The demonstration was easy, for one thing. I suppose Blizzard didn"t want people getting frustrated, particularly those on the Diablo Gold show floor who needed to endure in a very long line, so they outfitted us with strong characters. With the 20-minute demo once and once as the Druid and I played as the Sorceress. From the latter run, I had been chewing through heavy enemies such as the Drowned Juggernauts--big boys that slam down dash damage strikes --without much worry. My mouse-bound skills, a tiny ice projectile and a larger fire projectile, were more than enough, so that I played with her hotkey abilities to spice up things. I used a health potion and that I did not really need to.

There are far more slopes and ledges, since the new engine doesn"t restrict the designers to staircases that indicate a flooring change. At designated regions, I could scale up or down cliff sides, that is a wonderful bit of variety, but not just crazy. 1 thing was somewhat jarring, though: There is a second in an in-engine cutscene where your personality measures onto a ledge and looks over the barren lands, kind of like the opening to Fallout 3. The camera tilts down and puts you back to the Diablo view. After glimpsing the horizon, I couldn"t stop thinking about how it"s there. I felt queasy.

The seamless MMO-ey material is in the demonstration, and might be the biggest change. While walking into a pursuit mark, I ran into two different players at the event. They fought alongside me for a little bit, silently. Throughout a bit of commotion while I zapped a horde of nasties, they ran ahead and I never saw them. A tip later showed me that I should press"O" to group with gamers that appear nearby.

Among the issues discussed during a group interview I attended was the struggle of balancing the sense of desolation Diablo"s landscapes are supposed to evoke and also the presence of random other players. Included in that buy Diablo 4 Gold thinking, they do not want multiplayer world occasions to need too many players.