For my love of the best ARPG ever

This is way more fun than I expected lol

I was maybe 9 or 10, sitting next to my cousin's beige PC tower, and he pranks me by letting me play for a bit, and letting me walk into the Butcher's room. That "Ah, fresh meat!" has been etched firmly into my brain ever since lol. Eventually I got my own PC and one of the first games I played on it was Diablo. It literally felt like a horror game for me as a kid, probably because I was still a bit traumatized from the butcher scaring me.

It was the first “serious” video game I saw and I remember my cousin and I talking about how awesome it was and how we can't wait to see what games will be like when we grow up. Little did we know we would still be playing Diablo three decades later.

I was totally obsessed with Diablo 2 when it came out, after that I was playing every ARPG I could get my hands on. A lot of Dungeon Siege with my cousin, then I remember Titans Quest, and the hype for Hellgate London (probably my first big gaming disappointment). You would think the genre would go through many transformations and evolutions throughout the years but essentially it has just been honed and polished, the core that Diablo established is still intact.

These days I’m still following the ARPG scene closely, mostly playing every non live service game I can find, since I don’t have a lot of free time for gaming and I hate the fomo of not being able to play when a new season drops. Currently still playing the most recent Grim Dawn expansion and some D2 Resurrected from time to time. I also have a few games I’m hyped for, waiting for 1.0 No Rest For the Wicked (I don’t play early access games) and The Dark West looks awesome, I’m a sucker for weird settings so this occult western theme seems really fun, and guns are so satisfying in ARPGs that have them. None of these games would even exist if Diablo never came out.

That kind of staying power is really rare. If I think about what else from those years I still play in some form, the only other game that comes to mind is Counter Strike. It still feels like CS despite the modern graphics and changes, I'm not that good but I enjoy playing with friends from time to time.

To me that's proof that when people make something with genuine passion, it can end up bigger than the sum of its parts. On paper Diablo was a pretty simple game but you could see the passion behind it. I really hope the franchise stays strong for a long time, Diablo is timeless.

Their new company is called Gas Giant Games (GGG) and from what I can see, the gameplay and the HUD looks very similar to Diablo III.

Click the IG link to see the video.

With the new season of Diablo IV where you can find Aidan's Soul and help him in the Hell levels from the original Diablo. Once you defeat Diablo, he laments the death of his younger brother, saying that he should have protected him - which just don't make sense at all considering Diablo's original plot

As someone who loved both StarCraft and Diablo, I feel like both franchises were made overly epic by their 2010s sequels (SC2 and D3). Idk what happened with Chris Metzen's creative input during that period.

Some could argue that Kerrigan's character was assassinated at least three times over the course of SC2. As for Diablo, the retcons involving the Worldstone and the Soulstones are both still somewhat acceptable, IMO.

Even Aidan having a child with Adria is tolerable... But I just CANNOT see the idea of the Warrior being Leoric's son.

First of all, making the Warrior Leoric's son serves absolutely no purpose for the lore, nothing changes about his fate. It just cheapens his story and makes him look like a dumbo for not reconizing his brother with some random child that Lazarus used in a ritual.

He never says anything about Leoric that would suggest he was his son. "I will find YOUR son, Leoric." The NPCs also tell the story of the King's past as if the Warrior were unaware of who Leoric was.

Even Lachdanan, the royal guard, doesn't interact with the Warrior as if he had ever known him before.

They could have made the Warrior Leoric's bastard son, which might have explained away some of these points, but it would still serve no purpose in terms of the lore.

What made the Warrior so compelling, IMO, was that he was a good, yet otherwise anonymous warrior, with no epic backstory.

Game disconnected in the middle of the Moophisto fight... I don't know how to get back to it again...

Quick edit: I have the waypoint, the prime ribs from the Butcher questline in Tristram was consumed, so I don't know how to restart the fight.

The best Druid in Diablo franchise is hands down the one from Diablo Immortal! I just love both his/her aestethics and abilities way more than either D2 or D4 one.

https://insider-gaming.com/diablo-5-director-reveals-shooting-has-begun/

Am I getting old or is that music from the caves in Diablo that I’m hearing in the flayer dungeon on Season 15 on D4?

Fueled by inspiration, my AuADHD and two hours of sleep, I entered a fey mood and came to with this in my open Krita project. My partner talked my ear off about this so I finally decided to share my art with the world. Let me know what y'all think :3 (noAI if that wasn't obvious)

I made a Diablo Timeline post on the comic board. There may be a few things wrong and if they are be sure to correct me in the comments https://www.thecomicboard.com/threads/diablo-timeline.15675/

Grabbed diablo 1 on battle net and well... just felt really clunky and rigid so I refunded it. The mouse cursor felt like it was moving at 10 fps.

I see that you can get the game on GOG and it includes the unofficial Hellfire mod/expansion. Would this be a better version of the game to try? I heard that the GOG version can also be modded with mods to modernize it a bit.

Can anyone help me out?

Steam Input Controller Config

TL;DR Super cool Drag & Drop Controller Config that was made to be Console Controller friendly but can be modified to suit extra buttons.

Hey there! I just wanted to share my controller setup using Steam Input for those who just a drop and play controller config. I designed it to be very controller friendly. This post is a near copy of my post in the diablo 3 subreddit that I wanted to post here in case anyone who plays Diablo 3 is only in this subreddit.

Notes:
- Game must be added to Steam as a Non-Steam game.
- Game needs to be named "Diablo 3"
- This setup uses Steam Input to map keybinds and all it's interactions.
- Nearly every keybind/feature is covered.
- Setup was made with a basic controller with A, B, X, Y, DPad, L+R Joysticks, triggers, bumpers, start and select. Anything that differs from this can be configured and changed easily.
- Emote Wheel requires Num-Lock ON.
- Menu navigation is mouse based.
- Dedicated Switch to Gameplay Mode & Menu mode.
- Emote wheel and Game menu

Here is some previews of the two Radial Menus that can be used to open the in game menus.
IMGUR PREVIEW: In-game previews & Layout config (Imgur)

Mobile Friendly Preview: https://imgur.com/a/preview-of-steam-input-controller-config-custom-menus-iqg5Bg4

Instructions:

1. Copy link below into a browser address bar.
2. Press "Open Steam" on browser pop up.
3. Press "Apply Layout" in the Controller Config pop up.
4. Play Diablo III! 😂

Setup for Non-Steam game:

1. Top left of steam, click Games.
2. Click "Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library..."
3. Find the battle.net option, check it.
4. Press "Add Selected Programs", this should add it to your library.
5. Find your game in your library, right click and hit properties.

Note about Step 6: You'll need "Keep signed in" in the blizzard launcher enabled otherwise this can break and won't allow steam overlay, also battle.net launcher should not be running when trying to play otherwise it may not work as steam overlay won’t proper attach to the game executable.
6. Change Target to ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net\Battle.net.exe" --exec="launch D3"), with the brackets and change path if not at that path.
7. Change Start in to (C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net), change path if needed.
8. That's all, diablo 3 should auto-start now with steam overlay on it.

CONTROLLER CONFIG LINK BELOW:
LINK: steam://controllerconfig/2581147601/3819478674
(Put the link in a browser and it should open a pop up to open steam, link is directly from steam.)

F.A.Q:

Q: Why do this post?
A: I noticed No native controller support and wanted to share a Controller Config I made to share that could be a drag & drop option for others!

Q: Why Num-Lock ON?
A: For some reason I do not know, the emote wheel doesn't work without it. If you don't care about using the emote wheel then you should be fine. It only needs to be ON if you wanna use it, it does nothing otherwise.

Q: Why is navigation mouse based?
A: I wanted an easy drag & drop config that didn't edit anything else. So I made a special mode for menus.

Q: What are the modes?
A: The modes are different controller layouts that can be switch between to make things easy across the game. General Gameplay & Menus.

Q: How to access the menus?
A:
- For Game Menus, just use the right joystick select your desired option and release the joystick to open that menu. (General Gameplay mode)
- For Emote Wheel, hold DPAD LEFT and use the right joystick to select the emote you want, then click press the joystick to use the emote. (General Gameplay mode)

Q: Bug-Free?
A:
- Game Menu & Emote Wheel can sometimes conflict if you let go of the DPAD LEFT button while trying to use the emote wheel. Just let go of the joystick before letting go of DPAD LEFT, and you should be fine.
- Inventory can be opened in General Gameplay mode, but if you switch to menus you need to press start to close it from that mode, otherwise just switch to General Gameplay and press Select again to toggle it closed. If ok with changing the config, you can change the Select input that is "Enter" key in Menus mode to I, then you no longer have this problem.

Q: How to switch modes?
A: Press click the left joystick to switch between General Gameplay mode and Menus mode.

Q: What does each mode do?
A:
- For General Gameplay, it puts you into a more controller friendly movement/attack mode. Movement can be done by just moving the left joystick to the desired direction. Use LEFT BUMPER to stay in place to aim if you wish or use right trigger primary attack regardless.
- For Menus, this just puts you into a more menu friendly mode that you can use the right joystick to move the mouse whereever you want to deal with all the game menus(Map, Inventory, etc.)

Q: Will this be updated?
A: Maybe. No promises, I'm mainly sharing it as a finished config. If I do share an updated version, it may be a separate config entirely.

Q: Links are broken?
A: MSG me and I'll see about updating it.

Q: The aim area is too short in General Gameplay mode. How can I make it bigger?
A: Go to the controller config, press Edit Layout, select joystick, press on the cog next to the "Mouse Region" option, change Region Size to your desired range. Recommended between 20x-40x.

Q: Launching from steam only opens the blizzard launcher, what do I do?
A: Press Play in blizzard launcher, it should still run fine.

I’m in the process of moving my setup to Linux, I’ve done all my research and that this could be done with battle.net on Lutris. Is there anyone with this setup right now? Any Pros and cons?

I know why he would want to have kids cuz he's like a master manipulator and whatnot but how we have never seen him with any form of partner, are they adopted did he perform mitosis are they creations of unholy abomination science magic bullshit how the fuck did he make Lilith and ~~Lucion~~ like how I'm so confused did he just want to eat enough food and then laid an egg or three also what the fuck is the herald of hatred