Diablo II: Lord of Destruction

Since the beginning of time, the forces of Order and Chaos have been engaged in an eternal struggle to decide the fate of all creation. In Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, you'll become part of this struggle as you follow Baal, the last of the Prime Evils, into the Barbarian Highlands of the north. You'll face a series of challenging new quests to prevent the vile minions of the underworld from destroying the world of Sanctuary. This expansion to Diablo II features more weapons, armor, magical items, and character classes--everything you need to fight the new monsters that await you.
Blizzard is perhaps the most well-known and most popular third party developer in all of gaming. They have spawned three popular series, Diablo, Starcraft, and Warcraft, that are all exemplars of their respective genres, hack ‘n slash role-playing game, real-time strategy, and massively multiplayer role-playing game, respectively. Most of these games, excepting, perhaps, Starcraft, also headline a genre of gaming called “crack” gaming. I'm not the first to coin the term; perhaps you've heard the quips at World of “Warcrack.” Crack gaming is essentially a genre of games that are hyper addictive and, conceivably, endless. Like crack, and other potent drugs, users thrive by achieving their next fix. Also like crack, and other potent drugs, users can never satiate their addiction, but instead need more and more. Alas, unlike crack, and other potent drugs, gamers can't up their dosage. Eventually the game just isn't enough. Eventually it ceases to satisfy and will never satisfy again. But for that moment it does, games like Diablo 2 are bliss.
Perhaps like most people, when I first bought Lord of Destruction, I was still hooked to the original Diablo 2. Not only does the setting immediately grasp a strong hold of you, the unrivaled set of playable characters—skeleton-summoning necromancer, a dual-wielding barbarian, an aura-bearing paladin, and a fire-spewing sorceress—are still jaw-dropping cool. The expansion adds two great classes, the druid and the assassin, each with completely original and fresh skill sets. Not only that, but each character has items specific to their class. The expansion reeled me in even further. The glory would die, eventually, once it felt like I had done everything and squeezed all of the fun out of the game.