#Diablo iii review series#

Elly opens a whopping 102 of these in this video for good measure! In this video Elly explains how the Horadric Cache rewards from Bounties work and find out what the loot is like. It will probably be the way all fans play the game moving forward. Sure, you’ll come across some of the challenges again and again but there’s enough to make it feel reasonably fresh. The good news is that these challenges change, so there’s plenty of replayability in Adventure Mode. There’s also Key Fragments to open Nephalem Rifts (more on those shortly,) and Blood Shards (these too) as rewards.

#Diablo iii review series#

This allows players to hop to wherever they want in the game world and take part in a series of challenges throughout any of the acts, in the search for better gear. Adventure mode is probably the most notable addition, which brings new world maps of Sanctuary. With a new class and Act RoS is decent enough, but the real meat and bones of this expansion are the features that most seasoned players would have expected to see in the original Diablo 3.

It was also great that I didn’t have to listen to some of that terrible dialogue again. Not having to endure the disappointingly average storyline and work through the whole game in a set order just to level the character up was excellent.

After completing the expansion as the Wizard I jumped straight into Adventure Mode with the Crusader. I also think I’ve enjoyed playing this new class even more thanks to Adventure mode. The Crusader feels like a mix of some of the other classes which is probably why I’ve enjoyed playing it so much over the past couple of weeks.Īdventure Mode.

This is a bit annoying for other players but great fun when playing solo. If you get the skill combination right you can effectively keep your hammers swirling nearly all the time. The Crusader was a pleasant change from my usual Wizard character and allowed me to get stuck into the packs of mobs with my Wrath-generating skills and abilities such as the mighty Blessed Hammer swirling around my general vicinity. Diablo 2 players will see this class as the closest thing to the Paladin with throwing hammers and holier than thou skills. The other major addition is the new Crusader class, a ranged and melee character with sturdy strikes and mighty throwing abilities. Act V is enjoyable, but over too quickly if you play through it with an existing character, even if you do all the events that are dotted about the new zones. The new act is not exactly huge, as you can run through all the new content in around 4 hours with an existing character solo and then it’s on to Maltheal for the inevitable boss battle. The new content returns to the more Gothic style with the dingy streets of Westmarch and the Pandemonium Fortress. These are “darker” than most of the zones in the original release. Reaper of Souls brings new content in the shape of Act V, which is a romp through new areas of the game. Staying true your convictions and visions has its place but alarm bells should have rung at some point.Ī lower level Crusader in Act V thanks to Adventure Mode. Before the release of the original game the signs were there that were going to be problems. Diablo 3’s features catered for the more casual player and Diablo 2 players were left scratching their heads wondering what went wrong. There are two types of Diablo player one who loves to run through the game then move on to something else, and the other who expects to be continually entertained by a Diablo title for years, as has been the case with Diablo 2. The problem with nearly all of the reviews was down to the reviewer, and what they expected from the game. Action was finally taken with some leadership changes on the development team, and the road to the expansion’s launch began.ĭiablo 3 had its problems despite receiving rave reviews when it launched. For the past couple of years Blizzard has been scratching their heads, trying to figure out what to do with the game, despite the community having told them what they needed to do prior to the original game’s release. Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls wouldn’t have been quite so highly anticipated if it hadn’t been for the fact that the original Diablo 3 was a broken game with a terrible loot system and an unwelcome auction house.