Cheng has said that he's not giving up in his plans to bring the Diablo series to mobile. In theory, the idea is reasonable, especially given that there are numerous versions of Diablo replicas available for smartphones. The popularity and D2R Items historical comfort the Diablo brand name gives to the genre is a significant factor in its favor.
"Just because it's on smaller screen or device doesn't mean it's a small project," Cheng said, noting that it's the most ambitious studio Diablo project yet.Unfortunately for Diablo 2 Resurrected, mobile spinoff Diablo 2 Resurrected spoiled that momentum. From the announcement, through development to launch into the world of play, Diablo 2 Resurrected was criticised by players for its insanity with microtransactions leading to a community revolt. The same community which forced Blizzard from their real-money auction house the same group who demanded a new loot system Loot2.0 which made Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls the most popular action-based loot game of the last era.
They felt, and in many ways, feel, left by Blizzard. Diablo 2 Resurrected is a good start to rectify the situation. Blizzard is a company in change. In the midst of the imminent Microsoft merging, Diablo 2 Resurrected could prove to be the last game made by the "Old Blizzard," and there's plenty of pressure to deliver the experience they want, particularly since during the period following Diablo 3, other games that are in the same genre, like Path of Exile, have taken on Blizzard's stolen crown.
There's a fundamental loop in Diablo that's at the heart of the whole game working or not working. Do you find it enjoyable to go into the dungeon, savagely hunt down mobs and loot? If so it is, it means that Diablo 2 Resurrected is halfway to being adored by the fan base. If the team once time again altered the loot system as it did in the first version of Diablo 3, then we're in trouble.
Inside the book Blood, Sweat, and Pixels the chapter that deals with the disaster that occurred during Diablo 3's launch tells the story of how one Blizzard producer played through the game hundreds of hours until they discovered a piece of legendary loot. When the light that was orange finally appeared from a random adversary, he tried to grab the loot only to realize that his character could not even access it. The system for looting was so fundamentally broken that even the excitement in grinding away for an hour, followed by the relief of Diablo II Resurrected Ladder Items receiving something unique, was broken.
