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Some comments:

Mark Asher

Michael Sweeney <mike_s...@videotron.ca> wrote in article
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> 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

Mitigated somewhat by the shortcuts, but it still would be nice to be able
to save LAN or modem games.

> - You never REALLY die

I'd say 99% of the games keep you from really dying through restoring
saves.

> - Cheaters

Any online game will have this to an extent. 

> - Hack and Slash, hack and slash (yawn, having fun yet?) hack and slash

Personally, I thoroughly enjoy the hack and slash. It doesn't seem that
much different from most RPGs either. Combat is usually click-based in
those games as well.

> - Constant CD access, a pain with high speed CD drives, why no option
> to   install more on the HD?

Yeah, this would be nice. I'm not sure the CD access is the problem as much
as the game generating levels when you go to a new area. 

> - VERY limited spawning option

Mitigated by the $10 CDs.

> - Too few monsters (same ones just with different colors and  
> abilities...WOW! <--- sarcasm

How many do most RPGs have? I think there's a nice variety in Diablo,
although I'd be happy with more, of course.

> - Stand next to a person with +100 illumination..your still in the dark
>   Makes no sense to me, "WHERE'S THE LIGHT?"

It's magic that only affects the person wearing the items, just as
infravision only affects the person casting the spell.

> - Inventory sucks, seems like I always have to juggle it around to
> make   items fit.

It's not really all that hard. 

> - Too easy singal player (no difficulty settings..HELLO!?!?

Yeah, I'm surprised they didn't have difficulty settings here.

> - 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

More would have been cool, of course, but that wasn't in the scope of the
game. It's been pretty clear from all the pre-release hype that this game
took place in a single dungeon. 

I'm sure that many people will tire of Diablo and many will keep enjoying
it for some time to come. I think it has pretty good replay value if you
enjoy the dungeon crawling, and I do.