‘Perfection’ – no other word for this compelling game

I must apologise for the recent lack of a gaming column in this here newspaper. I was playing Diablo 3. So much Diablo 3 infact that the in-game clock for the first week exceed that of my work contract on a weekly basis and that rarely happens to me these days.

A game so compelling to just play “one more level” with a friend with the easy drop in and out co-operative gameplay and a loot system so well thought out you’re always wondering what’s around the next corner – will the demon from hell’s depths reward you with a brand new sword which will bring destruction down on Diablo himself?

Diablo 3 nails the click-heavy gameplay of a dungeon crawler with finely-tuned battle mechanics which feel very reminiscent of World of Warcraft, a game also made by the same company, Blizzard.

The feedback on screen to tell the player they’re doing the right thing with constant updates of XP earned, loot drops and money pickups are essential to making sure the player is engaged with the game 100 per cent and just like their other games, they succeed.

You may argue that waiting 12 years for a game is far too long and this level of perfection should be achieved but I’ll be honest, I much prefer a game with a longer development cycle similar to Diablo 3.

Publishers nowadays are all to keen to burn their audience out with yearly cycles of the same name with little to no innovation within it.

Diablo 3 takes a seemingly out of date genre and turns into a fresh, new and most importantly a fun experience.

At the time of writing I have played over 70 hours of gameplay and have completed it four times and have recently started on the ultimate difficulty in the game, Inferno.

This is a true testamant to how good Diablo 3 is and if there’s anyone out there who has yet to see it, play it or buy it then go to your computer and join the six million players who are currently playing it worldwide.

No wonder the servers were down opening night, eh?

A majority of publishers can only dream of week one sales figures.

Blizzard have proven cynics and critics wrong once again with a game which borders on perfection and despite the annoying always online nature of a single player game it achieves just that. Perfection.

10/10