Unlike previous versions of Diablo III, the Nintendo Switch version unlocks Adventure mode right from the start, which would normally require beating the Campaign mode first - Blizzard probably recognised that this might not be everyone's first trip into the Diablo universe.

In this mode, there are additional loot drops, which might not be available if played otherwise. The difficulty can be lowered or heightened at any time using the in-game menu, with the exception of playing in Seasons Journey - a set of challenges that rotate every few months, and encourage further exploration through the use of experimenting with the selected Season character. As for the campaign, it meanders through five distinct acts, and all include an assortment of enemies to hack and slash, or alternatively utilise environmental hazards to crush foes.Ī selection of difficulty options is made available at the start, and fighting enemies at a harder difficulty will essentially speed up the levelling up process, and likewise having the game on easy will perhaps make things a tad too easy for the average gamer. There are seven character classes in total, all of whom have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The campaign story mode can be played throughout with the now rather clichéd character archetypes, such as the brutally strong Barbarian, ranged attackers like the Demon Hunter, or the typical spell caster, the Wizard. Initially launched in 2012 for the PC, Diablo III has seen numerous incremental updates and content drops, all of which have been wrapped into one package for this collection, meaning the expansions Reaper of Souls and Rise of the Necromancer are included for no additional cost.įor the uninitiated, this is a top-down action-RPG/dungeon crawler, which requires a whole heap of savage dismemberment, loot grabbing, and strategical loadouts. Diablo III: Eternal Collection represents a large hardcore gaming franchise making the jump to Nintendo's hybrid machine, and is somewhat surprising considering the technical specifications required to smoothly play a title such as this. Blizzard's absence on a Nintendo console is highly evident, having to dredge up the record books to find that three SNES ports that made their way to the GBA, a sole N64 release, and a scarce port of Starcraft 64, which never made it to the UK, are all that Blizzard has to its name this millennium - until 2018, that is.

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