Blizzard Entertainment to Resurrect Diablo II in 2021 for PC and Consoles

[Chrispy_]

Sorry if I have offended you,. That was not my intension.
You have a right to your opinion but I simply disagree with those.
Just to be clear.

That's fine, no offense taken - I have very thick skin, I'm just trying to steer things back towards open discussion rather than shutting down any suggestions that don't align with your opinions. Like I said before, it's okay to disagree with other people.

See, we're already having a reasonable discussion about changes to skill mechanics to make it work better with the game controllers that a modern gaming demographic prefers. Blasphemy against the purist ideals of a classic remaster but necessary if Blizzard are going to turn a profit from this project by selling to a wider audience. No/low potential profit = canned project never to see the light of day.

I would not be surprised to see this ported to mobile at some point - not that I personally think that's a good idea - just that it's potentially an easy candidate for Blizzard to make money with and they've already tried their hand at selling Diablo on mobile. The other thing about it is that the original resolutions of 640x480 and 800x600 match the iPad aspect ratio and the original GUI is scaled up big enough (a necessity because of the low resolution back then) that it will convert to a tablet really well.

Pretty crappy, considering most of the time you use teleport for quick escape. KB+mouse is still king.

Some builds with work fine with a gamepad, perhaps even be better suited to it, others I can see being compromised by the pad. I still mouse and keyboard (on the sofa) even when I have gamepads available so I've made my choice but I'm well aware that I'm the minority when it comes to modern gaming market.

 

[lexluthermiester]

KB+mouse is still king.

I'll pass thanks. For some games you are spot on. FPS, RTS and few others, hell yes. But for ARPG's controllers are much more intuitive. When Diablo1 for PC came out it was cool but the controls sucked, couldn't stay interested. 2 years later when it was released for PS1, I was all in. Loved it. For me anyway, a controller is king for these types of games.

 

[bug]

I'll pass thanks. For some games you are spot on. FPS, RTS and few others, hell yes. But for ARPG's controllers are much more intuitive. When Diablo1 for PC came out it was cool but the controls sucked, couldn't stay interested. 2 years later when it was released for PS1, I was all in. Loved it. For me anyway, a controller is king for these types of games.

If that was true, they wouldn't have to nerf skills to accommodate controllers.
Sorry, big fan of keyboard&mouse here

 

[lexluthermiester]

Sorry, big fan of keyboard&mouse here

No worries. Different strokes for different folks... It's just like how some players prefer gamepads to KB&M for FPS games. Makes no damn sense at all to me(and I now completely refuse to play that way), but some people love it.

 

[bug]

No worries. Different strokes for different folks... It just like how some players prefer gamepads to KB&M for FPS games. Makes no damn sense at all to me(and I know completely refuse to play that way), but some people love it.

Yeah, I remember when Xbox360 was released and Microsoft promised cross-platform gameplay. Boy, did they backpedal fast on that one when every kid playing a FPS with a gamepad got royally pwned...
Then again, if you suck at it, autoaim is like an easy mode.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Then again, if you suck at it, autoaim is like an easy mode.

True, and that is a form of cheating to me.

 

[bug]

True, and that is a form of cheating to me.

Imho, it's only a problem when you're doing it to others. In single player, you should have the freedom to do whatever you wish. E.g. back in the day, I had no problem hex-editing my save games to give me some cash or other resources when I felt like it. But I was playing alone. what I did only affected me.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Imho, it's only a problem when you're doing it to others. In single player, you should have the freedom to do whatever you wish.

100% agree with this. I was talking about multiplay only. Single player, anything goes IMO.

 

[ratirt]

True, and that is a form of cheating to me.

Oh it is definitely a form of cheating. auto-aim? What fun is that when you don't have to aim? Auto-aim rips you off of the actual fun the game brings.

 

[bombatomba]

I wonder what the Switch Tax will be on Diablo II. $40 USD?