What did they think?
And with it, what did you think - was it what you were hoping for?
We should, however,know the outcome by the time Diablo 4 comes outon 6th June.
Bertie:Hey Jessica and Marie.
I’m intrigued to hear what you thought of the early access Diablo 4 beta.
I had no idea it was considered a less dark game, as it looked plenty dark to me!
Bertie:I love this idea that you skipped the cutscenes!
Bertie:Was that the one in the church?
Marie:The one I’ve named the dead body barn.
Never take a drink from a friendly townsperson in this game.
Bertie:Oh I see!
Jessica, did you get a feeling coming from Diablo 3 to Diablo 4 that this one is darker?
Jessica:After playing the beta, yeah I see what people mean now.
That barn scene was spooky though!
Proper folk horror stuff.
Bertie:I’ll be interested to see where the story goes.
Did the story interest both of you - were you pulled in by it?
Jessica:It’s certainlylessskippable… but I still skipped some of it.
It’s the co-op that always makes me do it.
I am more invested in the world than I ever have been with Diablo.
As for being invested in it?
Bertie:How hard did you both find it?
And did you die at all?
Lots of questions in one.
Jessica:I played as BigBarb, the whirlwind Barbarian.
I know you played as a Sorcerer, Bertie, and I’m curious what you thought of it?
So the game does seem to favour ranged classes early on.
But in terms of difficulty: I really liked it.
I was on World Tier 2 and I thought it was challenging from the beginning, which I wanted.
I’m curious Bertie, how did you think that your class partnered with the Sorcerer class?
Did it feel like the classes complimented each other?
In bursts Jessica like the Butcher to steal your answer, Bertie!
It was a lot of fun!
And something I think is always done well in Diablo games.
Will there be more expected kinds of group or raid builds, I wonder?
I don’t suppose either of you saw Ashava?
Jessica:Same, I missed it every time.
Bertie:And what did you think in general about the game world being shared with other people?
Did you notice other people being there?
Did it intrude on your sense of the game revolving around you?
And were there any other side-effects you experienced because of it?
Personally, I didn’t notice it enough to have much of an opinion either way.
On the other hand, a small part of me wants it all to myself.
Jessica:Yeah, pretty much the same.
It’s quite unobtrusive right now.
InDiablo Immortal(which I completely forgot to mention that I played quite a bit of!
Marie:You both had other people?
How Blizzard handles that will be crucial.
Let’s pull out to some more general feelings as we wrap this up.
Jessica, I’m particularly keen to hear what you thought of Diablo 4 having come from Diablo 3.
It feels like a lot of systems have been tweaked, rather than being the next step forward.
Not the monetisation stuff, but the whole design philosophy I guess.
Anyway - I like it!
Bertie:It does make sense.
Did it live up to whatever hype that surrounded it for you?
I also spent a ludicrous amount of time creating my character but it felt like time well spent!
What does this do if I click this now?'
