We knew that Diablo 4 would have an open world almost from the beginning. However, its form has not yet been specified by the creators. Until today, when CEO Rod Ferguson discussed it with Diablo 4 Head of Development Joe Scheley in an interview with IGN. According to them, the players are waiting for a large degree of freedom with certain restrictions, which should be associated with a branching story.
They themselves comment on the upcoming format as follows:One of the concerns that if we put “open world” in a big neon sign and start flashing is that people will have this idea of ”Breath of the Wild” like, “Oh, it’s totally organic and I can go anywhere.” and do whatever.” And in the end, I’ll figure it all out myself.” It’s not really our story. Our history admits of non-linearity, but the history is there. We wanted to have a beginning, a middle and an end. We wanted to start in a certain place, we wanted to end in a certain place.“
In practice, this should mean that the story in Diablo 4 will play a big role, but the player should be able to choose the order in which his main playthroughs are played. Besides the main storyline, there should not be a bunch of secondary assets common to the open world, as Ferguson himself points out:This is a good thing in the open world, it has a lot of side quests, there are a lot of things in the world that you can do that are not on the golden path of the campaign.“
Diablo IV Game Director Joe Shelley and Diablo General Manager Rod Fergusson take us through how increasing Diablo IV’s world levels — or difficulty levels — unlocks new gameplay, new gear, and dangerous boss encounters. pic.twitter.com/jJ5SgLGSWD
— IGN (@IGN) November 13, 2022
Therefore, we can look forward to the fact that in Diablo 4 we will get the classic open world format that other RPGs also work with. We will be offered freedom, as well as some form of leadership, which the community often unconsciously asks for, as Fergusson says:[Hráči] they say they want open worlds and free choice. But they also want someone to tell them where to go.“
We’ll see how the world of Diablo 4 fares next year when the game is due to arrive on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
Source :Indian TV
