I see how it exists for “Diablo II: Resurrected,” but how do people who own the original version of the game get it?
(Not that I plan to pay Blizzard any more money – I’ve been boycotting them since not long after Diablo II came out the first time – but I still gotta ask for curiosity’s sake.)
I can’t tell if you’re kidding, but just in case: this is for the 2021 remastered version. They’re not making new paid content for a game that came out in 2000.
The article is a bit unclear about it, but the article does say it’s for the remastered version. So their headline is misleading, and OP just used the official article title.
So it’s a bad title. Unfortunately it’s poor form and considered misleading to change an article’s headline. Still, OP should have noted that the headline straight-up lies.
I think the main problem here is the claim that the game is getting it’s “first update in 25 years”
If the update applied to both the original and the remaster, then it would be 25 years, but in this case the update only applies to the 5 year old “Resurrected” game.
Well, if they are the same game then it would be reasonable to expect that this “new expansion for Diablo 2” actually works with Diablo 2. But it doesn’t. It only works with “Diablo 2: Resurrected”, which is sold separately. People who own Diablo 2 cannot play this new expansion pack without buying another game.
Correct. This was a contention of mine in another thread. Not the first click bait article I’ve seen about it and they all say the same fucking thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if Blizzard sent out a marketing packet for these people to “publish.”
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I see how it exists for “Diablo II: Resurrected,” but how do people who own the original version of the game get it?
(Not that I plan to pay Blizzard any more money – I’ve been boycotting them since not long after Diablo II came out the first time – but I still gotta ask for curiosity’s sake.)
I can’t tell if you’re kidding, but just in case: this is for the 2021 remastered version. They’re not making new paid content for a game that came out in 2000.
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The article is a bit unclear about it, but the article does say it’s for the remastered version. So their headline is misleading, and OP just used the official article title.
So it’s a bad title. Unfortunately it’s poor form and considered misleading to change an article’s headline. Still, OP should have noted that the headline straight-up lies.
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Come on bro
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They are but they aren’t, and it seems mostly pedantic to hammer on that.
I think the main problem here is the claim that the game is getting it’s “first update in 25 years”
If the update applied to both the original and the remaster, then it would be 25 years, but in this case the update only applies to the 5 year old “Resurrected” game.
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So Skyrim on Switch is not the same game as Skyrim on PC…?
Or even more obviously, Oblivion Remastered on the PC vs. Oblivion on the Xbox 360.
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Well, if they are the same game then it would be reasonable to expect that this “new expansion for Diablo 2” actually works with Diablo 2. But it doesn’t. It only works with “Diablo 2: Resurrected”, which is sold separately. People who own Diablo 2 cannot play this new expansion pack without buying another game.
Correct. This was a contention of mine in another thread. Not the first click bait article I’ve seen about it and they all say the same fucking thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if Blizzard sent out a marketing packet for these people to “publish.”