11-07-2003, 09:36 AM
This really should have been posted on the Diablo forum instead of the Lounge. But to answer your question, I think I would look at it this way:
For the first time you play the game, single player is probably better. You can save the game and reload it right where you left off, which is nice for the first run through. The game is a bit easier in single player mode. There are a lot more quests in single player, some of which are kind of cool.
Once you have "beaten the game" with that first single player character, there really isn't much left to do with single player mode. At that point, it's best to start a new, multiplayer character. Multiplayer allows you to play with other people (duh), but also generally gives the game more staying power. The most obvious things are the presence of nightmare and hell difficulty, and the ability to enter any section at the start of a new game instead of having to start on dungeon level one. So while a single player character is really fun for one run through, a multiplayer character is fun forever (until they get so powerful that it just becomes pointless).
For the first time you play the game, single player is probably better. You can save the game and reload it right where you left off, which is nice for the first run through. The game is a bit easier in single player mode. There are a lot more quests in single player, some of which are kind of cool.
Once you have "beaten the game" with that first single player character, there really isn't much left to do with single player mode. At that point, it's best to start a new, multiplayer character. Multiplayer allows you to play with other people (duh), but also generally gives the game more staying power. The most obvious things are the presence of nightmare and hell difficulty, and the ability to enter any section at the start of a new game instead of having to start on dungeon level one. So while a single player character is really fun for one run through, a multiplayer character is fun forever (until they get so powerful that it just becomes pointless).