Diablo 2 Remake Mod - Public Testing Friday

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PCGamesN reports that a public test for an ambitous Diablo II remake mod will occur this Friday.


An enthusiastic modder is recreating Diablo II: Lord of Destruction in StarCraft II’s map editor, and it will be available for public testing on Friday.

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The Curse of Tristram: Destruction’s End is an impressive free game mod for StarCraft II, which developer egod123 aims to release as a series of custom maps through Battle.net. He’s opening a public test this Friday, May 11, where the first six zones of the game will be available along with three difficulty modes.

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The guy is working alone on this and it is taking forever to complete. I don't expect this to ever be done or even whole of Act 1 (my guess is that once he completes Act 1 he is going to give up).
And Blizzards own remaster will probably arrive soon(ish).

Also Starcraft 2 engine is not really best suited for Diablo like gameplay.
 
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Sees the word Blizzard and Battle.net. I'm outta here, and not interested.:cool:
 
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Diablo II looks amazing on any LCD made in the last ~2 years because scaling and interpolation are no longer big issues. D2 does not need a remake but I’ll happily check this out
 
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Why not Zoid… err, Diablo 1? Don't tell me there is already a D1 remake. No wait, do tell.

(PS: I know about the HD version. And about the D1 remake in D3, which is not really a remake.)
 
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ToddMcF2002 said:
Diablo II looks amazing on any LCD made in the last ~2 years because scaling and interpolation are no longer big issues. D2 does not need a remake but I’ll happily check this out
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I does not need a remake but it can use a remaster like sc1 Broodwar had.
 
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d2 is pointless. not much to replay it for.
d1 maybe id try, but i doubt they can match its quality
 
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ToddMcF2002 said:
Diablo II looks amazing on any LCD made in the last ~2 years because scaling and interpolation are no longer big issues. D2 does not need a remake but I’ll happily check this out
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Exactly, and what kind of remake you would do to a game with randomly generated levels (I guess just the graphics).
 
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I don't know if its pointless. I just finished the OC & LOD expansion and I didn't recognize a thing in that video. I'm not sure how "faithful" this remake is going to be. Maybe that's a good thing and it will feel like new IP. FYI there are no random levels in D2. That was D1.
 
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Yeah, some D2 maps are a little more static, but in general they are random.
 
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In tomorrow's news, Diablo 2 Remake Mod stopped with a cease&desist.
 
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If you have the game it can be played entirely offline. I have it on a key fob and just transfer it around PC's. I bought the "battle box" some years ago.
 
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