Thank you so much! Honestly, the classic editions are looking more and more tempting now that I’ve learned about the Meridian XL mod as well.

I agree 100% with your System Shock 1 assessment. SS2 has been my favorite game for over 20 years, but I could never get into the first game after the mouse-look/free-look era came to fruition.

That’s why I’ll be forever grateful to Nightdive Studios for their incredible, stunning, staggering remake of SS1. If anyone who’s curious hasn’t checked it out yet, I highly, highly recommend it!

I think I’ll go with Resurrection since I really enjoy playing old games with tweaks, mods, or enhanced editions that bring updated resolutions, textures, and/or modern features that somehow went overlooked in a given game’s heyday. Although, playing original D2 on a CRT would be cool.

I also recently learned about Project Diablo 2; an expansive mod for original D2 with online multiplayer, so maybe I’ll get into that community someday. Unfortunately, the Resurrected license doesn’t work for it. You need an original licensed copy of D2 for that.

Nice! Yeah, it looks gorgeous. Kinda how the original build of Diablo 3 was looking before they scrapped it for the new art style.

Good tips! I definitely consider them. Perhaps some “glitches” weren’t patched for a reason.

Thanks for the advice! For what it’s worth, I did save every possible resistance type I picked up in one form or another. I kept every piece of jewelry that wasn’t redundant. But the goddamned BLOOD KNIGHTS don’t care about your fancy pants. They just deal cold hard damage while they gang up on you. 🥲

How about “Diablo II: Resurrected”. Yay or nay? Seems to be the only way to get a copy.

Edit: Apparently, you can still download Diablo II (2000), but you probably need an existing license registered to your Battle.net account. It looks like the only way to get a NEW license is by purchasing “Diablo II: Resurrected”.

Damn, that’s hardcore. Is D2 like that too? I imagine D3 & D4 are considerably less challenging as is the trend with long-running series.

You would love “Gravity”, then. /s

Ringing landline phones. They’re always SO LOUD and ring at least four times before someone picks up in nearly every scene they’re featured in. I’m just trying to quietly watch a movie late at night without waking anyone.

I would say that any game could be remastered beautifully if done well while properly honoring the original. Many games will be become unplayable for people as CPU/GPU architecture, display technology, and software development marches into the future. It’s important to have a way for the old games to remain playable with little-to-troubleshooting for the majority of players. Remastering games is a way to have that and make them look and play better as well.

On the extreme side of this, we have the “System Shock” remake by Night Dive Studios. That’s “REMAKE”, not “REMASTER”. This was was a staggering undertaking and a real passion project by the devs. The result is nothing short of a stunning, triumphant achievement that perfectly walks a fine line between what to change and what not to. They did a fantastic job, IMO.