The release of Diablo 4 is fast approaching! In less than a year, players around the world will be able to explore the Sanctuary once again to stop Lilith, Queen of the Succubi and daughter of Mephisto before the forces of hell are unleashed. Fans and players from all over the world are waiting for it with a large community of French players, it's time to see together everything there is to know about the next "Hack 'n' slash" in the open world developed by Blizzard Entertainment teams. The goal is for you to leave here having learned a lot about Diablo IV and its content!
Everything you need to know about Diablo IV before you start playing it:
→ Five classes will be available at the launch of Diablo 4, players can choose to play as a brute force barbarian, a shapeshifting druid, a necromancer who controls the undead, a rogue who specializes in close combat and a witch who has a great mastery of the elements.
→ In Diablo 4, you don't only embody a predefined class since each barbarian, each necromancer or each witch you meet during the adventure will be different. Not only will you be able to give your character the appearance that suits you thanks to an editor that offers a whole host of options, but your choices will also be reflected in the skills chosen, the game offering enough skill trees to have very different compositions between the players.
→ Diablo 4 will be crossplay, meaning players from all platforms will be able to play together. If your friend plays on Xbox and you play on PlayStation, you can play together. Likewise, shared progression will be possible across all platforms. Start playing on console and continue your game on PC and vice versa, it's possible!
→ Players on PlayStation or Xbox consoles will be able to share their adventure with friends or family on the same sofa and the same game console. Indeed, Diablo IV offers a local cooperation function for up to 4 players on the home consoles, but beware, at this stage not on PC.
→ As you take your first steps into Sanctuary, you will experience a “shared” open world, meaning other players will be visible as you explore. The progression in the adventure promises to be non-linear, your decisions and the route taken will dictate the course of things, there will be no imposed path.
☆ Note – To learn more about exploring the world of Diablo 4, we invite you to consult the following article which focuses precisely on the subject: Diablo 4 How Does The Open World Shared With Other Players Work? .
→ While exploring the open world of Diablo 4, it is possible to come across strongholds, these are areas infected by Lilith's minions that players can clean by eliminating all the demons there. When you do, the location changes back to being a human living area or can in some cases reveal the entrance to dungeons and other secrets.
→ Sanctuary will feature dedicated PvP areas where players can battle against each other for rewards and the glory of Mephisto. These special areas are called "cursed fields" in the game. As soon as you enter them, you become a potential target, players can attack you on sight and you can do the same. If you're too strong, you'll achieve Champion/Champion status and become a priority target for other players.
→ As with previous Diablo games, reaching the maximum level with your character unlocks Paragon levels. However, the system now comes in the form of a plateau or spherier where you spend your points to further steer your character's stats and customize it to your advantage.
→ Tremble future heroes of the sanctuary, because like the Free to Play Immortal, Diablo 4 will include microtransactions and therefore certainly premium currencies… But we are assured for the moment, it will be cosmetic microtransactions only. Hopefully the temptation will not be too great for the development team over time and that they end up adding things to the store that benefit a certain category of players...
→ Closer to a “Hack 'n' slash” MMORPG style (massively multiplayer) than a single-player narrative game, Diablo 4 imposes a mandatory internet connection. Whether you play on PC or Xbox consoles or PlayStation, you will need to connect to the internet there is no function to play it offline like with Diablo 3. You can however live the whole adventure in solo without joining other players if this is the way to play that suits you.
→ The equipment color codes will be as follows… Normal (white), magic (blue), rare (yellow), legendary (brown) and mythical (red). Players will only be able to equip one piece of Legendary gear at a time which are considered the most powerful in the game and will spawn with four Legendary affixes.
→ By browsing Sanctuary and playing in a group, players will be able to exchange items. But beware, exchanges are limited in some cases... There are certain types of items that can always be exchanged, others that can only be exchanged once, and others that are unique and can never be exchanged. be exchanged.
→ Reaching the maximum level and finishing the story is not the end of Diablo 4, there are still many activities to do such as facing non-instanced bosses that appear in certain areas of the world, crossing nightmarish dungeons or even trying to complete Whispering Tree Challenges, a source of legendary gear and crafting materials. The game will also have a season system like Diablo 3 and the teams working on the development of this Diablo 4 are already planning to expand the story in the coming years.
→ The open world of Diablo 4 will be divided into five interconnected regions, namely the coast of Scosglen and its untamed shores, the arid steppes and their war-torn salt desert, Kyovashad and its medieval village which serves as a refuge for the adventurers, Hawezar and Kehjistan, the last stronghold of the Zakarum and seat of the ancient city of Caldeum.
→ While exploring the world of Diablo 4, expect weather variations, it will indeed be dynamic and there will be a day-night system. It's not just to look pretty and give realism, these elements are to be taken into account at the level of the gameplay since they affect the fights and the movements of your character on the ground.
→ Although the lands of Sanctuaries seem just as desolate as in the previous games of the license, you have certainly noticed during the various presentations of the game that the world seems very different... Which is normal, Diablo 4 takes place 30 years later the events of Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls.
→ The world being much larger, players will be able to explore it on the back of mounts, it will be horses that can even wear armor. We do not know at this time if other types of mounts will be present in the game.
→ The final release date is not quite known, we know that the game is expected for 2023. But during their spring show in June, the Xbox teams assured that all the games that were presented during the The event will be released within the next 12 months which means Diablo 4 will be released between January and June 2023, unless there is a last minute delay.
