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MrLlamaSC hosts a roundtable panel discussing everything you need to know about Diablo II: Resurrected.

• Vicarious Visions is confirmed to have been working on the remaster.
  
  • Vicarious Vision has been working with Blizzard for a couple years.
• The team wanted to stay true to what Diablo II was, and allow new people to experience it.
• They wanted to deliver an authentic experience that players remember from 20 years ago.
• Evolving from 2D to 3D was challenging, and had to write a new physical based renderer.
  • It has added dynamic lighting and VFX.
• The camera has a new ability to zoom.
• The ability to swap between the old and new visuals is done because the original game is running underneath.
• The game logic runs on a 25fps cycle, allowing the game to run at a high framerate without messing with the gameplay.
• The old game runs on a grid, and the remaster respects the grid.
• Item models on characters will match the icon.
• All the cinematics are remastered.
• Audio now has surround-sound features, ambient noises and effects.
• A remaster was the only forward because a remake would change too much.
• New features were heavily scrutinized.
• There is a shared stash!
  • Non-ladder characters can't interact with ladder stashes and vice-versa.
  • Offline characters can't use a shared stash with an online character.
• An advanced stats screen will show your stats in full detail.
• Auto-gold pickup is opt-in.
• PC first experience even though there is controller/console support.
• Bringing Diablo II to console was a huge challenge.
• Controller support allows for more accessibility.
• Lord of Destruction is included.
  
  • Can still play a non-expansion character.
• Item comparison tooltips have been added.
  • These don't suggest gear for anyone.
• There are five more languages supported.
• The character screen has been updated.
• Offline/Online play flow has been improved.
• 8-Player multiplayer works.
• PvP still exists.
• Trading is still in the game.
• The game browser has been improved.
• Ladder Seasons will be reduced in length to increase engagement.
  • The leaderboard will be saved, and will be easier to filter.
• Character expiration will no longer exist.
• Due to global servers and cross-progression, duplicate names will now be allowed.
  • They will be appended with a gamertag or ID
• The only game art they re-used 1-to-1 was Tyreal's wings.
• It's a goal to stop botting and duping.
• Players can sign up for the technical alpha here.