

The simple crossbow you start out with can be exchanged for powerful and unique bows that can take down the biggest Grotesque. Thankfully, this returns and you will become addicted to the game just to see what types of loot you will get next. Throughout the quest you will be fighting plenty of Risen and even though you can take them out quickly they can still gang up on you and eat your lunch while you frantically run away trying to use a health potion.ĭiablo 1 & 2 implemented one thing that has showed up in games such as Borderlands and Torchlight and has made the Diablo series loved: loot. Believe me, there is nothing more satisfying than hitting 8 monsters with 1 arrow and getting insta-kills. Using the Demon Hunter’s special crossbow attack takes out essentially anything that comes towards you. This man, is Deckard Cain.Īlong the way you’ll encounter many enemies and this is where things get fun. To do this you must locate an individual who can help you take down the king. From there you receive your first quest: find and eliminate the Skeleton King. Once you select your class you must make your way towards the location of New Tristram, a setting that is beloved by Diablo fans. The Doctor has multiple abilities and can summon monsters, harvest souls, and more. Similar things can be said about both the Wizard and Witch Doctor who are revised versions of classic Diablo characters.


They mainly use crossbows and are extremely powerful. The Demon Hunter (class I chose) takes the best of the old assassin and amazon classes and rolls them into one über-class. The following is the list of playable characters: The Witch Doctor, Barbarian, Wizard, Monk, and the Demon Hunter. There are five classes and unlike previous Diablo games you can choose the gender for your character as well. Once you start the beta you can choose the character class you want to play as. Since there is no NDA for the beta I’m going to give you both a rundown of the beta, and my views on it. Luckily I was one of the people who got into the beta. On September 20th it was revealed that closed beta testing had begun for Diablo 3 and the internet soon exploded with gamers who wanted in. Unfortunately it was recently announced that Diablo 3 had been delayed to 2012 meaning you’ll have to wait longer to get back to Diablo. If you call yourself a PC gamer than you most likely hold Diablo 1 & 2 in high regard as some of the greatest games ever made. At the 2008 Blizzard World Wide Invitational in Paris, France the third installment in the Diablo series was announced.
