“Break the chains and discover who you were meant to be.”
I’ve included select quotes through this review to give you a spoiler-free flavor of the narrative mood. With a strong cast of characters, truly, this is a tale worth witnessing. I played as a male druid, and his voice was delightful, sounding akin to a kind-hearted bear-like Liam Neeson. Here is an early scene in the game that is quite memorable, but you’ll have to see it for yourself. Well-written dialogue spoken by committed voice actors creates a very human connection. Quality cutscenes with interesting camera angles bring the story events to life. Within minutes of character class selection, Diablo IV reveals how seriously it takes immersion and world-building. Can it rekindle the old spirit while adding all the positive, modern features we expect? Read on to find out (stay a while and listen!). With all this backstory, we arrive at Diablo IV, released in yet another June. Thus, the future of Diablo has been in a precarious position for years now. Then there were the ongoing woes at Activision Blizzard, including losing many top developers, corporate mismanagement, and other severe problems. It was cheaply made with dreadful monetization. Still, it gave many of us hope for another pure Diablo game in the spirit of the first two games.ĭirectly opposed to fan desires, the free-to-play mobile game, Diablo Immortal, came out in 2022. After years of updates, the game got much better, but the damage was already done to the Diablo world.Īs a peace offering to the Diablo fans of old, the year 2021 saw the release of Diablo II: Resurrected, a quality remaster that was perhaps too faithful to the outdated and tedious gameplay of the original. The developers’ disrespect toward the source material was shocking, and the real money auction house was an abomination. Much older now and living apart, my LAN friends and I enjoyed a few summer months of virtually meeting up online to play, trying to rekindle our teenage youth. Then a dozen years flew by, and Diablo III was released in May of 2012. We spent the summer having LAN parties at my house, trying to overcome evil, one mouse click at a time. My dear dad (rest his soul) generously bought several copies of the game for my friends and me. Then Diablo II unleashed upon the PC gaming world.
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