Why Fans LOVE Wirts Easter Egg in Diablo 2 Resurrected

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Published on April 6, 2022 8:00:04 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEkjV1hJUR0

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Why do Diablo 1 fans LOVE finding Wirt Dead in Diablo 2 Resurrected, thanks to the developers?

So, this is a true story:

I had made a flurry of videos around the peg legged Wirt a few months back & one sunday, as I drove to brunch with my Mum she abruptly asked.
Why are you making videos about a dead kid?

Mum kindly watches the channel in an attempt support me, even as a non gamer said she wanted to try Diablo & it gave me a marius moment:

Anyway, as I started attempting to explain the joy me & the boys felt when first stumbling upon the cheeky easter egg of wirt’s corpse when first playing Diablo 2.

I quickly realized that a lot of player’s even some of my d2 mates, have never played D1 which wasn’t even readily available for years until gog.com started selling it, plus there’s a whole new playerbase when resurrected Dropped.

So, without further ado here is a breakdown of Why wirt’s corpse is universally beloved by the originals fans.
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First, we need to establish that Wirt was, by the time of Diablo 1, a victim of a terrible tragedy.
Having been snatched from his mothers arms, dragged down into the labyrinth & his leg hacked off by the brutish Butcher.

Which then begs the question, what could make players be happy about seeing the poor boy perished?

*somebody please think of the children*

Well, the answer is multi-faceted & I daresay an amalgam of genius writing by Blizzard North.
But in short, any impediment to gamers perceived ‘fun’ is met with hostility. And wirt, bless him, would antagonize all in subtle yet pervasive ways.

See game logic isn’t real life. I know, This goes against everything 2022 has taught us but its like when you watch a movie & a badguy slights the good guy and you know he is going to pay in an over the top but totally unjustifiable way in real life.

So, what did Wirt DO exactly & how did Blizzard leverage the players general disdain for the boy come diablo2?

Well, here’s the short list.

1, The most petty of grievances is that Wirt appears across a small river on the outskirts of town AWAY from the dungeon. Why is that an issue? I hear you ask?
Well, just listen to the thrum of the warriors rhythmic steps to get to him.

2. Outside of taking ages to get to, when met he is quite forked tongued. In fact, like Farnham most of the townsfolk only tolerate his demeanor due to pitying him

3. As Wirt has NO active quests attached to him in the entire game, there is little reason to visit him, so there’s always a sense of let down that he doesn’t have any narrative function outside of his minor barbs.

4. Number 4 is the most major of grievances. And that is, we the player arrived in town to aid the people from destroying the incarnation of the Devil known as Diablo. At great risk & sacrifice. As such, every resident does what they can to help. BAR ONE. Wirt. Wirt, being the little mercenary pre teen that he is, is trying to save money to whisk an ignorant Gillian the barmaid away. Which we learn the feelings are not mutual.

Which would be FINE except. That he charges a hefty 50 gold JUST to see his inventory. We literally are putting our life on the line & the little letch is sticking us for our paper. To make matters worse, the loot is randomized. So, you pay 50 gold in hopes of seeing a decent item that may not be suitable for your class but also TOO EXPENSIVE when you see it. To add insult to injury, if your inventory was rather full in D1 you would have to cart your gold in 5000 piece blocks around, leaving them in piles on the ground. Something we will come back to later.

So, fast forward to Diablo 2:
We learn the player character the Warrior, after felling the lord of terror become its next host. Killing. Not just wirt but all of the inhabitants of Tristram. So, we are stunned by the sight of the town burning & blasphemies such as our old friend Griswold the Blacksmith, re risen as a zombie attacking us. Or farnham the drunk, killed at the very rock he drank at.



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