I have been fence sitting on Diablo IV as Diablo III I felt was absolute crap. After playing the open Beta I am so happy that the team at Blizzard went back to what the roots of Diablo is. I will be pre-purchasing now.
My thoughts though:
- It was way too easy, I picked sorceress on Veteran and always had ample healing potions, never died, never used a healing shrine.
- A LOT of bugs need to be resolved.
- I hope the skills respec was set to rediculous easy just for the Beta so that we could try multiple builds.
- Succubus with no boobs showing. LOL
- I found that having the items already identified was a bit weird, this is a first in the series.
- Not sure how I feel about the leveled world seems out of place, I do like how the franchise has historically been which is static.
Overall it is a solid game with a good story and tonnes of quests and side adventures. I will be buying it but I hope that most of the above concerns are addressed.