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Diablo is starting to SUCK

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From: Michael Sweeney
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00
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> I think you meant starting in the 5th level right?  Not 5th level
> character because Diablo automatically saves the character for you.
> There's an entrance close to the church that'll take you to level 5
> dungeon

But he's right, it does make no sense and it's stupid of Blizzard to
have done this. With Network games as well. Battlenet is a different
story, but under DIRECT CONNECT/MODEM/IPX blizzard should have put in an
option to save the CURRENT STATUS of the game, including levels and all,
not just your character.

Diablo is the only Blizzard game I have bought, I've seen Warcrap 1 and
2 and hated them, and I'm now getting frustrated with Diablo for the
following reasons :

- Can't save multiplayer games
- You never REALLY die
- Cheaters
- Hack and Slash, hack and slash (yawn, having fun yet?) hack and slash
- Constant CD access, a pain with high speed CD drives, why no option
to   install more on the HD?
- VERY limited spawning option
- Too few monsters (same ones just with different colors and  
abilities...WOW! <--- sarcasm
- Stand next to a person with +100 illumination..your still in the dark
  Makes no sense to me, "WHERE'S THE LIGHT?"
- Inventory sucks, seems like I always have to juggle it around to
make   items fit.
- Too easy singal player (no difficulty settings..HELLO!?!?
- Too small a world to explore, just one town? Come on... and only 16  
levels to explore of the dungeon...give me a break, that's WAY to  
small

That's enough for now........
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From: Michael Sweeney <mike_s...@videotron.ca>
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Date: 1997/01/23
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