# Diablo II: Resurrected

19 Hacker News commenters recommended Diablo II: Resurrected and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Players recommend it as a classic action RPG with addictive gameplay, and the Resurrected remaster is easy to play on modern hardware.

## Why people recommend it

- Seen as a classic, popular game (3 comments): "There will always be games that stand out as classics, like Diablo 2 and Super Mario 64" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49530523)) "Diablo 2 was obviously _important_ in ways that Diablo 3 wasn't." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50258476)) "Diablo 2 is an amazing game, and was very popular" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47681223))
- Fond memories and family play (3 comments): "I have fond memories of playing Diablo II at 16 fps on an old (even at the time) PowerMac." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46560976)) "We've enjoyed Diablo 2, Minecraft, and Terraria as a family" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47279025)) "That and Diablo 2 pretty much became our lives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47418074))
- Remaster is playable and good (2 comments): "the remaster of d2 was fairly recent and quite playable by my standards" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49530550)) "it has a great remaster now btw" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639452))
- Runs well on phones and PCs (2 comments): "So basically I can play Diablo 2 on my phone which is amazing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48974800)) "Starcraft 2 and diablo 2 both work very well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47614550))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Elden Ring](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elden-ring.md): 25 recommend
- [Dark Souls](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dark-souls.md): 23 recommend
- [Mass Effect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mass-effect.md): 19 recommend
- [Path of Exile](https://hackerapproved.com/p/path-of-exile.md): 15 recommend
- [Diablo 4](https://hackerapproved.com/p/diablo-4.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Diablo II: Resurrected", https://hackerapproved.com/p/diablo-2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).