes place once players
join a game from battle.net is peer to peer. The game is not played on
the battle.net server. I doubt you could get more than four people in a
game with the lag becoming unbearable. Blizzard realized this as well
and limited the amount of players to four in a multiplayer contest.

     Thanks. I feel better now. ;)


Gordon Wilson
gkwi...@ix.netcom.com
IronWill on battle.net and KALI