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Don't think this has been mentioned at all but looks like there's a Diablo 2 remake in the works, being made by Vicarious Visions who made the Tony Hawk 1 + 2 remake as well as a team at Blizzard. Hopefully it isn't the shit show that Warcraft 3 Reforged was. https://kotaku.com/report-vicarious-visions-is-working-on-a-diablo-ii-rem-1846115389 Edited by JamboWayOh at 02:18:37 23-01-2021 |
Diablo 2 Remake
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JamboWayOh 23,052 posts
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Ddanno 1,779 posts
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Registered 6 years agoBlimey.
Also, ffs, I had things to do in my 40s that didn't include trying to get an SoJ/Windforce/IK Hammer/etc -
Dirtbox 92,092 posts
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Registered 19 years agoThe original is clanky as shit, but still very playable. I don't really see the point in a remake aside from a resolution upgrade. -
askew 22,882 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDoesn't a Diablo 2 remake with fancy graphics = Diablo 3? -
Rogueywon 11,093 posts
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Registered 15 years ago@askew Nah, they're actually pretty different games. Diablo 3 is pretty and I have sunk way too many hours into it, but it smoothed a lot of its predecessor's rough edges. It's a more accessible game, but I can see how people would miss the harsher mechanics from Diablo 2. -
Poorandugly 647 posts
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Registered 15 years agoNah they play quite differently. D3 is like a slot machine, always worried to bore or offend you. D2 game play was slower and more unforgiving, and more about the atmosphere, atleast for people like me who are a bit shit. Now, atmosphere is difficult to replicate but if they pull it off I'd definitely be interested.
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JamboWayOh 23,052 posts
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Registered 8 years agoYeah the atmosphere of D2 is a world away from D3. D2 feels quite brooding and oppressive whereas D3 always felt me like a Haunted house attraction kind of atmosphere. Don't get me wrong about D3 though, I've put far too many hours into it that I care too mention. -
TechnoHippy 18,602 posts
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Registered 18 years agoDoes this mean a console version? If so, colour me interested for a replay. -
Dirtbox 92,092 posts
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Registered 19 years agoHope they get Matt Uelmen back, the music was at least 50% of the atmosphere. -
crashVoodoo 7,075 posts
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Registered 19 years agoon pc and consoles with cross .... progression
before > after footage from 40 second mark
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THFourteen 54,003 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThat looks fucking great -
challenge_hanukkah 13,820 posts
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Registered 7 years agoIt can't be any worse than Warcraft 3 Reforged at least. -
DakeyrasUK 4,965 posts
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Registered 8 years agoBeen 20 years since I played diablo 2 and only 3 or so since I played diablo 3 on switch.
To me it seemed like I was playing diablo 2 with modern graphics... put many hrs into it so will probably do so again. -
Trafford 9,000 posts
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Registered 13 years agoNever played the original but sank hundreds of hours into 3.
I'm bang up for this. -
Mola_Ram 25,403 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI know that there's a lot of love for 2, but personally I liked the first Diablo more. And I liked 3 more too (after they fixed it).
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TechnoHippy 18,602 posts
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Dirtbox 92,092 posts
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Registered 19 years agoDiablo 1 made me feel kind of depressed, it was just a dungeon crawl going deeper and deeper. I remember piling money up beside my chest because there was nothing to buy and I had far too much. Hellfire made it better, and I was about to say something about the expansion being caught up in licensing limbo as it was made and published by Sierra, but it's all owned by Activision Blizzard now. -
Mola_Ram 25,403 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI liked the simplicity of the first game, and the sense of danger. MP did get utterly ruined by cheating, though. -
Nemesis 19,970 posts
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Registered 19 years agoRespawns in Tristram. Ahhhhh Diablo 2 hacks, my word was it bad.
All over this. D1 was utterly brilliant and miserable. D2 was fatter, has lots of fields which had you desperate for a dungeon and boss section....but wow. Those cutscenes and story. Just great. -
JamboWayOh 23,052 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI can't believe this game came out in 2000. I feel so old. Regardless I'm bang up for this. Still concerned about the whole WC3 Reforged fuck up though. -
dfunked09 1,697 posts
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Registered 10 months agoYeah, they're pretty much the last company that I'd consider preordering anything from. Definitely a wait and see for me even if it does look great and VV have a good track record. -
crashVoodoo 7,075 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI think I played a demo of 1 but not 2. I'm sure this is around the time I fell out of pc gaming.
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Humperfunk 8,471 posts
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Registered 8 years agoOnly played Diablo 3 (and loved it), so this is very welcome news .gif)
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THFourteen 54,003 posts
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Registered 16 years agoQuestion is, switch, pc or both 
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Poorandugly 647 posts
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Registered 15 years agoLooks promising. Hopefully they will implement controller support on PC (heresy I know, but fuck it, I want to play from the coach). -
Nemesis 19,970 posts
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Registered 19 years agoCharacters tied to accounts would be handy; hopping Switch to PS4 and not having to re-do everything .... that would be dead handy. -
Nemesis 19,970 posts
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Registered 19 years agoPoorandugly wrote:
Sure that was mentioned on the feed!
Looks promising. Hopefully they will implement controller support on PC (heresy I know, but fuck it, I want to play from the coach). -
@Nemesis Awesome, thanks for letting me know!
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