The first Technical Alpha testing for Diablo 2 Resurrected will start tomorrow and PureDiablo has shared some new screenshots from it. These screenshots showcase the new graphics of this Diablo 2 Remake, and we highly suggest viewing them.
Diablo 2 Resurrected’s Technical Alpha will be single-player only, and will allow Blizzard to get the right amount of gameplay feedback and client performance data. Moreover, there won’t be any NDA for it. Thus, we expect to see numerous videos tomorrow.
Diablo 2 Resurrected will be running under Blizzard’s new 3D graphics engine. Additionally, its gameplay will be identical to the original version. Furthermore, Diablo 2 Resurrected will allow players to switch between the new and the classic graphics.
Lastly, Blizzard plans to release this game later this year. You can also find here its official PC system requirements.
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It’s not the first time this is mentioned, but it might be worthwhile to improve your website a little and add basic javascript image viewer that supports navigation, enlarging etc.
Even my grandpa could Google how to do it!
It’s not bad of they host them themselves like in here, is way worse when they’re on img,com
makes you realize how stupid the diablo 3 style was.
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I say, a more apt comparison would be Trump in drag! hahaha
is it online only or what? I’m never paying blizzard any money.
They said there is going to be an offline mode but time will tell.
It’s a pretty sad state when this is the game I am most forward looking to play this year.
it’s sad when a remake of a second is more enticing then the upcoming 4th, diablo series was ruined by limitations of controller’s that basically allows only 4 skills where the older ones allowed more advanced gameplay with combination of skill uses. As i see it the series was continually dumbed down to kiddie couch “gamers”
thats consolization for you
Well this will have full controller support, therefore I’m not sure this argument stands. I’d say it’s more of a streamlining due to casualization of the entire industry, and general laziness/cost/time savings on the developer/publisher part.
well i wouldnt say “entire industry” when the most popular games of the genre were PC only till recently (grim dawn still is, path of exile isnt but its a different version there as well and wasnt on consoles till recently)
I meant the entire gaming industry, not a specific genre. It has been, without a doubt, casualized and streamlined in order to maximize profits. Sadly our favourite brands have fallen a prey to this trend.
You are also comparing megacorp with indie, and indie turned corporate companies, where different products were expected, since their operating costs and revenue targets were not as large, which allows for a more focused experience catered to a smaller, more hard core group of players, that builds a stable base for future growth.
I would say cost is the main reason, it’s easier to have one base control scheme and 4 happen to be the bottom bar… and having to design less = even more time saved pushed to the bottom line.
No doubt D2 will feature controllers but i doubt that will sacrifice hotkeys assigned to swap out skills on the fly – If they do it will cause about as much backlash as the lack of ladders etc in the WC3 Reforged erhm Refounded did.
May look good, but the Amazon still looks like Trump in drag!