Diablo 3 Review

Diablo 3 Gameplay

Diablo III continues the story of the previous parts. The plot takes place in the fantasy world called Sanctuary, 20 years after Diablo II events. From earlier parts of this game, you may know that Sanctuary is tearing apart by a war between Heaven and Hell. Archangels stand on the side of Heaven, and Great Evils lead the hell creatures. In each Diablo game, you have to protect Sanctuary then slay Great Evils and Diablo himself.

The main plot of the game divided into four acts. There you’ll visit New Tristram, Caldeum, Bastion’s Keep and even High Heavens. Additional Act V from DLC Reaper of Souls takes place in Westmarch.

First of all, you have to pick one of seven classes; five of these are core, and the last two are additional. Each class has its background and features, so you can choose any style of gameplay and create a unique build, even though you can create only-PVP build if you want to battle with other players. Depending on the class, your character will have two resources located at the bottom of the screen: on the left side placed Health and on the right side is an additional resource that used for character’s skills.

The game has a combined leveling system. You can level up your character by earning experience, then level up your Paragon Levels after you reach the max level of 70. The first type of leveling is well-known by everyone, but the second needs an explanation. Paragon levels give paragon points that are common to all player characters. You can spend them on improving specific characteristics, divided into four categories: Core Stats, Offensive, Defensive, and Utility. Each new level can be spent on only one characteristic. Every category in Paragon has a cap. After Paragon 800, all of the skill points can be put only in Dexterity and Vitality.

Diablo 3 has a classic isometric system of view. Most locations are dungeons and similarly structured places. Depending on the chosen complexity of the game, each area fills with various mobs and mini-bosses. Some of them will be found only at high levels of difficulty. Each act contains lots of unique locations, mobs and NPC’s so you’ll always have something to see and investigate. If you carefully examine every corner of the game, you can not only enjoy the side stories and work done by artists but also get the opportunity to open the secret level of the game, added as an Easter egg.

The game also has monthly challenges — Seasons. The primary purpose of Seasons is to climb to the top of the leader board. In this event, you have to complete achievements, to earn Conquests, or to run Greater Rifts. After the Season ends, your seasonal character will become usual. All season-exclusive items will be transferred into normal loot tables.

Gameplay in Diablo 3 is easy and more casual than in previous parts, so it won’t be hard to play if you’re new to this game series. Unfortunately, this did not benefit the gameplay. The third part of Diablo is less about exploration than the first games precisely because of this reason. You still have a great variety of things to do, but it’s much more straightforward. ‘Trail’ design of levels helps to concentrate on the main storyline, but a bit distracts you from side quests and hidden things. So you have to choose your game style yourself: you can jump into the game and run straight to Heaven to kill Diablo as fast as possible, or look around this world and visit all places on the map.

Diablo 3 is an excellent choice for those who want to try the Diablo series without much effort in leveling and creating complicated builds. You can play the game at the easy difficulty and still enjoy the story and atmosphere of this world.