Diablo 4 spends so much time trying not to be Diablo 3 that it forgets to be anything else.
Blizzard used to be a studio that defined genres. With Starcraft, it set the standard for the competitive RTS. With World of Warcraft, it made the MMO mainstream. And with Diablo, it reimagined what an RPG could be. I don't see any of that Blizzard inthe Diablo 4 beta made me feel like Blizzard hasn't learned anything about action-RPG combat in the 11 years since Diablo 3
Many of Diablo 4's design decisions exist in direct conversation with that part of the fanbase—or in fear of them. 2023's Sanctuary is more dark, hopeless, and horrific than it's ever been before, a desaturated, muddy world of miserable peasants and death. As if to say,"You can't call this one Diablo: Rainbow Edition, eh?".
The massive open world only makes getting around slow and dull, and its biomes feel bland and overstretched—some of the more explicitly horrific, Giger-esque dungeons show off a visual flair and creativity that perhaps could’ve been present throughout the game if it didn’t need to operate at such a scale.
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