nothing is stopping you from playing the original diablo 2 and not spending money on a remake.
I am just going to use a few of my tokens.
Suri Cruise and Katie Holmes are SP's.
I don't understand, you seem to agree with me.
You even say "The art engine runs *on top* of the old code." after I say that they said "Our new art engine is running ontop of the old engine".
I don't understand what's different between you correcting me when we say the same thing.
The rest of your post is also just saying what I'm saying. Though I think you misunderstood what I meant with translating, but not entirely sure how you did so since what you explain is what I would call translating. Old engine does old engine stuff -> new engine interprets that and translate that to 60fps and and updates assets -> you see it.
Sort of like how language interpreter works. Something is said in original language -> they interpret and translate to your language -> you get information.
I merely contested the claim that "just slap 3d models onto the new engine" which is not close what they are doing. Making a new ART ENGINE to render modern visuals that works in tandem with an old engines graphical limitations is vastly different to just asset swap.
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i don't care how the sausage is made.
i didn't finish all the campaigns when i bought sc remaster. when i buy d2 remaster i'll probably quit after a normal playthrough.
i'll pay $20 for the no hassle nostalgia trip. but for $40 i think to myself: i could just get the CDs from the basement, but i haven't done that in 10+ years so that probably says enough.
But it's not tho. "Slapping on 3D model visuals over top" implies it's just adding new models and textures to the current engine. This is not true at all. What they talk about appears to be having, basically, 2 engines running at the same time - the old, largely unmodified engine, locked at 25fps, and an entirely new graphics engine that synchronizes a 3D world with the old engine.
If they manage to pull it off, it seems like quite a bit of a technical achievement, tbh. There's a lot more going into it than just "adding new visuals", which is likely one reason why it's understandably more expensive than the Starcraft Remaster and W3R.
Basically, the gameplay still runs based on a 25fps cycle, but the new graphics engine is separated from the gameplay and runs the graphics and animations at 60fps. Essentially, the gameplay will be identical, but the visuals will be more fluid. Any given animation will still take the same amount of time it used to, it will just have a lot more frames.
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You can always wait for a sale!
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I fail to see a problem. Even if they priced it at $400 - I would be ok with that. I wouldn't buy it for that, but it's their product and they can sell it for however much they want. If their pricing doesn't work - they will change it, but if it works - they are right.
All right, gentleperchildren, let's review. The year is 2024 - that's two-zero-two-four, as in the 21st Century's perfect vision - and I am sorry to say the world has become a pussy-whipped, Brady Bunch version of itself, run by a bunch of still-masked clots ridden infertile senile sissies who want the Last Ukrainian to die so they can get on with the War on China, with some middle-eastern genocide on the side
Well unlike the other games, they know D2 Remastered will sell very well.
With that said when the original crew of westwood took on CnC remastered, i think it was around $25AUD, unfortunately D2 for AU is almost $70AUD...that is pretty steep price.
Will wait for review/timing.
I rate diablo 2 as a musem exhibit. as a modern game it just sucks. it's uncomfortable to play it. And also I had free time
why would you bother writibg this wall just to proof my point? diablo 2 as an idea is perfect as a game it's bad and almost shitty. that's why people recreate it on a modern engines to make it more bearable in this year. resurrected doesn't offer you new engine. it means you'll have stutterstep and animation/movement lag after every cast means shitty game
Then the Spyro Remaster isnt a Remaster but a Remake.
I'm simply relaying information to you here that you dont know. IE the difference between a remaster and a remake.
i dont know why you are so adamant about thinking you are right when the devs themselves said this in the interview you so obviously saw(RIGHT?) when you keep speaking about this subject
Suri Cruise and Katie Holmes are SP's.
Define content.
You ignored the part of my comment where I outlined why a remaster costs almost as much to make as a non-remaster. You're defining content as playable content, but you can't ignore the technical content, especially if you're questioning price.
Ultimately, if you don't feel the game is worth $45, don't buy it. My point is that games are relatively cheap when considering inflation, and a remaster costs developers a lot more than you're imagining.
I already own the game i dont need fancy graphics. gameplay and story are the most important things to me and neither of those are changing.
That said i couldnt give two shits about the price I could easily buy it with tokens from gold ive made in WoW.
So save your basic bitch business lesson for someone who actually gives a shit
Suri Cruise and Katie Holmes are SP's.
You mean when I replied with time stamps of developers literally contradicting your original claim? It's almost as if you ignore things that you don't like to hear.
But yeah, this seems quite pointless, since once again, all you do is saying "nu'huh" and being aggressive without showing any sign of trying to discuss something in good faith.
Have fun.
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You think he's going to wake up and realize he was wrong all along? You think he's going to tell you "Yeah you're right, thanks for explaining, it seems I was wrong" ? You think he's going to realize he doesn't know what he is talking about and will thank you for it ?
Dude, he's going to argue with you on every wording, every sentence, every way possible. Even if he knows he is wrong he will never admit it, too hard for him.
You can clearly see that he doesn't know what he's talking about, why waste more time? If you get frustrated, that's on you man. Learn to let go.
Read about the "Kruger effect" - You will learn a lot about humans and mentality to be VERY confident on things they don't know anything about.
Try to look at it this way : By spending your time to explain it to him, in a way, you're kinda helping him to be a better person. Why bother? Are you humanity's helper for narrow-minded people?
You'll find people who understand what you are saying and can give some good argumentation based on facts and truth, bother with those!
I feel like most people here spent more than 40$ on a single dinner out one night, or more on mountain dew in a month. 40$ is fine, and like others said, you don't even have to buy it if you're not interested. I have all the originals still, as well, and have been playing them for 20 years. DEFINITELY got my monies worth.
This will be an enlightening experience for old fans and more importantly, new fans. Let's pretend it fails? At least you're not drowning in debt afterwards (from the game at least).