08-11-2003, 05:56 PM
Hi there!
Hellfire is Sierras official expansion to Diablo 1.
It adds two new dungeons with 4 levels each including new monsters (well most of them are old monsters from Diablo1 that weren'd used in the game)
There is 1 new character (Monk) and 2 variants: Rogue (Bard, can wield two weapons) and warrior (Barbarian, no magic but enough damage for everyone).
Hellfire also adds a couple of new items (oils and runes) which were originally made for Diablo1 but were, again, not used in the final game.
A fresh set of new spells is also available and now you can read nova and apocalypse books.
You are also able to select the difficulty in the single player mode without usind the multiplayer workaround.
There are also a couple of new unique items.
So much for the theory, here's the dark side of hellfire:
You have no battle-net support, but you can enable multiplayer with a patched dll.
Due to incredible stupidity almost none of the unique jewelery can be found.
Having Apocalypse as a spell is really damn stupid...yeah..mages need to be more powerful.
There are also quite a lot of minor bugs and useless/redundant items in the game.
It's based on Diablo 1.04 with some additional fixes, so bugs removed in later Diablo versions are not covered.
Most of this is fixed in LemmingofDeath's Mod Hellfire:Fixed. You can download it in the mods section.
If you're not into battle.net I can recommend Hellfire to you, as it's fun to play with the new additions.
As I have always had a Diablo-fanatic living close to me, I never played in the bnet very often so I switched to Hellfire very soon and stayed there. I can't live without it...well as this previously mentioned Diablo-fanatic is now living somewhere else far far away, I might give the oldschool Diablo a chance.
With Hellfire:Fixed you can't do anything wrong.
Hellfire is Sierras official expansion to Diablo 1.
It adds two new dungeons with 4 levels each including new monsters (well most of them are old monsters from Diablo1 that weren'd used in the game)
There is 1 new character (Monk) and 2 variants: Rogue (Bard, can wield two weapons) and warrior (Barbarian, no magic but enough damage for everyone).
Hellfire also adds a couple of new items (oils and runes) which were originally made for Diablo1 but were, again, not used in the final game.
A fresh set of new spells is also available and now you can read nova and apocalypse books.
You are also able to select the difficulty in the single player mode without usind the multiplayer workaround.
There are also a couple of new unique items.
So much for the theory, here's the dark side of hellfire:
You have no battle-net support, but you can enable multiplayer with a patched dll.
Due to incredible stupidity almost none of the unique jewelery can be found.
Having Apocalypse as a spell is really damn stupid...yeah..mages need to be more powerful.
There are also quite a lot of minor bugs and useless/redundant items in the game.
It's based on Diablo 1.04 with some additional fixes, so bugs removed in later Diablo versions are not covered.
Most of this is fixed in LemmingofDeath's Mod Hellfire:Fixed. You can download it in the mods section.
If you're not into battle.net I can recommend Hellfire to you, as it's fun to play with the new additions.
As I have always had a Diablo-fanatic living close to me, I never played in the bnet very often so I switched to Hellfire very soon and stayed there. I can't live without it...well as this previously mentioned Diablo-fanatic is now living somewhere else far far away, I might give the oldschool Diablo a chance.
With Hellfire:Fixed you can't do anything wrong.