Diablo PC

Every now and then a game comes along that is so simple and addictive that it affects the way that video games are made forever. Games like SimCity, Populous, Dune II, and Doom all changed the face of computer gaming for years to come. Now Blizzard, the company that refined the real-time strategy game to near perfection, has unleashed Diablo, a title that combines the elegant simplicity of an action game and the addictive storyline of an adventure game with the personalization and exploratoration of an old-school RPG.

As with the golden RPG titles of yesteryear, Diablo's premise is very simple: Find evil things and smite them repeatedly. The tricky bit comes in deciding just how to smite them, and how to do it without getting seriously killed. Each of the game's three character classes - the warrior, the rogue, and the sorcerer - has a different approach to combat, and different specialties that make life easier overall. Super-strong and resilient, the warrior is able to use a great many weapons that his colleagues can't heft and can wade into battles without fear of being struck down in the first few seconds of the fight. Rogues are masters of the bow; their superior dexterity enables them to strike from afar with unerring accuracy. Sorcerers depend on a variety of powerful spells to destroy large numbers of enemies from a distance, keeping their frail frames far away from possible harm. Each different class of character suits a particular style of play: Action fans will most likely want to scrap up close with a warrior, while strategy fans will find the strike-and-move tactics of the sorcerer and rogue more to their liking. It doesn't really matter - it's all very, very cool.

Minimum:
 OS: Windows XP SP3
 Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
 Memory: 2 GB RAM
 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800/ATI Radeon HD 2600 (256MB minimum)
 DirectX «: 9.0c
 Hard Drive: 10 GB HD space
 Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Recommended:
 OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7
 Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Quad Core Processor
 Memory: 3 GB RAM
 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX460/ATI Radeon HD 5850 (512MB minimum)
 DirectX «: 9.0c
 Hard Drive: 10 GB HD space
 Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible