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Blizzard Entertainment announced a new Diablo 2: Resurrected holds up twenty years later, as long as players take the time to learn the game’s deep-rooted mechanics. While item durability, limited inventory space, and relatively uninteresting NPC companions have been panned as dated concepts, the game ultimately received positive reviews. That said, Diablo 2’s long history didn’t leave it void of bugs, a problem its developers are finally solving.
3D graphics, updated audio effects, a shared stash, and cross-progression are some of the modern enhancements Diablo 2: Resurrected garnered in its latest release. Despite its modern features, the remake didn’t get a complete overhaul, with many of the game’s original bugs still present. The last update for Diablo 2, Patch 1.13, was implemented in early 2010, which did fix some major and minor bugs such as a known dupe mechanic. The update brought new features to the game but was the last patch for over a decade. In December 2021, Blizzard announced Diablo 2’s first major update in twelve years, claiming it would balance out the game’s original character classes while simultaneously introducing the First Ladder Season.
Blizzard Entertainment released the more Horadric Cube Recipes, and Mercenary reworks.
Diablo 2: Resurrected Update 2.4 Patch Notes
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where Unique monster packs with mana drain were draining way more mana than was intended
- Fixed an issue where fire enchanted monsters were doing too much damage in Nightmare difficulty
The rest of Diablo 2: Resurrected's patch notes can be found here.
Diablo 2’s new update is part of the developer’s mission to address the bugs still riddling the two-decade-old game. As with any game code, there were miscalculations that caused significant issues, such as the mana-draining bug. The one thing the developers made clear is that while the intention is to squash the bugs negatively affecting gameplay, the team doesn’t want to completely rid the game of quirks that have become integral to Diablo 2’s meta. Patch 2.4 is significant in many ways, especially in its changes to the click-and-kill’s seven classes. Attack animations, combat skills, and class-specific tooltips are just a part of the update, giving Diablo 2: Resurrected a more modern appeal.
For a game over two decades old, Diablo 2’s new update is a good sign of its longevity. The developers seem motivated to continue to bring the classic loot-and-kill game to the modern era, squashing twenty-year-old bugs while simultaneously adding new content, like the Horadric Cube recipes and new “Legacy” graphics emulation.
Source: Blizzard Entertainment (via Polygon)
