My martial artist Assassin would be right at home in a Yakuza game, chaining jabs that build into a devastating final blow. For the purposes of this review, I went through them all. Players choose from a pool of seven character classes, with which they smash, shoot and magically blast their way through randomized environments ranging from rural encampments to creepy tombs.

It is, in essence, Diablo 2, complete with all the joys and annoyances players might remember. There are no big updates to controls, camera angles, or map design. It remains campy as hell, and it’s a joy for being so.ĭiablo 2: Resurrected is a remaster of the dungeon-crawling classic. Upon its release in 2000, it was the video game equivalent of a self-aware black metal album, with a performative seriousness that’s not meant to be taken earnestly. For the uninitiated, Diablo 2 is an isometric action-adventure with RPG elements, set in a dark fantasy universe with angels, demons and all sorts of nefarious entities.

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