Is No One Hyped For The Diablo 2 Remaster (A Rant About Game Journalism)

Is No One Hyped For The Diablo 2 Remaster (A Rant About Game Journalism)

A rant that involves Diablo 2 Remaster and Gaming Sites

So I've been dissatisfied with mainstream gaming sites for a long while. It seems like a lot barely talk about and cover games in a straightforward sense anymore, and their focus is often elsewhere, muddied with all manner of other entertainment like shows movies and the kitchen sink, and often focused on gaming through a political/activist lens (which is certainly a perspective but sometimes you just want it to be about the game man)....

Anyway...

So I've been hyping for the Diablo 2 Remaster. Like God this game is bringing back one of the biggest most influential games in all of gaming. D2 was my childhood. This is one of the biggest events coming.

And so I randomly saw on YouTube that the cinematic trailer was released. I'm thinking.... Oh big event! Watch it. Love it.

Then I go to the big gaming sites like Polygon/IGN etc and get excited to read their takes on it..... Look for it on the main pages and ..... Nothing....

Isn't this like a huge deal in gaming? Am I wildly out of sync with what's big right now. Admittedly I'm not keeping up with absolutely everything going on right now.

But I would have thought the cinematic release of the remake of one of the legendary games in gaming would be front page content? Or am I just wildly mistaken. Is this a non event.

Because I could care less about half the gaming tangential content they go front page with.

How is Diablo of all things non existent or buried level content? Is this the state of things?

(Admittedly maybe they got it buried somewhere. I didn't search exhaustively, but come on. This is topline stuff. Not minor leagues. It's fucking Diablo.)

Anyway. Had to rant somewhere.

I'm so pumped for this game.

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Quote from selfmate

I still have diablo 2 and diablo 2 expansion CDs

I don't have time to play that many computer games anymore but if i did this would be one of them

I got my old CDs too somewhere. Lol I'd have to think about it. They might be in my garage.

You gotta get this and sneak it in on the weekends!

You can't resist the call of Diablo!

Quote from Alex_Murphy

Diablo 2 Remaster is just that, a remaster. The game itself is nothing new. So it doesn't strike me as outlandish that most gaming sites don't pay a huge amount of attention to it.

Plus, there are better gaming sites out there than IGN and Polygon.

Maybe I'm too old. To me Diablo is like Halo. It was one of the top franchises. The idea that main gaming sites wouldn't cover it is odd, even if it is just a remaster.

Man D3 must have really killed the IP if no one cares. (I played a little D3 but it paled in comparison to D1 and D2. It was clearly made by a team that didn't get Diablo in terms of atmosphere and style).

What are some recs for gaming sites? I was an OG IGN user from back in the day so I've stuck with them. Polygon I liked when they first came out but they pretty much tanked.

Quote from bartkun

I've played Diablo 2 Remaster open beta, and it was a and nice way to remember all things once again.

In same time gaming experience ain't that smooth as I expected. At this point I would even say it's sad they didn't use Diablo 3 engine and just type all old stories in, and change UI to look like in old D2...

I think Diablo 4 will have all hype, also I found whole 'buying' D2 Remaster very strange, this should be free for all those who already have D2 + Lord of Destruction CD's...

You played the beta! Awesome!

What wasn't smooth? What didn't you like about it?

One of the selling points for me is that they didn't do it D3 style and were pretty much keeping OG D2 and giving it a new coat of paint.

I never liked D3. They World of Warcrafted it.

Anyway I'm excited and going to buy it first day as it's an easy way for me to play it again. It's one of my favorite games of all time.

Quote from omnimorphism

I honestly see no point in remastering Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2 when you can still play the original version. Gaming companies are just becoming lazy. You can at least justify a PlayStation or Nintendo remaster because there's no backwards compatibility. But not an Xbox or PC remaster.

Well Diablo 2 is not on Xbox. It's PC and Mac only. (I don't know about Warcraft I never played that game)

So for people like me that are fans of the series and are more console gamers now this is a god send.

The idea of Diablo 2 on Xbox is exactly what I want.

Quote from godkingteshub

Too old for halo too young for diablo

You should play it Teshubs.

It's one hell of a game. One of the best in my opinion. D2 especially.

If you really want a gem, go play Diablo 1 on PC (I'm sure it's on Steam or one of those). That game is less accessible, but in some regards even better than D2. It's pure old school magic.