Rating
| Aspect | Score (of 100) | What was measured | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frame rate (22) | 70/100 | median 59 fps, 1% low 24 | |
| Smoothness (18) | 62/100 | 0.6 s of stutter a minute, longest frame 2296 ms | |
| Sound (12) | 100/100 | 0.1 audible sound dropouts a minute | |
| Picture (12) | 95/100 | minor cosmetic: a small visual quirk that doesn't affect play or readability (e.g. a semitransparent cursor, a one-pixel seam, a slightly wrong shade in one UI element) -5 (PS3/Walnut only) | |
| Stability (12) | 91/100 | 0 crashes, 0 unclean quits in 0.4 h of play (provisional: under 1 h) | |
| Controls (10) | 100/100 | 5 of 5 tested checks pass | |
| Display (6) | 90/100 | fullscreen 1920x1080; a desktop mouse pointer over the game -10 | |
| Features (5) | 100/100 | 1 of 1 tested checks pass | |
| Load (3) | 100/100 | 15 s to the game's first screen (the level load not measured: no play mark or no input log) |
- Picture: minor cosmetic: a small visual quirk that doesn't affect play or readability (e.g. a semitransparent cursor, a one-pixel seam, a slightly wrong shade in one UI element) (the mouse cursor draws semitransparent (the player's form note, 'very minor'); re-filed from colours 2026-10-30; X cursors are not in the xwd captures, so the shots can't show it), -5 PS3/Walnut only
Rated from 1 session, 21 minutes of play on devilutionx 1.5.5-1+ps3.931~dev20261028204953 (Walnut 0.1). Details
Screenshots
As rendered on the PS3.
Installation
In Walnut Games, the desktop app: Install, then Add game files... and pick your copy of Diablo: the disc in the drive, an ISO, BIN/CUE or MDF image, an installer or a folder. The game data is not part of the package, and Walnut does not offer it.
What works: DIABDAT.MPQ from your own Diablo (the CD, or GOG's installer or installed copy); Hellfire's hf*.mpq files for the expansion. The free shareware version's spawn.mpq also works if you put it in the game folder by hand.
Optional, from a copy that has them: the expansion: Also add in the app.
More ways (a terminal, game-data-packager on any Debian system, copying the files by hand): Guides.
Or from a terminal, from Walnut's apt repository:
sudo apt install devilutionx
Known issues
- The mouse cursor draws semitransparent instead of solid.
- One pause of about 2 s in a 20-minute session, and a few short sound dropouts.
The game's home page: https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX. License: Sustainable-Use-1.0 (non-free: non-commercial use only).