Though the team has taken the Rogue from the original Diablo “as an aesthetic and fantasy starting point” and there are elements of of the Assassin and Demon Hunter classes in there, there are also “some new ideas that we felt specifically appropriate for the Diablo rogue.” In an interview with Polygon, Diablo 4 game director Luis Barriga and art director John Mueller have said that the character of the Rogue “actually feels really fresh” for Diablo 4. Diablo Remastered and Resurrected: all the rumors and info around the remake.Diablo Immortal: everything we know about Diablo on mobile.

She can best any foe with her imbued weapons, perform powerful combo attacks, and can augment her arsenal with deadly poisons and shadow magic to slay demons with impunity.” It had a difficult launch, but Diablo 3 over the years has grown into a stonking dungeon crawler.Blizzard itself has described her as “an adaptable, agile warrior who can specialize in ranged or close quarters combat. I was surprised how many little features I’d grown to take for granted from Diablo 3 that were missing from Diablo 2: ‘Massacre’ killstreak multipliers, quick-view loot stats, destructible environments, action-oriented dodges on the console versions, a full range of motion beyond the 8-way directions – and that’s just off the top of my head. I know it has its detractors, but I’m a big fan of Diablo 3, and have spent my time with that successive game more than Diablo 2 in recent years. A glimpse of the past, and a hope for the futureĪnd yet, more than anything, playing Diablo 2: Resurrected has made me all the more desperate to get my hands on Diablo 4. It’s like climbing into a comfy bed that’s just had fresh sheets put on it – it’ll be hard to go back to the legacy version of Diablo 2 after this, preserving everything that was great about the original, while touching up some pain points that have endured over the years. Despite being a technical alpha, it’s stable to play, with no major bugs, and all the elements that are available to try right now work just fine.

I’ve played a nice chunk of the first act of Diablo 2: Resurrected, and it’s been a blast so far.

Like a good book brought to life on the screen, the space for imagination between those crude pixels of the original game might not quite match up with the fully-realized characters of Resurrected. It’s perhaps a bit more realistic, which could be jarring for veteran players.

Diablo 2 remastered trailer