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Title: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: CJReich46 on March 07, 2019, 10:42:23 AM
Behold!!!

https://www.gog.com/game/diablo

>:D
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Sir Slash on March 07, 2019, 11:17:43 AM
I actually have never played it. I understand it's not really designed for solo play, correct?
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: bbmike on March 07, 2019, 11:26:48 AM
Huh. I was really hoping you were going to say Emperor of the Fading Suns.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Rayfer on March 07, 2019, 11:37:27 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on March 07, 2019, 11:17:43 AM
I actually have never played it. I understand it's not really designed for solo play, correct?
The original Diablo.....was an awesome solo-player experience. I played it to the end twice in solo mode back when it came out. I believe, but don't really know, it was designed equally for solo and multi-player.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: FarAway Sooner on March 07, 2019, 12:18:21 PM
It was designed for solo play as much as anything else.  I'm not sure high-speed internet was even common when the game was released!

It was a very enjoyable solo player experience for me.  It's been imitated 1,000 times since then, and the newer games are better, but it was pioneering and is a total classic.  It also had a great ending, which I didn't see coming...
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Gusington on March 07, 2019, 12:54:02 PM
You know, I never played the original...I started with Diablo II.

I think I'm going to get this. And send Reich the receipt 😎
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: JasonPratt on March 07, 2019, 01:06:45 PM
The days when 2800 baud was the standard...

I beat it at my best friend's house across the state while his wife was on vacation for the weekend; we teamed up on what would now be called a LAN connection (back then something else). Suuuuuper-frustrating ending! Be warned!
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: CJReich46 on March 07, 2019, 01:26:47 PM
Quote from: bbmike on March 07, 2019, 11:26:48 AM
Huh. I was really hoping you were going to say Emperor of the Fading Suns.

Ugh. I wish.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Rayfer on March 07, 2019, 01:28:29 PM
Just checked GOG...$9.99.  With the glut of sales games I still haven't played I think I'll wait until it drops in price in upcoming Spring/Summer/Holiday sales.  But the lure of playing it again is making this logical decision difficult.  :-[
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Gusington on March 07, 2019, 02:29:07 PM
Now that I think about it...could I really handle the 1996 graphics? If it were updated like Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale, that would be one thing. But it hasn't been.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Sir Slash on March 07, 2019, 03:02:02 PM
Bummer!  L:-)
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Tuna on March 07, 2019, 06:18:20 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on March 07, 2019, 01:06:45 PM
The days when 2800 baud was the standard...

I beat it at my best friend's house across the state while his wife was on vacation for the weekend; we teamed up on what would now be called a LAN connection (back then something else). Suuuuuper-frustrating ending! Be warned!

I can remember playing Doom, was it Netbui and the Com port connectors.. so many years ago, I don't remember!!! .. lol, that was pre 2800 baud modem.
Never played Diablo
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: CJReich46 on March 28, 2019, 04:24:47 PM
Update:

Warcraft and Warcraft II- Battle.net  on GOG.COM!

That is all.

Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Gusington on March 28, 2019, 05:20:01 PM
Never played those either.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: JasonPratt on March 28, 2019, 05:27:42 PM
True claim: I had the older computer rigged up in my brother's room so that we could play Warcraft and a few other things (I think we beat Heretic for example) by LAN wire, and after bro moved out (to get married) Dad got bored one winter and decided to play Warcraft and Warcraft 2.

He ended up beating both games -- I think he played both sides' campaigns, too. The first and last time he ever got interested in computer games (aside from golf simulators which helped his real-life game somewhat). I still after all these years can't get him interested again, even on much slower turn-based games.  :'(
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: JasonPratt on March 28, 2019, 05:28:56 PM
Meanwhile, I'm not holding out much hope for Diablo 2 on GoG -- that would depend on whether Battle.net is still running multiplayer for D2, I suppose?
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: CJReich46 on March 28, 2019, 05:54:27 PM
Quote from: Gusington on March 28, 2019, 05:20:01 PM
Never played those either.

I think I played Warcraft II on Play Station. It wasn't bad. By then I played Age of Empires Gold a bit, and was active on Age of Empires Heaven in the design forums.

Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: MetalDog on March 28, 2019, 09:41:07 PM
I played Warcraft.  Not to completion, but, it introduced me to the wonderful world of clicking madly.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Rayfer on March 29, 2019, 06:14:21 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on March 28, 2019, 09:41:07 PM
I played Warcraft.  Not to completion, but, it introduced me to the wonderful world of clicking madly.

The original Warcraft forever cemented my disdain for RTS click-fests.  :-\
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Dammit Carl! on March 29, 2019, 06:17:10 AM
Quote from: Rayfer on March 29, 2019, 06:14:21 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on March 28, 2019, 09:41:07 PM
I played Warcraft.  Not to completion, but, it introduced me to the wonderful world of clicking madly.

The original Warcraft forever cemented my disdain for RTS click-fests.  :-\

Amen.  That, and convincing me that computer opponents were cheating bastards ("...so how in the hell do you have this many units when I'm not even done mining my first piece of ore/gold/whatever?  Screw this.").
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Gusington on March 29, 2019, 08:06:21 AM
Diablo II on GoG would be neat.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Nefaro on May 07, 2019, 10:02:46 AM
Quote from: Gusington on March 29, 2019, 08:06:21 AM
Diablo II on GoG would be neat.

Would be great, but I have a feeling Blizzard will continue selling that one themselves.

Judging by the trend of other publishers only releasing earlier versions of great games on GOG, ones which were basically given a big upgrade in their resulting & more popular sequel(s), I don't expect to see Diablo 2 on there anytime soon.  Games such as Starfleet Command and Starfleet Academy had much better,and more expanded sequels with the same gameplay.  Yet those weren't released on GOG.  Gonna be waiting for quite awhile, until the publisher decides the original was milked enough.  If ever.  Given D2's massive popularity in the past, I expect Blizzard to just keep selling it from their own store.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Rayfer on May 07, 2019, 10:37:14 AM
Quote from: Nefaro on May 07, 2019, 10:02:46 AM
Quote from: Gusington on March 29, 2019, 08:06:21 AM
Diablo II on GoG would be neat.

Would be great, but I have a feeling Blizzard will continue selling that one themselves.

Judging by the trend of other publishers only releasing earlier versions of great games on GOG, ones which were basically given a big upgrade in their resulting & more popular sequel(s), I don't expect to see Diablo 2 on there anytime soon.  Games such as Starfleet Command and Starfleet Academy had much better,and more expanded sequels with the same gameplay.  Yet those weren't released on GOG.  Gonna be waiting for quite awhile, until the publisher decides the original was milked enough.  If ever.  Given D2's massive popularity in the past, I expect Blizzard to just keep selling it from their own store.

Just curious...was Diablo 3 as popular/successful as 2...?  I played the original, beat it twice, played 2 quite a lot but could never beat it so I didn't bother with 3.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: Huw the Poo on May 07, 2019, 12:02:36 PM
D3 will never be adored like D2 was, but given the wide gap between the releases and how much bigger the market became in the interim (not least because of the multiplatform release of D3), I imagine D3 probably has the higher sales numbers.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: JasonPratt on May 07, 2019, 12:28:06 PM
Seeing as how they did release the battlenet version of Warcraft 2, I wouldn't be too surprised if they release D2 eventually on GoG. But they'll wait to milk nostalgia sales of D1 first.
Title: Re: You guys aren't going to believe this...on GOG.com
Post by: smittyohio on May 07, 2019, 05:06:33 PM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on May 07, 2019, 12:02:36 PM
D3 will never be adored like D2 was, but given the wide gap between the releases and how much bigger the market became in the interim (not least because of the multiplatform release of D3), I imagine D3 probably has the higher sales numbers.

D3 was tons of fun, but only after a few years of additional design / development and ripping out the real money AH.