![]() ![]() Major DLC releases have also transformed the game into an almost completely different entity. The major one being the Loot 2.0 update, which released in mid-2013 and made the looting aspect of the game far more enjoyable. It was a shaky start, to be honest, but there have been many “quality of life” updates. Originally releasing on PC in 2012, Diablo 3 has seen a release on virtually every major platform. A single system-freezing crash was a unique and one-off complaint to be endured.If you haven’t played Diablo 3 by now, in any of its incarnations, then you must have been living under a rock. ![]() Running at native 720p in handheld mode and 960p when docked, it looks very attractive despite the port to a relatively low powered console, retaining a solid frame rate and only seeing the character models lose a little smoothness. Whether you’re playing in portable mode or docked with a TV, Diablo 3 for Switch never creaked under the strain of hundreds of enemies onscreen at once, multiple powers being activated and several heroes running amok. It’s perfect for a commute – get ten minutes of slaying under your belt, find a new legendary weapon, put it to sleep and pick up exactly where you left off at lunch. ![]() The intimacy of playing on the go, whether in bed or on the toilet, with the Switch only enhances this feeling, while Diablo is also surprisingly well suited to short bursts of play. It makes all the play more immediate, whereas the constant clicking on the PC made me at times feel a bit removed from the action. It may be heresy to say so, but I personally think I prefer this to the classic mouse-and-keyboard control scheme. Then it’s a matter of assigning skills and special moves to the buttons, while there’s a really handy quick-equip button assigned to the up D-Pad button, letting you scroll through your most recently collected loot and start using it without jumping into the menus. ![]()
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