Haha, no. I just never played a Diablo game before as I grew up kind of poor. 🤷♂️ There’s hundreds of games out there that I hope to play someday, but probably never will (see: my Steam / GOG libraries 😭). Now, I’m no longer in my youth and flush with free time. I hope that’s understandable.
Thank you so much! Honestly, the classic editions are looking more and more tempting now that I’ve learned about the Meridian XL mod as well.
I agree 100% with your System Shock 1 assessment. SS2 has been my favorite game for over 20 years, but I could never get into the first game after the mouse-look/free-look era came to fruition.
That’s why I’ll be forever grateful to Nightdive Studios for their incredible, stunning, staggering remake of SS1. If anyone who’s curious hasn’t checked it out yet, I highly, highly recommend it!
I think I’ll go with Resurrection since I really enjoy playing old games with tweaks, mods, or enhanced editions that bring updated resolutions, textures, and/or modern features that somehow went overlooked in a given game’s heyday. Although, playing original D2 on a CRT would be cool.
I also recently learned about Project Diablo 2; an expansive mod for original D2 with online multiplayer, so maybe I’ll get into that community someday. Unfortunately, the Resurrected license doesn’t work for it. You need an original licensed copy of D2 for that.
Nice! Yeah, it looks gorgeous. Kinda how the original build of Diablo 3 was looking before they scrapped it for the new art style.
Good tips! I definitely consider them. Perhaps some “glitches” weren’t patched for a reason.
Thanks for the advice! For what it’s worth, I did save every possible resistance type I picked up in one form or another. I kept every piece of jewelry that wasn’t redundant. But the goddamned BLOOD KNIGHTS don’t care about your fancy pants. They just deal cold hard damage while they gang up on you. 🥲
How about “Diablo II: Resurrected”. Yay or nay?
Seems to be the only way to get a copy.
Edit: Apparently, you can still download Diablo II (2000), but you probably need an existing license registered to your Battle.net account. It looks like the only way to get a NEW license is by purchasing “Diablo II: Resurrected”.
Damn, that’s hardcore. Is D2 like that too? I imagine D3 & D4 are considerably less challenging as is the trend with long-running series.
Maybe not the previous series’ glory, but they could still sully the overall IP with terrible writing choices. Choices that make people who watch the new series, then go back to try and enjoy the original series, but can’t because of the new events that are planted in their minds.
Of course, nothing at all like what I’m about to demonstrate below are likely to occur in the new series, but here are some – albeit – extreme hypothetical examples of what I mean:
I could go on, but you get the point. Once the audience knows things like this happen later down the line, it becomes much harder to look past them upon re-watches of the original series. Never underestimate the collateral damage of bad writing.
You’re definitely not wrong to think this way and I agree with everything you said. Furthermore, I’ve seen the trailer twice now and it has failed to wring out so much as a chuckle from me. Lastly, Kelsey Grammer appears to remain just as sharp and energetic as Dr. Frasier Crane as ever, but “Frasier”, the show, is so much more than Dr. Frasier Crane, the character. It’s the ensemble cast of the original series that makes the show. Now, almost none of the original cast, save for Peri Gilpin reprising her role as Roz Doyle for one episode, are part of this reboot. That leaves some seriously challenging work for the writers and new cast to earn the audience’s attention, affection, and respect. Frankly, I just don’t think it will work.
I would say that any game could be remastered beautifully if done well while properly honoring the original. Many games will be become unplayable for people as CPU/GPU architecture, display technology, and software development marches into the future. It’s important to have a way for the old games to remain playable with little-to-troubleshooting for the majority of players. Remastering games is a way to have that and make them look and play better as well.
On the extreme side of this, we have the “System Shock” remake by Night Dive Studios. That’s “REMAKE”, not “REMASTER”. This was was a staggering undertaking and a real passion project by the devs. The result is nothing short of a stunning, triumphant achievement that perfectly walks a fine line between what to change and what not to. They did a fantastic job, IMO.
I’m afraid you just described everything that begins well, but eventually becomes popular. The more the general public engages with a thing, the shittier that thing becomes. Things that are not yet mainstream or become/remain private tend to have a lasting quality.
Asking because I really have no clue, but what about using an AppleID / iCloud (@apple.com) email account with Mozilla Thunderbird for personal use?
Pros and cons? Whys and why nots?
Good to know. Thanks!