Funny one, this. I loved the beta and stress test builds, and then rushed through the whole game in a week or so but then just kind of dropped off. Compared to early Diablo 3 it’s much much better but when I think of the absolute carnage of later D3 it feels a little empty at times. That’s not to say it doesn’t advance the game - I think this is a more successful attempt at the MMO-style overworld in this kind of game than, say, Lost Ark, and the story and especially the (unfortunately few and far between) cinematics are absolutely classic Blizzard.
Season 1 was a complete disaster and I didn’t touch it but I did come back and played through the scenario bits for two characters in Season 2. I’d have gone for a 3 after S1 but I think they’ve righted the boat with this one, especially with higher mob density.
Steam Deck report: after a little bit of a fiddle getting the Bnet launcher running with Lutris, the game itself runs really well. A bit blurry with a low/medium mix and FSR2, but aside from some stutter in towns as it loads player characters it is surprisingly close to 60fps a lot of the time. I even played on a 4K TV and it looked surprisingly good - it scales down really well.
Season 1 was a complete disaster and I didn’t touch it but I did come back and played through the scenario bits for two characters in Season 2. I’d have gone for a 3 after S1 but I think they’ve righted the boat with this one, especially with higher mob density.
Steam Deck report: after a little bit of a fiddle getting the Bnet launcher running with Lutris, the game itself runs really well. A bit blurry with a low/medium mix and FSR2, but aside from some stutter in towns as it loads player characters it is surprisingly close to 60fps a lot of the time. I even played on a 4K TV and it looked surprisingly good - it scales down really well.