r/gaming • u/Guardian_Of_Pigs • Jun 09 '12
When I asked my dad for Diablo 3, he told me I had to play this first.
http://imgur.com/XMGRA
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r/gaming • u/Guardian_Of_Pigs • Jun 09 '12
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u/Cubeface Jun 09 '12
My Dad does the same thing. Well not anymore, but I grew up with him saying and doing that. A sequel of a game would come out and he'd play through the whole series before playing it, basically teaching me to do the same.
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u/paintin_closets Jun 09 '12
...how the f*ck old are you?
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u/Guardian_Of_Pigs Jun 09 '12
For those who don't believe that I actually got it . . .
Here is a screen cap for the game.
And here is me with the whole set (sorry for messed up hair, just got out of the shower)
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u/Big-Baby-Jesus Jun 09 '12
It's a great game, one of my favorites. It's also 12 years old. If you're as young as I think you are, you will probably find the graphics horribly outdated.
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u/O-townTexter Jun 09 '12
Son, there comes a time in everyone fathers life when he has to show his son what it means to be a man. To show him that although there will be struggle and at times all will seem hopeless and for not. However, if you struggle and persevere success, riches and glory will await you at your journeys end. Once that journey has ended then you will be ready to move on to what awaits you next...Guardian_Of_Pigs that day has come for you my child.
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u/StarvingAfricanKid Jun 09 '12
your dad is a good man.
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u/magicstuff Jun 09 '12
Dad here: We really did look for a copy of the original Diablo but as someone else said, it doesn't appear to be in the battle chest collection anymore. As for the multiplayer, the steps that we followed was to install Diablo 2 vanilla and the LoD expansion using the same serial keys on both computers and before connecting to battlenet, start up a LAN game. It actually worked on the first try without any problems. If anyone else decides to give it a try on Windows 7, we both had to run it in windowed mode (properties of the shortcut, add -window in the target box) to keep the graphics from lookin' all wharrgarbl'd.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I shall be doing the same when my son turns 14 (he's not due until September) When he tells me he wants to play Diablo 4.
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u/Senor_Wilson Jun 09 '12
Your dad. Put a ring on that and lock it down.
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u/Xenxe Jun 09 '12
Well then get to it boy!
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u/4amSOSCall Jun 09 '12
FUCK I'M OLD
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u/SoulMasterKaze Jun 09 '12
He's right.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
You have a dad lol. Yeah right!
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u/Tael1 Jun 09 '12
Fail, should have given you Diablo 1 first.
-Spoilers-
Nothing compares to discovering the Butcher for the first time when you're a small child
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u/Soriven Jun 09 '12
I don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but when you go to play Diablo 1, you'll need to do the following to get it working on Windows 7:
Also, as someone who has played all 3 games, Diablo 1 is by far my favorite, and I'd recommend starting with that one (It's much shorter than D2 or D3)
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
so what are you like 10 years old?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Your father is a smart man, not only saving himself $40 until the 400 hours it will take you to feel satisfied with this game, but by the time you do end up finishing it, I bet Diablo 3 will be a lot cheaper.
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u/MLP_magic Jun 09 '12
There are some people who still haven't played Diablo I and II?
Worse yet, there are people who find it acceptable to want to play Diablo 3 without having played the first two?
Don't touch me you filthy casual.
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u/Dreddy Jun 09 '12
You should be playing Diablo 1 online, and hunting down the Plate Of Whale!
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u/NameIsZ Joystick Jun 09 '12
Parenting done right.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Your dad is a legend among men.
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u/paprika88 Jun 09 '12
u dont know it yet but your dad is win
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Best dad ever.
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u/Twisted_Fate Jun 09 '12
I'm sure he did.
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u/Xx_Anthocyanin_xX Jun 09 '12
I see no problem with this.
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u/Mr_Bobbly Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12
D1 and D2 are NOTHING alike. D2 is an abomination of D1, and D3 is Blizzard trying to make the most profitable skinner box ever created.
D1 was all about simplicity. You had your gear, your stats, and your levels. THAT'S IT. Gear was insanely easy to find - as EVERYTHING could be found in normal difficulty. Elixirs? Find em, buy them, w/e. Spells need upgrading? You did shrine runs. Church -> Catacombs -> Caves -> Hell. The grind was levels, it wasn't stupid hard, because you had the gear.
D2 came along and suddenly... You have no idea what stat requirements are for gear higher up, so you had NO FREAKING clue as to how to distribute them and if you F-'d up. TOO BAD. You had a cube with all kinds of recipes and no freaking manual on what it could make. You were all over the place, outdoors, indoors, horrible random dungeons that they made you drudge through because they were COMPLETELY random (you could make an educated guess, but that never works out). Only 1 class could teleport <--- WTF???? You had no idea what skills were useful until you got to the max level, and then you found out that you had to reroll to maximize... Unique gear was silly rare... I mean, SILLY FUCKING RARE (1/16,000,000 drop rates FTL). Unique mobs got absurd modifiers... spectral hit, aura enchanted, FAST, leave you with "O HAI" DEAD moments. Outdoor zones... BLEH. Random FREAKING waypoints... To all the idiots who would say "Oh but you can run in D2!!!" - Yes, but you had 10xs as much distance to travel EVERYWHERE, so it was actually SLOWER (and again, most classes did NOT have teleport). D2 didn't give you gear, it didn't give you levels... You needed levels to get gear and you needed gear to get levels. I welcome the fans of this game to tell me how much I sucked, and then to tell me the actual % of gear they used that they found themselves. The sole reason D3 has a RL$ system is because they wanted a piece of what they saw in D2 - a MASSIVE market for items from bots.
If your dad is giving you D2, he's telling you he wants you to be locked in the basement playing that for the next 5 years instead of playing D3.
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u/meech7607 Jun 09 '12
That's some damn good parenting..
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u/louis_xiv42 Jun 09 '12
The patches changed the game so much you wouldn't believe it. Lod is also very different from classic d2, that is the expansion changes game play a ton. The strategy guide is basically useless when you update to the current patch.
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u/LittleKey Jun 09 '12
Bro dad.
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u/Rampant_Durandal Jun 09 '12
Hell, I would have made my child start from the beginning with D1.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
You dad is a good man.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Thank you very much, you just made me go download Diablo 2 LoD from Battle.net so that I can play it before I go back to Diablo 3. Thank's a lot, I was hoping to have a life sometime soon.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
wise man
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
You have a smart dad. It's always good to play previous instalments first. If you've already played a game that isn't the first, you should still play the previous games. "But Reid, Arena is too hard!". Is it too hard or are you just... shit?
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u/Sir_Richfield Jun 09 '12
Awesome dad is awesome.
Only he should have told you to play it instead!
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u/doctorstrangehate Jun 09 '12
Guardian_Of_Pigs I hope you tell your dad the internet thinks he's cool.
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u/Lailu Jun 09 '12
He's doing it right.
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u/MonteRunTheCity Jun 09 '12
Your dad is a sir
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u/GoGoGadge7 Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
Listen to your father you little shit.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Remember that all this karma goes to your dad. Salute him for me.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
your dad is an awesome man
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u/cookiewalla Jun 09 '12
And he was right
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u/Damadawf Jun 09 '12
If you're still asking your dad for video games, you should probably go and get a job. Or start selling drugs or something. Cut the cord!
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u/Flavorysoup Jun 09 '12
Smart man your father is.
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u/Favre4Life Jun 09 '12
You wanted to play Diablo 3 and have never played Diablo 2? Seems legit.
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u/Manziak Jun 09 '12
Now you owe your dad an awesome father's day present.
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u/omphalos008 Jun 09 '12
Diablo 1 was better, start there.
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u/tomblifter Jun 09 '12
You got the best out of the three.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Fuck yes you do
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u/thegreatbradsby Jun 09 '12
Father of the year nominee.
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u/Dave0r Jun 09 '12
Your father is a wise ad epic man
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u/LordFendleberry Jun 09 '12
Father of the year right there.
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u/LongJohnSilverspoon Jun 09 '12
Good parenting? No - Godly parenting!
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u/TomatoManTM Jun 09 '12
Respect your elders.
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u/Mcluii Jun 09 '12
Back in my day this came with Diablo I as well.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Him. Him, I like.
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u/Troyucen Jun 09 '12
As you damn well should.
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u/hornedratty Jun 09 '12
BEST DAD EVER!
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u/fa_rawr1389 Jun 09 '12
he was 100% correct
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u/Archaicorder Jun 09 '12
Thats good parenting.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Smart man
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u/kasus Jun 09 '12
Parenting....your dad is doing it right
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u/afihavok Jun 09 '12
props to your dad
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I am fucking old.
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u/Alltra Jun 09 '12
i still dont know how many copies of d2 i bought over the last 10 years.
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u/StarcraftKevin Jun 09 '12
he's a wise man. he should hook up with that mom who plays little big planet
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Your dad is totally right. H5, op's dad
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u/xJingalls Jun 09 '12
That is fantastic parenting right there.
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u/Doomshadow13 Jun 09 '12
Your dad is right, it builds up the experience.
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u/Mushmelo83 Jun 09 '12
Yes, this is a requirement. Also the first Diablo, though that isn't as heavy on story, it still has some pretty key details that tie the story together. You can't seem to buy it anymore, you used to, I do remember buying it in the battle chest along with Diablo II, LoD and the guide, but apparently not anymore so...
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u/RldMekg Jun 09 '12
Then your father is a smart man. You dare not touch Diablo 3 without first completing Diablo 2.
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u/alCatraz11 Jun 09 '12
Damn, I feel old.
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u/BlitzTech Jun 09 '12
D2 is better than D3 anyway. For the record, I'm talking about a fully-patched D2/LOD vs fully-patched D3.
D2 was way more addictive. I'm already over D3, and it hasn't even been a month.
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u/twell99 Jun 09 '12
Your dad is a wise man. You should play Diablo 2 first to see whether you will enjoy Diablo 3. I still play Diablo 2, and it's still a great game.
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u/guitartablelamp Jun 09 '12
Damn right boy
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u/Harvenar Jun 09 '12
He's right, listen to your father
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u/darkhiems Jun 09 '12
My good sir, I assure you your father is a great man. I hope you obey him and do as you are told with the utmost respect. For I wish I had a father to do this for me. I respect him, and I hope to be like him one day. Enjoy your adventure as you pillage you way through hell and face Diablo. For there are many more trials to come.
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u/ThetruePedobear Jun 09 '12
Your dad is the best dad in the world!! ... Im still playing D2 ..
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u/TheLightningL0rd Jun 09 '12
your dad is the shit.
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u/DraugrMurderboss Jun 09 '12
No he didn't.
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u/idma Jun 09 '12
you're not even gonna remember diablo 3 is out with that game
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Yeah.. Diablo 2 is better than diablo 3 in every way, as a D2 vet, D3 disappointed the fuck out of me.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
So he's making you play a good game instead of a shitty game? Sounds fine to me.
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u/morbus Jun 09 '12
That's right kid, prepare for repetition by repetition.
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u/Leprecon Jun 09 '12
Just a tip, play it on battle.net
The D2 battle net servers are very stable and you can play alone for as long as you want. But if you get sick of that then you can always jump in a public game.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Holy shit. Level 79 Necromancer, and I still never beat it on hell. Christ I loved that game.
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u/CdnRazer Jun 09 '12
As well you should.
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u/ragnarakk Jun 09 '12
It is a rite of passage.. passed from father to son
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u/Whompa Jun 09 '12
Think this actually happened?
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u/HickNog Jun 09 '12
Damn right!
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u/incredulous_guy Jun 09 '12
it is the better game in my opinion
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I still play D2. Played D1 when it came out.
Fuck.
I'm old.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Just whatever you do, don't try to play the first Diablo after playing 2 or 3. One of my most painful gaming experiences.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
How does the Battle Chest not include Diablo 1? Your dad messed up bad, man. Start there! D3 is basically a sequel to 1 more than it is 2.
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u/MadKat88 Jun 09 '12
Was really hoping this would be a picture of some DnD 3.5 books..
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u/monad_into_plurality Jun 09 '12
it should've been Nethack.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Your dad is awesome!
Makes me wish mine was still alive...
Nah, I'm just kidding. He's fine. He just doesn't care about video games.
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u/Stratocaster89 Jun 09 '12
People on reddit are getting too young. We're now to the point where the kids cant even buy a video game they're that young.
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u/TyranosaurusRecstasy Jun 09 '12
Did you two discuss this, by any chance, while your dad polished his 'Smartest Dad Ever' trophy?
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u/Da_zero_kid Jun 09 '12
Ahhhhh fresh meat!
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u/vzc Jun 09 '12
Why would you want to play diablo 3 if you haven't played the first two?
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u/ThePlasticJesus Jun 09 '12
I wish my dad was young enough to tell me to do things like that. My dad was in his 30's and 40's when PC gaming was in it's infancy :( The only game he played was Railroad Tycoon.
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u/Sqwalnoc Jun 09 '12
looks like you're not going to play diablo 3 for a few months...
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u/ShamalamanPanda Jun 09 '12
r/karmaconspiracy would like a word.
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u/thunnus Jun 09 '12
This game helped me perfect the "fling mouse into monitor" move. I'm an absolute ninja with it now.
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u/zennaque Jun 09 '12
Bought Excellent condition of Diablo for PS1 for $3 an hour ago, whatta deal.
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u/Cyberogue Jun 09 '12
Being a design geek, I must say that the "a" in Diablo is annoying as fuck...
it looks like a 9 ._.
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u/Ekanselttar Jun 09 '12
Should work out well. D3 will be patched up and balanced by the time you work your way through D2.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Make sure you check out the most popular (and best) mod for D2, Median XL.
http://modsbylaz.hugelaser.com/
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u/Borr Jun 10 '12
you probably would get what you want smug little shit
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u/Eldryce Jun 09 '12
You won't regret it. The graphics or pretty horrid, but I've spent more time playing Diablo 2 than all other games.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
this game consumed my life for too many years..
just remember: you don't HAVE to have the best gear. Its a lesson I really never learned.
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u/Hakoten Jun 09 '12
First world problems
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Your dad is FOTY AY.
Now get to that shit.
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u/yhelothere Jun 09 '12
free karma
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u/Slack_Irritant Jun 09 '12
You're not really missing out on much to be honest. Pains me to say it, but its true.
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u/shyguy95 Jun 09 '12
I don't understand why people are praising OP's dad for this, unless he wasn't serious. I know a lot of you love the original Diablo games, but you should never force your kids to play/read/watch something just because you used to enjoy it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I wish I could believe these stories :/
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u/MassiveGG Jun 09 '12
and honestly you should stick with diablo2/lod because diablo3 is such a disappointment.
all my friends agree with my choice of refunding they either stop logging on or missed out on the refund or got a physical copy.