II or Mass Effect with complex plotlines, moral questions and the rest in the end, it’s all about bashing heads. Diablo III doesn’t try to out-do the likes of The Witcher Journals, books and ghostly apparitions, but then a back-story is really all it is. To a game with a surprisingly intricate back-story, told through found Game progresses you’ll find yourself exploring new locations and taking Won’t be surprised to hear, are the remaining Lords of Hell, and as the Hero, on the trail of a mysterious falling star, arrives in theĮnvirons of the original Diablo town of Tristram, and finds themselvesīattling an undead scourge and the evil cult behind it. Want a storyline? Well, Diablo III does have one. Diablo III is another one to add to the list. Popular and long-running time-sinks in gaming history. Say, Valve nearly take for granted, it’s created some of the most Whileīlizzard’s games have rarely achieved the kind of review scores that, Thing, constantly plying you with new toys, funnelling you in the rightĭirection and smoothing out any obstacle that might make you pause, only here the currency isn’t money but time. So that you’ll keep on spending money and not stop to wonder if you’re Vegas casinos that doles out cheap beer and sandwiches and live entertainment This respect, Diablo III is the gaming equivalent of one of those More powerful monsters in an even more impressive style to gather gold, Weapons, accessories and armour so that you can slay larger hordes of Where you slay hordes of monsters in impressive style to gather gold, Or the spectacle, but about that classic vicious cycle of addiction That what Diablo is all about isn’t the story or the tactical challenge Its creating a very polished, almost seamless experience. Mouse button several times a second while staring fairly mindlessly atīut then if there’s something Blizzard does do well, III is, like its predecessors, primarily a game of clicking the left Forget any ideas you might haveĪbout new combat systems, cutting-edge 3D graphics, freeformĮxploration, rich player choice or deep character interaction.

Some people will be saying that Diablo III is a lot like Diablo II, That it was, actually, a lot like StarCraft, so you can guarantee that Just as the main moan about StartCraft II was We should know by now that Blizzard doesn’t believe in a revolutionaryĪpproach to games design. Available on PC (version reviewed) and Mac

Diablo 3 review