Diablo 2 Resurrected coming to PC and consoles in 2021
A 20-year-old classic is coming to PC and consoles, as Blizzard has unveiled Diablo 2 Resurrected.
This BlizzConline Opening Ceremony has focused a lot on the old-school classics. And that includes celebrating the old days of Diablo 2. Following its reveals for Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal, Blizzard unveiled a remaster of one of its greatest classics: Diablo 2 Resurrected.
Diablo 2 Resurrected will feature the full original game and remaster it from the ground up, offering 4K visuals on PC. On top of the full base game, all content from the original game's Lord of Destruction expansion will also be included. For those who don't remember the old-school classic, players must battle through various fiery and icy environments, as they face off against the game's Prime Evils, including Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal. While the visuals are being upgraded, Blizzard is touting that the original gameplay will remain intact. In fact, if you want the full original experience, a classic graphics option will also be available.
Diablo 2 Resurrected will release on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch with cross-platform progression available, though it's not likely that cross-buy will be supported. The game will release later this year, but in the meantime, PC players can try and get into the technical alpha. Sign-ups are avialable on the Diablo 2 website.
We'll have more from BlizzConline throughout the weekend, so stay tuned to Shacknews for the latest updates.
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replyOzzie Mejia posted a new article, Diablo 2 Resurrected coming to PC and consoles in 2021
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Hell yeah!
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Looks amazing but after playing the original for so many hours I’m undecided if I can dedicate that time again
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I'm rather disappointed they're just remaking it in a lame 3D engine. I was hoping they'd go the Starcraft Remastered route. The original 2D art was sick, and would have looked amazing if it had been hand remastered into 4K.
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The amount of sprites needed would have absolutely ballooned the download size, but yeah that would have looked neat
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I finished Diablo 3 at launch and didn’t enjoy it as much as 2. I tried the later versions of 3 on consoles and still couldn’t get into it.
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2 has way more character than 3. Maybe the gameplay loop isn’t as smooth as 3 post-ROS but it’s much more memorable.
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I beat one and 3, barely played 2. Interested just to see it really. Heard it was a solid diablo. Gonna wait for reviews though
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If they'd let us choose Vanilla or Expansion I'd be ecstatic. Diablo 2 Vanilla is my all-time favorite multiplayer game. It created a masterful multiplayer experience by combining variety and depth on the one side, with balancing to a level way beyond what could be reasonably expected, on the other. The repetitiveness was certainly a weakness, but to me the core gameplay mechanics are unrivaled to this day, both for PvE and PvP. Then came the expansion, and I guess what was an attempt at even more variety by introducing rune words, completely broke balancing, both of items and classes. No game has even taken me from 100 to 0 like that - although it probably stopped me from dropping out of college, so it wasn't all bad.
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I hated runes too. Certain runewords were so strong they imbalanced the game but also almost impossible to find. Diablo 2 had a fine balance between grinding and rewards and the runes just threw that off for me.
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I'm guessing full cross platform play is pending. I imagine Sony is the holdout.
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Best version of coop IMO
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I hope the sound for runes isn’t fingernails on chalkboards this time.
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This video has TONS of details about their plans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3dL7ZeIAsE&feature=emb_logo
Some of the questions/wished expressed in this thread are addressed. You will be able to choose between vanilla and LOD. They did go back to many of the original art and sound assets. Etc.
