Player Attack: There are - as always - two schools of gamers itching to get their hands on Diablo III. One has been waiting impatiently for a decade, while the other has only come onboard in the past year or so, swept up in the slick Blizzard hype machine. The challenge for the publisher, then, was trying to balance the Lord of Terror on the knife-edge between the two: How to keep the die-hard, long-time fans happy, while welcoming new gamers who may not yet be familiar with the joys that come with endless hours of mouse-clicking. While one camp may have been kept satisfied with effectively a re-release of the original games, perhaps with some HD tweaks, a few new monsters and a couple of online features, that wouldn't have attracted fresh blood - and it certainly wouldn't have kept 'em hooked.
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.
Diablo III still works on modern PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and remains hugely playable a decade after initial release.
Are you comparing a continuously improved 10+ years old masterpiece with the... beta of an unreleased game?
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.