Given that there probably won't be a Diablo 2 remaster, this fan-made Diablo 2 remake is probably your best bet if you want to play a modern version of the classic ARPG. "Since the core mechanics cannot be changed, a perfect Diablo 2 replica is not possible," Ram writes in the description. Ram reckons this is the closest fans will get to a proper Diablo 2 remake.
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"There are manual downloads per patch available, but also a Reign of Terror Launcher, which does all the updating automatically." "To play Reign of Terror, you need the base game as well as the Ashes of Malmouth and Forgotten Gods expansion," the description says. In order to access the Diablo 2 remake, however, you'll need to own Grim Dawn plus both of its expansions.
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So, in a sense, this mod juxtaposes Diablo 2 DNA with the modernity of Grim Dawn, and is designed to culminate in a full-scale contemporary remake of Blizzard's classic ARPG. "In addition to this, as this is a Grim Dawn mod, it also features all Grim Dawn classes and items, and all of the core mechanics," the description continues. "[It} includes all content and classes present in the original Diablo 2, including its expansion, Lord of Destruction."
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The remake is called Reign of Terror and is built in Crate Entertainment's Grim Dawn, a far more contemporary ARPG set in a similarly apocalyptic fantasy world. "Reign of Terror is a full remake (not a 1:1 copy) of the classic ARPG Diablo 2," notes the mod's designer, Ram, in its description. “It puts more onus on the player to figure things out and less on the developer to hold your hand through everything.A modder has released a full-fledged, fan-made Diablo 2 remake including all of the content and classes from the original game. That's what Diablo III is, what Diablo IV will be,” says Gallerani.
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Either way, the game is great but there’s an ineffable satisfaction associated with getting deep into the sinews and blood of Diablo II: Resurrected’s systems. It’s like the difference between ordering bulgogi off the menu at a Korean restaurant and getting Korean BBQ so you can grill the bulgogi yourself. Making a game like Diablo II accessible to newer players is a tall order. It wasn't, like, ‘Is stamina a good design?’” “That was really what made the call for us. “If we pull this one string here, it's going to start pulling everything,” says Gallerani.
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They’d have to rebalance every item of gear that offers stamina.
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Developers would have to redo the loot drop mechanics for every monster in the game. Countless pieces of armor furnish players with extra stamina, as do stamina potions. (After, say, level 15, players dump enough skill points in their “vitality stat” or equip enough gear that the stamina bar is barely valid.) Still, removing it would throw Diablo II: Resurrected into chaos. A low-level Necromancer character can’t just go on running across a cemetery for minutes at a time. Take “stamina.” Stamina is emphatically not fun. Taking out certain mechanics-even unpopular ones-can send others collapsing Jenga-style. Courtesy of Blizzardįorced friction wasn’t the only philosophy behind keeping in frustrating systems. “We’re not really here to fix Diablo II,” says Rob Gallerani, Diablo II: Resurrected’s principal designer.