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Diablo 2 celebrates its 20th anniversary today but no such luck for a remasterHappy helliversary
Happy helliversary
Middle child of the seriesDiablo 2turns 20 today, prompting plenty of reminiscing about the landmark loot ‘em up RPG. Blizzard are celebrating with merchandise, speedruns, and an in-game costume for Diablo 3. Unfortunately, an officialDiablo 2 remaster rumoredlast week (whichBlizzard quickly denied) doesn’t appear to be in the cards. Ah well, thanks for the memories anyhow D2.
If you’re a liker of Diablo 2, you’ll be glad to hear that resident Diablo-er Alice Bee agrees, saying thatDiablo 2 is actually the best Diablo. “It disguises what it is, which is ultimately a game you are designed to play multiple times to get incrementally better pairs of gloves, and successfully becomes this epic quest of life and death,” she says.
“InDiablo IIyou need to hunt down the very last trash mob hiding in the corner, fight a bright blue skeleton or an orange zombie, and then get to see beams of beatific light piercing the darkness around you. Your character might say something about cleansing evil. It makes you and what you just did seem important, not just part of the grind – even though Diablo II is very much an industrial sized mince-maker of a game.”
Diablo 2 may not be the most-written-about Diablo around these parts, but its shadow is long nevertheless. Even Mojang’s recent Diablo-inspired Minecraft Dungeonspaid homage to the Diablo 2’s secret cow level. Blizzard’s other big-swingin’ RPG World Of Warcraftbowed down to the cowlevel too.
I imagine it’s not just cows that folks are fond of in Diablo 2 though. Or so I hope, asDiablo IVlead game designer Jesse McCree says “more than anything, I love the tone and world of Diablo II. It’s still an inspiration as a Lead Game Designer for Diablo IV,” inBlizzard’s celebratory posttoday. Cow level confirmed in Diablo IV? Heck, probably.
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Remember back in the day when you actually had to tag a boss to get loot drops in multiplayer? I mean, you still do sometimes, but golly I definitely remember this getting less painful over the years in all sorts of games.
You can catch some of the other celebratory bits Blizzard are up to in theiranniversary post.
