Apart from an oft-forgotten PS1 version of the original the franchise as a whole completely ignored consoles until the 2012 release of Diablo 3, and even that was still much more popular on PC (in fact it was the fastest selling PC game ever, at the time).Īs relatively minor a franchise as it may seem to console gamers, Diablo is one of the few series left that is so influential that anything similar to it is simply referred to as a Diablo clone. Considering how few new games the two publishers release each year they’ll no doubt be worried at how all the negative press is going to affect their most important Christmas releases, namely Call Of Duty and this remake of 2000 PC game Diablo 2.ĭespite its huge success on the PC, and subsequent influence on the industry at large, Diablo 2 has never been released on any console. I mean, come on, Marius, that guy was absolutely the last person you should have ever listened to.Diablo 2: Resurrected – everything but the mouse click (pic: Blizzard)īlizzard remake 20-year-old dungeon crawling classic Diablo 2 for consoles and PC but is it just another Warcraft 3: Reforged?Īt this point it’s impossible to start the review of any Activision Blizzard game without reference to the ongoing suite of lawsuits, alleging toxic workplace conditions and widespread discrimination. But in D2R it’s y’boy T, flying around with those giant glowing whips for wings and just throwing down with the big D in his unfortunate meat body.Īnd yes, of course, Marius makes yet another in a series of truly awful decisions. We didn’t get to see Tyrael as Tyrael much in Diablo 3, due to that whole pesky giving up his Angel-ness thing.

What’s really amazing in this cinematic is getting to see Tyrael in action throughout these cleaner, clearer, and more detailed cinematics.

Or at least almost , if not for the heroic actions of a brave hero (or heroes if you’re playing multiplayer). Look, without wanting to dump a ton of spoilers on you, all I can really say about the Act 3 cinematic is that it really highlights how one man can make a series of ever escalating bad choices, and those bad choices can eventually become so bad that they lead up to the destruction of the world. Watch Marius make very bad decisions in glorious detail

Diablo 2 remaster?