{"id":230922,"date":"2018-10-30T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/diablo-iii-switch-is-going-to-facilitate-a-lot-of-fun-party-sessions\/"},"modified":"2018-10-30T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:00:00","slug":"diablo-iii-switch-is-going-to-facilitate-a-lot-of-fun-party-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/diablo-iii-switch-is-going-to-facilitate-a-lot-of-fun-party-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Diablo III Switch is going to facilitate a lot of fun party sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Watching Diablo III<\/em> morph before my very eyes has been a wild ride. Although I maxed out every class within a month of its release, I quickly noticed that my friends list was dwindling.<\/p> Folks were completely turned off by the lack of an engaging endgame and the Real Money Auction House (RMAH) first and foremost, not to mention the slow-going pace compared to other aRPGs (action RPGs) at the time. That all changed with the Reaper of Souls expansion, which heralded Loot 2.0 into the fray (more\/better loot) and removed the sleazy auction house entirely.<\/p> It’s been four years since then and the only other major content update was the Necromancer class. Any effort of a console port probably isn’t enough to entice someone who’s already played Diablo III<\/em> inside and out, but if you’re looking into it for the first time the Switch isn’t a bad place to start.<\/p> <\/p> As I geared up for this assessment I found myself playing the entire first act again without thinking. It’s just that streamlined, which, I know, is why some old guard folks feel that it’s so polarizing. Here’s the thing about Diablo III<\/em> at this point in time: it’s really good. Sure you aren’t going to get that Path of Exile<\/em> minutiae-oriented perfect build feel from Diablo III<\/em> as skills can be changed at any point. Some argue that it cheapens the concept of sticking to a build, but as someone who has played plenty of hardcore aRPGs for decades I say “bring it on.”<\/p> Diablo III<\/em> is pretty much a perfect game to pick up with anyone and just play. There’s no lengthy hour-long player-to-player tutorial to espouse, no provisos about “bad skills you’re not supposed to pick,” they can just select a class and go. The Switch makes that even easier with local play on the go. Of the benefits from the Switch edition of DIII<\/em> (Ganondorf costume, amiibo support for small rewards), local play (with multiple Switch units) is probably the most obvious plus.<\/p> Regardless of whether or not you’re into having your own personal screen it’s fun to be able to play on a TV, swap to portable mode if friends go home for the night and swap yet again to a tabletop configuration with a significant other. That’s just a general<\/em> Switch feature, sure, but it feels particularly right for a big-time hack and slash that you can play for hours on end or for just a few minutes as you attempt another Greater Rift (challenge rooms).<\/p> <\/iframe><\/p> Switch players also net the following cosmetics: Echoes of the Mask, Mercy’s Gaze, Wings of the Crypt Guardian, Cucco, Half-formed Chicken, Dominion’s Revenge, a class pennant, and class\/Triforce player frames. A Ganondorf transmog is in the form of an item that unlocks it and the amiibo port is also a reusable item (both are waiting in your stash roughly five minutes in). The former three are found in other platforms, the Zelda<\/i> stuff is Switch exclusive.<\/p>