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Blogs:

Diablo 4 hands-on: A more expansive, customizable loot-filled adventure

Journey through Sanctuary with even greater freedom to play and look how you want.

blog.playstation.com

Diablo 4 Hands-On Preview: Delightfully Dreadful

Diablo 4 is making smart changes to its staple mechanics while seemingly doubling down on its story and art style to craft an engrossing experience.

gamerant.com

Diablo 4 Hands-On Preview - Redefining Hell

Diablo IV is quick to differentiate itself from its predecessors in almost every way, while intelligently iterating on new series staples with ideas that put freedom of play at the center.

www.gamespot.com

Diablo IV’s first hours provide welcome twists on a familiar formula

There’s a lot going on in the first 12 hours of the upcoming horror-fantasy RPG.

arstechnica.com

Key Points:

• Combat is now challenging since the start of the game (Prepare to die a lot if you are unprepared)
• Diablo 4 enemy encounters as a whole more exciting
• You can now create your own character by customizing his apperance: Barbarian Male, Barbarian Female
• New Skill Tree Sneak Peek
• There's a new system in the game called Aspects. These are unlocked from a Codex of Power for doing things like conquering a dungeon you find somewhere. Aspects themselves are buffs like you find on legendary items, and once unlocked, can be applied to items at an Occultist - a new vendor type in the game. Effectively, this means you can make rare (yellow) items into legendary (orange) ones, and it gives you more versatility in tailoring character builds.
• Game is focused on single-player experience
• The endgame of diablo 4 wil be shaped by new the new modes: Adventure Mode-like Whispers system, the Nightmare Dungeons, Helltide areas and the Fields of Hatred PvP.

Videos:

 

[Magic Carpet]

Well I know what I'll be watching while I work today. Looks over shoulder to see if boss is there.

 

[GymWolf]

Just gimme the fucking game already.

After callisto, ragnarock and evil west back to back to back, i need something completely different and i'm dying to play some isometric shit.

 

[onesvenus]

Does that PlayStation blog post imply there's a marketing agreement on Diablo?

 

[dorkimoe]

#1 game lets go

 

[rodrigolfp]

Meh. Looks like 3 with a few mods.

 

[Spukc]

i want to play the FUCKING GAME

 

[Sanepar]

This game will be amazing, please launch on Steam! PLEASE!

 

[Punished Miku]

Looks great. I loved part III on console after it got fixed up.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Looks very nice

 

[RoboFu]

I just want to know if the pc version has gamepad controls. I have no idea why they didnt patch that into 3.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Day 1.

Will buy if it doesn't come to gamepass.

Looking like it will be a big one.

 

[HTK]

OMG OMG! I need to get through these meetings ASAP.

 

[pasterpl]

HYPE!!!

 

[rodrigolfp]

I just want to know if the pc version has gamepad controls. I have no idea why they didnt patch that into 3.

Because they know that "auto target" and the interface/inventory management sucks.

 

[reksveks]

Does that PlayStation blog post imply there's a marketing agreement on Diablo?

Pretty sure plague tale 2 got a marketing blog post as well, also I think initially it (Diablo and Plague Tale) was shown at an Xbox event.

 

[AJUMP23]

I wonder if I can get this to play with my 8 year old.....

 

[Fuz]

It will be shit for the anesthetized masses

 

[Captain Toad]

As long as they don't try to pull any auction house or other BS monetization crap again, I'm interested.

 

[acidagfc]

Path of Diablo, finally!

 

[amigastar]

So I've watched 2 Previews but there wasn't much talk about Loot. I wonder why?

 

[Captain Toad]

So I've watched 2 Previews but there wasn't much talk about Loot. I wonder why?

My dad really likes loot.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I just want to know if the pc version has gamepad controls. I have no idea why they didnt patch that into 3.

I thought Diablo 3 had decent gamepad support. I bought the game on PC first Mouse keyboard, then PS4 controller. I can't for the life of me remember if the gamepad was available on PC.

 

[amigastar]

My dad really likes loot.

Good for him, i guess.

 

[RoboFu]

Because they know that "auto target" and the interface/inventory management sucks.

Worked well enough on consoles

 

[cormack12]

I've died and gone to hell

 

[Ulysses 31]

Seems like they paying streamers to show off the game too

 

[AJUMP23]

Seems like they paying streamers to show off the game too

that is a huge part of marketing now.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Bartski]

why are all those previews 1080p max?

 

[NickFire]

Sometimes you just want to grind out new loot. Don't even need to see previews to be optimistic for it.

 

[Diddy X]

Will buy physical

 

[GymWolf]

i want to play the FUCKING GAME

Can't you just find a woman for that?

 

[Kamina]

So what is the chance that this is coming out before 2024?

 

[adamsapple]

My body is ready.

 

[GymWolf]

My dad really likes loot.

 

[samoilaaa]

it looks like the game will be way more story driven than the other diablo games , i prefer single player so its perfect for me , a 40 hour campaign is insane

 

[Spukc]

Can't you just find a woman for that?

do you fucking dare to gender me

you bigot pie

 

[GymWolf]

I just want to know if the pc version has gamepad controls. I have no idea why they didnt patch that into 3.

Same, and not just controller support, i want to know if it play like the console version of diablo 3 with real time roll evade and shit.

I don't wanna fucking pay 80 euros for the console version but i fear 2 completely different game versions...

 

[GymWolf]

do you fucking dare to gender me

you bigot pie

I'm very sorry...miss??

P.s. i prefer to be called bigot sandwich.

 

[samoilaaa]

I just want to know if the pc version has gamepad controls. I have no idea why they didnt patch that into 3.

i think its confirmed that it will have full controller support at launch

 

[Spukc]

I'm very sorry...miss??

 

[Gaelyon]

Isn't Path of Exile 2 also coming in 2023 ? If so it will be an interesting versus and a great year for isometric loot rpgs.

 

[Spukc]

wait no couch coop?
i don't care i want diablo 4
and will buy 4 copies anyway

 

[GymWolf]

i think its confirmed that it will have full controller support at launch

The console version of diablo 3 was kinda of a different game on how it handle evading stuff, i wanna now if changing to controller support actually change how you play the game.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Can't watch the video....any release date /window?

 

[samoilaaa]

The console version of diablo 3 was kinda of a different game on how it handle evading stuff, i wanna now if changing to controller support actually change how you play the game.

im curious too , i really want to play this comfy in the bed

 

[GymWolf]

im curious too , i really want to play this comfy in the bed

Yeah, if the controller support is just the pc version without a roll evade move they can fuck off.

I just want to play these games like we played baldur gate dark alliance years ago, i don't care for the m+k control scheme at all.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

Chances this will be on gamrpass day one?

 

[Fuz]

that is a huge part of why society sucks now.