Screenshot: Diablo IIIĭiablo III is perhaps one of the most popular action role-playing games in recent memory–it has been reviewed, discussed, and dissected many times in both PC and console versions. To do so, you’ll need to fight and collect better gear to progress.

evil that take you across the world of Sanctuary and to the depths of Hell to the spires of Heaven with the ultimate goal of defeating Diablo, Lord of Terror. You can play as one of seven character classes that wield a combination of super human strength and magic to fight the denizens of Hell in an ongoing battle of good vs. Don’t get me wrong, I doubt I’ll use my Switch to primarily play Diablo III going forward-I have too much dedicated to the PC version already-but the prospect of only playing the Switch version from now on is not an unappealing one.įor those unfamiliar, Diablo 3 is an action role-playing game played from a pseudo isometric, top-down perspective. But Blizzard did a great job translating Diablo III’s keybinds to a controller, and once I got used to it I hate to say that I almost prefer how much more tactile this control scheme is. My brain knew the actions I wanted to perform, I just couldn’t make the controller do it-it felt like learning to walk again. It’s not like I’m totally unfamiliar with action role-playing games on consoles, as I’ve enjoyed their couch co-op nature, but having played Diablo III so much on PC I had to learn how to do everything again. I knew the console version was different, most notably having a roll dodge the PC version doesn’t have, but learning to play Diablo III on console was a challenge. I have to concede right away that I’ve only played Diablo III on PC prior to the Eternal Collection. Diablo: Immortal won’t be Diablo’s first foray into small screen video games as Diablo 3: Eternal Collection has recently released on Nintendo Switch, and I think it made the transition well. Many would argue that Diablo III has since been what the fans were looking for, with many still playing Diablo III to this day.

The Diablo IP hasn’t been immune to controversy, as main series title Diablo III was mired in controversy in its first few months, six years ago. Developer Blizzard Entertainment has recently come under some fire for their announcement of Diablo Immortal: a mobile Diablo game that invoked the ire of fans wishing for a more traditional Diablo experience.

Diablo 3 review 2018