Time travel in Diablo? It’s more likely than you think ![]() Even the music and UI have changed to suit the mood, bringing you closer to the experience of the grandfather of Action RPG games with all the trimmings that cutting-edge gaming had to offer in 1996. Graphics are adjusted to more closely resemble the original game, and monsters such as the Butcher are remodeled to be appropriate to the period. The Darkening of Tristram comes in glorious RetroVision, as we explained in our post last year. Along the way, there are also dire revelations of madness, horror… and also a lot of loot, because it was the first Diablo game. This particular portal takes you back to the last days of the original Tristram, when the king’s son Albrecht had gone missing and foul whispers led one step by step to the Cathedral. You start out in Adventure Mode, chasing down a cult of apocalyptic madmen - as if Sanctuary had any other kind - and soon finding yourself stepping through a portal. The Darkening of Tristram is nothing less than a way to play what is essentially the entirety of the original Diablo within Diablo 3. ![]() That’s exactly what you’ll get with the Darkening of Tristram, which is live now. Diablo turned 21 on December 31, 2017, and while video games can’t drink, they can recreate a nightmare world of horror that pulls you back to the roots of the franchise. ![]() If you missed Diablo‘s 20th anniversary event last year, you have another chance.
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