Of course, what we've seen so far could (and probably will) look very different later this year and next. Most of us are familiar with the leveling processes and infinite rift grinding, and Diablo IV's dungeon/key system looks like it may give another layer to randomized dungeon crawling. Campaigns for Diablo-likes are blasted through in moments of playtime compared to how much time is spent meticulously tailoring and perfecting characters for top-end gameplay against big bosses and tough-tuned encounters. My play sessions with the game left me craving more, but the big question for Diablo IV is how the endgame is going to shake out. Recent updates go into what a skill tree could look like, respec options, and item philosophy. The motif is grim, dark, and depressing – a return to the gothic doomed sensibilities of earlier Diablo fare and a bit less of the colorful infusion that Diablo III brought to the series. That said, the base elements that we've seen include some highly interesting fare for loot hunters, including open world elements that have players running into each other as they take on goatmen and demons and teaming up to take on big world bosses for powerful rewards. With Covid-19's massive, sweeping effects on the industry and the inherent development time with a beast this massive, we may not see Diablo IV for a while. Here are some of the Diablo-likes to watch as we head into 2021 and beyond. While many games have taken some features and mechanics from the classic template and applied them in other ways, the isometric layout with its health and resource globes, potions, and paper dolls is still a force to be reckoned with. While the satisfying core still involves crushing hordes of monsters and watching gear explode out of enemies with pleasant chimes, letting the dopamine flow into your mind as various color-coded candy caches wash over you, developers continue to refine gameplay mechanics and add layers to the potent core. What was once a landscape of simple leveling and looting has now transformed into complex crafting, alternate advancement post-leveling progression systems, procedurally generated endgames with myriad modifiers, and more. Over the last decade, it's been fantastic to see the relatively simple concepts that are at the core of the Diablo-like continue to be iterated and expanded upon as the industry explores the wild world of loot.
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