If we were to bet we'd guess that the plan the developers have set for Diablo 2 Resurrected is that when the game launches players from the community that were outraged and D2R Items justifiedly so about Diablo 2 Resurrected take a moment to think "oh yeah, this is Diablo."

Even though there's still cosmetic microtransactions, and the forced online connection seems like it's destined to receive some protests, the juxtaposition with the loot box-obsessed, incredibly humorous mobile game, we're hoping this could be a breath of fresh air. Many of the players who were addicted to Immortal seemed to do so because it offered just enough of the unique Diablo sauce that separates the series from the rest of the games which is why a game with a ton of it will surely succeed.

There was a period in the gaming industry where anything Blizzard launched stopped the flow of traffic. It was common for weeks to be taken off of work and the industry overall would slow down until it was time to take a look at what it was that the Blizzard team had created.

While that doesn't happen much now, and the majority of the prime Blizzard team has left working for a good reasons, Diablo is a franchise that has significance. In all of its legendary time as a series this is the only fourth mainline game. Diablo 2 Resurrected can be a game that causes the industry to beg to reconsider and pay attention Blizzard again, this time for the right reasons.

While some may be wary of the concept of Diablo 2 Resurrected followers, others may like their or dislike them their helpful companions have become an integral part of the action RPG's combat. I inquired with Blizzard about its plans for aides in Diablo 2 Resurrected, and while they didn't say too much however, it seems like followers may join with the group at some point.Speaking to lead developer Adam Z. Jackson in the aftermath following the Diablo 2 Resurrected gameplay preview, I inquired if the follower system is more akin to that of Diablo 2 or Diablo 3 or Diablo 3 - if it existed even a possibility.

For those who aren't aware, in Diablo 2 you would hire followers to descend upon the gates of hell along with the rest of you. But when they were killed you had to hire them again with cold hard cash. The new followers appeared throughout each zone, which implies that certain followers were more powerful than others.

This was a change into Diablo 3, where instead of hiring mercenaries to help you, you obtained three different characters during the story's campaign. The Scoundrel, Sorceress, and Templar, which represented different aspects of DPS, tank, and magic users respectively.In the course of my Diablo 2 Resurrected adventure I only encounter helpful NPCs, who hung around for a couple of dungeons then rode of to the sunset. When I asked Jackson about how the game's follower function would work it was explained that "for the launch Version of Diablo 2 Resurrected, we do have some places in the story in particular in which you'll see certain known NPCs supporting you and helping players figure out what Lilith is up to on the planet.

"We do not have anything to announce about the Diablo 2 Resurrected Ladder Items follower you've hired, so we'll stick with the campaign as of now." It's all about the present.