It took me a week longer than I expected when I started this journey, but last night I finished my recent playthrough of the original Diablo. Everything I said about the game in my previous post still rings true- Diablo is a game that remains unique in both its genre and series.
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Despite having no experience or interest in fraternities or the navy, I’ve always had an affinity for the term Hell Week. So when I was thinking about replaying the original Diablo (PC / Blizzard Entertainment / 1997 – GOG version), I decided to make it a week of posts. I figured that I’d easily be able to wrap up a standard playthrough in a chill seven days- this was a game I’d beat in a weekend as a teenager! Turns out my confidence was misplaced and using the term Hell Week was prescient, because after eight hours or so, I’ve only made it a little more than halfway through the dungeon, but what an eight hours it has been.
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