Forget Diablo 4, Diablo 2 Resurrected Season 5 is almost here

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Diablo 2 Resurrected is the ARPG. There’s a ton of great games in the loot-grinding genre nowadays, including the likes of Diablo 4, Path of Exile, Last Epoch, Titan Quest, Grim Dawn, and more. But there’s a reason you’ll hear so many people refer to ‘the best games like Diablo’ – ultimately, Blizzard’s epic is the game that inspired them all, and Diablo 2 Resurrected is the shiniest, crispest version of what many people consider to be the series’ peak. So with the Diablo 2 Resurrected Season 5 start date now known, what better time to find out just why so many games cite Diablo 2 as their main influence?

Diablo 2 Resurrected Ladder Season 5 marks the latest instalment of the race to max level, challenging you with starting a new character and proving that you’re the best (or luckiest) monster slayer of them all. If you’re among the many who got into the series for the first time with Diablo 4, a ladder reset is a great time to begin, because everyone is starting fresh at the same time – much like the start of a new Diablo 4 season.

While it might take you a little while to adapt to the feel of the classic compared to Diablo 4’s modern polish, Diablo 2 is pretty straightforward to pick up and play, and there’s no shortage of helpful people and resources out there for this 23-year-old RPG game. Did you know, for example, that while running your ability to block is greatly diminished? So be sure to toggle off your sprint when you get into combat.

Because it’s been focused on Diablo 4’s launch, Blizzard has seemingly made almost no balance adjustments or additions from Diablo 2’s previous season, meaning you’ll already be able to find plenty of information on how the new Diablo 2 Resurrected runewords introduced earlier