But changing, say, a specific modifier for a single skill between two options in the tree is instant and cheap, like switching a skill rune in D3 with a tiny cost (which I did not actually figure out until hour 25). Changing your core skills can get pretty expensive as you have to subtract skill points to get all the way back to earlier skills from late-game ones as the tree winds downward. It’s a merge between Diablo 2’s “if you pick one skill wrong at the start your entire build is screwed” and Diablo 3’s “change anything at any time for free.” It’s not free to respec it costs gold, and more and more gold as time goes on. The skill system is something I’m not quite done wrapping my head around. With Necromancer, I actually felt a bit overpowered on all difficulties with my infinite skele-tanks and casting crap at enemies and bosses alike from relative safety.
I’ve avoided Barbarian, who will be my first launch character. In addition to my Necromancer here, I put a good amount of time into Druid and Rogue in the betas. Gameplay feels very similar to both past Diablo games in different ways. I’ve already had a blast going through transmog with my limited farmed selection of gear. Fresh detail has been put into your hero specifically, between the character creator and some really beautiful work on the armor and weapons this time around that will greet you each time you log into the game. Washed-out, bloody, but still in many areas, grotesquely gorgeous. I think D3 got unfairly maligned in that regard but, yes, this is pure D2. We are back to the bleak, gothic horror of the second game. What we see here is an attempt to marry the best aspects of both Diablo 2 and 3, and I’d say it mostly succeeds. Except, perhaps, the story this time, one that held weight for me in a way the past games didn’t.
If you have previously found the series overly grindy, and repetitive and endless farming holds no appeal for you, there may not be much to change your mind here. It is easy for me to say that if you like Diablo 2 or 3, you will like Diablo 4.
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