However, I wonder if Blizzard could stand to add more optional features. Given my history with Diablo II, I’m perhaps not the best person to answer to this. That does, of course, raise the question of how addictive Diablo II: Resurrected might be for newcomers. The Devilkin still flip over themselves in the air and spray blood on the ground as they fall, Goatmen still bleat pathetically, special enemies still explode into giant pools of gore – it’s a morbid feast for the senses that helps to keep that core gameplay loop as addictive and satisfying as it’s ever been. I especially came to appreciate the care that has gone into replicating the enemy death animations and sounds. But after 15 hours of playtime, I am relieved to say that Diablo II: Resurrected is shaping up to be more or less exactly what I had hoped for.Īct II, with additional assets for its desert setting and reflections in the marble floors of the Arcane Sanctuary, benefits from the new technology in every conceivable way. It had some expected, negligible issues one would expect of an alpha, like a few audio bugs, frame rate drops, and stability issues (and Blizzard says the final release will not require a permanent connection to ). The alpha includes Acts I and II out of the overall five and three of the seven playable classes: Amazon, Barbarian, and Sorceress – counterparts to the classes available in the first Diablo. Is Resurrected the definitive version of the game I fondly remember from 20 years ago, and is that still a good thing? Sitting down with the first Diablo II: Resurrected single-player technical alpha was therefore an emotionally complicated experience. Hell (pun intended), I even wrote some Diablo fan fiction.

I was obsessed enough to sketch the various characters and demons from the game manual.

It was my introduction to dark fantasy, action RPGs, and loot-based games more generally.

Diablo II was a big part of my adolescence.

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