Some games are lots of fun. A very select few are so much fun that they dominate your free time for weeks on end, spawning their own little subcultures of Web pages, newsgroups, hacks and clones from other companies. Everyone's personal list of these games varies, but names like SimCity, Doom, Civilization and Master of Orion are common to many. Well, batten down the hatches, because Blizzard's Diablo has joined this group. Before long, however, it becomes clear that it has all the strengths of that product, with a number of high points that are uniquely its own.
Players can select one of three different character types, warriors, rogues and sorcerers.
Sixteen levels seems short at first, but between playing the game once with each type of character and the three different difficulty levels, there's plenty of replay value here. Add in the random dungeon generation, and you have plenty of juice here. You will want to squeeze every last drop out too, believe me. Single-player play is supported, but where Diablo really shines is in its multiplayer mode. Played over a modem, IPX network or the Internet, you can play with as many as three other players on your quest.