Diablo II: Resurrected

 PlayStation 5
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4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 305 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 22 out of 305
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  1. blackcity
    Oct 8, 2021
    1
    one of the most buggy game ever !
    from day one i couldn't play this game at all . crash all the time
  2. Deep_Fred
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    I'd love to give this an 8. It plays great. Looks and sounds like a carefully updated take on the original.

    Unfortunately, character saving is broken.
    My first (offline) character had about a days worth of play rolled back. Lost my progress to act 3 and several good items.
    My second (online) character vanished completely tonight.
    There is no point in playing if I can't keep progress.
  3. Gnizzle
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    Hi folks, went out of my way to write this one. Even made an account for this.
    I'm inclined to suggest you kind people hold on to your hard earned coins, cause this game is just plain horrible.
    I originally wanted to give the game a 3, because the one thing they did right was successfully improving the graphics and staying true to the the atmosphere we all know and love. That aside, they    Hi folks, went out of my way to write this one. Even made an account for this.
    I'm inclined to suggest you kind people hold on to your hard earned coins, cause this game is just plain horrible.
    I originally wanted to give the game a 3, because the one thing they did right was successfully improving the graphics and staying true to the the atmosphere we all know and love.
    That aside, they have succeeded in absolutely nothing. They promised us the same experience when they stole our 40 euro's. They had a blueprint of a 20 year old game, and still they manage to ruin the entire experience.
    Simply put, the game on console has no chat, no lobbies and no stable servers. In summary, you're playing a single player of diablo 2, which will decline you access half of the time. To my opinion, an absolute display of incompetence, obvious greed and lack of respect toward their customers
    Never again, will those leeches receive my hard earned wage.
    The guy that thought implementing a disused party finder was a great improvement, should get his ass kicked, over and over again.    … Expand
  4. benas111
    Oct 13, 2021
    1
    The game itself is ok, but most of the time I can't Play because servers don't work. Company approach to the client is awful and disrespectful. Last game i bought from this company.
  5. mcithegod
    Oct 13, 2021
    0
    Purchased this on PS5 after having the PC version so I could use the cross save to play from the couch when I wanted. The last 5 days since purchasing on PS5 the servers have been down during my play window. I tried to get a refund since I was only able to play 1 night out of 6 days of having the game (total play time less than an hour) but was refused. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Blizzard isPurchased this on PS5 after having the PC version so I could use the cross save to play from the couch when I wanted. The last 5 days since purchasing on PS5 the servers have been down during my play window. I tried to get a refund since I was only able to play 1 night out of 6 days of having the game (total play time less than an hour) but was refused. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Blizzard is not using resources to keep it functional. They have not fixed bugs. You will absolutely want a refund and be unable to get one. Again SAVE YOUR MONEY AND DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS ME.… Expand
  6. TestieTickler1
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    Game DOES NOT work. Servers are ALWAYS down. Litterally unpayable, huge waste of money
  7. Russmobster
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    No server blizzard every day every time, i go play and game say me no server blizzard!
    Why? It’s very big problem
  8. Redbadger
    Oct 12, 2021
    0
    An absolute disgrace... Didn't want to critisize the game, but those incompetent yokels at blizzard left me no choice. First off, I'm disgusted by the fact they thought it clever to give use a malfunctioning party finder, instead of a proper lobby. Thanks, blizzard. I suppose a decent ladder season is too much to ask for. To top it off, their servers only work half the time, so have funAn absolute disgrace... Didn't want to critisize the game, but those incompetent yokels at blizzard left me no choice. First off, I'm disgusted by the fact they thought it clever to give use a malfunctioning party finder, instead of a proper lobby. Thanks, blizzard. I suppose a decent ladder season is too much to ask for. To top it off, their servers only work half the time, so have fun having a wobbly run with your friends. Do not buy this steaming heap of lies, I implore you! This is not the classic Diablo experience at all.… Expand
  9. RodlVlan
    Oct 13, 2021
    1
    40 bucks for not being able to play 5 days in a row? No way!!!?
    The game isn't bad initially, but it would have been great to see fixes to outdated gamedesign decisions: inventory, potions, resurrection and running to your items with minus 70% resistance on hell difficulty.
    But omg, typical Blizzard. The servers have been down for the last week. They can only take your stuff out of your    40 bucks for not being able to play 5 days in a row? No way!!!?
    The game isn't bad initially, but it would have been great to see fixes to outdated gamedesign decisions: inventory, potions, resurrection and running to your items with minus 70% resistance on hell difficulty.
    But omg, typical Blizzard. The servers have been down for the last week. They can only take your stuff out of your inventory because the servers restarted. And they're asking 40 bucks for it.
    Spend your money on some other game that you can run whenever you want, not when blizzard decides to give you 1 hour a day.    … Expand
  10. Doom646
    Oct 8, 2021
    0
    The game is not bad but I do really hate that I need to create a battle.net account to be able to play the game... I paid for it I shouldnt need to log in another servirce that wants to harvest my data
  11. NewSith
    Sep 28, 2021
    8
    The game is a remaster with minimum intervention and even that intervention is toggleable. Thus there’s not much to rate, apart from:
    1. Visuals. Great looks for a 3D game strapped onto a 2D engine. Great remaster of the Act intro cinematics, quality environment, item and enemy redesigns, very cool reimagining of the VFX… All would be great if not for the:
    A) Censorship - I mean, we all    The game is a remaster with minimum intervention and even that intervention is toggleable. Thus there’s not much to rate, apart from:
    1. Visuals. Great looks for a 3D game strapped onto a 2D engine. Great remaster of the Act intro cinematics, quality environment, item and enemy redesigns, very cool reimagining of the VFX… All would be great if not for the:
    A) Censorship - I mean, we all know what we really saw in Monastery jail and catacombs in the OG graphics, admit it
    B) Unnecessary anti-objectification - like Assassin’s naked ass suddenly turning into skin-toned trousers, Amazon boobs dropping down a couple sizes, Sorceress underboob getting covered and so on… It’s not a Korean MMORPG, obviously, but it’s not a social boundaries education game either.
    C) Ugly faces of almost every hero and NPC - paint Amazon hair white and you would not be able to tell which of the two is Necromancer. D3 faces look pleasant, why D2 faces have to be so unattractive?

    2. Performance. There were a couple times my party members crashed and I lost some progress day one of the game, but the situation has been steadily improving ever since, like it usually happens with Blizzard launches. Too much overreaction about that, in my opinion.

    So the bottomline is: the remaster is great, good nostalgia, except I’d say, it’s not really worth the full price.    … Expand
  12. Debaucep
    Nov 24, 2021
    2
    the remaster is good enough. Runs smooth and great.

    but the key thing of Diablo - one we loved and appreciated from bnet times - lobbies are just missing on console version. That is weird as all high-level content is about trading and grouping up with other players. Now I have 50 lvl char and for the time being I have met only 3 (!!!) players in party finder for the whole gaming    the remaster is good enough. Runs smooth and great.

    but the key thing of Diablo - one we loved and appreciated from bnet times - lobbies are just missing on console version.

    That is weird as all high-level content is about trading and grouping up with other players.
    Now I have 50 lvl char and for the time being I have met only 3 (!!!) players in party finder for the whole gaming time.

    Actually there is NO multilayer on console d2.
    2 / 10.    … Expand
  13. Hectik
    Sep 29, 2021
    9
    This original game is the one of the many reasons why I didn't do well in High School 20 years ago: D.

    The king of Looter action RPGs is back and looking better than ever. Yet I see idiots review bombing this game just because of minor server issues which is normally expected on game release. The best way of describing this remaster is puppeting the original game with better visuals    This original game is the one of the many reasons why I didn't do well in High School 20 years ago: D.

    The king of Looter action RPGs is back and looking better than ever. Yet I see idiots review bombing this game just because of minor server issues which is normally expected on game release.

    The best way of describing this remaster is puppeting the original game with better visuals and sound. Gamers can easily switch between the OG game to the current by pressing L2 and sensor button which shows the journey of the game.

    The cinematics have been revamped as well and noticed the iconic music is a lot cleaner. Controller support has also been added obviously for console and is a breath of fresh air. It can be annoying especially with Necromancer's Corpse explosion where you can't specifically blow up the right corpse and the auto aim is not strategical compared to point and click with the mouse. Although, getting to skills is faster by mapping them to buttons and shoulder buttons.

    Everything else is the Diablo you know and love. PS5 gives the option for performance mode to 60fps which the OG was known to be stuttery at times barely hitting 30. Character and weapon models have been changed and the game with HDR in play makes dungeon crawling in the dark fantastic.

    There has been a lot of ease of game issues addressed, the key one being the inventory space and shared stash.

    Multiplayer I found to be way easier on console compared to PC as you can just invite your friend in game. On PC you have to create an annoying private lobby for your friends to join in.

    Overall, I love the game. Pure nostalgia has hit, and I'll be invested to getting these 7 heroes to Hell mode and try to get a Platinum (looks at the Hardcore mode Lvl 99 with fear).

    9 out of 10 for console
    8 out of 10 for PC    … Expand
  14. JKekaNVKZ
    Oct 13, 2021
    1
    I dont know what happen with Blizzard??? This is a worse thing i ever meet in game industry!!!

    Servers always shutdown last days! 4 days when people cant play on any platform.. Today (10/13) console (PS5) download new Patch and game show your characters, but when you click Play - game dont do anything! Thing is - if you dont downlodad this patch - game work! I check PS4 - there is no    I dont know what happen with Blizzard??? This is a worse thing i ever meet in game industry!!!

    Servers always shutdown last days! 4 days when people cant play on any platform.. Today (10/13) console (PS5) download new Patch and game show your characters, but when you click Play - game dont do anything! Thing is - if you dont downlodad this patch - game work! I check PS4 - there is no patch for this platform and game work!!! What is going on??? I delete Diablo 2 from PS5 and reinstall - no luck... So right now ill try to refund... Rest in Peace Blizzard...    … Expand
  15. DrummBumm
    Sep 29, 2021
    8
    Preface: I'm pretty much a Diablo n00be, I've only had a brief experience with Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls.

    This game is the whole acton/RPG genre personified, and playing it I can see where future games of the like gets its formula and why Diablo is so popular. I only had a few minor issues when booting it up initially (creating a battle.net account was kind of a pain in the @ss). Other    Preface: I'm pretty much a Diablo n00be, I've only had a brief experience with Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls.

    This game is the whole acton/RPG genre personified, and playing it I can see where future games of the like gets its formula and why Diablo is so popular. I only had a few minor issues when booting it up initially (creating a battle.net account was kind of a pain in the @ss). Other than that, I didn't have many issues with internet connection. With all of the negative reviews you'd think these people are still running a 56k modem.
    I'm currently building up an assassin from scratch playing online solo. After a few hours, you start to get how the game works overall, and even with that, it is still very addicting even though you know what to expect for the most part. Definitely a grindy game, like almost every other action/RPG.
    Awesome graphics, insane replay value, I think it's worth the $40 considering you have hundreds if not a thousand hours of replay value.
    I'm usually not really into RPG's, but this game is making me consider trying out more recent titles because of this game.
    Enjoying it so far!    … Expand
  16. riguardli
    Oct 16, 2021
    1
    Multiplayer full price game have no connection to servers for more than a week. I can smell cyber77 again. 1 score for offline game
  17. StApostle
    Oct 11, 2021
    1
    Конченная маленькая иди студия не может починить сервера. Игре 21 год. Не вздумайте покупать.
  18. Usermena
    Oct 2, 2021
    9
    Brilliant game! Шикарная не устаревающая игра засияла новыми красками! Рекомендую
  19. Andinho
    Oct 1, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it's understandable that the game at launch has small connectivity issues but it gets better as the days go by this classic really leaves me amazed that I'm playing well.… Expand
  20. Victordrumont
    Oct 30, 2021
    0
    Can’t play!!!
    I’ve created a online char… and now can’t play online because a 255lenght queue and can’t use my online char at offline mode.
  21. GrembReaper
    Apr 25, 2022
    0
    DO NOT BUY FOR CONSOLE. D2Lite is a more apt name for this game.

    The console versions online multiplayer is an ABSOLUTE SHAM. DO. NOT. BUY. THE. CONSOLE. VERSION. I bought this game because the D2 I loved had an amazingly social gameplay aspect to it, the only time I played alone was if I wanted to. Now they have this empty soulless shell of a game that is only good to play on offline    DO NOT BUY FOR CONSOLE. D2Lite is a more apt name for this game.

    The console versions online multiplayer is an ABSOLUTE SHAM. DO. NOT. BUY. THE. CONSOLE. VERSION. I bought this game because the D2 I loved had an amazingly social gameplay aspect to it, the only time I played alone was if I wanted to. Now they have this empty soulless shell of a game that is only good to play on offline single player and when playing online feels just like online single player. I genuinely feel robbed by blizzard as i was expecting what was released on PC and got basically a BETA version of that.

    NO chat options other than a quick chat wheel. Cant even bring up a jenky 4 WPM playstation menu. Public games can be joined but 99.99999% of the time you will be alone and you will stay that way. Trading does not exist unless you use third party sites/apps which is poor design for any game.
    No lobby or game finder just ensures a vicious circle of joining and leaving trying to find someone to play with.

    I have NEVER gone and reviewed a product but I was so disappointed with this game that I hope to stop others from wasting their money on a half-A** product from a company that I used to revere with such high esteem. I will not be buying ANY more blizzard games for a long time.    … Expand
  22. Zufarus
    Sep 26, 2021
    10
    Beautiful game, everything as it should be. Got some server lags in the beginning, but it's ok
  23. ShoeyMcGee
    Sep 26, 2021
    9
    Changed my initial review from a 0 to a 9, as it appears that they have fixed the bug that caused the character progression glitch. This game is exactly what I wanted, and they have delivered! I wanted the same Diablo 2 experience that I remember from my childhood, but with updated graphics. That is exactly what this game is. Awesome!
  24. Roflan105
    Sep 28, 2021
    10
    Best game ever! Best game ever! Best game ever! Best game ever! Best game ever!
  25. Zasramba
    Sep 25, 2021
    10
    Прошел 1 акт , не 1 косяка не было. Начинал играть ровно на старте игры. За все это время было 0 вылетов ( играю в сети ) 10из10. Не играл в оригинал. Но это прям зашло.
  26. Vagrock
    Sep 26, 2021
    10
    The best game that sends you as a child! 10/10
    The best reissue Blizzard!!!
  27. Sergey1999
    Sep 26, 2021
    10
    Absolutely stunning. This game turned out to be exactly as I expected. Brought back lots of memories
  28. PicacuXA
    Sep 26, 2021
    10
    Excellent! Thank you Blizzard we wait this 15 years! Best game ever on 4k tv
  29. gabrielbs182
    Sep 27, 2021
    10
    My experience on ps pro was perfect, it's the game of my life, the graphic upgrade is perfect.
  30. TimSafari
    Sep 26, 2021
    10
    Turned out to be amazing! People who expected new gameplay from remaster, are you actually dumb? It' awesome, that they left everything as it was.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. PlayStation Country
    Oct 14, 2021
    80
    While the remaster brings little new to the table other than a fresh coat of paint, cross play and remade cutscenes. Diablo II and its expansion feel as exciting, threatening and as ruthless as ever. The lions share of the quality-of-life improvements are found in the console version, with an excellent use of the controller, added hotkeys and general accessibility. Yet, the remaster does nothing to dumb down or meddle with the overall experience. Instead, for returning players, this is Diablo II as you remember it to be. For new players, while missing a lot of features that most ARPGS have today, there is a lot to love about this aging gem and it is still worth experiencing even decades later.
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  2. Wccftech
    Oct 10, 2021
    80
    Diablo II is one of the best ARPG's in gaming history, and Vicarious Visions haven't made many changes for Diablo II: Resurrected. Visually, there's a stark difference and it looks great while keeping the atmosphere. A few quality of life changes help keep this fresh and make it playable on consoles, but it just doesn't go far enough at points. This ageing master may have had a facelift, and it's one you can have a fantastic time with, but you can hear the creaking of its bones.
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  3. PlayStation Universe
    Oct 10, 2021
    70
    Certainly it's great to see an all time classic enshrined and restored for modern day use. Additionally it opens up the game to exclusively console players that never played the original Diablo 2 on PC. There's no denying its significance in gaming history, and looks wonderfully sharp in 4k, but the age of the source code is evident. Diablo faithfuls will get a great nostalgic kick on the clunky ever-grind that is Diablo 2: Resurrected, but it would be a difficult recommendation for any series newcomers.
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