The only good thing about this is to relive some nostalgia, so if you never played Diablo 2 during its release years don't bother in 2023 because this is a 2000 game with a fresh coat of paint, it's gameplay aged horribly as nearly all loot-based games that came after Diablo 2 have significantly improved it's formula. I honestly feel fucking stupid for completing this game. I tried it with my gf, got to the tail end of Act II and we dropped it because Diablo 2's gameplay loop is just so boring, I eventually came back and finished Act IV before being done with it, Diablo is dead, I don't fucking care about the rest of the story, I actually super regret picking it back up and playing through the rest. You get swarmed by mobs 24/7 and spend 5-10 minutes killing each group of enemies (which consists of you holding left click with the occasional spell cast in-between), the main draw to Diablo 2 was always building your character, finding better gear etc. etc. Except that at normal difficulty (the one you always start on) you will change your gear once maybe 3-5 hours of play. I literally had the same gear for around 8 hours in Act I because the game refused to drop me some better gear from the 30-ish bosses, special and rare monsters that we fucking killed in that time. Every single health bar of nearly anything you go against is so bloated, you will be whacking at a boss for a solid 15 minutes at a time even if he does no damage to you, this can extend to upwards of 30 minutes if he is actually a threat and you need to portal out, restock on potions and such. The gameplay is also super sluggish, sometimes your character drinks a potion 1-2 seconds after your button press, sometimes he doesn't cast his abilities even tho im pressing the button to cast that ability, bosses and strong mobs can get stuck on stuff or stop responding to you being around which results in them getting mauled or shot to death (which still takes 10 minutes flat, with the boss not even fucking moving, amazing). All of the dungeons, environments, and maps are bland and empty of any meaningful life. This game is literally the only RPG looter hack and slash where I skipped every single optional area because I knew the loot from it WILL be garbage and there's no joy to be had from the game's extremely simple combat. At that point you have to ask yourself, does this game have anything else going for it? Well, the different classes and their skill trees are cool I guess, the cinematics look super dope and are fairly entertaining. The part that confuses me is that people say that Diablo 2 has a great plot. It fucking doesn't you liars, the plot is 'kill the demons because they are evil', it's almost as simple as it can get, the presentation is great, character designs and key locations look cool, but they all deliver very predictable, run-of-the-mill dialogue and story.