They remastered the Blizzard North logo
SOUL
They took out LAN games
SOULLESS
Honestly, regardless of your stance on the activision lawsuit just pirate this shit if you really want to play a version with pretty graphics; in terms of gameplay features this is an incredibly barebones re-release of one of the greatest games made by a now defunct offshoot dev studio of Blizzard's. Especially compared to getting the OG version and loading it up with some mods; OG D2 has some really cool custom modded gametypes like Project Diablo 2, MedianXL and Path of Diablo that add a lot of great QoL and other new game features and it's also incredibly easy to obtain a "legitimate" copy. If you haven't played vanilla D2 LOD, definitely start there with like, an expanded stash mod or just no mods at all. This version didn't really end up doing much to justify itself aside from the easy controller support, as the removal of LAN functionality is basically a death knell for any gametype mods coming to resurrected, and a real bummer for anyone that still likes to play this game over LAN or by hosting their own lobbies.
SOUL
They took out LAN games
SOULLESS
Honestly, regardless of your stance on the activision lawsuit just pirate this shit if you really want to play a version with pretty graphics; in terms of gameplay features this is an incredibly barebones re-release of one of the greatest games made by a now defunct offshoot dev studio of Blizzard's. Especially compared to getting the OG version and loading it up with some mods; OG D2 has some really cool custom modded gametypes like Project Diablo 2, MedianXL and Path of Diablo that add a lot of great QoL and other new game features and it's also incredibly easy to obtain a "legitimate" copy. If you haven't played vanilla D2 LOD, definitely start there with like, an expanded stash mod or just no mods at all. This version didn't really end up doing much to justify itself aside from the easy controller support, as the removal of LAN functionality is basically a death knell for any gametype mods coming to resurrected, and a real bummer for anyone that still likes to play this game over LAN or by hosting their own lobbies.