Tack on a few thousand hours onto this narration, and you’d know the story of how Blizzard North’s seminal action RPG damn near made me flunk out of the 7th grade. It didn’t matter what demonic horrors awaited me in those dark crypts, there was treasure sprinkled throughout every blood-caked corridor, and I was going to claim it as my own come hell or high water. Whenever Diablo 2 comes up, I can’t help but let early 2000s nostalgia overtake me - back when I’d stay up way too late gleefully monster-slaying on school nights. While Diablo 2: Resurrected is a Blizzard release, the developers of this remaster (Vicarious Visions) are not implicated in the allegations. Either way you win… unless in Hell mode.We’d like to note Activision Blizzard is currently facing multiple lawsuits over allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination. If you are looking for something older, well you can turn down that facelift and enjoy the beautiful pixelated glory. Built to run smoothly with controllers, and given a face lift, if you have wanted to play this classic it is a great time to jump in. Instead I just don’t have the ability to pay attention to that much text when I could be killing the undead, and I have the attention span of a sparrow.ĭiablo 2: Resurrected is the best way to play Diablo 2. I would love to tell you that but I won’t lie. For sure, I would love to tell you I read every word and got engrossed in every side quest narrative. Unfortunately in 2021, that much text to flick through is ruthless. It is one of the reasons the game blew so many people away back then. This is because a small number of pixels could only be so expressive, and voice acting was not where it is now. Many years ago this allowed them to tell an interesting and unique story. The biggest issue Diablo 2: Resurrected has is it is so wordy.
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