"Twenty years have passed since the Prime Evils were defeated and banished from the world of Sanctuary. Now, you must return to where it all began - the town of Tristram - and investigate rumors of a fallen star, for this is the first sign of evil's rebirth, and an omen that the End Times have begun."
This is the story of Diablo III, a first-person action role-playing video game released by Blizzard Entertainment in mid-2012. Setting a new record for the fastest-selling PC game ever, with over 3.5 million copies sold in the first 24 hours, Diablo III will also soon be available for PlayStation 3 (out now) and PlayStation 4 (set to launch in late 2013). Considered to fit within the "dungeon crawl" and "hack and slash" genres of video games, Diablo III was also the highest selling PC game last year, selling more than 12 million copies in 2012.
Set some 20 years after the events of the last game, Diablo III is set in Sanctuary, the dark fantasy world of the entire Diablo series. There are certain changes within Diablo III that differentiate it from the first two, including characters and setting. Diablo III has five character classes (one of which is brand new), including the Barbarian, Demon Hunter, Monk, Wizard and Witch Doctor. All seem to be revamped from past characters or fashioned out of characters from the previous games, and the characters tend to get stronger with newer and better skills. Also a new feature of the characters, Diablo III allows you to choose the gender of which ever character you pick, whereas previous genders have been fixed.
This newest installment of the Diablo series also introduces a brand new, custom 3D game engine. This provides gamers a new sort of perspective, while also encouraging a fine-tuning of skills, since enemies in the game are able to utilize said environment as well, crawling over the walls and ceiling to come from the depths into the foreground of combat. Skill runes (also new to this version) are skill modifiers that are unlocked as player beat levels, and the assigning and swapping of skills has also been made easier in this version of the game. Auction houses are treated differently in Diablo III, as now there are two types of houses, one where players spend in-game gold (standard) and a new one, where players may buy or sell various virtual items using real-world money.
Although Diablo III has been well-received by critics and gamers alike, there is one major area of criticism. Due to the game's strong digital rights management demands, to play Diablo III you must be connected to the internet at all times, rendering offline single-player gaming impossible.
This is the story of Diablo III, a first-person action role-playing video game released by Blizzard Entertainment in mid-2012. Setting a new record for the fastest-selling PC game ever, with over 3.5 million copies sold in the first 24 hours, Diablo III will also soon be available for PlayStation 3 (out now) and PlayStation 4 (set to launch in late 2013). Considered to fit within the "dungeon crawl" and "hack and slash" genres of video games, Diablo III was also the highest selling PC game last year, selling more than 12 million copies in 2012.
Set some 20 years after the events of the last game, Diablo III is set in Sanctuary, the dark fantasy world of the entire Diablo series. There are certain changes within Diablo III that differentiate it from the first two, including characters and setting. Diablo III has five character classes (one of which is brand new), including the Barbarian, Demon Hunter, Monk, Wizard and Witch Doctor. All seem to be revamped from past characters or fashioned out of characters from the previous games, and the characters tend to get stronger with newer and better skills. Also a new feature of the characters, Diablo III allows you to choose the gender of which ever character you pick, whereas previous genders have been fixed.
This newest installment of the Diablo series also introduces a brand new, custom 3D game engine. This provides gamers a new sort of perspective, while also encouraging a fine-tuning of skills, since enemies in the game are able to utilize said environment as well, crawling over the walls and ceiling to come from the depths into the foreground of combat. Skill runes (also new to this version) are skill modifiers that are unlocked as player beat levels, and the assigning and swapping of skills has also been made easier in this version of the game. Auction houses are treated differently in Diablo III, as now there are two types of houses, one where players spend in-game gold (standard) and a new one, where players may buy or sell various virtual items using real-world money.
Although Diablo III has been well-received by critics and gamers alike, there is one major area of criticism. Due to the game's strong digital rights management demands, to play Diablo III you must be connected to the internet at all times, rendering offline single-player gaming impossible.
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