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What the hell does this have to do with Diablo Resurrected?? lol if You're no longer in the business of reviewing games, then close down and join a tabloid newspaper.
Once he said that he chose the paladin to use lightning resist aura against the beetles in act 2 I realized he's the ultimate noob and had serious doubts about his claims of playing from 2000-2007
Trying to remake such a classic, especially with it being so revered and exaggerated, was never going to satisfy everyone. Any approach they took would be controversial. Had they tried to fix or change the issues and systems, people would complain they’re diluting or ruining the experience. Keep them? You have to deal with the dated design. There was no way to make everyone happy
Seriously it's the easiest thing to do in this game, basically if you don't know the builds you're more likely to get stuck with bad builds that get you stuck on act 2.
@@mattjohnston7299 Yes, that and the fact that most skills are "noob traps", meaning they are useless or completely overshadowed by a handful of skills. Which is a big problem with build variety and not very friendly to new players. The times where we had hundreds of hours to invest in a single game until we figured out the right way to play are gone.
@@mattjohnston7299 yes but when this guy is looking at the game in a critical view like this, it is important to gather as much accurate and relevant information as possible. If he said something negative about having to dedicate to a build, I'd understand, but this guy just broadly states that the game is grindy despite the fact that he did not invest into his strengths and insteady became a jack of all trades, which you can't get away with in this game
@@justinfrost7970 For that matter, you can't really get away with being a jack of all trades in majority of games - some games even force pick specific roles...so the fact IGN did this then reviewed it it a little silly
@@juantsu2000 No. Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil 2 Remake, and Rachet and Clank are remakes. They reworked technical, story, and game play aspects. D2R is a remaster. They remastered the visuals. The new 3D graphics engine layer sits on top of the old 2D framework. They did not change gameplay in any significant way. It is, however, a very faithful remaster.
@@bastinelli443 still better games, and they do share some similarities. Even though diablo is much more action oriented, and very streamlined in it's approach, but far less than Diablo 3.
"Paladin and Assasin only reach their full potential in a group." This reviewer has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. Paladin is likely the best, most versatile character in the game and can easily clear Players 8 solo with the right build. Diablo is a game that is REALLY deep at the high end, yet is being reviewed from the perspective of a noob who has 30 minutes a year of time
He is a noob clearly. Hdins with enigma would clear hell with ease. I've seen pallys that would Uber run easily and one hit people. 🤦 IGN is so ridiculous
This review seems to be from the perspective of a casual gamer playing this for the first time. This is not the game for them. This is an ode to the hardcore gamers who've played this game inside and out.
Diablo 2: Be one of the greatest games of all time... Also Diablo 2: get reviewed by some noob who doesn't understand that he's reviewing one of the greatest games of all time
@@FrenkieWest32 'this is the game for them' refers to the group that will enjoy the game (the most), not a reference to the group the game is marketed to. That they sell it to casual gamers doesn't mean the get the most out of the game.
The reviewer mentions making a bow wielding paladin or melee sorceress. For all you new players, DON’T DO THIS! These builds are very gear intensive. It will require gear that you do not have and won’t have for a while.
@@naegleriafowleri2230 a Necromancer that specializes in the summoning skill tree, a paladin that uses zeal and fanaticism, an elemental Druid that specializes in tornado and hurricane, or a javelin Amazon that uses lightning fury as her main skill.
For necromancer, 20 points in skeletons, 20 points in skeleton mastery, 1 point in clay golem, 20 points in golem mastery, throw a couple points in amplify damage and lower resistances curse, and a couple points in corpse explosion.
For zeal/fanaticism paladin put 20 points into zeal and any other skills that amplify the damage/effectiveness of zeal (they will be listed on the skill tree when you hover your mouse over zeal), 20 points in fanaticism aura, and remaining points in holy shield. Make sure you have a lot of life and mana leach % because you will be in the thick of things.
@@Funchal99 OG Diablo 2 Price: 60$ LoD Price: 35$ Diablo 2 Resurrected: 40$ Well what to expect from a review site that give Diablo 3 a 9.5 on launch right??
@michael stclair just play offline and use the player x command. /players1-8 to up the difficulty, experience gain, and magic item drop rate depending on the number you choose will determine how many people your game thinks your playing with.
@michael stclair To be fair to the console server issue. This game was made on PC and the players that will most likely buy it will be the ex players that played it all those years ago and possibly like me will get it PC. Im not excusing the issue but Id imagine 80% of the buyers will be PC
Developers “we are retaining all the things you love about Diablo 2 and arent making changes that would change the game” IGN “but this is new game right”
Ign is dumb af it was intended to be graphical update with a few tweaks and keeping everything else like the original, why do you think after 20 years, with all this torchlight, poe, diablo 3 and other arpgs, people are still playing the original? Diablo 2 is the best arpg ever made, and this remake, even though could have been a little better because there is always room for improvement did it justice, the fact that they respected the essence, ambiance, and the gameplay of the original game even if it meant not turning it into a more casual player - friendly focus, which is what most true diablo fans would have hated.
@@DaveTheFuckingBrave multiplayer as in you and your friend connect controls to the same playstation and play together. You can't do that on here, you have to have your own playstation and play online and your friend has to have his own playstation and yall play together online. I'm talking about multiplayer as in playing on the same playstation
@@randomnameOK1994 Bro... Do you think diablo 2 was couch co-op on pc back in the day? It doesn't have a dynamic camera, couch co-op would be a TERRIBLE idea. You is doodoo brain
@OlJimJam it's not very insightful, and seems to fundamentally misunderstand what role d2 fills in the ARPG genre, and what the goal of the remaster was.
The game is treated as a new one when reviewing, even if it is a remaster of a decades old game. Meaning its compared to its modern peers, to retain consistency. The score was fair, even if the game was outstanding for its time
If people are so flippant about IGN reviews why would they even care what score it got if they aren't going to listen to the reasoning of the review? What kind of people are thanking you? Is it just so that they can use it as complaint fodder or will knowing it's a 7 from IGN really decide whether they purchase it or not? Scores mean nothing without context. The culture of the IGN review audience is so strange.
Why the fk is everyone reviewing this game like it’s full blown remake and expect it to be modern ? It’s a freaking full remaster , so treat it like one jfc. Your negatives are literally complaining about it not having modern systems etc…. Like restoring a classic car back to its OG form and then complaining about it because it lacks the modern comfort.
This guy's opinion on whether the game is fun or not is pointless, D2 has been out for over two decades, its well known already that its a great game but nobody said it was perfect. The question is whether this is a faithful remaster or not and it definitely is. Despite this game's real or perceived flaws, its still a hell of a lot better than most games that have come out in the last decade.
A remaster is always faithful... What do you expect a review of a remaster to be if not discussing what could have been changed? "Same game with improved performance, 10/10" and that's it?
That’s why you make your own magic find character. So you can do mf runs to get your own gear. A fact that this numb skull obviously had no clue about.
The fact that he even used the term ninja looting and sat there waiting for others to "be nice" is exactly what's wrong with the gaming genre in this day and age.
A remaster of an old game should not be criticized by its dated features and gameplay but instead by its truthfulness to the source material, especially if the source material was and still is beloved by many people today. This is me and my friends first time playing D2 and we are having a blast. Both solo and coop. You can't speak for an audience you don't know and say that those new to the game probably wont like it. This is a remaster after all. If people go in expecting a brand new game then they are sorely mistaken. It's like criticizing dark souls based on the difficulty of the game and say that newcomers to the series won't like it. This review is unprofessional.
A remaster is always "truthful to it's source material"... That's what a remaster is... So every remaster should just be 10/10? So the best raster is just the old game, because that's the most truthfully to the source possible right?
Games like Diablo 2 escape the brain capacity of the people working at IGN, giving a 7/10 to the allfather of every mordern action rpg, a game with more than 20 years on his back, pioneer in everything that still holds amazingly well by today standards, even if you are just scoring the remaster in itself, is ridiculous. (They gave a 10 to The last of us remastered just to put things in perspective...)
@@feo130 half of what makes Diablo fun is trading items with friends and also finding class specific items for other classes and trading with other classes for items that would help your class. Diablo 3s item system wasn't close enough to Diablo 2s to make it fun. Graphically and gameplay wise it was fun, but the story was dumb as sh*t in comparison to Diablo 2.
Wants unlimited respecs for a new generation of players.... *Me sitting there missing the days when decisions you made in a game when leveling up actually mattered and you couldn't respec every 5 minutes.
Fr when your decisions carried actual weight and there were consequences for your actions making the game feel like a learning experience that molds you as a player
IGN : One reason why diablo 2-R's fourth chapter is boring because the amount of dialogue Me : IGN you are sad... you don't understand how brilliant that is for me "a big completionist that reads and explore everything possible" to find that so much fun.
You should've given it a 9 or a 10. The remaster is wonderfully made and it stayed true to the core elements of what defined the RPG genre at the time. It's not a remake but a remaster, and it's a damn near perfect one. This review is awful.
Do you want it to be reviewed as a remaster of the original or as a game in itself? As a remake is nice and faithful, as a game it's aged and flawed and absolutely not a 10 by today's standards.
It's almost like games have evolved and improved since the year 2000? So viewing the game with a modern perspective will lead to a lower score then what it would of got back in the day.
How? Why is everyone upholding respec to this untouchable core feature that can’t be trifled with? If you wanna respec you should be able to do it if not, just don’t do it lol
Bugs bugs bugs. Don't store any valuable item in the shared section of your crate...it gets lost for ever from time to time. I've lost a lot. So much for a REMAKE!
So this game is a refresh of a game 20 years ago. It's not fair to compare it to today's games. Eliminating that aspect, this game is a 9 out of 10, not a 7.
Honestly, pretty fair review listing out the pro and cons with a fair score. Instead of saying why did IGN give this a 7 when they gave Call of War: Battlefield a 9 we should be saying why are you giving generic games far from amazing a 9 instead of a 6 or 7
A pretty brain dead take when you consider that CoD and Diablo are from two vastly different game genres with there own gold standards and expectations.
A lot of this is misleading. You don’t need to diversify your build (that’s ruining a build). There’s no escalating challenges, rather, you mince mobs faster and faster as you progress. Group play is irrelevant if your build is decent (but fun). Essentially, this review does not do the game justice.
This guy really sounds the he's from the current generation that was not even around when this game was out. He seems clueless about this game or how much better this game is compared to Diablo 3.
IGN was never my top review site, but you've been going seriously downhill over the last couple of years. I'd rate your site and staff in their current state a 4 out of 10.
This is a genre defining game and you guys gave it a 7. I'm gonna go on a whim and say you are bias because of the lawsuit(literally posted a comment about it). You can't give this game a 10 because it will look bad on you. It is a 10. All other ARPGS are loosely based on this one.
@@ianashmore9910 yeah right, I'll have whatever your smoking. There's a reason people have been playing this game for 20 years and it's not because it's a 6. NOR A 7. 10s are given for games that are genre defining masterpieces. This is THAT game. Without diablo 2 we wouldn't have the ARPGS we have today
Why did Blizzard make this so you have to be online, even when playing in single player? One of the best parts of D2 was that if you had crappy internet (a common issue in the early 2000s), then single player was always an option! Why didn't they carry that feature over?
Once you get in hell the stamina doesn't matter,no one is playing for the story, you can respect 3 times once in normal nightmare and hell ,as you get better loot you can get teleport on all you characters, the game only has 4 stats upgrade but also has magic find,run speed,runewords,element resistance, attack speed magic cast speed...I can keep going this review is coming from a casual/newbie...
Yeah, just the footage is so...noob... He may have played D2 20 years ago, but he never played it well, it seems. Mouse movement looks like that of a grandma, skillpoint allocation is just dumb, etc.
The grind is critical. Removing the grind ruined MMO’s and the sense of accomplishment in most gaming. It’s not supposed to be a cake walk to be the highest level with the best gear possible…
Do tell me , why is this reviewer complaining about a story more then 20 years old , his reasons being because the zones don't look unique ..... a typical ign review
How comes there's still no Lord of the Rings Hack&Slay game?!?! Imagine fighting through Moria, Minas Morgul, the beautiful lands and mountains of Middle Earth... All that with a cool fellowship of dwarves, elves and humans against orks and trolls.
Diablo 2, oh man where to start, I seen this game when I was 6-7. My family member was playing it an that was in 2006-2007 I have diablo 2 rezzurection on xbox alongside D3. And D4 for playstation5. One of my friends passed away while playing D4 R.I.P Mike
Disagree, this game is around a 8 or 9 and im only playing it on the switch and the only complaint is lack of other players and server issues. Cant wait play this on my PC.
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What the hell does this have to do with Diablo Resurrected?? lol if You're no longer in the business of reviewing games, then close down and join a tabloid newspaper.
No one asked
Noone cares
The Cow Level!!! What about the Cow Level??!!
Punished for being based and chadpilled?
Once he said that he chose the paladin to use lightning resist aura against the beetles in act 2 I realized he's the ultimate noob and had serious doubts about his claims of playing from 2000-2007
He sounds like he's reading from someone else's shitty script.
@@Valhallen002 he is, the reviewers aren’t the ones narrating these
Rakanishu pwns him easily.
“Feels like It’s a waste of time” did he really said that ???
Waste of time is to watch this noobish review.
😂👌🏻
He used Tome of Identify while Deckard Cain was in front of him. Dude...
@Brian M No, we don't.
OH NO! HE DIDNT USE A FREE SOURCE OF IDENTIFY IN FRONT OF HIM HE WASTED GOLD THE MOST PREVIOIUS THING IN THIS GAME! OH MY GAWD! HOW DARE HE!
@@brians48now yes we do Heck even speedrunners and the most popular D2 Players streamers do it ...
@@THAC0MANIC You seem to really have a problem.
You really think they hire gamers to do these reviews anymore?
“It really makes you feel like you’re playing a old game” -IGN
Insert obi wan meme : "that's ... why I'm here"
Do you know what make you feel like you're playing an old game?
Playing an old game
lol
That’s why we’re here, baby!
IGN just a parody of itself now
You gave D2R the same score as W3 Reforged lmfao.
Ign is such a joke at this point
Is this the same reviewer?
D2R is overrated by the community while Reforged is underrated.
@@simplyrin210 reforged underrated lmao
If this is true, the reviewer has no idea what he is talking about.
They gave Diablo 4 a 9/10 while only giving Diablo 2 a 7/10 😂 what a complete joke
Trying to remake such a classic, especially with it being so revered and exaggerated, was never going to satisfy everyone. Any approach they took would be controversial. Had they tried to fix or change the issues and systems, people would complain they’re diluting or ruining the experience. Keep them? You have to deal with the dated design. There was no way to make everyone happy
Console version lacking lobbies, chat etc is really disappointing
Make the adjustments optional? Like the walking over gold
it's the most successful arpg of all time it doesn't need any changes
@@le4-677 lmao you're delusional
that's why they remastered it instead
Review starts at 8:30
👍
Ah you got me!
Thanks man x
Lol
😂i clicked on it and then closed the video,no need to watch .
When you invest skill points across 12 different skills on one character and then complain about grinding
Seriously it's the easiest thing to do in this game, basically if you don't know the builds you're more likely to get stuck with bad builds that get you stuck on act 2.
@@mattjohnston7299 Yes, that and the fact that most skills are "noob traps", meaning they are useless or completely overshadowed by a handful of skills. Which is a big problem with build variety and not very friendly to new players.
The times where we had hundreds of hours to invest in a single game until we figured out the right way to play are gone.
Who would do this? Did you?
@@mattjohnston7299 yes but when this guy is looking at the game in a critical view like this, it is important to gather as much accurate and relevant information as possible. If he said something negative about having to dedicate to a build, I'd understand, but this guy just broadly states that the game is grindy despite the fact that he did not invest into his strengths and insteady became a jack of all trades, which you can't get away with in this game
@@justinfrost7970 For that matter, you can't really get away with being a jack of all trades in majority of games - some games even force pick specific roles...so the fact IGN did this then reviewed it it a little silly
*TLDR: Diablo 2 feels like Diablo 2 7/10*
-IGN
You can remake a game without remaking all the problems with the game too. It's called quality of life changes, and a lot of remakes undergo this.
@@nawab256 it's not a remake. It's a remaster.
@@theballness1414 Nope, it's a remake. A remaster would be the exact same Diablo 2 but with better framerate, etc.
This is a remake
@@theballness1414 thay remake the cutscene, upgrade the graphics, remake the sound effects.
Sound like a remake to me
@@juantsu2000 No. Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil 2 Remake, and Rachet and Clank are remakes. They reworked technical, story, and game play aspects.
D2R is a remaster. They remastered the visuals. The new 3D graphics engine layer sits on top of the old 2D framework. They did not change gameplay in any significant way. It is, however, a very faithful remaster.
Game has been alive and relevant for 20 years for a reason. Same great game that looks amazing now.
Was not that great then, still not now... Just saying, unless you are blizzard fan and then cheap, lazy mechanics is your thing.
@@natecoet3291 mate you werent probably a sparkle in your old mans eyes back in 2000. It's an excellent game from start to finish
@@hamishcounsell5579 Nah in the 2000's I was playing better games, like Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale.
@@natecoet3291 completely different genres
@@bastinelli443 still better games, and they do share some similarities. Even though diablo is much more action oriented, and very streamlined in it's approach, but far less than Diablo 3.
Did this dude really say he spent a couple hundred hours playing the game? Why would you go on the internet and tell lies like that?
He meant the first one
"Why would you go on the internet and tell lies like this"
Are you new to the internet?
😉
To try and validate his bad opinion
You should know that there are some people who plays around 1000 hours
Is it really that unbelievable when he said he put in those hours between 2000-2007?
One of the best games ever just got better.
7
What?
Lollll
The reviewer is what we use to call in the early 2000s a „newbie“.
Lol
Lmaooo
or you could just accept an opinion and take some parts serious instead of just iinsulting.
@@perahoky its called humor, look it up
Haha! true.
IGN gave Cyberpunk 2077 a 9/10 at launch. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Enough said!!!!
@@ericswanson9773 Exactly! 😂
right, this is a 3/10 and cyberpunk is a 2/10.... them CEO's need their yacht money
So a $40 graphical update is comparable? Stay mad kid lol
9/10 is PC version, consoler version review is 4/10
If this game is a 7/10. Warcraft 3 Reforged should not be 7/10. At least one of them is wrong.
It's IGN - take it with a grain of salt
It's IGN they make people review games when those people just have played games release after 2010 only in seems.
exactly, more work went into ressurrected and it shows
IGN is no longer in the business of reviewing games seriously. They're more of a tabloid newspaper now.
It’s almost like there are different reviewers working at IGN.
"Paladin and Assasin only reach their full potential in a group." This reviewer has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.
Paladin is likely the best, most versatile character in the game and can easily clear Players 8 solo with the right build.
Diablo is a game that is REALLY deep at the high end, yet is being reviewed from the perspective of a noob who has 30 minutes a year of time
Noob reviewer
🎯 played it in 2000 with a Paladin, playing again with a Paladin, my fav build
He is a noob clearly. Hdins with enigma would clear hell with ease. I've seen pallys that would Uber run easily and one hit people.
🤦 IGN is so ridiculous
Best end game solo build.
IGN: urg, only relevant in group play.
4:04 Should've mention what D2R supports gamepads with Diablo 3 control scheme and 10 ability slots
EDIT: Guys in a replies are right, it's 12, not 10
Let the power flow through you via game pad
This comment alone has settled my mind on getting this game - didnt know this fact my bruv :)
Straight up.
12 ability slot*
Not sure whether 10, 12, or maybe even more ability slots but I've definitely seen videos recommending using a gamepad for this game.
This review seems to be from the perspective of a casual gamer playing this for the first time. This is not the game for them. This is an ode to the hardcore gamers who've played this game inside and out.
Diablo 2: Be one of the greatest games of all time...
Also Diablo 2: get reviewed by some noob who doesn't understand that he's reviewing one of the greatest games of all time
Exactly what my buddies on Xbox said. Casual gamers will hate it
Says who? You think they remaster a game for a niche crowd? They want to make money mate
@@FrenkieWest32 'this is the game for them' refers to the group that will enjoy the game (the most), not a reference to the group the game is marketed to. That they sell it to casual gamers doesn't mean the get the most out of the game.
@@Mark101dg that ''they dont get the most out of the game'' doesnt mean they shouldnt review it.
The reviewer mentions making a bow wielding paladin or melee sorceress. For all you new players, DON’T DO THIS! These builds are very gear intensive. It will require gear that you do not have and won’t have for a while.
Whats the best charatcer for noobs
@@naegleriafowleri2230 a Necromancer that specializes in the summoning skill tree, a paladin that uses zeal and fanaticism, an elemental Druid that specializes in tornado and hurricane, or a javelin Amazon that uses lightning fury as her main skill.
For necromancer, 20 points in skeletons, 20 points in skeleton mastery, 1 point in clay golem, 20 points in golem mastery, throw a couple points in amplify damage and lower resistances curse, and a couple points in corpse explosion.
For zeal/fanaticism paladin put 20 points into zeal and any other skills that amplify the damage/effectiveness of zeal (they will be listed on the skill tree when you hover your mouse over zeal), 20 points in fanaticism aura, and remaining points in holy shield. Make sure you have a lot of life and mana leach % because you will be in the thick of things.
@@MC-zt3wb you're an absolute bro, screenshotted all of this man.
IGN at its peak, reviewing a REMASTER like it were a new console release.
Well...technically...it is a new console release. 😄
Times change young padawan.
A game released in 2021 at 2021 prices should be reviewed by 2021 standards.
well, it's being charged with a 2021 price, so it should be reviewed by those standards.
@@Funchal99 OG Diablo 2 Price: 60$
LoD Price: 35$
Diablo 2 Resurrected: 40$
Well what to expect from a review site that give Diablo 3 a 9.5 on launch right??
IGN gets a 2 out of 10.
True
Wow, clever comment.
@@Targüs42 you get 0.
@@BigHushAffiliate hahaha he gets a wet hot dog bun. Thats what he gets
@@slowlynow9 🤣🤣🤣 With a side of Haggis 😂
"It makes you feel like a 7"
-IGN
You have internet in heaven? *Holy...*
he didn't even talk about console release and how playing on a controller is a game changer....
You know PC have also controllers ...
@michael stclair just play offline and use the player x command. /players1-8 to up the difficulty, experience gain, and magic item drop rate depending on the number you choose will determine how many people your game thinks your playing with.
@michael stclair To be fair to the console server issue. This game was made on PC and the players that will most likely buy it will be the ex players that played it all those years ago and possibly like me will get it PC. Im not excusing the issue but Id imagine 80% of the buyers will be PC
yeah, he was "tired"
7/10? The very origninal diablo has a healthy playerbase this very day for a reason. This game is amazing
It’s old and it shows.
@@simplyrin210 like you
Ok so? That doesn't mean that it aged perfectly.
It's hard to find anyone in multi-player.
@@simplyrin210 And your standard is obviously not professional.
Developers “we are retaining all the things you love about Diablo 2 and arent making changes that would change the game”
IGN “but this is new game right”
Ign is dumb af it was intended to be graphical update with a few tweaks and keeping everything else like the original, why do you think after 20 years, with all this torchlight, poe, diablo 3 and other arpgs, people are still playing the original? Diablo 2 is the best arpg ever made, and this remake, even though could have been a little better because there is always room for improvement did it justice, the fact that they respected the essence, ambiance, and the gameplay of the original game even if it meant not turning it into a more casual player - friendly focus, which is what most true diablo fans would have hated.
@@franciscomena3467 FACTS
My Paladin has 75% lightning res on hell without running light res aura. Dude is funny.
You’re amazing
If you loved the original this game is a 10/10.
If you love Hulk on Ps1 its also a 10/10....!?!?
@@jimrockqc when you put your hand up in class you we’re definitely one of the kids the teacher never acknowledged.
@@tydegaming9627 In other news if you love Fifa 21 you will love Fifa 22
@@tydegaming9627 lmaooo
"The heart of it all is still multiplayer." Uh...nope!
It's not even multiplayer on ps4 unless you both buy the game and play online. Hope they do fix this
@@randomnameOK1994 that’s what multiplayer is
@@DaveTheFuckingBrave multiplayer as in you and your friend connect controls to the same playstation and play together. You can't do that on here, you have to have your own playstation and play online and your friend has to have his own playstation and yall play together online. I'm talking about multiplayer as in playing on the same playstation
@@randomnameOK1994 Bro... Do you think diablo 2 was couch co-op on pc back in the day? It doesn't have a dynamic camera, couch co-op would be a TERRIBLE idea. You is doodoo brain
@@CocoonpawzZ0 lol for real
The score is a joke.
@OlJimJam it's not very insightful, and seems to fundamentally misunderstand what role d2 fills in the ARPG genre, and what the goal of the remaster was.
The game is treated as a new one when reviewing, even if it is a remaster of a decades old game. Meaning its compared to its modern peers, to retain consistency. The score was fair, even if the game was outstanding for its time
Not even Death can save you from IGN reviews.
Hah goeie!
Bahahahahahhaha damn
They rate it a 7/10
You're welcome.
If people are so flippant about IGN reviews why would they even care what score it got if they aren't going to listen to the reasoning of the review? What kind of people are thanking you? Is it just so that they can use it as complaint fodder or will knowing it's a 7 from IGN really decide whether they purchase it or not? Scores mean nothing without context. The culture of the IGN review audience is so strange.
@@lambasted6886 You deserve an award, sir. This is the most logical comment i’ve seen on youtube for a long time!
@@lambasted6886 Scores means nothing even with the context.
Why the fk is everyone reviewing this game like it’s full blown remake and expect it to be modern ? It’s a freaking full remaster , so treat it like one jfc. Your negatives are literally complaining about it not having modern systems etc…. Like restoring a classic car back to its OG form and then complaining about it because it lacks the modern comfort.
Starcraft remastered gets 9/10 despite not making any changes to the gameplay, yet this gets a 7/10? How does that make any sense?
This costs more than double what SC Remastered does
It's called an opinion.
@@CocoonpawzZ0 And some people's opinions are worth nothing...
watch the video youre commenting on it explains why it got the score it did
*Not casual friendly 7/10*
-IGN
This is what a read. He’s reviewing the game as if it’s meant to be played for 50-500 hours. It’s not meant for that kind of gamer honestly.
True but any gamer would fall into the addictive game play to grind and get stronger.
Exactly.
„Feels like a 20 yrs old game, 7!“
-IGN
He's right though
This guy's opinion on whether the game is fun or not is pointless, D2 has been out for over two decades, its well known already that its a great game but nobody said it was perfect. The question is whether this is a faithful remaster or not and it definitely is. Despite this game's real or perceived flaws, its still a hell of a lot better than most games that have come out in the last decade.
Amen brother
A remaster is always faithful... What do you expect a review of a remaster to be if not discussing what could have been changed? "Same game with improved performance, 10/10" and that's it?
"Ninja looting" in a free-for-all loot system, hahahaha what a joke.
That’s why you make your own magic find character. So you can do mf runs to get your own gear. A fact that this numb skull obviously had no clue about.
The fact that he even used the term ninja looting and sat there waiting for others to "be nice" is exactly what's wrong with the gaming genre in this day and age.
Somebody ninja looted his Cleglaw's Tooth.
A remaster of an old game should not be criticized by its dated features and gameplay but instead by its truthfulness to the source material, especially if the source material was and still is beloved by many people today. This is me and my friends first time playing D2 and we are having a blast. Both solo and coop. You can't speak for an audience you don't know and say that those new to the game probably wont like it. This is a remaster after all. If people go in expecting a brand new game then they are sorely mistaken. It's like criticizing dark souls based on the difficulty of the game and say that newcomers to the series won't like it. This review is unprofessional.
Exactly!
A remaster is always "truthful to it's source material"... That's what a remaster is... So every remaster should just be 10/10? So the best raster is just the old game, because that's the most truthfully to the source possible right?
If they're charging as much as new games then it's fair to compare them
@@diah7130 why don't you play the original instead of the remaster then?
@@FrenkieWest32 Well said!
Just beat Baal about to start nightmare . I’m absolutely loving it visuals and sound are incredible. It’s so addictive much better than D3 !
Just wait unti you realize that the entire endgame consists of private baal runs. Leveling up to get there is always fun though.
@@jaybeam1466 Aw maybe for you. Can't make it to Ubers huh?
@@jaybeam1466 I'll still prefer it over GR runs..
@@Somthinwicked hey, before ubers all you had were Baal runs. Respect the OG
7 out of 10 for someone who obviously only used one character and just ran through it
It deserves 2 for the amount of effort Blizzard put into RE-SKINNING D2. Not even fixing the bugs after 20 yrs???
Games like Diablo 2 escape the brain capacity of the people working at IGN, giving a 7/10 to the allfather of every mordern action rpg, a game with more than 20 years on his back, pioneer in everything that still holds amazingly well by today standards, even if you are just scoring the remaster in itself, is ridiculous. (They gave a 10 to The last of us remastered just to put things in perspective...)
IGN Diablo 3 Review: 9.5
IGN Diablo 2 Resurrected Review : 7
Need to say more??
Nothing to say here... It's their own doom.
Diablo 3 is objectively more fun than Diablo 2. Stop acting like you speak for everyone lmao.
@@feo130 half of what makes Diablo fun is trading items with friends and also finding class specific items for other classes and trading with other classes for items that would help your class. Diablo 3s item system wasn't close enough to Diablo 2s to make it fun. Graphically and gameplay wise it was fun, but the story was dumb as sh*t in comparison to Diablo 2.
If you work at IGN this game isn't for you its made for gamers
They didn't give the devs enough time to finish act IV. it was supposed to have 6 missions not 3.
This should be reviewing how well done the remaster was by VV instead of being critical of 20 year old game mechanics. Get with it IGN.
@Freak4Leeks $40 is not full price. Also the game was originally 2D and is remastered in 3D perfectly. Easily worth $40 to any fan.
@@salzerilli4789 40$ for 10% of a new game?
Wants unlimited respecs for a new generation of players....
*Me sitting there missing the days when decisions you made in a game when leveling up actually mattered and you couldn't respec every 5 minutes.
Fr when your decisions carried actual weight and there were consequences for your actions making the game feel like a learning experience that molds you as a player
IGN : One reason why diablo 2-R's fourth chapter is boring because the amount of dialogue
Me : IGN you are sad... you don't understand how brilliant that is for me "a big completionist that reads and explore everything possible" to find that so much fun.
Hi IGN, next time, it would be worth to assign this kind of review to someone, who actually knows how to play this game, thank you
Agree not someone from the current generation that only knows the garbage we have called diablo 3.
You should've given it a 9 or a 10. The remaster is wonderfully made and it stayed true to the core elements of what defined the RPG genre at the time. It's not a remake but a remaster, and it's a damn near perfect one. This review is awful.
Do you want it to be reviewed as a remaster of the original or as a game in itself? As a remake is nice and faithful, as a game it's aged and flawed and absolutely not a 10 by today's standards.
It's almost like games have evolved and improved since the year 2000? So viewing the game with a modern perspective will lead to a lower score then what it would of got back in the day.
What's the problem with a fury Druid though?
The skill is bugged and it forces you to miss a lot.
Whatever your opinion, being able to freely respec vs automatically picking up gold is such a mind boggling false equivalence.
How? Why is everyone upholding respec to this untouchable core feature that can’t be trifled with? If you wanna respec you should be able to do it if not, just don’t do it lol
@A Bell .... Yeah ?
@@arnoboy96 uh yeah...
@@arnoboy96 you have to craft a Token of Absolution.
y’all realize you can just stop watching IGN reviews right? gamers these days….
My favorite game of all time. Ahhh, those were the days.
Does anyone know how man skeletons you can have with a necromance? It taps out at 20 points but google said you can have 20 skeletons. Is this true?
@@joesmithsmith8579 raise skeletons is 8 on lvl 20. Probably also with mages skeletons
Nothing like getting ambushed and killed by Duriel while its still loading in
THANK U!!! PLEASE UPDATE AND FIX BLIZZARD!
Doesn't happen to me. Upgrade your pc lol
@@crini413 I’m playing it on PS4
Get a ps5?
@@x0rc1st You think that ps5 are easily available right now ?
Bugs bugs bugs. Don't store any valuable item in the shared section of your crate...it gets lost for ever from time to time. I've lost a lot. So much for a REMAKE!
It's not remake
So this game is a refresh of a game 20 years ago. It's not fair to compare it to today's games. Eliminating that aspect, this game is a 9 out of 10, not a 7.
you guys have to understand he is reviewing this from this gen's viewpoint, giving it a 7/10 is already very forgiving
Honestly, pretty fair review listing out the pro and cons with a fair score. Instead of saying why did IGN give this a 7 when they gave Call of War: Battlefield a 9 we should be saying why are you giving generic games far from amazing a 9 instead of a 6 or 7
or why are you comparing an rpg to an fps score
@@wra7h exactly. The cucks on this comment section are real.
theyre reviewed by individuals if you haven't noticed. individuals have their own opinions.
A pretty brain dead take when you consider that CoD and Diablo are from two vastly different game genres with there own gold standards and expectations.
These fools gave the zelda skyward sword port an 8 just recently. Think about it
Yeah? And?
Felt like IGN assigned this to an unpaid intern, asked him to play 30 hours of the game outside work hours, and submit a final draft in 1 day.
This review sounds like a high school media project
That unsung barbarian envoy who met with Baal and his forces despite knowing he'll get royally fcked but still did his job.
he is an OG
A lot of this is misleading. You don’t need to diversify your build (that’s ruining a build). There’s no escalating challenges, rather, you mince mobs faster and faster as you progress. Group play is irrelevant if your build is decent (but fun).
Essentially, this review does not do the game justice.
This guy really sounds the he's from the current generation that was not even around when this game was out. He seems clueless about this game or how much better this game is compared to Diablo 3.
IGN was never my top review site, but you've been going seriously downhill over the last couple of years. I'd rate your site and staff in their current state a 4 out of 10.
I've been pissed at IGN for years now, ever since they cut the hands off of their gorillas at their personal zoo for having fun.
It is an amazing game. Buy it...you will not regret it.
I'll take your word sir
@@emmanuelvictorraulsilvasan4973 well?
@Zechariah Ahl what about you? Dod you love it?
Full game has been out for 186 hours but dude has been smashing demons for couple of hundred.
it's at least an 8.5/10. It's exactly what everyone asked for.
It's a tired remaster for an obsolete genre.
@@IMBREISGAU then why come here and watch the video and scroll through the comments?
@@IMBREISGAU Action RPGs are popular enough, what is a better genre bud?
@@IMBREISGAU clown post
This is a genre defining game and you guys gave it a 7. I'm gonna go on a whim and say you are bias because of the lawsuit(literally posted a comment about it). You can't give this game a 10 because it will look bad on you. It is a 10. All other ARPGS are loosely based on this one.
It was a 10 15 years ago.
Now? 6 tops
@@ianashmore9910 yeah right, I'll have whatever your smoking. There's a reason people have been playing this game for 20 years and it's not because it's a 6. NOR A 7. 10s are given for games that are genre defining masterpieces. This is THAT game. Without diablo 2 we wouldn't have the ARPGS we have today
@@GODBOUNCED
And how many would that be? 5 thousand? Whooptydo
40 $ for visual overhaul, 7 seems generous.
It’s an incredible overhaul, plus it includes everything, and it’s on console.
@@waldorfsalad2307 Except not everything is on consoles.
@@waldorfsalad2307 looks like some1 threw their money at blizzard.
@@waldorfsalad2307 and it has drm.even for offline singleplayer. Oh joy
Why did Blizzard make this so you have to be online, even when playing in single player? One of the best parts of D2 was that if you had crappy internet (a common issue in the early 2000s), then single player was always an option! Why didn't they carry that feature over?
They have offline as well..
This dude actually gave the greatest ARPG of all time a 7/10. Bahahahha 🤣😂
IGN is the Jim Cramer of video game reviews.
Hah, That's going too high. IGN is the Amy Schumer of video game reviews.
Once you get in hell the stamina doesn't matter,no one is playing for the story, you can respect 3 times once in normal nightmare and hell ,as you get better loot you can get teleport on all you characters, the game only has 4 stats upgrade but also has magic find,run speed,runewords,element resistance, attack speed magic cast speed...I can keep going this review is coming from a casual/newbie...
Agreed. D2R is for the hardcore players
Yeah, just the footage is so...noob... He may have played D2 20 years ago, but he never played it well, it seems. Mouse movement looks like that of a grandma, skillpoint allocation is just dumb, etc.
Loved this in early 2000s my character was a necromancer. Miss my Skelly's and golems. Can't wait to relive it
Too bad Blood Golem Iron Maiden combo no longer is useful.
The grind is critical. Removing the grind ruined MMO’s and the sense of accomplishment in most gaming.
It’s not supposed to be a cake walk to be the highest level with the best gear possible…
"we want to give our players a sense of pride and accomplisment", how times have changed...
4:15 no wonder he's strugling you're not supose to use 12 skills but max 3-4 and occasionaly fiew other on specific occasion..
LOL, yeah it looks like he just dumped a point into everything he could find with no planning at all.
how can u find act 4 boring if you played it back in the day? you should already know and expect whats coming
Act 4 was boring
Do tell me , why is this reviewer complaining about a story more then 20 years old , his reasons being because the zones don't look unique ..... a typical ign review
@Slyfox your comment is a joke.
He didn't thought. He said act 4 is blunt, which is true. For the rest of the game he praised.
7? Wow. That score is just for attention.
To trigger the community and make them share this
Nope, not buying into that.
Who ever thought of the idea of updating Diablo 2 was pretty smart
Bet anyone $20 the next CoD game is gonna get a 9+ score.
Single player 7, multi 7, zombies 5. wheres my $20?
He should have gone with Hammerdin build.
How comes there's still no Lord of the Rings Hack&Slay game?!?!
Imagine fighting through Moria, Minas Morgul, the beautiful lands and mountains of Middle Earth...
All that with a cool fellowship of dwarves, elves and humans against orks and trolls.
There is... It's called "Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor/Shadows of War"
Diablo 2, oh man where to start, I seen this game when I was 6-7. My family member was playing it an that was in 2006-2007 I have diablo 2 rezzurection on xbox alongside D3. And D4 for playstation5. One of my friends passed away while playing D4 R.I.P Mike
This skin upgrade is worth 7/10 dollars.
All time favorite game. This was a must buy.
No couch coop? Why isn’t this a thing
buying blizzard games xd lol
Local video games journalist has lost all love for video games but keeps playing them because it's his job now
How is this a 7? This remaster did exactly what it was set out to do. At least 8.5 for me
"Did exactly what it set out to do." - 8.5
Key words "For me"
@@danstapleton2373 Also are you the real Dan Stapleton, executive editor of reviews for IGN being this low in the comments section?
"Looking better graphically than in 2001. Let’s give it a higher rating than the original version rated 8,2 with 8,5 - Wavey
Well that’s great you’re enjoying it and you’re more than welcome to give it your own personal review score.
This game is bad, don’t bash the reviewer
You are reviewing a remaster not a new game for God's sake.
Disagree, this game is around a 8 or 9 and im only playing it on the switch and the only complaint is lack of other players and server issues. Cant wait play this on my PC.
on pc this is just MWAH
One of the best remasters ever of one of the most revolutionary, timeless games of all time. 7/10
But they you give Diablo a 9/10? Okay buddy. Diablo 4 can't compete with Diablo 2.
The best game ever, diablo 2, no matter how the company, the game remains and you will be one of the best ever played
But does it work with Hero Editor.......
No, there's save editors for Resurrected if you google
a: 7 characters you can play, and we have a only paladin review......
b:This guy dosent play diablo
What’s the music at 0:47?
IGN is a 1/10