The Gamers Arms

Mantis wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:21 pm

I don't mind the constant connectivity requirement, as an old school Diablo 2 diehard it's not exactly a new thing to be always online whilst playing, as anyone heavily invested in the original would almost certainly be playing on Battle.Net to take part in runs and have access to the ladder runes and whatnot. Even in 2001, I never made a single player offline character.

I am dead set against a shared open world though. That's not what I want from a Diablo game, period. I want large maps to explore in isolation to churn through enemies at my own leisure and soak up the atmospheric sense of dread the aesthetic piles on. I don't want some dodgy pseudo MMO experience where I have to be constantly exposed to other players. I prefer to choose when I want to engage with the multiplayer element.

Exactly that. MMOs that claim to be single player friendly are mostly anything but, not because the game mechanics don't work but because of the onslaught of other people with stupid names doing stupid emotes and acting stupidly. Why anybody wants that in their game (multiplayer or otherwise) I don't understand.

I thought this post they put out about the changes they would be making based off the beta feedback was quite promising. Still doesn't make the game worth £60 mind.

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4 ... nto-change

Final System Requirements -

Diablo 4 PC System Requirements

Minimum Spec Requirements
Settings to run Diablo IV at 1080p native resolution/720p render resolution, low graphics settings, and 30fps.
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-8350
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 280
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: SSD with 90 GB available space
Internet: Broadband Connection

Medium Spec Requirements
Settings to run Diablo IV at 1080p resolution, medium graphics settings, and 60fps.

OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer
Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD Ryzen 1300X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 470
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: SSD with 90 GB available space
Internet: Broadband Connection

High Spec Requirements
Settings to run Diablo IV at 1080p resolution, high graphics settings, and 60fps.

OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 2700X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: SSD with 90 GB available space
Internet: Broadband Connection

Ultra 4K Spec Requirements
Settings to run Diablo IV at 4K resolution, ultra graphics settings, and 60fps.

OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Memory: 32 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series for fully supported DLSS3 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: SSD with 90 GB available space
Internet: Broadband Connection

https://www.dsogaming.com/news/here-are ... ore-170992

1080, 1080, 1080… 4K.

Man RAM requirements are really flying up.

I'm enjoying this. I don't mind wandering across other players every now and again, it still feels like Diablo rather than an MMO. I think these games have always sat in a weird space between an RPG and almost being an MMO anyway. My battlenet is Bird#2822 if anyone else is playing