<s>
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lord	I-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
is	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
the	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
Diablos	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
Diablo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hellfire	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
first-party	O
expansion	O
developed	O
by	O
Blizzard	O
North	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lord	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
added	O
content	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
two	O
new	O
character	O
classes	O
,	O
new	O
weapons	O
and	O
an	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
fifth	O
act	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
dramatically	O
revamped	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
existing	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
for	O
solo	O
and	O
especially	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lord	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
adds	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
core	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hirelings	B-Application
can	O
now	O
follow	O
the	O
player	O
through	O
all	O
the	O
Acts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
player	O
successfully	O
ventures	O
into	O
Hell	O
and	O
defeats	O
Diablo	B-Application
in	O
Act	O
IV	O
,	O
upon	O
returning	O
to	O
the	O
Pandemonium	O
Fortress	O
they	O
are	O
met	O
by	O
the	O
Archangel	O
Tyrael	O
with	O
an	O
urgent	O
summon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tyrael	O
opens	O
a	O
portal	O
to	O
Harrogath	B-Application
,	O
a	O
stronghold	O
on	O
Mount	O
Arreat	O
in	O
the	O
northern	O
Barbarian	O
Highlands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
shown	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Act	O
IV	O
,	O
while	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
Prime	O
Evils	O
of	O
Hell	O
,	O
Diablo	B-Application
and	O
Mephisto	O
,	O
have	O
been	O
defeated	O
and	O
their	O
Soulstones	O
destroyed	O
at	O
the	O
Hellforge	O
,	O
their	O
surviving	O
brother	O
Baal	O
has	O
retrieved	O
his	O
own	O
Soulstone	O
from	O
the	O
narrator	O
Marius	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
six	O
quests	O
in	O
Act	O
V	O
.	O
The	O
player	O
starts	O
off	O
at	O
the	O
stronghold	O
of	O
Harrogath	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
folk	O
in	O
Harrogath	B-Application
do	O
not	O
initially	O
trust	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
(	O
even	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
playing	O
as	O
the	O
Barbarian	O
class	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
slay	O
Shenk	O
the	O
Overseer	O
who	O
is	O
leading	O
the	O
assault	O
in	O
the	O
Bloody	O
Foothills	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
relieve	O
the	O
siege	O
of	O
Harrogath	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
soon	O
discovers	O
that	O
one	O
of	O
Harrogath	B-Application
's	O
councilors	O
or	O
Elders	O
,	O
Nihlathak	O
,	O
has	O
made	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
Baal	O
to	O
spare	O
Harrogath	B-Application
in	O
return	O
for	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Worldstone	O
Keep	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Worldstone	O
is	O
corrupted	O
by	O
Baal	O
,	O
Tyrael	O
has	O
no	O
choice	O
but	O
to	O
destroy	O
it	O
before	O
its	O
power	O
of	O
Hell	O
takes	O
root	O
;	O
the	O
consequences	O
of	O
the	O
Worldstone	O
's	O
destruction	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
fully	O
known	O
until	O
twenty	B-Application
years	I-Application
later	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Druid	O
can	O
summon	O
will-o-the-wisp-like	O
spirits	O
that	O
provide	O
Paladin-like	O
Auras	O
,	O
increasing	O
damage	O
,	O
life	O
,	O
or	O
returning	O
damage	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
attacker	O
(	O
like	O
the	O
Necromancer	B-Application
's	O
Iron	O
Maiden	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lord	I-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
score	O
was	O
recorded	O
in	O
Bratislava	O
,	O
Slovakia	O
with	O
the	O
Slovak	O
Radio	O
Symphony	O
Orchestra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lord	I-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
debuted	O
in	O
first	O
place	O
on	O
NPD	O
Intelect	O
's	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
rankings	O
for	O
June	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
maintained	O
the	O
position	O
in	O
July	O
and	O
August	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
dropped	O
to	O
#2	O
by	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
in	O
September	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
GameSpot	O
's	O
writer	O
Desslock	O
noted	O
that	O
Lord	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
had	O
"	O
sold	O
well	O
and	O
continue[s]	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
cited	O
its	O
performance	O
as	O
evidence	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
probably	O
never	O
been	O
a	O
larger	O
demand	O
for	O
RPGs	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Lord	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
ultimately	O
became	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
 '	O
fourth-best-selling	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
2001	O
,	O
with	O
domestic	O
sales	O
of	O
859,743	O
units	O
and	O
revenues	O
of	O
$29.2	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lord	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
received	O
a	O
"	O
Silver	O
"	O
sales	O
award	O
from	O
the	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Leisure	O
Software	O
Publishers	O
Association	O
(	O
ELSPA	O
)	O
,	O
indicating	O
sales	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
100,000	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
global	O
sales	O
of	O
Lord	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
had	O
surpassed	O
1	O
million	O
units	O
,	O
while	O
more	O
than	O
2	O
million	O
units	O
had	O
been	O
shipped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lord	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
community	O
the	O
expansion	O
caused	O
some	O
controversy	O
when	O
Blizzard	O
patched	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
with	O
an	O
update	O
that	O
made	O
Nightmare	O
and	O
Hell	O
difficulties	O
particularly	O
harder	O
than	O
before	O
;	O
some	O
players	O
felt	O
that	O
Blizzard	O
was	O
effectively	O
forcing	O
them	O
to	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
expansion	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
items	O
and	O
gain	O
the	O
abilities	O
necessary	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
challenges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lord	B-Application
of	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
 '	O
2001	O
"	O
Computer	O
Role	O
Playing	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
of	I-Application
Bhaal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
nominated	O
as	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
best	O
expansion	O
pack	O
by	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
GameSpot	O
and	O
RPG	O
Vault	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
these	O
awards	O
variously	O
to	O
Throne	B-Application
of	I-Application
Bhaal	I-Application
and	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
:	I-Application
Yuri	I-Application
's	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
.	O
</s>
