Its been a rough 2019 so far for Blizzard. The biggest takeaway from this is that the company is with holding their bigger announcements for this November, specifically Diablo 4.
It was rather surprising to hear, as Blizzard is known to always be at Gamescom for their fans across the Atlantic. This news also came about after they had already announced BlizzCon 2019. Just because they don’t have any “major” things going on this year, doesn’t mean that they won’t have something for 2020 and beyond.Īnother big thing is that the company won’t be attending Gamescom this year, which is the biggest European video gaming convention in the world. Yes, this looks bad on paper, but what convention is at the end of the year? BlizzCon, and with it usually comes announcements for upcoming IP’s and new updates for existing games.
Their have already been signs throughout the year that shows us that Blizzard is preparing for something big later, such as revealing to their investors that they have no major plans for 2019. It makes the fans actually look forward to something, and yes having another event on Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch is something to tide us over, but it’s nothing all that new anymore. Even if they don’t have any gameplay to show us, just the fact that it even exists is more than enough for us at this point. But when it comes time to make that grand reveal for the next entry for Diablo, the company will finally deliver to their fans. Now don’t get me wrong, the company has thrown some smoke and mirrors our way many times at past BlizzCons, and they will probably continue to do that. Worse yet, this was how the Opening Ceremony ended, not on high explosive note, with a sad whimper. If Blizzard wants to recoup themselves, they need to announce Diablo 4 at this years BlizzCon, and I believe that on this basis alone, they will. Of course we’re talking of course about the lack of major announcements, Warcraft III Reforged aside, and Diablo Immortal, a mobile game that was almost universally despised upon its reveal. Some were excited, while others still felt the pain of the previous years fallout.
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Diablo 4’s game director Luis Barriga answered this head-on in the June 2020 quarterly update saying, “We find that the game stops feeling like Diablo and the world feels less dangerous when you see other players too often or in too high numbers.BlizzCon 2019 was finally announced and with it came an assortment of emotions from their fanbase.
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The Drowned, for example, features five distinct archetypes: “bruiser, ranged combat, melee combat, swarmer, and dungeon boss.” Obviously, each of these will require players to utilize varying strategies of their own to contend with the different methods of attack, so identifying which monster family is attacking you isn’t enough to determine how to respond. Other families have a wider variety of attacks. The Cannibal family is entirely melee-based, featuring “supernatural swiftness” and they will “close the gap by leaping over obstacles and would-be competitors,” which should make for some extremely fast-paced and close-quarters battles. The rogue in Diablo 4 will be able to take on the ranged attack focus of the original, but different build options will be possible that push it more towards the Assasin class of Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction or the Demon Hunter of Diablo 3. Rogue makes an even more distant return from the dead, missing since the very first Diablo game. The druid will also have the ability to summon two wolves to assist in combat. He is a shape-shifter that can transform into a bear and wolf form depending on whether speed or power is the answer to the current battle. We also have the triumphant return of the druid, a fan favorite from the Diablo 2 expansion that was missing from Diablo 3. When cornered by enemies, she can transform herself into a ball of lightning, making herself temporarily invincible and dealing area of effect damage in her immediate vicinity. Sorceress naturally gravitates to more ranged attacks with a variety of magic to hurl at enemies, including ice bolts, fireballs and lighting.
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