The Diablo series is known for its fast-paced yet strategy-infused action-RPG elements, but Blizzard has revealed that the celebrated game was once very different to what was released.<\/p>\n
Blizzard North head David Brevik has said that the early iteration of Diablo was actually a turn-based solo adventure that lacked any form of online capability.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiablo, originally, was a single-player, turn-based DOS game that evolved into real-time action-roleplaying,\u201d Brevik explained. \u201cWe made up Battle.net six months before the end of [development on] Diablo. The idea of it came six months before the launch, so we went back and we made Diablo multiplayer.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s interesting to note how the development of Battle.net sparked a last minute change to Diablo, that essentially made it a much more relevant and better game.<\/p>\n
Do you think Diablo\u00a0wouldn’t\u00a0have had the same impact it did if it were a solo-only,\u00a0turn-based DOS game? Let us know what you think below and in the MyGaming forums.<\/p>\n
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