Leigh of Xboxer360 writes, "A few months back Blizzard announced that Diablo, an incredibly popular dungeon-crawling series will finally be heading to consoles. It was a time to celebrate that a fantastic series will be available to an even wider audience but at the same time we couldn’t help but be a little bit cautious about how a series that has been a PC gaming icon would transition to a controller but Blizzard nailed it."
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Diablo III still works on modern PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and remains hugely playable a decade after initial release.
Diablo III: Season 28 brings with it the Altar of Rites, an altar full of unlockable bonuses and potions that will require the gathering of tons of resources. One of things needed is the Staff of Herding, which also unlocks the famous Cow Level known as Whimsyshire. Here's how to craft that staff, for those that either have forgotten, or have never completed it.
Im glad consolers are enjoying this.
I've sunk a buttload of hrs in this on pc.
I agree with most of the review except where he mentioned the removal of the auction house as negative. I think this is the best part of the console version of this game. This puts purpose back into the reason diablo has been popular in the first place, the item hunt. Currently on PC the only way to have any chance of finding the best loot is to simply purchase it. This completely removes the magic from what makes diablo fun to begin with. Now, with the removal of being able to auto win, the thrill of slaying demons and hunting for items is back. I've been playing diablo 3 on the pc since launch and once the console versions are released I'm going to be strictly playing diablo 3 on the couch. Maybe once the expansion comes out and they fix the drop rate of items ill venture back to pc but until then ill be playing diablo the way it's meant to be played.
Greatly looking forward to getting my hands on this. Hopefully this will mark the start of Blizzard doing more console stuff. Yes, they are primarily a PC developer, but - it would be nice to see them spread their wings a bit more.