In some respects Diablo III takes me right back to the early days of arcades. Play it late at night after a good few drinks, and you might well expect a visit from your local law enforcement official. Play it late at night, and your neighbors will hate you. Diablo III's brilliant co-op mode will have even the most mild-mannered of players yelling and shouting at each other. ![]() Review copy was provided by the publisher.īecause what Blizzard has done is fettled and tweaked the game almost imperceptibly to fine tune it as a console experience, and in doing so has unleashed the finest action-RPG, dungeon-crawling arcade experience of this generation. It simply feels all the better when played sitting on a couch, in front of a big screen, with a joypad in your hands. But to me, the most important part of a game is the experience it delivers, and that's where this version stands taller. If cosmetics are your only concern, then sure, the PC game wins. Sure, the models and overall graphics of this console-ized Diablo III aren't as good as the PC version – at least they shouldn't be unless you’re playing on a really weedy system. If that’s raised a few veins in the temples of some of you PC readers, I’m sorry about that – but hear me out. ![]() ![]() Perhaps I've been playing my Demon Hunter too much, but I’ll come straight out of the gate with guns blazing and make the statement that I believe this, the console version of Diablo III, is the definitive version of the game. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247.
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