(06-08-2023, 12:36 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote:

(06-06-2023, 09:01 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Me and the misses started playing Diablo IV last night. Not bad. I went Druid, she went Sorcerer. The pacing is about on par with Diablo III but the dark overtones, story, art work and vibe along with the inventory, UI and skill trees are very, very much inline with what I enjoyed as a kid growing up on Diablo I and Diablo II. Really excited about this game so far. We played maybe an hour last night and got past the village part in the opener and have seen the first flashback I guess with Lilith starting her movement I would assume of corrupting the towns, etc.

I think she'll be a front though. Diablo will probably pop up down the road. But, yeah man. Pretty fun game so far. I also went ahead and preordered Skull and Bones along with Park Beyond & still awaiting for Baldur's Gate III to drop.

I've always wanted to get into the Diablo games but just never really did. To be fair I've never given one a fair shake

It's a hack and slash and loot kind of game. This installment has been fun so far. It's progressively difficult and I like the open world design with other players around. You don't have to know the history of the series to jump into any of the titles. They have plenty of in game reading material, tomes, glyphs and cutscenes to fill you in. 

I like that I actually have to pick a clear path with my skill trees in this one. In Diablo 3 it was too easy to plug and play. In fairness, it was different and more colorful than 1 and 2 but that's probably because of changes in leadership at Blizzard at that time. You can tell they really listened to the fans this time though and delivered something great with part 4 and it's something they can easily build on with expansions and updates for years to come.

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