As a result the final product is a game that is nearly identical to the original in all aspects from Hulda Onions's blog

When updating the graphics, it was important to think about how to build on the foundations laid down by the original game's designers. A decision was made to overlay 3D models on top of the original's 2D sprites, a process that the team described as "painstaking" and "resulting in insane spreadsheets of item lists," according to the group.

1. It was a completely irrational thought to have at the time

2. Even though we had a strong suspicion that it would work, no one could be certain

3. It was pretty exciting to play for the first time and see how the 3D world came together while killing monsters and picking up items, says Michael Bukowski, senior director of technology at Electronic Arts

4. "It was pretty exciting to see how the 3D world came together while killing monsters and picking up items," he adds

   
   

It was the 70/30 rule, according to Bukowski, that was employed by the art team in order to ensure that the game's original look, sound and gameplay were preserved. Seventy percent of the content was preserved in its original form, including the visual design and even the audio track. In addition, the content had a 30 percent creative margin that could be used to improve or modify it if necessary.

As a result, the experience is fundamentally similar to its predecessor in terms of appearance and mechanics, despite the fact that it has been significantly improved in every way since the first game was released. According to Gallerani, every single thing you see in the game is present twice – it is present in the standard definition version and Diablo 2 Resurrected Items Switch is present in our remaster – and this includes everything from the audio to the visuals to all of the game's mechanics and everything in between

Players have said things like, 'Oh yeah, that's right!' and other similar phrases. They've been able to zoom in and toggle, among other things, because they've returned to the game after a long period of time away from it. When they discover an old toy that they have forgotten about and has been hiding in their grandmother's basement for years, it is similar to them discovering a forgotten childhood toy that they used to play with for hours at a time as children

To preserve the essence of iconic moments from the game's history, the team, according to Bukowski, went about their business with great care and precision. To us, it was extremely important that we got the timing of certain scenes absolutely correct. In the case of the character creation menu, for example, when you first select the campfire scene from the original game, we wanted to make certain that we accurately recreated that scene to the greatest extent possible. To see how the 4K version of the same campfire compared to its standard definition counterpart, the team wanted to make sure that you could switch between the two versions of the same campfire.