Diablo III
Diablo III is the third installment in Blizzard's franchise. The game, like its predecessors, is a dungeon crawler in which the player fights against hordes of enemies ranging from beasts and undead to actual demons. The game has four acts, two game modes (normal and hardcore) as well as four difficulty levels: Normal, Nightmare, Hell and Inferno. A new addition to Diablo III is the auction house, where items are exchanged for in-game gold or real money, also usable to purchase Blizzard merchandise. The game…
It found its feet late, and now its combat feels better than almost anything in the genre.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Incredibly satisfying, punchy combat
- Great couch co-op on consoles
- Seasons give endless replay
Not so much
- Bright, cartoony tone split fans
- Shallow story and simplified character builds
Play it if players who want instant, smooth demon-slaying with friends.
Skip it if anyone who wants deep stat trees and a grim, gothic mood.
No cheat codes
Diablo III doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Play it better
- Beat the campaign once to unlock Adventure Mode, where bounties and rifts are a much faster way to gear up.
- Kanai's Cube lets you extract a legendary item's power and use it without wearing the item.
- Push Greater Rifts to find out how strong your build really is and earn gem upgrades.
- Start a seasonal character each season; the free reward set from the season journey jump-starts a build.
- Paragon points are account-wide, so leveling one hero boosts all of them.
- Turn on elective mode in the options to put any skill on any button.
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Trivia
- Its always-online launch was crippled by the infamous Error 37 login failures.
- The real-money auction house was shut down in 2014 after it was blamed for wrecking the loot game.
- The Reaper of Souls expansion in 2014 overhauled loot and added the Crusader class.
- The console versions removed the always-online requirement.
