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Don't bother

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 28 / 34
Date: November 29, 1999
Author: Amazon User

If you loved Diablo like I did then you will probably be disappointed at the lack of invention that typifies this add-on. The "new" levels are quite unimpressive and the "new" spells don't do much for me (with the single exception of the search spell). The new character (the Monk) is nothing more than a composite of the three previous character types. Don't waste your money - save up for Diablo 2.

Exciting New Challenges!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: December 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed this expansion. The new "ring" spells were great. Just sit in the middle and shoot arrows at your opponents. The Monk character was also a great addition. He's a little wimpy at first, but can do some serious damage as he goes up levels.

Some of the new monsters are quite challenging. There's a new "dungeon" that pops up in the field outside of town filled with some seriously nasty bugs. I did a lot of saving and reloading.

If you're a big fan of the game, I think this addition is worth every penny.

If Diablo then Hellfire!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

If you love Diablo then why not add to it! There are two dungeons with an extra four levels. This gives you the ability to gain power and weapons before you get to the big guy! The Monk character is weak but interesting if you can make it work. If you know some of the codes for the command file you can get the rogue character to wield two weapons and watch the double damage fly! There are tons of new weapons and armor as well. This is worthy of your hard earned cash, especially at the current price!

Good and Bad at once

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

How do I start? The monk is a nice addition but the fact that the 2 better characters are hidden in the game WITHOUT 'skins' to make them visually appealing was a drag. Network play is also available via using a text file with specific wording. The Barbarian was probably the most useful out of all 3 of the characters available in this expansion pack. I was very diappointed by the terrible levels added on to this. They did not fit in with Diablo at all. The new weapons and spells however ROCKED. ANd well.....Running in town ...that was worth the 20 bucks alone!

Lousy add-on to a great game.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 19 / 23
Date: February 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I really expected something special when I bought this and I was disappointed. It takes up more space on the hard drive than the original game, but adds little. Pluses: the ability to run in town saves time; search spell is useful; a few new weapons and spells.

Minuses: The first 4-level expansion dungeon, the Hive was really boring and incredibly annoying visually. Picture gold colored brains and that is what you get - piles of gold pieces blended in too closely with the background. Monsters in this level were boring and easy to kill, even the big boss at the end. The Crypt level was better but still lacking in excitement.

The monk character was uninteresting and unfortunately the other two characters are hidden and must be activated by codes. I do not feel comfortable with typing any key words into my computer's operating system or software and therefore did not access these extra character types.

When I upgraded my computer and needed to re-install Diablo on a newly formatted hard drive last summer, I did not bother installing Hellfire.

ok I guess...not really worth it though

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Luckily I got this from a friend for a few dollars, so I didn'twaste bucks on it. If you haven't guessed, its not worth it. Theonly good additions are the ability to choose difficulty levels on single player games, and the new weapons and spells. The added characters are worthless, for all intents and purposes, and the added levels are pretty bland and not representative of Diablo. to make it more interesting find any diablo cheat site and look for hacker tricks to do interesting things like add a guy in a cow suit to the game. Otherwise, its a pretty dumb add-on.

Some good parts, but mostly worthless.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: September 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm going to keep this short and sweet. The ability to cast Apocalypse and Nova and other high-level spells is great fun, but the added levels are a waste of time. In addition to that, I think Unique items are programmed to show up more frequently, which isn't as fun as the patient search for them was in Diablo. Get it for cheap if, and only if, you want to.

Good Considering the Space They Worked With

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: September 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Many people comment on how Hellfire isn't worth it because of the shear lack of attention and detail they put into the expansion, but there's a perfectly good reason for this: much of the expansion (including the Monk character class) was ALREADY in the original Diablo. Why can't you use them in the normal game? Simple: Blizzard decided to surpress these elements, probably to give them something to release for an expansion. This is also the reason that people have been able to hack the multiplayer game to include the Monk, because he was already in the game. There is still a lot more to the expansion, however. And personally, I think that it breathes a LOT of live into the single player game, which I play a lot more often than Battle.net since I don't have unlimited phone line access in a multi person household. I would recomend this to any hard core Diablo fan out there.

The ultimate expansion

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

For those who loved or lived for DIABLO, this is the great expansion set. I only rated it 4/5 at the cause there are no multiplayer option in this expansion. I will also recommand DIABLO II, and it's expansion set (releasing soon).

Nice addition if Sierra would offer better support.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: November 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Before Diablo II came out I played Diablo quite often. I thought HellFire would be a great addition, but after installing it the game would crash or lock up my system. I tried installing HellFire on a different computer with the same results, and Sierra's patch was no help. I'm not suprized since I've had similar problems with Caesar III and Pharaoh.

Sierra has great ideas, but falls short on support after the sale is made.

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