There's a fundamental loop in Diablo that's at the heart of making the game work or disappointing. Is it satisfying to drop into the dungeon with no thought, kill mobs and get loot? If so, it means that Diablo 2 Resurrected is halfway to being beloved by the players. If the team once repeatedly messed up the D2R Items loot system just as it did in the original release of Diablo 3, then we're in trouble.

Within the novel Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, the chapter on the disaster of Diablo 3's launch tells the story of how a Blizzard player played for hundreds of hours, before they discovered a piece of legendary loot. When that orange light finally emerged from the shadow of an enemy, he went to the loot only to realize that his character class couldn't even use it. The system of loot was so inherently broken that the pressure that comes from grinding all day which was then followed by relief of receiving something unique, was broken.

It was then fixed the point that you could only get certain loot levels that fit your specific class, and also the rate at that early-game legendary items dropped raised. Also, even though the legendary items that you could get did not break the game, you still felt you'd often get a small dose of dopamine that kept your hands on the rope.

In the event that Diablo 2 Resurrected gets that right and offers a similar loot system as Loot2.0 and Loot2.0 in Diablo 3, then we're already worried about just how much time we're going to devote to the game. The disaster in Diablo 3 is the best chance that has ever happened to the franchise on a go-forward basis, and combine this and Immortal's Immortal controversy, it appears like Blizzard has a simple list of potential potholes to avoid if it's to remain within the ranks of it's best players.

The community is extremely vocal about what they don't like and has been through the development of Diablo 3, so we're hopeful that Blizzard will take the feedback of those fortunate enough to have played large parts of the game in the pre-release phase. Although we'd bet Blizzard isn't thrilled by the massive leaks of footage that is rumored to have come in the wake of one of these test results.

One aspect from Diablo 3 that is confirmed to return are the short-lived Seasons. These are post-game bits of content that change the way legendary items work as well as remixing the content of the base game making it a replayable game that's already extremely replayable. Seasons was supported for a substantial amount times in Diablo 3, so we're hoping that they'll be an important feature in Diablo 2 Resurrected.

The seasonal nature of the game also sets Diablo 2 Resurrected up to be another compelling Game Pass game, should it ever be shut down. A game like Diablo with its solid gameplay is perfect for a service specifically designed to allow players to return to real-time games within a couple of months. However it's a bit of a gamble, as the game is scheduled to launch in June, and the fight over the future of Activision still well underway This is one game which is highly unlikely to receive Game Pass treatment on day one. Game Pass treatment on day one, unless something radically occurs.

If we could bet, we'd bet that one of the goals in Diablo 2 Resurrected.4 is, when Diablo 2 Resurrected is released people in the community that were outraged, and rightly so, about Diablo 2 Resurrected sit back and contemplate "oh yeah, this is Diablo."

While there are still cosmetic microtransactions, and the online connection is forced, it feels as if it's going to get some opposition, the juxtaposition of the loot-box-driven, negative mobile game We're hoping that this will be a breath of fresh air. Many of the players who were hooked by Immortal seemed to do so because it was a little bit of the special Diablo sauce to buy D2R Items differentiate the series from its peers thus a game that is full of it is primed to succeed.