Earlier this year, Blizzard announced Diablo 2 Resurrected which is supposedly going to be a remake of the iconic RPG game of the 2000’s. This announcement came as a very positive news for the fans who had been waiting for a remastered version for ages. Diablo 2 is hands-down one of the most popular video games of all times and it has millions of fans around the world. Naturally, it was almost a given that fans would be excited when Diablo 2 Resurrected would be announced. Diablo 2 Resurrected is still a couple of months away and it is expected to arrive by the end of 2021 but still fans are quite excited for the launch. It is expected that the Diablo 2 Resurrected will be quite faithful to the original but it won’t have any date 2D graphics. The Diablo 2 Resurrected is expected to have an entirely modern visual overhaul and it is expected to be a very good overall product because the company behind the remastered version has had plenty of success in the past couple of years by remastering some very popular games. Read on further to know everything that is currently known about Diablo 2 Resurrected.
- It is expected that the game will be 3D at 4k Resolution: – The original Diablo 2 version was a 2D isometric game that was way ahead of its time and looked pretty fantastic. But the new Diablo 2 Resurrected version won’t really have the same graphics because visuals have come a very long way in the past two decades. Diablo 3 was criticized for having visuals that appeared cartoonish but it is expected that things will be different with Diablo 2 Resurrected as the makers have guaranteed that the graphical fidelity of the game won’t be sacrificed in anyway whatsoever. From what is currently known about the Diablo 2 Resurrected version is that it will designed on top of the existing 2.5D isometric grid that is present in the game. This time around things will be different because the game is expected to have real 3D assets.
- It is expected to be on all the major consoles :- It was announced earlier in the year at Blizzconline 2021, that Diablo 2 Resurrected will be released on all of the major consoles in existence today and that means everything right from the PS5 to the Xbox to the Nintendo switch and even on the PC via Battle.Net. On top of that, it is also widely accepted that the remastered version will be released on Xbox One and PS4 consoles as well. The Diablo franchise games have been released on consoles in the past but this time is expected that the controls on the consoles will be much more user-friendly for the benefit of all the players.
- There will be cross progression :- While it was learnt that Diablo 2 Resurrected would be released on all the major fans, fans were immediately intrigued to know if cross-progression would be available between the consoles. Cross progression means that the player has the chance to continue with the same character regardless of the system he or she might be playing on. It was confirmed earlier in the year that this cross-progression feature will be present in Diablo 2 Resurrected which made it possible for people to play as the same character on different consoles even whilst they were traveling.
- Player co-op will be official :- Diablo has always been one of the best franchises that offers team-play capability. Even in the days of Diablo and Diablo 2, it was very possible for players to play with other plays through a direct IP connection. Over the past couple of years, the Battle.Net has become a thing and this means that a direct IP connection is no longer a necessity. It was always a very well-known fact multiplayer would be a very prominent feature in the remastered version. The people behind the Diablo remastered are bringing back the 8-player, co-op options and this is just another thing done by the makers to ensure that they are sticking to the template of the original game in some way.
The Bottom Line
There you have it, those were the top 4 things that are currently known about Diablo 2 resurrected which is all set to be launched in the latter half of 2021. Blizzard has promised to keep everything special about Diablo 2 present in the remastered version, including and especially the flaws. The makers have made it very clear that they will do everything in their power and ability to remove all the glitches and bugs from the game that would have otherwise affected its game play. There are very strong indications that the remastered version will actually be very faithful to the original version.
