The intro we see prior to the game menu screen sets the tone well.
Now i head to new game and create a warrior the game takes me to Tristram here would be my first time in the legendary town i walk around and approach ogden and the guy informs me that at edge of town has been desecrated , i walk up to the church and spot a man in a pool of his own blood Despite this the man could speak telling me a "butcher" did this to him after the archbishop lead the townsfolk into the church this Lazarus lead them into a trap! I promise to avenge the poor townsfolk and look towards the church and the eerie red light coming from it there is something horrible in there and I'm about to find out what it is entering the place you can sense that the sanctity of this place has been fouled and it won't take long to encounter my first demon although I'm ill equipped with a short sword and a shield being my only equipment the demons prove rather weak as long as they don't come in large numbers despite this i have to be careful to not take damage as currently i cant afford many potions with careful albeit sometimes rash demeanor i
Clearing the second floor i come across a room in the center of the floor what's there i wonder? Talking with the townsfolk this butcher seems to love hoarding corpses i could see this from the outside for now i will search for more enemies to kill when I'm confident i open the door a- AGHHH FRESH MEAT and I'm dead three times in a row , i go up to town again and buy more potions and after a bloody fight i beat scary butcher completing the first ever quest in diablo games and slaying the monster that terrified kids back in 97
Me in the butcher room the sight alone is gross the floor must be slippery due to all this blood and the smell
Soon Im told of the water supply of the town getting poisoned so i seek out a way to solve this stumbling upon a dark passage in the cathedral I'm attacked by a group of fallen ones they are no match for me with the butcher cleaver a weapon so strong that i would use it for the next few floors i found it quite amusing how a weapon forged in hell and used by a hell spawn is now used to slay and push back against the evils of hell itself using the cleaver i annihilate any demon i encounter and soon the water supply is cleaned of the foul demon essence with usable water back to the town we breath a sigh of relief the following morning i approach Ogden the innkeeper just to tell me his sign was stolen by demons i venture once more into the eerie lighted church heading to level 3 and 4 fighting more and more goatmen these are tough enemies way more than whatever i came across up until now but nothing stands before the cleaver mowing down demons of both the 3rd and 4th floor i find a small demon who can actually talk! He tells me to kill "big uglies" and find the sign of ogden inn and give it to him i do so the sign is hidden in a chest surrounded by large demons they don't stand a chance against the cleaver with the sign in hand i walk back to the small demon giving it to him he immediately turns against us and charges along with a large pack of his brothers right at me im surrounded by these small demons despite the numbers disadvantage they prove too weak and all get cut down by the cleaver their blood paves the way for floor number 5 here we enter the "catacombs"
With the smell of death surrounding me i rush towards the nearest door just the cleaver requires the usage of both hands meaning i can't use a shield drastically reducing my ability to parry attacks thus i have to carefully dispose of enemies by luring small groups onto corners and choke points like doors creating killing zones with this i scale the catacombs and soon come across a tome about the armor of arkaine a great man who fought demons long ago his armor as said by the tome and the people of town could be tip the scales in my favor especially against the horned enemies who charge at me dealing immense damage getting the armor however is tricky needing 3 blood stones to be placed in a small altar each stone protected demons using the door choke point strategy i crush them and acquire the armor.
me wearing arkaine armor
in combat
using the door trick works greatly for defeating large groups of enemies
pushing into enemy gathering
Fighting the "unseen"
Fighting a large group of demons isn't very wise as it can get you surrounded easily.
Heading deeper i stumble upon a tome that mentions "the chamber of bones" ohh what a spooky name i descend further down into the caves where it's hot down there and have to fight a deadly battle in the open against charging demons , demons that wield light i find a tome that i can't make out what it says bringing it to the witch adria she tells me of giant black mushroom i do the mushroom quest granting me +3 to all stats in the caves i would come across a stronger piece of armor replacing arkaine armor that served me pretty well up until this point.
me in new armor
Combating a succubus a ranged enemy that's difficult to fight in the open as the warrior so your best strategy is to corner them.
In combat 2
in the chamber of bones getting so much booty
in the caves the town Smith tells me of an anvil called "anvil of fury" if i get him this anvil he would craft me a weapon like no other along with another quest about a mystical heavenly rock setting out to find both the path is filled with dangerous lightning wielding demons and massive groups of demons all make for a very tough opponents after much struggle i manage to acquire both presenting them to griswold the Smith he crafts me a sword called griswold edge this sword will become my main weapon from now on with a great damage and knock back granting me ability to crowd control.
Following the difficult situation that was the caves i finally descend into the final row of levels...this part of the labyrinth is literally hell and a huge number of succubuses make life pretty difficult for a pure melee warrior like me i eventually get a bow but still the result of using isn't as great especially considering i have to get rid of the shield reducing my armor and ability to parry attacks still with enough patience and clever maneuvering i stab and slash the many succubuses to death soon encountering a black knight that for some reason isn't attacking me he claims he was once a hero of this land turned into this monstrosity due to the king's curse asking me to rid him of this curse using a golden elixir following pepin the healer advice to NOT drink the golden elixir if i find it i descend even deeper into this hell maze I'm getting close to the source of this evil i know it! i get the golden elixir and bring it to the hero he thanks me and gives me his helmet this helmet of his grants great power.
With the helmet of this great hero worn i go down one last floor just to be flooded by massive waves of succubus fire and various demons this floor would require utmost skill and patience to clear which at this point i have accumulated still despite all the powerful items i have the enemy proves worthwhile using the bow of heaven i manage to defeat many hell spawns i then find a staff that belongs to archbishop Lazarus bringing it to Cain the elder he discovers the sort of darkness that claimed Lazarus urging us to find the bishop as he had kidnapped the prince prior to this i find a red portal opened to Lazarus lair entering it we see the only FMV cutscene in the game showing us the still red lighted church and Lazarus standing in front of an altar as his eyes turn red we gotta hurry! Lazarus has surrounded himself with many many succubuses so it's going to be a challenge we need activate 2 panels to open the path to face Lazarus baiting the succubuses into the corners i eventually clear the path and when done with the panel activation get instantly transported to face Lazarus he urges me to abondon my foolish quest as I'm too late to save the boy and i will soon join him he says this while a boy sacrificed on an altar stands between me and him poor lifeless boy is drowned in blood the fool is soon cornered i put an end to this traitor miserable life with Lazarus defeated i travel back to town telling cain of what happened he says the boy i saw isn't the prince bringing a slight relief still the prince is in danger and we must find him!
in combat 3
Now i enter the 16th the last floor of the labyrinth im taken to floor 16 and immediately overwhelmed by diablo last remaining servants quickly retreating to town i prepare well and dispose of them systematically the lord of terror isn't faced so directly i need to pull few levers to face him upon doing so his place is revealed surrounded by an large group of followers i take care of those first i think the game brings me these enemies and after killing them all diablo will pop up I'm wrong as he speeds away at the top edge of my screen for the first time ever i sight diablo in his original appearance.
He starts casting a spell that does heavy damage to me luckily i bought potions that fully heal me i use many of them knowing now i have to kill him fast otherwise my supply of potions will run dry i get close to him just to get knocked back still i charge with all the righteous fury of humanity using griswold edge i eventually overcome the great demon I'm so relieved seeing him finally crumble to the ground while i expected a much more difficult fight he still proved to be quite the enemy.
Now i head to new game and create a warrior the game takes me to Tristram here would be my first time in the legendary town i walk around and approach ogden and the guy informs me that at edge of town has been desecrated , i walk up to the church and spot a man in a pool of his own blood Despite this the man could speak telling me a "butcher" did this to him after the archbishop lead the townsfolk into the church this Lazarus lead them into a trap! I promise to avenge the poor townsfolk and look towards the church and the eerie red light coming from it there is something horrible in there and I'm about to find out what it is entering the place you can sense that the sanctity of this place has been fouled and it won't take long to encounter my first demon although I'm ill equipped with a short sword and a shield being my only equipment the demons prove rather weak as long as they don't come in large numbers despite this i have to be careful to not take damage as currently i cant afford many potions with careful albeit sometimes rash demeanor i
Clearing the second floor i come across a room in the center of the floor what's there i wonder? Talking with the townsfolk this butcher seems to love hoarding corpses i could see this from the outside for now i will search for more enemies to kill when I'm confident i open the door a- AGHHH FRESH MEAT and I'm dead three times in a row , i go up to town again and buy more potions and after a bloody fight i beat scary butcher completing the first ever quest in diablo games and slaying the monster that terrified kids back in 97
Me in the butcher room the sight alone is gross the floor must be slippery due to all this blood and the smell
Soon Im told of the water supply of the town getting poisoned so i seek out a way to solve this stumbling upon a dark passage in the cathedral I'm attacked by a group of fallen ones they are no match for me with the butcher cleaver a weapon so strong that i would use it for the next few floors i found it quite amusing how a weapon forged in hell and used by a hell spawn is now used to slay and push back against the evils of hell itself using the cleaver i annihilate any demon i encounter and soon the water supply is cleaned of the foul demon essence with usable water back to the town we breath a sigh of relief the following morning i approach Ogden the innkeeper just to tell me his sign was stolen by demons i venture once more into the eerie lighted church heading to level 3 and 4 fighting more and more goatmen these are tough enemies way more than whatever i came across up until now but nothing stands before the cleaver mowing down demons of both the 3rd and 4th floor i find a small demon who can actually talk! He tells me to kill "big uglies" and find the sign of ogden inn and give it to him i do so the sign is hidden in a chest surrounded by large demons they don't stand a chance against the cleaver with the sign in hand i walk back to the small demon giving it to him he immediately turns against us and charges along with a large pack of his brothers right at me im surrounded by these small demons despite the numbers disadvantage they prove too weak and all get cut down by the cleaver their blood paves the way for floor number 5 here we enter the "catacombs"
With the smell of death surrounding me i rush towards the nearest door just the cleaver requires the usage of both hands meaning i can't use a shield drastically reducing my ability to parry attacks thus i have to carefully dispose of enemies by luring small groups onto corners and choke points like doors creating killing zones with this i scale the catacombs and soon come across a tome about the armor of arkaine a great man who fought demons long ago his armor as said by the tome and the people of town could be tip the scales in my favor especially against the horned enemies who charge at me dealing immense damage getting the armor however is tricky needing 3 blood stones to be placed in a small altar each stone protected demons using the door choke point strategy i crush them and acquire the armor.
Fighting the "unseen"
Fighting a large group of demons isn't very wise as it can get you surrounded easily.
Heading deeper i stumble upon a tome that mentions "the chamber of bones" ohh what a spooky name i descend further down into the caves where it's hot down there and have to fight a deadly battle in the open against charging demons , demons that wield light i find a tome that i can't make out what it says bringing it to the witch adria she tells me of giant black mushroom i do the mushroom quest granting me +3 to all stats in the caves i would come across a stronger piece of armor replacing arkaine armor that served me pretty well up until this point.
Combating a succubus a ranged enemy that's difficult to fight in the open as the warrior so your best strategy is to corner them.
In combat 2
in the caves the town Smith tells me of an anvil called "anvil of fury" if i get him this anvil he would craft me a weapon like no other along with another quest about a mystical heavenly rock setting out to find both the path is filled with dangerous lightning wielding demons and massive groups of demons all make for a very tough opponents after much struggle i manage to acquire both presenting them to griswold the Smith he crafts me a sword called griswold edge this sword will become my main weapon from now on with a great damage and knock back granting me ability to crowd control.
Following the difficult situation that was the caves i finally descend into the final row of levels...this part of the labyrinth is literally hell and a huge number of succubuses make life pretty difficult for a pure melee warrior like me i eventually get a bow but still the result of using isn't as great especially considering i have to get rid of the shield reducing my armor and ability to parry attacks still with enough patience and clever maneuvering i stab and slash the many succubuses to death soon encountering a black knight that for some reason isn't attacking me he claims he was once a hero of this land turned into this monstrosity due to the king's curse asking me to rid him of this curse using a golden elixir following pepin the healer advice to NOT drink the golden elixir if i find it i descend even deeper into this hell maze I'm getting close to the source of this evil i know it! i get the golden elixir and bring it to the hero he thanks me and gives me his helmet this helmet of his grants great power.
With the helmet of this great hero worn i go down one last floor just to be flooded by massive waves of succubus fire and various demons this floor would require utmost skill and patience to clear which at this point i have accumulated still despite all the powerful items i have the enemy proves worthwhile using the bow of heaven i manage to defeat many hell spawns i then find a staff that belongs to archbishop Lazarus bringing it to Cain the elder he discovers the sort of darkness that claimed Lazarus urging us to find the bishop as he had kidnapped the prince prior to this i find a red portal opened to Lazarus lair entering it we see the only FMV cutscene in the game showing us the still red lighted church and Lazarus standing in front of an altar as his eyes turn red we gotta hurry! Lazarus has surrounded himself with many many succubuses so it's going to be a challenge we need activate 2 panels to open the path to face Lazarus baiting the succubuses into the corners i eventually clear the path and when done with the panel activation get instantly transported to face Lazarus he urges me to abondon my foolish quest as I'm too late to save the boy and i will soon join him he says this while a boy sacrificed on an altar stands between me and him poor lifeless boy is drowned in blood the fool is soon cornered i put an end to this traitor miserable life with Lazarus defeated i travel back to town telling cain of what happened he says the boy i saw isn't the prince bringing a slight relief still the prince is in danger and we must find him!
Now i enter the 16th the last floor of the labyrinth im taken to floor 16 and immediately overwhelmed by diablo last remaining servants quickly retreating to town i prepare well and dispose of them systematically the lord of terror isn't faced so directly i need to pull few levers to face him upon doing so his place is revealed surrounded by an large group of followers i take care of those first i think the game brings me these enemies and after killing them all diablo will pop up I'm wrong as he speeds away at the top edge of my screen for the first time ever i sight diablo in his original appearance.
He starts casting a spell that does heavy damage to me luckily i bought potions that fully heal me i use many of them knowing now i have to kill him fast otherwise my supply of potions will run dry i get close to him just to get knocked back still i charge with all the righteous fury of humanity using griswold edge i eventually overcome the great demon I'm so relieved seeing him finally crumble to the ground while i expected a much more difficult fight he still proved to be quite the enemy.
looks like a fun forum to be in oh well too bad i missed it.