Posts Tagged ‘Diablo 2’

Titan Quest

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Ever since Diablo III was announced, I’ve been in the mood for some hack ‘n slash RPG. To quench my thirst, I decided to load up Titan Quest… besides, I never did get around to finishing the game.

And here I’ve set, I’ve spent more time here lately playing a computer game than I have in a long time. I’ve managed to complete the original game, and I’m now working my way along the Immortal Throne expansion areas. Why I never finished this game years ago, I have no idea.

I was feeling pretty good about myself for a while. I had completed about 95% of the original game with only 6 deaths. Not bad considering I was playing a caster (Diviner). Then came the last 5%… this was absolutely brutal. Especially once I got to Mt. Olympus. I must have died 6 times alone on the short walk to the final boss… compared to that, the final boss was easy.

What to do after this? Should I load up Diablo II and run around the gothic randomly generated dungeons, play Titan Quest on the newly unlocked increased difficulty setting, or is there another option? Do you have a suggestion for another game to pass the time until the Lord of Darkness returns to the PC?

Diablo II 1.12a Patch

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

With the recent Diablo III announcement, Blizzard is trying to stir up the Diablo community once again. They’ve wiped clean the Diablo II ladder, and a new race has begun for level 99. It’s cool to see a game that’s over 8 years old still holding the interest in players.

Additionally, patch 1.12a was released on Monday which allows players to play the game without the need to have the CD in the disk drive. In addition to the patch, you’ll need to copy the ‘.MPQ’ files to your hard drive.

You can obtain the patch by logging into Battle.net or from Blizzard’s support page.