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centered on supplemental, software quality of life, accessibility, and making underpowered options more powerful without affecting the overall game's balance. The development team considered user feedback and consulting original developer notebooks. In response to feedback, Blizzard added a new PC interface bar in
December to let players cast skills immediately, similar to how the new controller scheme worked and a modernization of the old two-step method of choosing a skill and left- or right-clicking to cast. Blizzard had been hesitant to provide this option, considered a large deviation from the original. The developer also added a new "public test realm" where players could play-test new features before the main game is updated. Patch 2.4 was released April 2022 and brought the first
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was possible due to a near-release loss of much of the game's source code and assets from corruption in their backup system. They were able to recover most of the code and assets through copies that employees of
Blizzard North had taken home with them or other means, but the Schaefers felt there were
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Blizzard added small convenience upgrades while leaving the core gameplay unchanged. The addition of a Shared Stash lets players transfer items between their own characters, as compared with the original game, which involved a tertiary "mule" character to facilitate the transfer. Players can toggle
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since 2010. Rather than affecting popular systems and items, the patch made some underused playstyles more viable for play in higher difficulty levels, such as a weapon-throwing
Barbarian or martial arts-focused Assassin. Similarly, it made previously underpowered options (e.g., item sets and ally
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platforms. Server problems prevented some from playing the game at launch and in subsequent weeks. Blizzard explained that these problems resulted from several factors. Part of this was due to legacy game code related to game creation and database access, which they were trying to resolve with
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lead Rod
Fergusson and principal designer Rob Gallerani, the missing data was not as bad as the Schaefers had indicated. Their team scoured through other sources at Blizzard, such as through marketing material, to find additional resources to fill in the gaps. After assessing what was missing
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small usability changes like the Shared Stash and automatic gold pickup. Some new conveniences can be toggled to the user's playstyle preference. The two core principles for the remaster were preserving the authentic, original game's experience and making it accessible for modern play.
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followed in August, with early access for those who pre-ordered the game on supported platforms. Blizzard made multiple tweaks and additions based on community feedback during the technical alpha, including touch-ups of visual effects, revised item icons, interface
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automatic gold pickup, display ground items and other small upgrades. The game now reminds players to spend skill points and reminds that skill point allocation is permanent. The remaster allows players to import save files from the original
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s DRM model instead requires all installations to authenticate and update on a regular basis, establishing an ongoing dependency on
Blizzard servers via the Internet, even for players who exclusively play solo offline sparking concern among
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artificial intelligence) more effective. This patch also added Ladder Play, a competitive multiplayer feature well-known from the original that was omitted from the remaster's launch.
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which was met with criticisms from journalists and players,
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818:"Diablo 2: Resurrected: how to access the secret cow level"
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Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game: Diablo II Edition
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was controlled via a serial number during installation;
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2258:Resurrected
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1984:Resurrected
1941:Video games
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2082:Neal Acree
1993:Diablo III
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541:PC: 80/100
539:NS: 78/100
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394:Battle.net
324:Activision
226:See also:
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1965:Diablo II
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337:Diablo IV
273:cow level
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261:Diablo II
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185:Diablo II
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