It was both a financial and critical success, and is largely responsible for the popularization of the subgenre. If you want to know more about all the changes and features coming in this release, I highly suggest you check out the original reveal, as well as this amazing deep dive with some of the game’s developers.īack to Diablo II – the original game was released smack dab in the middle of when Blizzard was at its best and would be hard pressed to do any sort of wrong. Based on what we’ve seen so far, it seems that Diablo II Resurrected will use the original game as its literal framework and layer a brand-new graphics renderer on top of it, alongside some much needed quality-of-life features (some are optional). While that doesn’t mean that the ball can’t be fumbled, it certainly doesn’t spell disaster from the outset. There is hope yet, though, for Vicarious Visions of recent Crash Bandicoot and THPS 1+2 fame will be in the driver’s seat this time. I don’t even like to bring it up, as it feels just as icky as saying “Voldemort.” One of the most popular hack-and-slash lootfests would be faithfully recreated for both old and new generations? LET’S FREAKING GOOO! And the keyword here is “faithfully” as prior to this announcement, Blizzard would not have the best track record of faithful remakes or remasters thanks to the Warcraft III: Reforged debacle. Naturally, when Blizzard announced that the long-rumored Diablo II remaster – or Diablo II Resurrected – would be hitting store/eShop shelves this year, I was ecstatic.
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