Big Download Blog

Developer: Blizzard North
Publisher: Blizzard
Platform: Windows, Mac
Original Release: 30 November 1996
Available From: Amazon

Diablo created shockwaves when it was released. It took the slow, methodical pace of RPGs at the time (like Fallout) and changed it into a real-time clickfest. In a way, it had the same effect on the role-playing game that Starcraft would have on real-time strategy games a few years later. It speeded gameplay up from old norms and provided the standard classes and balance that almost every game since has followed. Sure, there have been some variations, but not many. 09/11/09