This includes any misclicks that occur when using a ranged weapon, as you watch your character stride over to the enemy instead of attacking. The keyboard mouse controls haven’t been changed since the original. Drag a friend along when you hire them to help complete missions together… ah, familiarity. Same ol’ skill trees and upgrades to do, allocating the points to see the numbers go up for your Strength, Dexterity, Vitality or Energy. You’ll have to do the same inventory shuffle, or just toss em in your chest at Rogue Encampment, or sell em all off. There were only two acts available in the technical alpha as well, with a few other features – accessibility options like a colour blindness mode – not implemented yet. The Amazon will offer spears and bows, while the Sorceress will be for the elemental (Ice, Fire, Lightning) magics.
The alpha only had Barbarian, Mage and Amazon to try out, with the Barbarian feeling like the beginner’s class where you can go unga bunga with close quarters combat. They did redesign the original character creation screen, which now looks closer to Diablo 3‘s, but with design elements of the original.
Seriously though, if you’re getting this because you were a big nerd for the original Diablo 2, there’s barely, if any, difference in the controls, or even the key binding. Alternatively, the shrines will provide buffs. Chug potion when low on mana or HP, or find the one-use shrines to recover. Slap enemies to death with method of choice, gain (hopefully) shiny loot, be it gear to equip or consumables (potions). With regards to the minimap, the icons are larger when you have it opened in the middle. They’ve accordingly updated the various sound effects, making them more distinct and detailed, like footsteps on different terrain. Along with it being an early build, there were points where the assets were still pixelated without being in the OG mode. Follow us on Twitter Follow and Tweet us Tweet to are some oddities in the technical alpha that would most likely get fixed, but will be mentioned for knowledge’s sake: the character’s shadow is based off a global light source, and will not change even if you move to a light source on the overworld, like a campfire.
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