For this week’s WeView we have the console edition of Diablo III. You may remember that the PC version of the game has already featured in WeView, albeit quite some time ago, and managed to score a Buy It rating amongst the community, however, this week we strictly want your views about the console edition.
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I’ve never played Diablo III, or any other games of the series, and if I’m honest I don’t exactly know what the game entails. Understandably I’m rather intrigued to hear what people have to say for the game.
Dan Lee reviewed the game for TSA, scoring it a 9/10. He was rather excited to finally be able to play Diablo III after admitting he tried to save up for a PC after he saw his friend with the game.
With the mix of legendary weapons, character skills and Rune Skills on offer Dan said “you’ll never get bored of combat in this game”. The investory menu is also “easy enough to get to grips with”, which “could have been a real nightmare to keep track of”.
Diablo III has a lot of content to twiddle your thumbs through too. “There’s so much replay value once Diablo has been defeated, and you can’t even fully level up your character in one playthrough”. Dan could easily see himself spending “100 hours or more wading through hoards of monsters”.
He concluded:
The console port of Diablo III could have been a disaster. From the control scheme, to the online play; there were so many things that could have gone wrong. Blizzard really has put the effort in though, and it shows with an absolutely fantastic port that plays brilliantly, looks good, and will keep you interested for hours on end. No, it won’t convert those who aren’t particularly interested in the genre, but if you’re after some dungeon based brawling it doesn’t get better than Diablo III.
Now it’s over to you. Post your thoughts for Diablo III (console version) Â in the comments below, giving the game either a Buy It, Bargain Bin It, Rent It or Avoid It Rating. Make sure to get your comments in before Sunday evening, or your thoughts may not feature in Monday’s verdict article.
Cron_13
A friend let me play it on his battlenet account (PC) and tbh I didn’t really enjoy it. I found the point and click nature of the control system a bit irritating, so when it came out on the 360 I was a bit reluctant – but I’d pretty much run out of games up to the PS4’s launch so I bought it.
Really glad I did. Personally I thought the game really benefitted from the controller and made it way more enjoyable. Possibly I wasn’t in the mood for it on the PC the first time but I played through the 360 version a few times and enjoyed every minute. Sofa gaming is much nicer as well so I’m sure that played a part.
Really looking forward to the PS4 version as it’ll contain the Reaper of Souls expansion, not to mention its going to be fantastic to play over remote play and looking forward to trying some coop. Day one purchase for me on PS4, I’d definitely say ‘Buy it’ to any console version.
zb100
Buy it!
(Or don’t if you value your free time.)
No time to write more too busy playing…
Seriously though, the single/multi player is seamless. In line to be next platinum, I think.