Editing Diablo II (section)

===Critical reviews===
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 89%<ref name="grank_pc" />
| MC = 88/100<ref name="mcritic_pc" />
| GSpot = 8.5/10.0<ref name="gspot_score" />
| GSpy = 86/100<ref name="gamespy_review" />
| IGN = 8.3/10.0<ref name="ign_score" />
| NGen = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="NG"/>
| award1Pub = [[Guinness Book of World Records]]
| award1 = Fastest Selling Computer Game Ever Sold (2000)<ref name="guinness" />
| award2Pub = [[Interactive Achievement Awards]]
| award2 = [[D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game of the Year|PC Role-Playing Game of the Year]] ([[4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|2001]])<ref name="4million" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2001&idGame=572 |title=D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Diablo II |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |website=interactive.org |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
| award3Pub = [[Interactive Achievement Awards]]
| award3 = PC Game of the Year ([[4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|2001]])<ref name="4million" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2001&idGame=572 |title=D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Diablo II |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |website=interactive.org |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
| award4Pub = [[Interactive Achievement Awards]]
| award4 = [[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]] ([[4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|2001]])<ref name="4million" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2001&idGame=572 |title=D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Diablo II |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |website=interactive.org |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
| award5Pub = ''[[PC Gamer]]''
| award5 = #16 "50 Best Games of All Time" (2005)<ref>PC Gamer, April 2005</ref>
| award6Pub = ''[[PC Gamer]]''
| award6 = #82 "Top 100 Games" (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=169683 |title=PC Feature: PC Gamer's Best 100: 100–51 |publisher=ComputerAndVideoGames.com |date=August 7, 2007 |access-date=September 15, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129122658/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=169683 |archive-date=January 29, 2010 }}</ref>
| award7Pub = ''[[Computer and Video Games]]''
| award7 = #25 "The 101 Best PC Games Ever" (2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=164289 |title=Feature: The 101 best PC games ever, part four |publisher=ComputerAndVideoGames.com |date=May 20, 2007 |access-date=September 15, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208082139/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=164289 |archive-date=February 8, 2010 }}</ref>
| award8Pub = ''[[GamePro]]''
| award8 = #11 "The 32 Best PC Games" (2008)<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tennant |first=Dan |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/207307/the-32-best-pc-games-page-2-of-3/ |title=The 32 Best PC Games, page 2, Feature Story from |magazine=GamePro |date=September 30, 2008 |access-date=September 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420161212/http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/207307/the-32-best-pc-games-page-2-of-3/ |archive-date=April 20, 2010}}</ref>
| award9Pub = [[Destructoid]]
| award9 = #7 "Top Video Games of the Decade" (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/the-top-50-videogames-of-the-decade-10-1--155591.phtml |title=The Top 50 Videogames of the Decade (#10–1) |website=Destructoid |date=March 16, 2006 |access-date=September 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128064548/http://www.destructoid.com/the-top-50-videogames-of-the-decade-10-1--155591.phtml |archive-date=November 28, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref>
| award10Pub = [[IGN]]
| award10 = #6 "Top 10 RPGs of All Time" (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/top/rpgs/6 |title=Diablo II - #6 RPG |website=IGN |date=2012 |access-date=November 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013180055/http://www.ign.com/top/rpgs/6 |archive-date=October 13, 2014 }}</ref>
}}

''Diablo II'' has a positive reception. The PC version of the game achieves an overall score of 88/100 on [[Metacritic]] and 89% at [[GameRankings]].<ref name="grank_pc">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/197113-diablo-ii/index.html |title=Diablo II for PC |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=September 15, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929144327/http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/197113-diablo-ii/index.html |archive-date=September 29, 2010}}</ref><ref name="mcritic_pc">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/diablo-ii/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Diablo II for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=November 1, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823101008/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/diablo2?q=diablo%20II |archive-date=August 23, 2009}}</ref> [[GameSpy]] awarded the game an 86 out of 100,<ref name="gamespy_review" /> ''[[IGN]]'' awarded the game an 8.3 out of 10,<ref name="ign_score">{{cite web|url= https://www.ign.com/games/diablo-ii |title=Diablo II |publisher=IGN |access-date=September 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927075554/http://pc.ign.com/objects/010/010629.html |archive-date=September 27, 2010 }}</ref> and ''[[GameSpot]]'' awarded the game an 8.5 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/diablo2/review.html |title=Diablo II for PC Review – PC Diablo II: Resurrected Review - Pile Of Old Bones |publisher=Gamespot.com |date=June 29, 2000 |access-date=September 15, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729012825/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/diablo2/review.html |archive-date=July 29, 2010 }}</ref>

Greg Vederman reviewed the PC version of the game for ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'', rating it five stars out of five, and stated that "''Diablo II'' is a must-have PC title. That's all there is to it."<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|last=Vederman|first=Greg|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|volume=3|issue=9|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=September 2000|page=110}}</ref>