Retro Renegades - Episode: Diablo 2

<p>Diablo II is an action role-playing hack-and-slash computer video game &nbsp;developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment in &nbsp;2000 for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and macOS. The game, with &nbsp;its dark fantasy and horror themes, was conceptualized and designed by &nbsp;David Brevik and Erich Schaefer, who, with Max Schaefer, acted as &nbsp;project leads on the game. The producers were Matthew Householder and &nbsp;Bill Roper. The game was developed over a 3 year period, with a crunch &nbsp;time of 1.5 years long.[3] &nbsp;Set shortly after the events of Diablo, the player controls a new hero, &nbsp;attempting to stop the destruction unleashed by Diablo's return. The &nbsp;game's 5 acts feature a variety of locations and settings to explore and &nbsp;battle in, as well as an increased cast of characters to play as and &nbsp;interact with. &nbsp;Building on the success of its predecessor, Diablo (1997), and improving &nbsp;the gameplay, both in terms of updated character progression and a &nbsp;better developed story[4] Diablo II was one of the most popular games of &nbsp;2000[5] and has been cited as one of the greatest video games ever &nbsp;made. Major factors that contributed to the game's success include its &nbsp;continuation of popular fantasy themes from the previous game and its &nbsp;access to Blizzard's free online play service, Battle.net.[6] An &nbsp;expansion to the game, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, was released in &nbsp;2001</p>