There was a time in the gaming industry where anything that Blizzard came out stopped all traffic. A week would be deducted of D2R Items work, and the industry as a whole would freeze for a while to admire what it was that the Blizzard team had put together.

However, that's not so common anymore, and a lot of the prime Blizzard team is no more operating for good reasons, Diablo is a franchise that is significant. In all of its legendary experience as a franchise, this is the fourth mainline game. Diablo 2 Resurrected can be a game that will make the industry take notice and stop by Blizzard again, but this time for the right reasons.

While some may reel at the idea of having Diablo 2 Resurrected followers but whether they like the idea or dislike them their helpful companions have become an integral part of the action game's combat. I inquired with Blizzard what its plans are to include aides into Diablo 2 Resurrected, and while they didn't elaborate, it looks like followers might join on the team at some point.Speaking to lead class developer Adam Z. Jackson in the aftermath following the Diablo 2 Resurrected gameplay preview, I asked whether or not the follower system is more akin to that of Diablo 2 or Diablo 3 or Diablo 3 - if it existed that was at all.

For those unaware, in Diablo 2 you would hire followers to go through those gates with you, however when they were killed you had to hire them again with cold, hard cash. New followers were introduced in each zone, meaning some were far superior than others.

This evolved in Diablo 3, where instead of hiring mercenaries you acquired three companions in the story's adventure. The Scoundrel, Sorceress, and Templar, who represented various aspects like DPS tanks, ranged DPS and magic user respectively.In the course of my Diablo 2 Resurrected adventure I only encountered helpful NPCs that hung around for a couple of dungeons before vanishing to the sunset. When I inquired of Jackson what their thoughts were on how the game's Follower function will work it was explained that "for the initial release version, we do have some places within the story where you'll find certain named NPCs supporting you and helping you out as you figure out the what Lilith is doing throughout the universe.

"We don't have any news to say about the Diablo 2-type follower you've hired – we're sticking it to the Diablo 2 Resurrected Items  campaign at present." It's all about the present.