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Hi guys... I am looking for some game to buy - something like Diablo. Is there some, except Sacred (I already have it in my possession), which you recommend?
'cause at home I am playing Titan Quest on my notebook... but right now I am at my family and it's rainy outside (here in Czech rep. :)). Boriiing!
His HP mini is not good enough to run this stuff. Not saying I do not even have it with myself.
Thanks for help, Beluga
PS: Sorry for my english... I am not best, I know.
You could try to find Divine Divinity. It's a hack and slash but with a far better story than Diablo but it has the Diablo-style gameplay.
You could try the 2 Gothics but be forewarned about the crazy, masochistic German control scheme of the first Gothic. You have to get used to it and then it will become second nature.
Post edited July 18, 2009 by JudasIscariot
There's a number of indie and low budget titles out there, I can't really recommend any as I've not played anything recently.
You may enjoy various Rougelikes, but remember they'll be turn based and default to ASCII instead of graphics.
Dungeon Siege is also close, but mostly automated in play.
Well roguelike games are not my cup of coffee.
Generaly I thought something from GOG catalogue... something I can buy right now and install.
Well, maybe you can recommend some RTS... better in 2D, cause I really dont have any good HW right now. (My favourites are StarCraft, WarCraft, or something like this...)
Since you ask about Diablo, I'm assuming you ask for something similar to the first game, not the second. If so, Depths of Peril is pretty cool, with many randomly generated elements. Some quests have a timer and you'll often be forced to chose between doing one or the other but not both, some quests even involve the town and if you fail them, a shopkeeper can be taken out for the game for a while, effectively closing his inventory with you, and there is the matter of having other computer controlled opponents trying to solve the quests before you. That said the diplomatic part can become a bit easier once you figure it out, and is certainly exploitable, but the game still packs a lot for the price. They have a demo that should give you a good idea of how the final game is, so you can give it a spin. If you like it, you can buy it off their site and download it right away.
Divine Divinity is a good game but a bit different from Diablo because only the loot is randomized, while Diablo offered a completely different adventure each time, with quests, monsters and level layout being picked up at game start. Instead DD gives you a really big world to explore, lots of quests to solve, sometimes in different ways, and a lot of things to fight. The main story is a bit of the standard generic fantasy fare, with your character being the Chosen One who must banish The Ancient Evil back to the hell hole it crawled from, but the side-quests offer a lot more variety and depth, especially those that dabble into politics, and often fall into self-derisive satire. Some places also turns some fantasy clichés upside down, like the village of dwarves who prefer to live on the ground than under it. It also has some lovely ways to let you interact with your environment, sometimes giving you unexpected ways to solve problems: for instance you can pick everything up that isn't nailed down, though most of that stuff is useless for you, but it also means you can pick up treasure chests if you can't open them yet, assuming you are strong enough; you can then drop them in town and go back to them later when you have a higher lockpicking skill. DD has some rough edges, some parts are better than other — the starting and ending sections aren't very good but the huge middle of the game shines — some skills are too overpowered for their own good and can turn the game into a walk in the park if you pick them up, and the main story is of the boring variety, but it thankfully have more to offer. But if you want it, you'll have to hunt for bargain stores, or maybe sail the seven seas.
It also had a spin-off, Beyond Divinity, that I advise you not to mess with. And the sequel, Divinity 2, is in the works.
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Ois: Dungeon Siege is also close, but mostly automated in play.

It's so automatic it felt like a screensaver.
Roguelikes are also an interesting choice but they aren't for everyone. Action-RPG like Diablo and roguelikes like NetHack often gravitate around dungeon-crawling but do it in different ways, with roguelikes often focusing on careful exploration, interaction with the environment and of course planning of your next action. You can try NetHack, it's my favourite of the bunch, but be aware that you'll need to at least read the guidebook that comes with it, because it's not a game that you can simply jump into and start to play. But it's free and has excellent gameplay.
Edit: just read you do not like roguelikes, so forget about this last section.
If you can get ahold of it Nox is a very low graphics requirement diablo type game.
[url=]http://www.wildgames.com/games/fate[/url] Fate is another diablo style game, it actually has more levels then you could ever play in a single life time(2 billion or so). I personally didn't like it so much but its an option.
Throne of darkness is another diablo style game that I enjoyed. Its based on ancient japanease myths. Downside is you control 4 characters in this one which for a hack and slash is a little unusual but don't let that put you off its a good game. Again it doesn't require a super computer to run, if you can run sacred you can run this.
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Beluga: Well roguelike games are not my cup of coffee.
Generaly I thought something from GOG catalogue... something I can buy right now and install.
Well, maybe you can recommend some RTS... better in 2D, cause I really dont have any good HW right now. (My favourites are StarCraft, WarCraft, or something like this...)

You're probably thinking of those ugly ASCII Roguelikes. I know of two that are pretty AND interesting.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:http://clivecrous.lighthouseapp.com/projects/11282/downloads. Download Vulture's Eye and Vulture's Claw and have fun..
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Beluga: Well, maybe you can recommend some RTS... better in 2D, cause I really dont have any good HW right now. (My favourites are StarCraft, WarCraft, or something like this...)

I know you asked for 2D, but still: SpellForce. It's a mix of Diablo-like RPG and WarCraft-like RTS. So it sounds like it's ideal for you.
Well i remember plaing couple years ago game called Shadow Flare (first episode atleast coz it was free). And i think it was very Diablolike.
Iv'e just checked and first episode is still free so u could check it out.
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Ois: Dungeon Siege is also close, but mostly automated in play.
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Gragt: It's so automatic it felt like a screensaver.

Pretty much, Space Siege managed the impossible to be even more so. One day, we'll have a AAA release with the user interaction of Progress Quest...
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JudasIscariot: You're probably thinking of those ugly ASCII Roguelikes.

Blasphemy! :D
Rougelikes are not for everyone, but as Gragt mentioned they do share similarities. Depends on what you get out of the hack'n'slash sub-genres.
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Gragt: It's so automatic it felt like a screensaver.
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Ois: Pretty much, Space Siege managed the impossible to be even more so. One day, we'll have a AAA release with the user interaction of Progress Quest...
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JudasIscariot: You're probably thinking of those ugly ASCII Roguelikes.

Blasphemy! :D
Rougelikes are not for everyone, but as Gragt mentioned they do share similarities. Depends on what you get out of the hack'n'slash sub-genres.

I play games to kill monsters and the like, not to slay the letter R or P :D
If I want to interact with Sesame Street I will buy a Sesame Street game XD.
Post edited July 18, 2009 by JudasIscariot
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JudasIscariot: I play games to kill monsters and the like, not to slay the letter R or P :D
If I want to interact with Sesame Street I will buy a Sesame Street game XD.

I so badly want to make a Sesame Street variant right now.
Cookie Monster would always steel your food, The Count would summon bats 'Ha! Ha! Ha!", in the distance you hear 'yip yip yip Uh-huh'.
Damn, we need to make this game!
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JudasIscariot: I play games to kill monsters and the like, not to slay the letter R or P :D
If I want to interact with Sesame Street I will buy a Sesame Street game XD.
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Ois: I so badly want to make a Sesame Street variant right now.
Cookie Monster would always steel your food, The Count would summon bats 'Ha! Ha! Ha!", in the distance you hear 'yip yip yip Uh-huh'.

"Oscar the Grouch Needs Food Badly!" ?
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vangordon: Well i remember plaing couple years ago game called Shadow Flare (first episode atleast coz it was free). And i think it was very Diablolike.
Iv'e just checked and first episode is still free so u could check it out.

Yeah! ShadowFlare was great. I know this one.
I will also try to find that Divine Divinity. Sounds good. Thanks.