Posts Tagged ‘Diablo’

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.

Diablo III

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

The opening ceremony for Blizzard’s WWI is now over. The big announcement was as expected, and as I posted earlier, Diablo III. Got to see a bit of it watching the live stream, but it kept cutting out on me, so I missed a lot. :(

Check out WoWInsider, as I’m sure they’ll keep posting news and other information from the event. I’d also expect to see either diablo3.com to go live over the next few days…

If you haven’t seen it already, the splash screen that Blizzard has been teasing us with over the last several days has also been updated. “And the heavens shall tremble.” I am very excited for this game, and hope it’s not to far away from a release.

And don’t forget to Digg the release!

Diablo 3 Announced!

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Blizzard has announced Diablo 3 at the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational! More to come!

Fate (PC)

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Over the Christmas weekend, my brother introduced me to a old game called Fate. Somehow I have managed to miss this amazing game for all of these years. Oh well, that was during my WoW time, so I’m sure I missed a lot all together. ;) According to Wikipedia, Fate was originally released in May of 2005… so, if you are like me, we’ve overlooked this game for years! Good news, you can still pick it up and for about $20.00 online. (more…)