all multiplayer-only quests are available in singleplayer, plus some new quests.

improved interface (XP bar on screen, numbers over HP/MP orbs, expanded quickslot belt, detailed character stats, graphical merchant trading, etc.).

high resolution support-you can zoom in and out with mouse wheel to see more or less of the map.

It's like Diablo 1.5 in that it adds some Diablo 2 features to expand and flesh out the game, without straying from feeling like Diablo 1. It adds many of the features people have mentioned missing in this thread and a whole lot more.

It's the gold standard in Diablo 1 mods and it's compatible with this new GOG release. If you're disappointed that the GOG release doesn't do more to improve upon vanilla Diablo 1, check out the Belzebub mod:

I'm sure it still works in the classic client which they also included, but I haven't tried it yet. Sure, it could've been neat if 'high resolution support' actually let you see more of the world like in Diablo 2, rather than just upscaling the whole screen, but so far the only issue I've encountered is that the new client doesn't seem to support color cycling, i.e., palette based animations, which the original game used to animate water and some lighting effects, making the world look a bit more static than it used to. I don't mind the lack of enhancements anyway, the game plays like I remember it, the music is still fantastic and it has atmosphere like no other Blizzard game. I'll say that I don't find their 'enhancements' for the new client particularly noticeable, even when setting all the fancy new things to max, and even the new client seems to run at 20fps despite the store page kinda making it out to sound like that was only a limitation of the classic version. Yeah, I'm not surprised Hellfire is not included, them actually saying 'there are no plans to support the Hellfire expansion' may actually be the closest they've come to acknowledge that it even exists in like 20 years.Īs someone who only ever liked Diablo 1 in the series, I'm happy to see it on GOG, since my original copy has been too scratched to play since the early 2000s.

Diablo 2 drm free