"Three Thousand Demons!" Review of Diablo 3
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Everyone has been waiting for this, many have been preparing for it, and finally, it has happened. On May 15 at 2 AM Moscow time, the servers of Blizzard cranked up their sphincters, ready to take in tons of players from all over Europe eager to once again roll on the devil’s turf. I didn’t sit idle either; I too headed to conquer Sanctuary (for the umpteenth time). The game is now completed, and impressions are slowly settling in my mind. In an attempt to organize everything, I’m posting this. Here’s a review of what has been hidden from us all these years in a black box with six letters on its casing.

This review is based on a full playthrough of the game as a Sorceress on normal difficulty. I haven’t progressed further yet, but I intend to. All opinions and evaluations of various aspects of the game are given based on these parameters as well as the personal quirks of the report's author.

I have tried to avoid spoilers in the text, but be cautious with the screenshots. There are no key moments in them, but you can make some guesses.

OH HOW I STRUGGLED WITH YOU, MY ERROR 37..

The most important thing you need to know about the game..

2:37 AM in Default City.

Two cups of tea and half a can of energy drink behind me, plus 10 minutes of dancing around the computer. No, this isn't a meeting of the New Year with the natives. This is me trying to get onto the European server.

What happened was exactly what I feared from the moment Blizzard announced their unwavering "Diablo III will be online, and that’s that! Even the single-player!" In the previous games in the series, I played only single-player for a long time; MMO games passed me by (thanks to their absence for my happy childhood!), so the concept of a queue to get into the game is, honestly, new to me. The old-timer in me is raging and stamping his feet. He is in shock: before, you buy the game, install the game, launch the game, and as long as your hardware is sufficiently solid, everything else is irrelevant. No lag, no dependencies; everything is yours, if you want to play - you play, if not - you drink tea with pastries. And now, welcome to the queue!

- I was standing behind that barbarian!

- I don’t know anything; everyone here is eager to play. Especially those hunters over there!..

Well, okay. I’m not a hardcore devilish gamer wanting to reach level 60 in Hell as fast as possible. But the unpleasant aftertaste remains. However, yesterday afternoon it was much easier to break through, and today I logged in immediately. Progress, in short.

Finally breaking through to the server and watching the introductory video, we take up old things and start the game.

CLOUDY, POSSIBLE PRECIPITATION AND METEOR SHOWERS..

- Uncle, look, a falling star! Make a wish!

- Fool, it's falling on us! O_O

I’ll start, as tradition dictates, with a teaser. For many years, the forces of good and evil (commonly known as [angels and demons](/games?search=ангелы и демоны)) sharpened their teeth on one another and tried to gain victory in their endless battles. The subject of the battles was the Worldstone [Worldstone] (in maidenhood - Eye of Anu [Eye of Anu]) - the greatest artifact in history, endowed with unimaginable power. However, the