Talk:Diablo II: Resurrected

Does this need a separate article?

I'm reading this[1] and it says that almost nothing is changed from the original game. Does this really need a separate article or can it be handled in a short section or two? Archrogue (talk) 19:03, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Its development has already been subject to multiple independent articles, more than some entire games get in their full lifetimes. It should be handled summary style in its parent article as well, yes. czar 02:12, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Should Vicarious Visions be listed as developers?

So this is a bit of a weird question, but Vicarious Visions has been "merged" into Blizzard and is not listed anywhere on the Resurrected website. Their studio head is now EVP of Development at Blizzard. So they seem to now no longer be an independent, separate studio, but part of Blizzard Entertainment. So should they be listed now that they are no longer their own entity and aren't listed as developers? SharkyIzrod (talk) 12:03, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

The reporting around the transfer/merger of VV into Blizzard is spotty and inspecific to exactly how VV is now involved at Blizzard; it's not clear if its been merged and completely absorbed or if it stands alone. That said, we know now from the interview with J. Allen Brack that VV spent about two years while they were at Activision working on it, so it is 100% fair game to include them as a developer on it, but they should be listed after Blizzard. --Masem (t) 14:04, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Sequential source dump

• Gilliam, Ryan (April 6, 2021). "Diablo 2: Resurrected first playable alpha test coming this weekend". Polygon. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
• Kuchera, Ben (April 9, 2021). "Diablo 2: Resurrected is the game I remember, until it isn't". Polygon. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
• Harris, Iain (April 12, 2021). "Diablo 2: Resurrected players have already found an item duping glitch". PCGamesN. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
• Irwin, Dave (April 13, 2021). "Diablo 2 Resurrected has huge improvements beyond its graphics". PCGamesN. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
• Gilliam, Ryan (April 15, 2021). "Diablo 2: Resurrected is modernized by the controller". Polygon. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
• Clayton, Natalie (April 14, 2021). "Diablo 2: Resurrected players used old mods to access hidden classes". PC Gamer. Retrieved May 2, 2021.

czar 06:03, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

• Fenlon, Wes (September 23, 2021). "Diablo 2: Resurrected: Everything we know". PC Gamer.
• Macgregor, Jody (September 30, 2021). "Diablo 2: Resurrected mods are here already". PC Gamer.
• Machkovech, Sam (February 19, 2021). "Diablo II: Resurrected tops BlizzCon announcement flurry". Ars Technica. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
• Machkovech, Sam (September 23, 2021). "Diablo II: Resurrected impressions: Maybe not the best time to bring back evil". Ars Technica. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
• Yin-Poole, Wesley (February 19, 2021). "The big Diablo 2 Resurrected interview". Eurogamer. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

• Gonzalez, Oscar (October 3, 2021). "Diablo 2 Resurrected didn't get me addicted like the original". CNET. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
• Brown, Fraser (September 23, 2021). "Diablo 2: Resurrected just makes me want to run back to Diablo 3". PC Gamer.
• Moosa, Tauriq (September 30, 2021). "Diablo 2: Resurrected is a gorgeous, flawed fossil". Polygon. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
• D'Anastasio, Cecilia (January 9, 1928). "Why 'Diablo II: Resurrected' Kept Its Rough Edges". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028.
• Schreier, Jason (September 24, 2021). "Blizzard's Remake of Diablo Prompts Soul Searching". Bloomberg.com.
• Ballard, John (September 26, 2021). "Good News for Activision Blizzard: 'Diablo 2' Is Trending After Launch". The Motley Fool. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
• Walker, Ian (September 24, 2021). "Diablo II: Resurrected Is Mostly Just Diablo II, For Better Or Worse". Kotaku. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
• Gach, Ethan (September 23, 2021). "Diablo 2 Dev Explains Why The Loot System Wasn't Updated At Launch". Kotaku. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
• Birch, Nathan (August 31, 2021). "Diablo Creator David Brevik Won't Support Diablo II: Resurrected Amid Blizzard Controversy". Wccftech. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

czar 06:37, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Unwarranted comments in reception

I removed a line that "audience reception is overwhelming poor."

That's not consistent with the scores online or with my personal experience. If anything the audience reception has been quite positive. Whether the game is good or bad is obviously subjective to a degree, but the statement reception was "overwhelming poor" is objectively false.

Somebody also put in a line about launch server bugs, I didn't remove this as its technically true, but the launch issues didn't seem particularly bad to me, almost every game has issues on launch day, they seem to have resolved them rather quickly, anybody else have an opinion on this, mentioning it almost seems like nitpicking? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.244.228.85 (talk) 15:16, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia's coverage is proportionate to the reliable source coverage. In this case, there is plenty of coverage of server issues on launch but nothing major that I've found on poor audience (which?) reception. czar 15:24, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Copyvio

[2] introduced a copyright violation—verbatim copy/paste from the source czar 15:17, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

only released on pc so far

the biggest stores have it as pre-purchase only(gamestop) or is still waiting for it(platekompaniet). gamezone in norway had not even heard of the console versions of it, only the pc version. 84.212.107.130 (talk) 22:52, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 October 2021

The game is released so the tense of this statement: "A single-player beta period will precede the release." should be changed to past tense: "A single-player beta period preceded the release." 50.89.64.185 (talk) 17:39, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:52, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

edit suggestion

"Blizzard explained that these servers resulted from several factors." change "servers" to "issues" or add issues after server. 165.1.194.41 (talk) 16:46, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done --Masem (t) 17:14, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

open battle.net is present

i played it and found that function. both local characters(open battle.net) and realm characters is possible to create. 84.212.100.141 (talk) 08:36, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Forced sign in to even be able to play offline

Since this problem (yes, it is a problem) is affecting multiple platforms (PS4 confirmed today by me), judging by Blizzard intentionally putting it in there, and a new "feature" of this version of the game that is different than the original D2, shouldn't this be mentioned in this article? 32.212.102.239 (talk) 16:51, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Only if it is discussed by reliable sources. Masem (t) 17:21, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

it should be listed as a remake and not as a remaster

here is the thing: it is built from the ground up, using unreal engine 4. unless it is unreal engine 5. a remaster is a version that is upscaled while using the same engine. when they use a new engine, it is automatically a remake. 84.208.108.74 (talk) 10:03, 26 April 2024 (UTC)