![]() ![]() ![]() In Dark Souls you make measured and calculated moves to kill enemies efficiently, because levels and gear don't mean much at all. The thing is it doesn't matter - the cinematics are gorgeous but hollow and that's OK because it's not what Diablo is about.ĭiablo 3 is like the polar opposite to games like Dark Souls. If I had to guess I'd wager it involved killing the eponymous bad guy. I've never been a fan of the writing in Diablo games - I struggle to remember the story from Diablo 2 and I earnt more than three dozen Patriarch, Matriarch and Guardian titles all told. Yes, the story is still largely ignorable. ![]() In fact you and three friends can enjoy this together through local co-op, reminiscent of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance with a less interesting story. You can play the game locally and you will experience zero lag because D3PS4 (and other consoles) is not always online. It's not worth buying a PS4 for, but with the release of the game on the next-gen consoles it feels like Blizzard has finally realised the game's full potential. Adventure mode and difficulty changes gave players a new way to experience the game-world and a tangible way to customise their experience to something they were happy with, making Diablo III: ROS what my colleague Kosta called "the definitive version of Diablo III".ĭiablo 3 on the PS4 is the best way to play Diablo 3. ![]() The Reaper of Souls expansion (and the patch created to support it) essentially did away with this problem by way of Loot 2.0, which rebalanced loot tables in a way that gave loot-chasing meaning once more. When it's done wrong you spend hours grinding gold so you can buy a better item direct from the Auction House (so you can better grind gold so you can buy a better item direct from the Auction House). When it's done right it's a min-maxer's dream game, all mental calculations on damage per second vs survivability. In short the Auction House laid bare the dark secret at the heart of the franchise - Diablo is only really fun when you're getting shiny new things. I was more critical than most of Diablo III when it launched on PC in 2012. ![]()
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