I, like most RPG fans, played Diablo II at one point. It was an addiction, one of my bigger ones I might add, that took me a long time to get bored of. Recently though, I got an urge to play it again, but while looking on the internet at the latest updates, I came across Hellgate: London, a game made by the Diablo team that seems to be the latest Diablo with a real world slant. I was hooked on what I read and I started looking forward to it, but it was still such a long way from release and so I set it to the back of my mind, ready to be awakened closer to its release.

Then Guild Wars was shot across my bow by a friend who had picked it up. I started a new character, an Elementalist, and after a few hours of play I realised something. I was playing a Diablo Clone. Its well hidden, the lobby is intergrated into the lagtastic towns and the leveling may be played down, but it is a Diablo clone.

Since this revelation I have been enjoying the game thorroughly, though I think that they make levels less important, which I am not too keen on, there is a rich database of quests and a lot of friendly people all looking for a good quest or two.

So untill Hellgate: London arrives with its lush graphics and spooky, post appocolyptic setting, I will be adventuring Guild Wars style!