There’s no auction house in this console version of the game, real money or otherwise, so there no point in stashing it for later.ĭespite my description above, the combat has plenty of variety to make you feel like you’re interestingly and successfully combining attacks for massive damage. Marking loot as junk while in the field makes it easy to sell the crap you don’t want once you get back to base.

The controller-driven menus make it easy to compare loot A with loot b. If that’s the case, why force players to sit through all that terrible plot twice to get a real challenge? Ugh.Īll of this isn’t to say that Diablo 3 is bad. I’m not sure Diablo 3 is really worth playing solo though, because there sure as hell isn’t much motivation to reach the end unless you’re in it for Nightmare mode bragging rights. You actually have to pay attention in a fight though your AI companions do come in useful, once you unlock one that suits your playstyle. Playing the game solo is a bit more nuanced. Nick hit him from a range while I took care of the adds and then he died and a bunch of loot fell out. It was the end of Act 3 before we met an enemy who was immune to Nick’s freezing power and even then, we just ran around out of his reach. Maybe we press some of the other buttons for novelty value during skill cooldowns.Nick freezes them with one of his wizard powers.I draw the enemies in towards me with one of my monk powers.Virtually every encounter on Normal difficulty goes as follows: It’s not a cosmetic thing, though your gear is reflected in your tiny on-screen avatar. After every encounter Nick and I both stop the action for 10 minutes just to check our inventory and either upgrade or scrap our loot. What I’m saying is that the plot and the environments are essentially wrappers for the loot and loot is all I care about. Well, except for the shopkeepers, your mercenaries and the occasional NPC.

Next time you visit they’ll have been replaced and there’s no one to comment on your terribly anti-social behaviour because everyone was a demon anyway.

Hell, you can even smash up the palace vases in the hopes of finding cash. They both look just like the dungeons however, and have pretty much the same level of complexity. Every level is a series of dungeons with some pretty background wibbling away in the distance.

Diablo 3 2017 review