I'm super tired of games as a service and have started just not playing them. It won't necessarily ruin the game and I'm still hopeful, but it's a bad sign. I tend to just play through Diablo games with a friend and move on, I don't really do the end game equipment grind because I find grinding for grinding's sake to be pointless, so I am not the target hardcore audience. Having other players run around being goofy and a bunch of shops trying to get me to spend real money (which had been patched out by the time I played D3) is all downside, and I don't really see the upside. I want my Diablo to be a fun and atmospheric ARPG with a lot of cool equipment and memorable settings. I'm not excited by it at all because it is probably a set up for microtransactions and other bullshit.

Towns will have more people in them at one time than the open world.

They want Sanctuary to feel bleak and so they don't want you to see too many players while traveling.

You will share the open world with a varying amount of people based on what is currently happening in the zone.

You will find treasure, lore books, and crafting materials in the open world as well.

Public events can include events like demons attacking a coastline or a difficult boss.

You will see other players outside your party in the open world and come across many activities.

The campaign areas will also remain private until you complete the objective for that campaign area.

They are still private for you and up to 3 other people.

Shared world does not affect dungeons.

I guess because I remember the launch of Diablo 3.

Still, the thought of launch day being a total disaster keeps lingering in my mind. At first I wasn't really happy about this news, but then I guess I got over it fast because everything about it looks amazing to me, and at least you can solo the whole game if you wish. They said you can still solo the entire game if you want, but when running around the world there will be others always around. But this time the world is shared with up to 100 people in some of the larger areas.

It's dark like D2, and is always online like D3.

So Diablo 4 was officially shown off Friday and it seems to be a mixture of D2 and D3.

Never played diablo before diablo 4