You can now opt to automatically pick up gold (but the pickup range is extremely small), you now have multiple stash pages that can be shared between characters, and you can now put a clock on the screen.Įverything else – stuff like quests, sounds, maps, skill trees, bosses, to name a few – are exactly the same as they were back when the game launched in 2000. Of additional note are the new quality of life improvements, though most are pretty minor. Is that a floating spear walking around? Yes

There are upgraded particles as well, though I had some spell effects bug out in pixelated form at some points. The character models and environments are just as good, and Activision Blizzard includes fun toggle hotkey that lets you switch the graphics between the original and the remaster instantly. And there’s not much to say other than the intro cutscene looks phenomenally detailed. This is a game that makes no attempt to change up the existing formula.īut first things first: starting up D2:R, you’ll see one of the recipients of the game’s upgraded visuals: the cutscenes. I spent a bunch of time replaying Acts I and II – the only Acts available in the beta – and I can safely say that Diablo II: Resurrected is an extremely faithful remaster. (thankfully, this time around you didn’t need to sit in a stream for hours upon hours, hoping for that lucky random drop)

After snagging my copy of Diablo II from an Electronics Boutique, I proceeded to spend the majority of my summer hours happily grinding my way through the world of Sanctuary.Įarlier this year, Activision “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain” Blizzard announced that the official remaster would be coming soon in the form of Diablo II: Resurrected, and it was just last weekend that the beta client was made available for all players that pre-ordered Diablo II or were willing to shell out two-and-a-half hours of their time watching Twitch streamers play the game. I’d graduated high school, gone on a month-long jaunt around Asia, and afterwards settled into a comfortable existence in the few months before what would be my freshman year of college. The summer of 2000 was a relaxing time for me.

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