Unfortunately for Diablo 2 Resurrected
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The average play time during sessions, Grubb said, was actually much longer, around 45 minutes. The sessions were repeated all day. That's when the team realized they had struck a great balance between fast play sessions and long runs to be able to just park their D2R Items cars in front computers.
The game will be essentially an online service. This means the team has plans to offer a range of free updates, according to executive producer Peiwen Yao.
"The updates will include dungeonsas well as storyline quests and bosses, as well as gameplay features as well as new classes" she said, adding that she wasn't able to specify what these plans are as of yet.
Cheng said he's still confident of his vision of bringing the Diablo series to mobile devices. On paper, the plan makes sense, especially since there are an abundance of Diablo duplicates that are available on smartphones. The historical and mainstream appeal the Diablo brand name brings to this genre is an enormous element in its favor.
"Just that it's on a smaller device or screen doesn't mean it's a small idea," Cheng said, noting that it's the most ambitious studio Diablo project yet. Unfortunately for Diablo 2 Resurrected, mobile spinoff Diablo Immortal spoiled that momentum. From the moment of announcement, development until the launch and beyond, Diablo Immortal was criticised by players for its insanity with microtransactions and the community was enraged. This is the same community that forced Blizzard away from its auction house that was based on real money the same crowd that demanded the revamped loot system, Loot2.0 which made Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls the premiere action loot game of the last decade.
It was clear that they felt many ways still feel, abandoned by Blizzard. Diablo 2 Resurrected can begin to make things right. Blizzard is a firm in changing. Still in the middle of the impending Microsoft merging, Diablo 2 Resurrected could prove to be the last game created by "Old Blizzard," and there's a lot of pressure to deliver the experience they desire, especially considering that in the years that followed Diablo 3, other games similar to the genre, like Path of Exile, have been able to challenge Blizzard's looted crown.
There's a looping mechanism in Diablo that's the key to the game's success or not working. Is it satisfying to step into the dungeon with no thought, fight mobs, and then collect loot? If yes it is, then Diablo 2 Resurrected is halfway to buy D2R Items being beloved by the fans. If the team once time again altered the loot system, as it did in the first release of Diablo 3, then we're in trouble.