See, Diablo II Resurrected is built directly on top of the original game. It also gives a little bit of a look at how this remaster is constructed, and that’s another interesting little tidbit. A quick press of the minus button, however, swaps back to the original, and it’s easy to see just how different the new graphics are in comparison. It looks identical to how the game looked in my idealist mind, to the point where I thought I’d accidentally launched the game with the original graphics on instead of the new ones. At first glance, it might seem like they’re fairly basic and even a little dated, but goodness me, what a fantastic balance to strike when capturing the essence and feel of the original visuals. I understand why it’s there, but it just kind of sucks, and if the loss is big enough, it can easily be enough for somebody to give up on the game altogether.īut let’s talk about the new stuff! I’m going to start with the visuals, because that’s probably the biggest change from the OG game, and perhaps the most impressive part of it for me. What’s not so fun in the game’s gameplay loop is dying in the middle of a dungeon, and having to mosey on back with barely any equipment. There’s a story too, kinda, vaguely, with absolutely gorgeous cutscenes at the start of each act, and a bunch of interesting lore scattered throughout, but it takes a backseat, and is really just set-dressing for the gameplay loop. It’s a solid loop, and there’s an addictive quality to clearing waves and waves of enemies and sorting through the mountains of loot to find something fractionally (at best) better than one of the things you’ve got equipped already. Complete all the quests, and you can move on to the next town, and start all over again. Along the way, you’ll want to pick up as much loot as possible, in the form of weapons, armour, accessories, and potions. You’ll head out of the hub town, usually find a dungeon to clear out, fight a couple bosses, and return to the town to turn in the quest.
The gameplay loop is fairly straightforward - each act has a hub town, and you’re given six quests in the act to complete. You play as one of seven classes, and wander the lands in aid of its people, in order to stop the blights afflicting them and seal the evils of the world away. It’s a game that takes place over five acts (four if you choose not to include the expansion content when starting a new character… but why would you?), and tells the tale of the return of the Diablo, the demon king of the world of Sanctuary.
For those not in the know, Diablo II is a dungeon-crawling looter RPG that originally released on PC all the way back in 2000.
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