Diablo 2: Resurrected Remasters Blizzard's RPG Classic On PC And Consoles

Guess it looks a little improved....but I still have high doubts it'll be anywhere near as good as the Mods were for D2....once we got tired of the tiny inventory and stash, etc, etc, etc, Eastern Sun improved D2 by a million times. You can still play that also. We did for a decade. I hope I'm proven wrong, but I doubt this will fix enough things to even come close to sniffing how good Eastern Sun was.

Ok I'm in.

And now all I am wondering is if I should make the switch to console or revert back to my PC dungeon-crawling ways.

After Reforged I am not touching this with a 10 foot pole.

This should be nothing but good news but it's actually causing spiraling. D2 was great and the prospect of getting a new version with pretty 3d visuals and who knows what else shouldn't make people say "oh god, what are they going to do to it?". It shouldn't make people go through the list of times Blizzard and other companies screwed the public with awful releases lacking content and loaded with microtransactions. It is though and Blizzard is largely to blame for it. Look what they did to warcraft. Then look at their stance on China. Don't pre order this and don't buy it til you know exactly what they've done to it and know exactly what you're buying. They don't deserve the benefit of the doubt.

I fell for the whole Warcraft III Reforged marketing and promises and was sorely disappointed in how it all rolled out and played. Honestly, it was nothing more than to capitalize on the name and nostalgic value of the franchise. What is going to make this any different? The amount of money they are asking for a "re-tread" game, which is as much as a new game, is a bit absurd. Ever since Activision got their hands on Blizzard, the games have become more of a "give us all your money" rather than "we hope the players enjoy the game".

Those screenshots are getting me pretty nostalgic.

can I still bot the way I did back in D2 original?

I know that Diablo II is technically a superior game, but I would love to see a remake of the first, succinct, scary and well made little game. For me, it's my favorite. Just lovely violence and horror without filler.

Damn, imagine if they had cared enough to give StarCraft "Remastered" a treatment like this. Guess you could argue those hi-res 2D sprites look good enough and 3D would ruin the character of the game, but they also didn't even bother to change the old cutscenes

am I the only one more excited for Diablo II Resurrected than Diablo IV?

The big concern to me is if it will be always online.

I do get what some are saying as lately there were some games that was so hyped it turned out to be false. I am praying that this version does all that was in the original D2. It looks good in 3D and I rather play the new one than reinstalling the old one even with the glide tool as the new version will use the newer cards better.

Never played a Diablo game but did enjoy a 'clone' called Champions of Norrath: Everquest and its sequel. Think I stuck with that because it let me make my own character and had a lot of variety in classes/ races.

While the OG DII looks like it has some good sprites I assume running the game is a hassle in on itself, like a lot of DOS games. So wonder if this may be the chance to give that Champions predecessor a go. Assuming ActBliz doesn't ReForge the game?

Is this basically just a graphics facelift with some tweaked audio? I would be up for it, but certainly not for anything close to $60. Anyhow, it would be a shame if there is no additional content such as missions or new areas.

this is huge.. cant wait to play the D2 resurrected version. I used to buy a ton of d2 items from sites like itemnow.com, d2legit etc... i wonder if these shops will still be around

Just goes to show that you shouldn't believe anything Blizzard says. And that the source code is not needed for anything. Modders can modify every single aspect of any game without it, yet some folks like to make it sound as if you couldn't even rerelease a game in its original form if you no longer have the original copy and source code. When you can still download the game in many places online.

But I wonder what they're gonna change about it. Are they gonna keep everything as it is aside from the graphics? I'm sure they will make some changes to the skills, at least some that they couldn't easily do before. But otherwise they were talking about how they'd have to change everything for a remaster, and that that's why we'll never get to see one. So I guess they chose to just release it as it is with prettied up graphics now because there's been so much demand for it.

It's looking good.

Fact that it is being handled by Vicarious Vision also helps a lot.

That Tony Hawk remake was great.

very excited by this.. i shouldn't be.. I, like many, played the heck out of Diablo 2, but very much looking forward to this when it releases.

it's telling too... I think Blizzard did this because Diablo IV is still a long way from being done. that's ok.. I'd rather have it right.

Remember when they said all the same things about the WarCraft 3 remake and then failed to deliver basically every single promise?

What makes you think this will be a single iota different?

Vicarious Visions did a great job with Tony Hawk, but with Blizzard controlling the shots at what point do they go "eh, its good enough push it out" like the CDPR corpo team? mmhmm

Who else is hoping they do a better job with this remaster than the last one??