Project Diablo 2 is a pretty vanilla version of Diablo 2 LoD. Yes, it rebalances.skills and items, and adds corruptions and endgame maps, but there’s no new skills. For a complete overhaul, you want MedianXL.
That said, I’d still forego both and go with D2R. Modding is coming along, finally. After a regular playthrough or eighteen (6 classes × 3 difficulties), give Diablo 2 ReModded a try.
Nacktmull@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Absolutely no mods are required to play D2-LoD multiplayer on battle.net.
If you decide against resurrection and go for the original, I would suggest to also get the Lord of Destruction expansion right away. It not only includes two additional character classes, additional monster classes and weapons but also allows you to play on higher resolution