As you wade into battle to help you’re directed to speak to Leah, the adopted niece of Deckard Cain. Through various cutscenes unique to each class you just so happen to hear about a fallen star that fell close to the town and have travelled there to investigate.Īs you’d expect in any good fantasy game, the undead are besieging the poor townfolk while the town guard attempt to defend against the attack. They want loot, they want action and they want it yesterday afternoon around tea time.ĭiablo III takes the player and up to 3 Co-op companions back to Tristram, or rather New Tristram, which has now been rebuilt after Diablo decided he didn’t like farmers and proceeded to burn the original to the ground 20 years ago.

You want exploding zombies and magic missiles? Here you go, now go magic some shit up! Blizzard know their audience. While some games might try to mess you around in lengthy tutorials, Diablo 3 cuts the crap. Plagued with launch day issues that will no doubt haunt fans and developers alike for a very long time, Blizzard have still managed to create a master work under the harsh bug ridden exterior. Diablo 3 falls into the category of long-awaited big hitters, but how does it fare? Well let me tell you boys and girls, this is no Duke that’s for sure…

In gaming, Half Life 2 taught us that in half the time a worthy successor can be forged to step into the realms of legends while Duke Nukem Forever showed us the other side of that coin, where 15 years of work was wasted on a broken and ultimately boring sequel. 12 years is a long time to wait for just about anything.

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