Lucinda Ryder

As you progress in the story, you unlock waypoints and new areas where tougher enemies await you. While it definitely fits the traditional style of the game, it always felt a bit predictable and too restrictive. Now, you can freely roam the area as you please and truly become the jaded adventurer of Diablo IV 's dark unive

The answer may lie in taking a page from Destiny 2 , in the way that Bungie has recently embraced having players work towards to construction of gear that they want with the Chalice of Opulence. This empowers players and gives them a long-term goal. In Diablo 4 , a new currency and quests could be used to either craft set pieces, or if we move away from the notion of making our own gear, to provide buff that increase the odds of finding a specific type of gear.

However, for a new game, we, of course, expect new content. Hopefully, Blizzard won't just recycle old classes, but actually come up with something new and original that will make players excited to replay the g

This may sound radically different from what Diablo has had in the past, but there is reason to consider the possibility. Diablo 3 has suffered for years with the problem of creating engaging endgame content to keep players around for the long term. The ability to find Legendary gear is now trivial, and players are bombarded with drops, especially as higher levels of Torment are added with their increased drop rate multipliers.

The intention of the Auction House in Diablo 3 was positive in its inception, but its implementation was flawed and problematic. With careful planning, a second iteration could be a hit in the game - but only time will tell if Blizzard ventures into a second attempt, or if the failure of the first Auction House was simply too harsh to ever consider trying again.

Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the best video games ever made. It's a shining example of what good quality RPGs with amazing writing, branching narratives, and a ton of love can achieve over the many soulless AAA offerings that have soured the landscape of gam

While we love that Diablo IV is taking so many lessons from diablo 4 trading II and truly perfecting the experience for today's gaming, there's a risk that Blizzard is simply looking to repackage a once so popular g

Crafting in Diablo 3 is marginally useful while leveling, but at the endgame, serves virtually no purpose outside of a few recently buffed sets and the need to create items for use within Kanai's Cube. One way to bring back the Auction House would be to completely reimagine the concept from the ground up, such as not selling any weapons or gear at all, and instead, crafting components for the long-term construction of your own gear.

The next installment would not be as light-hearted as Diablo III and would be a massive throwback to the ever-popular beginnings of the franchise, pulling inspiration from its much darker days. That being said, not all features that were announced got us jumping in excitem

Redditor GLaD0S11 said, "I'd be interested to see more about the single-player experience," and that they "don't mind random world boss type things having players around, but I want to be in my own world for the most part." Blizzard focused a lot on the new open and shared world of Diablo IV , but many fans will be hoping for a better look at the single-player experience before 2023's rele

Don't get us wrong: we definitely want all of the previous character classes back to Diablo IV . Although we've only seen the barbarian, sorceress (or mage) and the druid make their return, we suspect the paladin, amazon, assassin, and necromancer will no doubt make their appearances as w

Pillars of Eternity is the game that saved Obsidian Entertainment from bankruptcy after a string of financial problems almost shut the studio down. After turning to Kickstarter in a desperate attempt to fund their game, the support these developers received helped Pillars of Eternity become a reality and let players experience a modern CRPG, which was a rarity at the t

Diablo is undeniably a grind-focused series, but -- like with Capcom's Monster Hunter -- the grind is typically done in a genuinely fun gameplay loop. That's why paying to get better armor and weapons as MTX would be especially detrimental to something like Diablo

Another major concern, especially with Diablo IV going open world, is the game morphing into a watered-down MMORPG. World of Warcraft is Blizzard's flagship MMO, and Diablo made single-player its crux, not tethering players to a large-scale online wo

Diablo II was particularly infamous for its difficult opponents that moved quickly and dealt tons of burst damage. Since then, the series has suffered from a lack of proper challenge, which definitely characterized Diablo III . Whether Diablo IV will deliver where its predecessor failed is unknown, but we hope the franchise will decide to go back to its roots and give us high risk and high reward boss batt