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

[Spawn of Totoro]

Origineel geplaatst door B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

You can't really blame them for it. You build upon something someone has done and make it better (if you can), every video games company large and small has done this and will do it.

Yep, and it all started with Pong. Everything after that, is a clone of Pong in some way, shape or form.

[Masque]

I just wish the guy would give credit. He mentioned Angband once in an interview that I saw. Said he got the inspiration for exactly one mechanic from it. Which is complete bullsquat. He literally turned Angband into a graphical game, for the most part. Enough that he probably did a disservice (at the very least) to the well-written open source license and legalese which is part of every Angband variant -- which is probably why he won't admit it.

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

The only thing what fazinates me about blizzard is how wow is still that popular

[Tiberius]

As long as it's not an online game

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Origineel geplaatst door Tiberius:

As long as it's not an online game

Online/offline gameplay.

[☎need4naiim☎]

It was Blizzard North (now it's gone) who made the DII such a glorious hit back in the day. Now it is Vicarious Visions that try to revive the old gem.

Though it may look like a Blizzard/Activision game, it is still not. IMO, that's why so many people are collected by the hype. I watched the team's broadcast and they love the game with a passion. They even went into the codes/design of first Diablo game and dug its files to get a better understanding of statues, architecture, characters... etc. of Diablo II LoD. The updated game UI looks terrific.

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Origineel geplaatst door B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

Origineel geplaatst door Tiberius:

As long as it's not an online game

Online/offline gameplay.

Yeah but without the s* blizzard launcher you can’t play it

[Masque]

Like EA and Rockstar, I only use the Blizzard launcher for one game. Just Diablo 3.

Also like EA and Rockstar (for Burnout:Paradise and Red Dead 2, respectively), I've never really had a problem with the launchers. I mean, besides the annoyance of Rockstar having a stupid update system for its own launcher, when it has to uninstall both the launcher and the Social Club for a 10 kilobyte update, and then reinstall both the launcher and the Social Club every other day, that is. They're slow kids on the short bus, and they can't help it. Not everyone can be like Steam, that can update the client without completely uninstalling it every day. That takes brains.

Rant aside, I don't mind the Blizzard launcher, for exactly one game. It's not even a minor annoyance. I just consider it a main menu of sorts.

[Vaxen]

very hyped yes

[Masque]

I will buy both Diablo 2 remaster, and Diablo 4. Absolutely plan on both.

As soon as they go on sale for half price, with all the DLC. And no sooner.

[AustrAlien2010]

But can they make it run on a toaster? I'm still using that old thing. I suppose, I'll have to upgrade the cooling system on my 3DFX voodoo Glide card once more, to rip these consoles a new one?

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

What is kinda cool is that in diablo 4 you not only can customize your characters looks this time you can also customize the background which makes it more rpg than the previous titles but i still don’t get it why it has to be a mmo

[Masque]

Jt, best not to spoil yourself. Just my opinion. Stop looking and wait.

Keep spoiling yourself, and when you get the game, you'll have no surprises.

Don't you like surprises?

[Marius]

I am only a bit sad I need to download the Battle.net Client. I don't want more launchers, lol. I want a standalone D2:R like my D2 is standalone without a launcher.

[Soap]

I watched the deep dive panel on it and it’s clear the team has a great deal of respect for the game and is remastering it properly. Looks good so far, good enough that I’ll reserve further judgements until I experience it first hand.

Often I’m hesitant with remasters as they do often come across as simply undeserved money grabs that don’t do justice to the originals. But that doesn’t look to be the case here. It makes a lot of sense to do a remaster now with new games in the works and will perhaps keep the new games in line with the richness of D2.