Diablo 4 will keep its open world experience free of unnecessary chores, as Altars of Lilith will persist across seasons. With the Open Beta in late March concluded, player feedback on Diablo 4 was received loud and clear by Blizzard Entertainment, and the developers have begun to add the final touches to Diablo 3's successor. Though the user interface in Diablo 4 won't receive extensive changes before launch, quality of life improvements such as a font change or shifting the chat window to the left have elicited an overwhelmingly positive response from the community.
The open world in Diablo 4 is a first for the saga, and the public beta testing weekends have allowed fans to traverse the Fractured Peaks of Sanctuary in a way that was breathtakingly cinematic and painstakingly handmade. The dungeons in Diablo 4 remain procedurally generated, and the zones featured in the open world boast plenty of events that other players can join. In addition to these events, each Region in Diablo 4 also features Altars of Lilith, a way to reward players for exploration by increasing the attributes of all characters on their Battle.net account for every altar found.
It didn't take long for fans to document all the Altars of Lilith in Diablo 4's Fractured Peaks, and though their progress won't carry over to launch, a recent interview with Inven revealed that players won't have to rediscover the altars every time a new season debuts. Game Director Joseph Piepiora went on to say that the Renown system in Diablo 4 had tools in place to make sure it was as non-repeated as possible.
Though players will need to relearn their skill points and upgrade their potions again to tackle the endgame of Diablo 4 in a new season, the community seems excited about the direction of the game, despite its misgivings about Diablo 4's itemization system. Much like Diablo 3, the Legendary powers in Diablo 4 will substantially increase the potency of class skills – yet unlike Diablo 3, players will be able to obtain Legendary powers for use by completing specific dungeons scattered throughout the world.
The plot and atmosphere in Diablo 4 evoke the tone of Diablo 2, and the overarching conflict between Inarius and Lilith has potential to become one of the best stories Blizzard has ever told. Set fifty years after the events in Reaper of Souls, players will find themselves in an almost post-apocalyptic version of Sanctuary, mentored by the now-grizzled Lorath Nahr. For players wanting to discover more about the timeline leading up to Diablo 4, Blizzard has released a brief history of Sanctuary covering all the major events that play a factor in the game's story.
Diablo 4 is set to launch on June 6 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Inven