Diablo II Resurrected is more than just nostalgia-bait (Impressions)

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I didn't expect Diablo II to hold up nearly this well. 21 years on, Diablo II feels pertinent when set against the backdrop of games that have become faster, more immediate and more convenient, but not necessarily any better.
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@AxxLAfriku 3 года назад

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@8butsideways295 3 года назад

Have you played returnal halph 🤔

@adi6293 3 года назад

I think the potions make much more sense than what we have now 😅 maybe auto equip would be fine but I still think that is the best system 😜

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@LosTNeuroN 3 года назад

When you realize that other companies have more love and respect for Blizzard's old games than today's Blizzard...

@Philosophical24 3 года назад

Vicarious Visions are unsung heroes 🙏🏼🙌🏼🔥

@pallenda 3 года назад

Edit: @Siddhesh Kolwankar must be a troll. Blizzard hired people to make this version. If it looks great then that proofs that Blizzard do love and respect their old games. Look at StarCraft remastered. WarCraft 3 reforged was not good though.

@AmigaWolf 3 года назад

@@pallenda No they LOVE money, and not there products, or the people who buy them.

@pallenda 3 года назад

@@AmigaWolf It's a company. Of cause they want money.

@faboo2001 3 года назад

@@pallenda > Blizzard do love and respect their old games > WarCraft 3 Reforged Pick one

@Deckard-N 3 года назад

I’ll walk into the office at my parents home and my mom will be in there still crushing it with her og sorcerer in Diablo II. She’s in her 60s.

@TheSwayzeTrain 3 года назад

That's cool.

@timothylim8797 3 года назад

That's dope!

@SomeUnkindledAsh 3 года назад

Cool mom!

@ussessu 3 года назад

My mom only played the first diablo on ps1.

@kirkenstiensmonster6522 3 года назад

That's awesome. My grandma was the one who got me into Diablo w the first one. We didn't have a computer so I picked it up for the PS1. When D2 came out I bought our first PC for the house so I could play.

@neillewis917 3 года назад

That strumming guitar, I'm 52 now but god that takes me back ha

@BBlueu2 3 года назад

It's still the best soundtrack to this day.

@brethnew 3 года назад

@@BBlueu2 Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2 soundtrack is pretty good too

@digitalspecter 2 года назад

So many pieces in this soundtrack hit me.. starting from the melody at 0:53. D2 is still probably the game I've played most and for several good reasons =)

@ma99954 2 года назад

Game on sir

@Lord_Pilaf 2 года назад

I remember as a kid how amazed I was with Diablo 2- the music, the monsters, the atmosphere; it was so scary to me but so cool at the same time.

@Joe-it2dh 3 года назад

Okay so I just wanted to point out a couple things you either didn't know or have forgotten. First, potions ARE automatically added to the belt slots when looted, health potions go above other health potions mana above mana potions and rejuvenation potions above those already slotted AND if you have an open slot in the belt then the next potion you loot regardless of type will be placed in that slot automatically. Secondly, regarding skills you can map ANY of your skills to the F# keys (F1-F12) AND you can use the scroll wheel on the mouse to scroll between the bound skills. I was just playing D2 original the other day and will probably play more this weekend.

@635574 3 года назад

If they actually limit that to the F keys thats really absurd nowadays.

@guillermofischer1837 3 года назад

@@635574 you can always rebind the keys to use QWERTY instead of F#

@jonhmata 3 года назад

Yep the original you can remapp the keys most people rebind for zxcv i personally go for the qweasd keys for skills

@mrskinszszs 3 года назад

@@635574 it isn't

@LordLizard 3 года назад

yeah a bit sad that 2 of the main negative points are just plain wrong

@athena3177 3 года назад

Wait this game is 21 years old...please dont tell me that I've never felt older in my life

@SirLurkington 3 года назад

Chill. You’re just a higher level.

@CorvoFG 3 года назад

Yeah, I bought myself Fallout 2 on its original release for my 30th birthday... You’re good.

@sumSOTY 3 года назад

Ocarina of Time came out in '98 yo

@JoninJordan 3 года назад

*Don't let it set in*

@Drragnorr 3 года назад

yep that hit hard

@Frankenslide 3 года назад

I used to wake up 3 hours before school started every morning to get some time on this game that wasn’t regulated by my parents and no one bothered me, it was fantastic. Needless to say I’m beyond stoked for this release, I’ve dumped 10’s of thousands of hours into this game

@hihihihihello 2 года назад

One of the greatest games of all time pound for pound. Diablo2 is the mona lisa of video games. Absolute masterpiece.

@hondaega123 2 года назад

I would have paid blizzard $60 then waited 9 years to remaster D2 rather than the same money I spent on the garbage that was Diablo 3 in 2012

@TheRPGentleman 2 года назад

You understand what 10's of thousands means, right? So you've put at least 20,000 hours into this game? You realize that's insane, right?

@Ayy.Its.Kruciall Год назад

Yea, while im sure you've put a glorious amount of time playin this masterpiece, and loved every second of it, im not too sure bout "10s of thousands of hours haha" Like dude said, would imply at least 20k and that's a little over two years of straight playing... so yeahhhh a bit exaggerated but we totally get it hahaha. Such a damn good game

@gowronsonofmrel867 Год назад

That's really sad, this is why ur parents limited ur game time because that's the kind of addiction that will ruin ur life and waste your youth

@brandonmakridis1565 3 года назад

Potions do autoloot into your belt slots if you have a belt slot open that's started with that type of potion. Also, shift+click on the potions from the inventory to send them straight to your belt. And in case you weren't aware of ctrl+right click when buying potions, it fills your entire belt with the selected potion (again, assuming that the slots are either empty or started with a potion of that type).

@Carlo24515 3 года назад

Yeah I was gonna say - this is totally a thing already

@BreakfastAtNoon 3 года назад

I love how we all thought we had a chance to get in the Alpha..

@koladearasanmi2005 3 года назад

Laugh sadly

@AR670 3 года назад

Remember that not everyone is meant to get into an alpha. Now a beta is another story.

@12Daniel34 3 года назад

@@AR670 Neither "beta" or "alpha" imply anything about how many people are allowed in. They could have all the closed betas they want, "beta" doesn't mean public. Also, there have been public alphas before.

@Basada79 3 года назад

Funny how all major streamers get in huh. Nah no conspiracy there 😒

@BreakfastAtNoon 3 года назад

@@Basada79 who was it who played for 11 minute was is sodapopin? As for the beta comment up above, yeah like warcraft classic etc.. 2k and up streamers only.

@brightenblack207 3 года назад

Diablo 2 is older than I am by a few months. I watched my father play the game for hundreds of hours. While I didn't totally forget about the game, I didn't really think about for another 15 years after my dad stopped playing. My mind would always think of Diablo 2 when I would go for summoners in RPGs because that's what stuck with me the most when my dad played but that's it. I played the game for the first time last year and I've never had a better experience in any game yet. Of course I went for the Necromancer first and went for a full minion build. Even when you have 12+ minions fighting for you and you can fill an entire room with an explosion, this game is creepy as hell. You can only see so much in any dungeon and you don't want to get totally ambushed so I'd end up shooting a spell or summoning something through every doorway to be safe. You don't have easy access to every skill you have so you get into a routine for every encounter where you can't just throw everything at the enemy when you might get attacked while casting or run out of mana. You only had so many respecs available so every decision in that skill tree was valuable and really gets you to feel like the character is yours (if you're not trying to go for some minmax build some guy on the forums said 17 years ago is the most optimal way to play). No RPG has ever made me feel so good playing it since when I've first got into Daggerfall. I'm in love with what they're doing with Resurrected. They're bringing forward in time what so many people experienced years ago and are willing to make changes to improve it further. I just hope they don't overkill it on the changes. I'm not a big fan of what they're doing with controller and probably will later with M&K but I still support it and increasing the ease of access in general so more people can play this masterpiece of a game.

@victorvaliantofficial 2 года назад

Cool story ^^ Nice you got to experience the game right. I haven't played it in over a decade, but indeed recognize that's how the gameplay was. Cheers

@GodParticleZero 3 года назад

Kind of weird that a 20+ year old game is my most anticipated game of 2021

@oscarchavez8527 3 года назад

Weird? Or it says a lot about the current state of games?. Because I think its the latter.

@O1OO1O1 3 года назад

That's just late stage capitalism for you.

@kapiteinlulhaas7612 3 года назад

Games these days are poopybutthole

@Unpetitpeudmeona 3 года назад

Yeah I see everything getting delayed and I don't give a shit if I have this one this year

@GGamersUnited 3 года назад

lol you speak for yourself there bro. Diablo is niche, so most anticipated it is not.

@Vapor.Steve77 3 года назад

Vicarious visions is such and underrated studio man.

@GreggyAck 3 года назад

Definitely. They're responsible for like half of my favourite childhood games.

@UmbraAtrox_ 3 года назад

was

@donutello_ 3 года назад

i wouldn't say they're underrated now, they're responsible for crash's revival though.. I'm afraid what Blizzard will do to them, like how Activision killed Toys for Bob by making them exclusively work on COD Warzone

@noway718 3 года назад

"I didn't have crazy abilities that would explode entire rooms." *The Necromancer has entered the chat*

@michaeloconnor5480 3 года назад

With 20 skeletons, 20 skeleton mages, and a blood golem. *laughs*

@akmal94ibrahim 3 года назад

I played a Paladin. Was jealous of both my brothers who each played a Druid and a Necromancer. So jealous of the long range attacks.

@garymccray7822 3 года назад

Necro and Druids FTW bitches.

@Ninja21078 3 года назад

Corpse explosion brings the chaos

@nihlify 3 года назад

@@akmal94ibrahim My hammerdin did a good job at clearing rooms almost instantly. Unless you were in a tight corridor. ;)

@MichaelSE 3 года назад

Potions do automatically load into your belt. The only exceptions are if the belt is full, or if you have another kind of potion already in that slot. If you have a mana potion in slot 1, it will only add mana potions to slot 1.

@juststained 3 года назад

@13:27 Just as he's saying you have to place potions in your belt, his character adds one automatically from the ground. ;-)

@FlameJackstar 3 года назад

I think he meant from the inventory, like restocking.

@MichaelSE 3 года назад

@@FlameJackstar Maybe, I couldn't tell.

@hammerstriker5208 3 года назад

@@FlameJackstar He didn't. Listen to 16:30. He's just wrong.

@hammerstriker5208 3 года назад

@@MichaelSE He didn't. Listen to 16:30. He's just wrong.

@Zurpanik 2 года назад

"...it feels like a theater production." I think that is the best description of D2:R! It's so satisfying to play!

@NeoSlith 2 года назад

If you want to quickly fill your belt with pots, hold Shift, then click on a potion. It should auto fill the open slots, going upward and matching the nearest type first. So if you have a health potion in slot one and Shift click a mana potion, the mana potion will go into the first empty column.

@antongrahn1499 3 года назад

I cant be the only one hesitant to give ActiBlizz money...

@TwistdTrip 3 года назад

wait for full release.. looks at wc3 rm

@O1OO1O1 3 года назад

Yeah, I'm unlikely to give them money. If they can fuck a game like Overwatch, I don't have hope for them not fucking D2. There's not really much reason to play D2, unless you've never played it before, or unless they go in and make it better. Namely by removing the need to grind endlessly to be able to play it reasonably. Your money vote matters, though. Look at what the Snyder fans were able to accomplish. By whining incessantly, they were able to show a giant corporation that they'd make a bunch of money with almost no risk. Each vote for a bad company or bad product is a vote a good company and good product doesn't get.

@Annor-TM 3 года назад

I would fork over money for this title without as much as a blink if it was 4 years ago. Now, just like you guys, I don't think I'll play this because I don't want to support Activision-Blizzard with my wallet.

@herpderpshnarf 3 года назад

No. After all the crap Blizzard has pulled I'm never giving them money ever again. The old Blizzard is dead, now they are nothing more than a CCP lackey with no integrity.

@ryltair 3 года назад

I'm in the same boat. I am not giving them a cent, no matter how good their games are. Battle for Azeroth and WC 3 reforged left a sour taste in my mouth and then the whole Hong Kong thing happened which made me decide never to buy a Blizzard game again.

@jctasen1793 3 года назад

I once spent a whole summer as a kid playing the Diablo ||, good times.

@cambienvenu 3 года назад

I had a blast running Baal and other bosses over and over, I’m so excited to give it another go

@eif6051 3 года назад

I have exactly the same memory. Being a kid playing this game into the late hours during my summer holiday. It took me the whole summer to complete act 1

@ysteinorten5253 3 года назад

I once spent a whole 10 years of my life playing it xD

@sunny-uh8te 3 года назад

me too

@chasesmay7237 3 года назад

Yup:) what they said

@Carlo24515 3 года назад

There are a lot of shortcuts that make potion management a non-issue, but I agree that it's not obvious to newer players.

@cadabanban5382 2 года назад

I was reluctant at first, but i have to admit they have done an incredible job in all aspects. added all the right upgrades. A beautiful resurrection. Totally worth your time and doughs.

@hellbent2835 3 года назад

I remember the days where i use a floppy disk to save my charachter progression and bring that to a friends house and play diablo 2 on LAN 😊

@anarchyinba 3 года назад

Damn! I've forgotten about that!

@Chropoles 3 года назад

good ol days..

@wizardfight 3 года назад

That's wholesome

@aldunlop4622 3 года назад

We used to do the same with Starcraft. We “borrowed” a $20k network switch from work and had LAN parties on weekends lol.

@SkitterMcBoo 3 года назад

Fuck I forgot about that. So nostalgic.

@jessehenderson2967 3 года назад

D2 scarred me as a kid, so its gonna be great to go back and enjoy it now that i LOVE these types of games.

@cambienvenu 3 года назад

The first time finding the boss of act one as well as both Diablo and Baal was legitimately terrifying for me, I’m super excited to revisit these games and lose infinite hours to End-game loot runs

@impact0r 2 года назад

If D2 scared you, you must have not seen Diablo 1.

@jessehenderson2967 2 года назад

@@impact0r D1 gave me nightmares. I had to hide the game case.

@silentguilt 3 года назад

Unless it's somehow different here, potions do indeed auto-load into free belt slots normally in D2. They will load into a slot above the same type of potion.

@ZefieIyanami 2 года назад

About potions, he was referring to the fact that when you use a potion it doesn't automatically take one from your inventory and slot it into the now empty belt slot if you have one. It would be a very welcome QoL inventory management change

@simian5805 3 года назад

The delivery of "they are going to want to 'stay awhile...and listen'." And, "Diablo 3 is Saturday morning Diablo"... so f'n true. Standing applause mate. Great coverage; amazing delivery.

@Chief-Spectre 3 года назад

Diablo 2 Resurrected is what fans were expecting out of Diablo 3... D3 is a bit like a wet fart in comparison to it's predecessor.

@hatshot6057 2 года назад

I would call Diablo 3 the "Street Fighter Diablo" instead.

@ModeKaioken 3 года назад

In D2 OG potions do auto load the the column with the type already in there and the tilda key toggles your potion bag open. I used to leave it open to keep an eye out for what I needed to pick up.

@liams7409 3 года назад

When that music kicked in... instant chills.

@jamesmonteith8617 3 года назад

So excited for this remaster. Side note - Potions did auto-load into you belt in the original, as long as you had a similar potion in the first slot.

@skullkid964 3 года назад

Vicarious Visions bringing back Classics is an epic way, doesn't matter when you read this. Crash, Tony Hawk and now Diablo

@KollctrKelYT 3 года назад

And they've been doing a good job so far

@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517 3 года назад

Too bad Blizz doesn't have rights for BG, Fallout, HomaM or JaggedAlliance. I would give my right nut for these remasters by VV.

@NoxLegend1 2 года назад

Baldurs Gate 2 next please

@agitated.tachyon 3 года назад

The nostalgia goggles are 100% a thing. I remember thinking that the first Harry Potter game looked lifelike, then the second one blew it out of the park, then I saw a meme about them as an adult and realised that everyone’s faces looked like vaguely face-shaped smudges. Don’t even get me started on going back to the old Ratchet and Clank games 😂

@DbladeMedic 3 года назад

Yea thats konda what i went through when I played the spyro remake. In my mind the original games graphics looked lile the remakes graphics. But when i looked at a picture of the original graphics it was nothing like it

@A.Froster 3 года назад

I mean i just did and the old ratchet and clank games still looks really good today thanks to their cartoonish style. Sure textures look simple and tasselation is clearly outdated but it aged really well. Graphics become outdated but it's much harder for aesthetics , people don't get this. See borderland 2 and 3 , people complained about the third not having good graphic when it was actually the opposite.

@DbladeMedic 3 года назад

@@isturbo1984 yea its crazy isnt it?

@agitated.tachyon 3 года назад

@@A.Froster Oh! Yeah like they still look great, but it’s amazing how much of a difference the little upgrades in tech make over time and how they rewrite your memories of the original ☺️

@O1OO1O1 3 года назад

I know everyone likes bad HD graphics these days, but old Diablo 2 looks better than the new one.

@siriansight 3 года назад

Dude, that music. That timeless Tristram music. I used to put it on & study lol Love it Thanks for putting it in man

@qunningStunts 3 года назад

That music gives me goosebumps EVERY TIME. Was afraid to watch this as one of the multi-thousand hour players of LoD...I'm not gonna say it is getting my hopes up, but you make it seem like it's on the right road, which is nice.

@AEGISDEFENSE 3 года назад

Still censored Andy and the heroes. Amazon looks like a 50yld smoker.

@Psycorde 3 года назад

IT'S MA'AM!

@GigglingStoners 3 года назад

@@Psycorde Ma'amazon

@Gabriel902884 3 года назад

@@GigglingStoners XD

@2bussy 3 года назад

@@GigglingStoners I said that same exact thing on a plebbit thread about the terrible censorship and downright hideous characters. Necro is okay I guess, Sorceress is okay but should be thicker and with the original underboob. Unacceptable.

@twistednwarped314 3 года назад

Ok Halph, the " stay a while and listen" comment had me smirking. Can't believe they killed our boy Cain in 3.

@zerosevengaming8369 3 года назад

whoa, spoilers, dude!

@Jack_Sparrow_85 3 года назад

im just glad he didnt do the "(yeah im aware of the joke i just said") move after he said it.

@Chief-Spectre 3 года назад

Cain's death in 3 is what killed the entire rest of the game for me. None of the story mattered to me from then on. It was like bad fan-fiction, and a huge let down.

@Jack_Sparrow_85 3 года назад

@@Chief-Spectre it was such an idiotic move to kill cain off lol, for basically nothing. To be edgy i guess?

@1911Zoey 3 года назад

*Insert colorful schmetterling death

@mr.g354 Год назад

When diablo 1 came out i was in my second year of university and i blind bought the box. I was hooked completely. I purchased diablo2 release day and was up all night until the early morning finishing the game. I kept playing this game through all my life events, house purchase, marriage, having children. No matter what potato pc i had diablo 2 was played. I was iffy with diablo 3 but after removing the auction house and moving to console i played the shit out of it and still pull it up sometimes. I have resurrected on my pc and my xbox. after over a year im still playing it. This has totally captured everything i had the feels for with the original.

@gatiskk 3 года назад

Btw, potions can be auto-fed to belt, as long as belt has multiple item rows and lowest row has potion in slots. For example 2 HP pots and 2 mana pots. If you pick HP pot, it will automatically placed in belt above existing HP pot.

@Brian.M 3 года назад

Many years ago when I was 13 this game consumed %100 of my free time. I was completely obsessed with it. And no game since has hooked me quite like Diablo 2

@MrJoshcc600 3 года назад

Yeah but did patch 1.10 that completely overhauled the game ruin it for you too? I won't buy until we know what version thus remake is.

@miaouchat495 3 года назад

IIRC, you hold down the shift key, click on a potion and it puts it into your belt automatically. It's been a while so it could be the ctrl or alt keys. I just remember you can slot it with a single click.

@PorcupineTrains 3 года назад

yes, when u press shift u can fill every slot of the belt with a single click.

@Hydrogoniise 3 года назад

If you look up 'D2 Resurrected Ferib' you can patch the client and gain access to the full contents of the alpha. There's a footage of the Necromancer and Druid gameplay on RU-vid as well

@typoholic 3 года назад

I’m jealous of the time you got to play with this. I can’t wait to get my hands on it again. It looks fantastic. It’s reassuring to know that you will (likely) be reviewing this when it comes out. One of the pivotal games in my gaming life. By the way: your preview is so on-point. It’s so refreshing to watch a reviewer who knows what’s what. Thank you for being so insightful.

@thigh.enjoyer. 3 года назад

*sigh* Gotta thumbs up the video now for that "stay a while and listen" line

@XenoSpyro 3 года назад

12:40 "I didn't have crazy abilities that would explode entire rooms." Death Sentry and Corpse Explosion says hi.

@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517 3 года назад

CE needs like 20-30 levels to have decent radius.

@user-qq3ii6vy8w 3 года назад

There are shortcuts for placing potions in your belt and for skill swapping you can bind pretty much anything. Once you get used to using the full extent of the original controls in d2 they weren't really all that bad the only poor limitation was on the mouse clicks only allowing some skills to be used on left-click or right-click.

@koncewiczd 3 года назад

The potions you could shift click onto your belt, and quite frankly healing items being not unlimited is a good thing imo. The skills you would use f1-f8 to switch between

@lanceareadbhar 3 года назад

You know a developer feels good about their remake if they give you a button to just play it with the original art style as well.

@TealTheDropster 3 года назад

Reminds me of Halo CE: Anniversary and Halo 2 Anniversary

@InnuendoXP 3 года назад

@@TealTheDropster if only CE Anniversary was remotely as good as H2A or as D2R is shaping up

@MartinOlminkhof 3 года назад

D2 was the most replayable game I had ever played, I look forward to revisiting it

@shayoko6 2 года назад

glad you mentioned the controller feature. i had heard that activision stopped them from fully doing this project. but i don't see anyone talking about it. odd.

@Shipdacheese 3 года назад

You can already auto load potions into belts slots when you loot them. However you can't auto put a rejuvenation or mana potion over a health potion but, if you have a column of health potions and consume one, when you pick another it will auto-load in the belt. So columns have to be the same potion.

@coryg1551 2 года назад

13:12 I disagree with your view on potions, BUT this was still a great video I slapped the like button. I'm so pumped to relive this game in all its Glory.

@jayteacher4223 2 года назад

Dude never learned good potion management. Why did he pick up so many? Just replace what you use off the ground. No need to fill your inventory with them.

@GamecraZ 2 года назад

Also belt slots mattered

@MrMatbuck1234 3 года назад

God the script for this video was great, found myself hooked on the commentary as well as the gameplay. Great video all round :)

@DsgSleazy Год назад

Ok💀

@7rich79 3 года назад

On potion management in the original I seem to remember that if you had potions in your inventory, you could CTRL+left mouse to drop them into your belt, and if you picked them up from the ground it would fill into your slots?

@lucasrouille3794 2 года назад

I love how vicarious pulled that nostalgia out of our heads. It's the same theory they used for crash bandicoot, as it looks exactly how I thought it looked back then, despite looking completely different. Shame they're more of a cleanup crew for Activision than an independent developer, I would love to see what they can do.

@MangaMaster13 3 года назад

Since Diablo II is so fresh in your mind, I would love to see a review of Path of Exile. Though, that game is so dense you'd need like 2 hours to review it.

@Flameshadow22 3 года назад

Not really. It takes a single sentence: like Diablo, but overall better. Unless you wanna go deep into the economy or builds, it's the main takeaway

@dream_state 3 года назад

Just wait for Path of Exile 2

@1911Zoey 3 года назад

They cant do it. Unless they spend a month playing PoE with at least 3 hours per day. Lol Theres so much content I dont even know where to begin with.

@djgolf3256 3 года назад

@@Flameshadow22 Overall better? Idk about that. What made D2 for me was the dark/medieval atmosphere, the unbeatable soundtrack/sound effects, and most of all the game play. I find D2 a lot more challenging. POE is easy and holds your hand like every other major title these days. The only thing POE does better is the skill trree and possibly itemization.

@eightninety. 3 года назад

Unnecessarily complex. That’s what poe is.

@jamesguitarist 3 года назад

I like the potion system. I hate that games now just have a constant heal. The idea of running out and having to leave the room/dungeon you're in to retreat back to town or go into your bag to get more ready makes it so much more immersive.

@OptimusGnarkill 2 года назад

Man I can’t wait for this. The act in the desert (Act II if I’m remembering right?) is one of my favorite areas in gaming. Battling countless enemies through the sewers and catacombs was a fucking blast back in the day. So pumped to play through it again with nice new, polished visuals.

@BillRaffertyPlus 3 года назад

Mate, your commentary is consistently eloquent and thoughtful. I appreciate the effort, thank you.

@kipskiplay 3 года назад

Bravo! Your impression was clear, your impression was logical, and your respect for the game development was so engaging. This was a fantastic video!

@MrShadowThief 3 года назад

"I felt like I was weak." More importantly, D2 makes you feel roughly as weak as an individual enemy. You can easily kill individual opponents, and that gives the effect of making you feel like a hero and not just a random Joe, but on the other hand, you can easily be killed by a sufficiently large (less than 10, most of the time) group of enemies, and that makes you feel like you're losing on the grand scheme of things, and thus you have to make your way to victory gradually through hard and smart work.

@ahriman935 2 года назад

"You can easily kill individual opponents" I can faintly hear my summonmancer's nervous laughter...

@moonpatrol9717 2 года назад

3:22 As you said that, Bobby was lighting an expensive cigar with a fistful of c notes.

@freeqshow1383 2 года назад

Great explanation! You made me have an appreciation for aspects of this game that I hadn't even considered. I'm 32 now and I still have some pretty vivid memories of this game and what it was/looked like when it came out. Boy was our nostalgic brains wrong! I remember waiting for D2 to come out while playing the original on my janky ass PS1 that barely worked. Even years after D2s release and LoD it had a dedicated player base. I can't wait to sink more hours into this game again!

@Jazz_Boye_Jambo 3 года назад

Wait, when talking about modern ARPGs, I didn't see any footage of Path of Exile in there. Skill Up, have you had the chance to actually play Path of Exile? Might be good to look into since Path of Exile 2 is coming out soon

@spartancrown 3 года назад

I remember when they released Halo anniversary and you could toggle back and forth and just thought wow my brain filled in a lot of shit.

@LemorasCards 3 года назад

Part of that was because they actually used the graphically inferior pc version of Halo CE for that remaster. It literally does look worse than you remember(assuming you originally played on Xbox)

@ZaneofAustin 2 года назад

i love the potion system it's like inventory managment is important you want charms for those sweet stats? or 1000 trips to town to keep buying potions :3

@ZaneofAustin 2 года назад

15:36 but also the same as the playstation release

@chuckchuckerson5364 3 года назад

I love the "this is what our minds remember it looked like" comment, this is so true. I still play a lot of the games I grew up with from the late 80s, 90s, and 00s, and it's crazy how much different they are from what I remember. Looking forward to what looks like a nice remaster.

@NicStrike 2 года назад

I've never played D2, but I love morrowind and your video helped me change from thinking of d2 as a slower clunkier d3 and think of it more like a morrowind Era ARPG. This is the first video of the dozen I've watched that's got me hyped! Awesome work

@zedek_ 3 года назад

I just started playing the original again a few months ago, and it holds up extremely well. Then this gets announced and it seems great!

@hatshot6057 2 года назад

Multiple friends of mine recently reinstalled original D2 and came back with the words "ok, it's not as good as I thought".

@zedek_ 2 года назад

@@hatshot6057 Well I can't help it if you have multiple lame friends :) Jokes aside, to each his own. I just hope they weren't complaining about graphics and aspect ratio lol

@hatshot6057 2 года назад

@@zedek_ Lol. They didn't say much, except that it was boring. Half the fascination I had with D2 was that it was scary, and you didn't see anything in the darkness of catacombs. But I guess the controls are clunky, there's missing a ton of features, shared stash, gold auto pickup, respec, the potion belt is outdated... I played Starcraft Broodwar Remastered, and I learned that I didn't want to re-learn these annoying controls, and have to spend so much time clicking single buildings, despite it being a strategically more fun game than SC2.

@JohanMursu 3 года назад

About the clunkiness changing abilities. Hot tip, bind the previous/next skill keybinds to down/up scroll on the mouse. Makes changing skills on keyboard/mouse sooo much better

@KelvinLKY 3 года назад

Damn, the music that pops up at 2:40 brings along a tsunami of memories. Those were the fun old days.

@zsookah3 3 года назад

Best progression and itemization ever done in a game.

@Gmee_ 2 года назад

Itemization maybe, progression? Sorry no. forced multiple difficulty playthoughs are old af and boring for most people.

@zsookah3 2 года назад

@@Gmee_ To each their own. Maybe you prefer the abundance of meaningless quests of PoE or the instant progression to max level in D3. D2 really nailed the pacing.

@ClearlyBalkan 3 года назад

Remember kids... DO NOT PRE-ORDER. Don't cry me a river later.

@marconihimself 3 года назад

A great quality of life addition would be the possibility to stack potions of the same type on your belt so whenever you press the button or hotkey you wouldnt need to open the inventory and transfer a new potion to the empty slot in the belt.

@Dj2xP 3 года назад

You can auto load potion by shift (or was it ctrl?) clicking from the inventory... Also there is no delay on swapping skills for the RMB and you can bind more skills than you can on a controller

@MrShadowThief 3 года назад

"There's no handholding. The quest only says the name of the location." Let's be real, it's not like it's not hard to get lost in the D2 overworld, as it's just a very large, completely illuminated and mostly linear dungeon with huge rooms. You just go to the next zone until you find the right one.

@pierrogus 3 года назад

Crazy how today's games made us believe the quest system in Diablo 2 is complicated, huh?

@hiotsobo 3 года назад

Your writing is forever still on point. Nice preview, dude

@ConjurusHex 3 года назад

15:10 I personally don't find it clunky at all. Just hit a hotkey on your keyboard. Then right click to use. Pretty standard. You don't have to manually click the box at the bottom

@DollaBillionZ 3 года назад

I am glad you’re back to doing reviews and impressions. You have great talent here, and I was worried you were going to get lost in mundane, serialized content.

@TrupimOkiemTV 2 года назад

Diablo 3 is a lot of fun stuff, but Diablo 2 is embedded in my soul and memories.

@zankheal 3 года назад

I am speechless with this impressions video. As a hardcore super fan of the series myself and a fan of this channel, I was afraid to watch this video, but your sense of humor and professionalism is just fantastic. Amazing video.

@MrMrTravman 3 года назад

Yeah same here. Great video!

@RetroDeathReviews666 2 года назад

Same, this is a great review!

@Eliteplayer1988 Год назад

Did they change the control scheme? Can you play with mouse and keyboard like on a controller? Means having binded each skill to a separate button?

@loccolock5358 3 года назад

If they don't auto stack In your belt once you pick them off the ground you shift +left click them to automatically move them. Only works not with a shop opened

@kurzackd 3 года назад

15:00 - you can assign skills to hotkeys, bro.

@IvanM272 3 года назад

Yes, he said that bro. But that wasnt his point. It's the choose skill + right click function that he finds clunk. It kinda is, you can't have 5 skills at your disposal as fast as the controller. I particularly think it doesnt change much for me, but i can't talk for everyone.

@kurzackd 3 года назад

@@IvanM272 Diablo 2's skill hotkey assignment is well designed and executed, and in no need of change. Period.

@aughhaughhaughh 3 года назад

@@IvanM272 f keys

@TransientWitch 3 года назад

"free respecs" - WELP. I'm getting it now. Absolutely. The literal only thing I don't like about Diablo 2 is when you get to the higher difficulties, enemies can completely invalidate your ability sets with immunities. I mostly play on my own, so...There's only so much I can do to address that. This will give me more control!

@TransientWitch 2 года назад

@@MalfetOnline yeah, I noticed that in some material surrounding the gsme...given this video was about a test build of it, resepcs like that were probably just fore testing too...think I'll just stick with plugy!

@Indubitably14 2 года назад

Great review. Surprised you didn't mention the stamina bar as something that is outdated.

@Mueslinator 3 года назад

I love that you found something in Diablo 2 that I've been missing in ARPGs for over a decade now: A sense of survival horror sprinkled in. I really, *really* would love to see a fresh game in that spirit of Diablo and D2 (which already had that aspect walked back significantly compared to the first title).

@Chief-Spectre 3 года назад

Try Path of Exile. It's made by some of the OG creators behind Diablo 2.

@Mueslinator 3 года назад

@@Chief-Spectre I've been playing PoE since the CB. I love it for what it is, but is *absolutely* the wrong recommendation for someone who wants survival horror elements to play a bigger role. PoE is entirely the opposite direction with meta gaming, leagues and bullet hell mechanics.

@themilkdrinker7558 3 года назад

Mephisto: Difficult boss Necromancer's bone wall: Please allow me to introduce myself

@trazyntheinfinite9895 3 года назад

Raised difficulty: dynamic entry

@icetrey8662 3 года назад

Modern Blizzard isn't getting my nostalgia or my money.

@MrJoshcc600 3 года назад

Not unless the gameplay is pre 1.10 patch that killed d2 in 2003. Yes I'm that old.

@ShoahBiz 3 года назад

@@MrJoshcc600 oh so how many glitched and duped items do you want in d2r? and guess you want the old hr drop rate as well?

@JunyHuny 3 года назад

Does anyone know when this is coming out? I CANT WAIT

@ThaSchwab 3 года назад

6:12 whew, that comparison shot

@crabulonsix9162 3 года назад

You ever think about the time you played Cyberpunk 2077 6 months early and said "the driving feels great" ? Gonna wait for the full release, champ. Thanks though.

@TaciturnKris 3 года назад

Having always found your takes to ring true, had been hoping to hear your opinion on the price, too... At AUD69.95, for a shiny re-release of a 21 year old game, cannot help but feel its a bit of a shakedown. The fond memories I have of Diablo 2 being leveraged by a company that has drifted so far from what it was back then that for the second time now they couldn't be bothered showing some love to one of their own quintessential games themselves. Perhaps it wouldn't sting as much if more of the original developers were still around, or knowing it was Vicarious Visions being rewarded for the care they've seemingly taken... rather than, ultimately, Bobby. Also, 100% on the "yeah, this is the Diablo 2 I remember.... woah" moment.

@MrDdz Год назад

It's not a re-release. It's a remaster. Were you born yesterday? They all charge full price for remasters. Anyway, the game is on sale today.

@DrGamelove 2 года назад

15:00 I believe you could use the scroll wheel on a mouse to change abilities in the original as well. I always knew a controller would be a great way to play it though, can’t wait.

@CorDharel 2 года назад

What's the game at 08:52 ? Is it this Warhammer Diablo game? I think I have played it before but I can't remember which one it was

@MD-yd8lh 3 года назад

Spiritual successor of D2? Grim Dawn

@victorb5608 3 года назад

You perfectly explained one major issue I have with alot of games today. Every "character" is just a powerful moving turret. Whenever I notice this in a game it ruins the immersion to the point where I don't even wanna play anymore. We need more games where you character has human like movements.

@Corehaven22 8 месяцев назад

I'd also like to say the new graphics give a point to the Zoom function as you can actually then make out the details on your characters face and others they're talking to. I like to play zoomed in when I'm in camp talking to people. With the old graphics, zooming in just blows up the pixels and almost has no point but with the new graphics, it's a big deal. You can make out all the little details even more clearly.

@cyrilvidal1834 3 года назад

I loved the theater spotlight comparison. I didn't notice that til now

@Thefloodsuck 3 года назад

Path of exile got most of there inspiration from this game huh

@Rezekzero 3 года назад

Ahh yes my extremely human feeling avatar, who can draw and pull arrows in split seconds, but cannot move as such

@fleeplayTV 3 года назад

Yeah the review was very well constructed but that whole section was the most contrived bullshit I've ever hear skill up say which is not often.

@honklerton732 3 года назад

Enigma enters chat.

@benh6452 3 года назад

Hm almost like they PAID HIM FOR A GOOD GLOWING Review. What about the censoring? Not a fucking word. I can still see the ball sack hairs in yo teeth

@Wabin22 3 года назад

Maybe I misunderstood something but.. in the original game it would autoload the potions into your belt slots when you loot them? If it doesn't here, then it might be a bug. Someone else found out for example when you use auto pick up for gold, you will not pick up an item you clicked on if you run over a pile of gold.