TESTED GAMES
Diablo IV
Has Blizzard pulled off something heavenly by adding MMO-inspired multiplayer elements to its long-running dark fantasy loot-’em-up… or should this one be dragged down to hell?
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Big-name looter shooters such as Destiny and Borderlands might have co-opted the ‘turn small numbers into bigger numbers’ formula, but they wouldn’t exist without Diablo’s influence. And now things have gone full circle, with developer Blizzard borrowing some ideas from those imitators.
That’s right: Diablo IV has gone live service. There’s a world map now, filled with other players as well as unending hordes of demonic enemies; skills and abilities are far more customisable; and the story is partly non-linear. It’s a big shakeup for the series… one sorely needed after mobile entry Diablo Immortal went down like a fart at a funeral among the diehard fans.