Diablo II: Resurrected • Hacker News Board

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by somedude895 » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 9:01 AM UTC

EduardoBautista wrote: post #17

Shame that it's not coming to macOS. Does anyone have any experience gaming through Parallels? I have a 16-inch MBP. I have never ran Windows on it though.

I'm playing D2 on a MBP right now, using Bootcamp. Works great even though you need an inofficial patch and some fiddling for the retina display.

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by redisman » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 9:41 AM UTC

DixieDev wrote: post #33

moralestapia wrote: post #21

I really want this but the Warcraft 3 remaster was so so so bad that I'm holding my breath until I can play it first.

Between the Hong Kong shenanigans, 2019 layoffs, and abysmal WC3 remaster release and support, it's hard to support anything this company does these days.

For me it was the HGC. Just kinda sucks that they killed it right before the new season was supposed to start because I was really getting into it. Killed my whole interest in the game.

I know it wasn't profitable but that just kind of says it all. When I was a kid and fell in love with Warcraft and Diablo, I really don't know how much of that soul of the company remains today.

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by eiriklv » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 10:03 AM UTC

dangwu wrote: post #2

Oh man - quite possibly my favorite game of all time. I find it funny that the remastered graphics look exactly like how I remember the game (though they're clearly improved).

That might not all be attributed to nostalgia. CRT displays actually make things look more hi-res and «depthy» [0]. We’ve barely caught up with 4/8K and OLED. This is why CRTs are so popular for retro gaming. Some effects aren’t even possible to display correctly on a non-CRT (without shaders at least) [1].

[0] - https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/9xg8w3/t...

[1] - https://mobile.twitter.com/gamesnosh/status/1232731118354550...

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by BossingAround » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 10:16 AM UTC

This is amazing but wow, full price (60 EUR in Europe). I wonder whether the Switch version will get the "Switch tax" (70-80EUR per full game in my region).

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 10:16 AM UTC

Rarely experienced audio stuttering for a long time. This site did it, all cores maxed out for a second. Guess it didn't like to be restricted by uBlock-origin.

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by hnick » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 10:21 AM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #69

Const-me wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how it’s free? I know two business models for free things, pay to win micro-transactions like EA and selling out user’s data like FB, and I’m not a fan of either of them.

Path of Exile locks some player QoL behind microtransactions (not pay to win but you're going to have a less fun time without it). Namely, stash tabs, as inventory takes up a lot of space. It's not too expensive though.

Yes you can get a good assortment of tabs for less than the price of a new release game. I never buy mtx in games but didn't feel bad about this.

Though, some players are a little sore over how they seem to be adding very specialised tabs in new leagues. There is of course a perverse incentive at play to design content to require tabs that can be sold to us.

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by hnick » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 10:24 AM UTC

Espionage724 wrote: post #109

throwaway13337 wrote: post #35

If anyone is looking to play a modern version of Diablo 2, the spiritual successor is probably more a game called Path of Exile (rather than Diablo 3 or this). The developers managed to capture the aesthetic while improving the game in the direction of what gave the original game its replay-ability. Their development cycle of new content every 3 or 4 months with a league reset is unique and keeps things fresh. They'r…

I've heard Path of Exile suggested plenty of times, and personally I just couldn't get into it. Notably back when Diablo III was still fresh, lots of people suggested PoE. To me, D3 felt more of an arcade-like game that I can quickly jump into and have fun, whereas PoE is more of an efficiency and numbers game. Like it's fun, but I just don't have that sense of being "powerful". I gradually progressed up until Act 5…

Some people like to call it Path of Excel.

I am the type of player who starts a new RPG, gets to character creation, and spends 2 hours on the wiki looking at all the classes and races and other options to make the "right" choice. So, obviously PoE appealed to me a lot.

If you want to give it another go my suggestion is always to just slavishly follow a fun looking build guide (from the current league! things change fast) you found online. It'll cut a lot of the complexity right out so you can learn to deal with the huge amount that's still left, then slowly add it back in as you customise later.

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by pndy » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 11:02 AM UTC

Const-me wrote: post #52

throwaway13337 wrote: post #35

If anyone is looking to play a modern version of Diablo 2, the spiritual successor is probably more a game called Path of Exile (rather than Diablo 3 or this). The developers managed to capture the aesthetic while improving the game in the direction of what gave the original game its replay-ability. Their development cycle of new content every 3 or 4 months with a league reset is unique and keeps things fresh. They'r…

I wonder how it’s free? I know two business models for free things, pay to win micro-transactions like EA and selling out user’s data like FB, and I’m not a fan of either of them.

They run on the idea that players like to customize their characters beyond what's available in game and need the additional QoL account upgrades beside what comes by default on the account. Guild Wars 2 runs on similar idea but unlike PoE it's B2P but at the same time it comes with very generous F2P version; there are of course still F2P limitations - set to keep away shady people and to convince players to purchase the game.

I'm playing both and in comparison to majority of MMOs around both offers something I'd describe as fair microtransactions.

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by gnyman » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 12:25 PM UTC

If anyone is wondering what the original Diablo II battle.net experience looks like in 2020 (yep, it's apparently still working, hows that for legacy support?), Carbot recently did an episode on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYIyQMVzUnI

Also the Diablol 2 series does cause some flashbacks, especially the soundscape... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ru-UM1nYJQ&list=PL0QrZvg7QI...

Re: Diablo II: Resurrected

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Post by FrozenVoid » Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 1:08 PM UTC

As someone who wasted a decade on the game, i'm not interested in minor pixel hacks that are irrelevant to gameplay(99.99% of time isn't spent on staring at objects) which remains a cookie cutter clickfest trash( and a closest RPG game that is cookie-clicker like). There is a reason game bots were pioneered with d2, the game is extremely repetitive and loot-centric pinata simulator. If the mechanics didn't change its just the same game with extra makeup. D2 mods at least implement quality-of-life improvement, which often clash with the vanilla game expecting the player to maintain tasks and repeat routine actions(often requiring a town portal), as well as limited pool of viable builds(mods significantly expand the space of possible builds and item customization). Anyone who played any decent D2 mod will know that QoL improvements and diverse build pool is much more interesting long-term vs the improved graphics that will be 'novel' for a few days at best.