Diablo 2 Remastered Confirmed for release this year

[Brian9824]

https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-2-resurrected-announced-for-pc-ps5-xbox-series-x-ps4-xbox-one-and-nintendo-switch

[$2 Hero]

Blessed mother... save us 🤡

[F]

ok so what

[Sidakte]

*hyped mephisto noises*

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

It will suck anyway

[Brian9824]

They took the game away from Blizzard and assigned it to a different group after Warcraft 3 remake fiasco.

[Lokaror]

Originally posted by brian9824:

They took the game away from Blizzard and assigned it to a different group after Warcraft 3 remake fiasco.

Other way around. They farmed the warcraft 3 stuff out to another studio and now have a studio for all these remasters, one that activision blizzard acquired that has a history of decent remakes masters and ports.

[Radene]

But I already have Diablo 2. And I don't need a "remaster".

[Bluemenkranz]

Can't wait for them to ♥♥♥♥ this one up too

[TwinEdgedBastard]

Surprisingly, I don't completely hate the new art style, it actually is kind of faithful to the original, though the original is still better.

The characters look a bit weird, I know the characters always looked kind of weird, but they look extra off in Resurrected. The Barbarian also looks less buff in this version, I would go as far as to say he looks more fat than buff.

The animations look way off. Diablo 2 had very sharp animations that made every action look powerful. Resurrected's smoother animations make the combat look more floaty. I am aware that they've stated the gameplay will remain unchanged.

None of what I just said are the deal breakers though, I would actually be fine picking this up if it weren't for the company behind it. So for now, I'm just gonna stick to the original, at least until certain changes are made within Actiblizz or their franchises are relinquished and given to a more preferable company.

On the bright side, console users will finally be able to experience the game.

Originally posted by Miss Ann Thrope:

I'm more curious about Diablo IV.

I don't need to play Diablo II again, even if it's remastered.

Diablo IV actually does look more interesting the more I look at it. The combat looks more dynamic, which is how I've thought the Diablo formula should have innovated.

[Catnip]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

[secuda]

Nice, but i cant really find myself be playing that, especially not without friends to make it less tolirate. Probably buy for €20 or less.

[Marius]

I think the new graphics too remind me of POE too much, and it's feels very busy. I love the old school graphics cause they are so clean. You can see easily what you're doing on the screen.. Except if you're playing with 4+ people.

But I need to play and find out, tho.

Edit: I would personally get rid of Teleport and Enigma, and make it so whenever you finish a boss in Hell or finish one of the 85+ level area's you have to open a chest and some teleport-scroll will drop. You can use this scroll to teleport directly to the area's you need to be. Thus every character can MF right from the start.

[secuda]

https://youtu.be/DRP62MGOrUo

[Magma Dragoon]

Keeping everything that was wrong with it and slapping a new coat of paint on it. Nostalgic people will pick it up and find they aren't 14 any more and wasting an entire weekend with nothing to show for it but some perfect gems and stuff that would have been useful 40 levels ago isn't fun.

Underneath, though, is the original game, at 800x600 resolution.

Not even new paint then???

Originally posted by Patriot:

After what they did to Warcraft 3 reforged.....I strongly advise do not pre purchase this game

very good point

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Patriot:

After what they did to Warcraft 3 reforged.....I strongly advise do not pre purchase this game

Yep. Blizzard used to be a company I could trust with pre-orders... they have fallen quite a bit, imho. These days I hold them to my $20 or less rule (compete pack, with all DLC) and won't buy on released, let along pre-order.