More data on The Darkening of Tristram replace for Diablo 3 was revealed throughout the Diablo 20th Anniversary Panel at BlizzCon 2016 final night time.
Announced yesterday throughout the occasion’s opening ceremony, The Darkening of Tristram is a Reaper of Souls content material replace which takes the participant again to Kingdom of Khanduras through a portal, and onward into the bowels of the Cathedral the place it began with Diablo.
In case you didn’t play the primary recreation, gamers have been tasked with getting into the Cathedral within the city of Tristram, and delving beneath the town into the 16 randomly generated dungeon ranges. Along with different denizens, there have been three principal bosses which gamers wanted to content material with earlier than getting into Hell to face the fourth and closing boss, Diablo, the Lord of Terror.
All 4 principal bosses from the unique recreation are included: The Butcher, Skeleton King, Lazarus, and naturally, the unique Diablo himself.
The improvement staff has recreated the occasions, monsters, and all 16 ranges from the unique recreation with ‘retro’ graphics filters,‘90s-inspired audio, eight-direction character motion and even a decrease framerate of as much as 25%. In the gallery beneath, you may take a look at how the unique recreation will look in Diablo three come January.
The particular, retro anniversary occasion will happen in January. Players will head to Old Tristram in Adventure Mode to find a portal taking then to a Diablo three recreation of the occasions from the unique Diablo. This might be an annual occasion, per a reddit liveblog of the panel, permitting gamers to delve again into the unique recreation on a yearly foundation.
Along with the acquainted faces and enemies, gamers ought to count on old-school objects, the unique Diablo’s Soulstone as a legendary gem. Whether equipping the Soulstone will produce the identical outcomes as within the unique recreation stays to be seen. I gained’t spoil that bit for individuals who didn’t play the unique title.
As nicely because the above, The Darkening of Tristram accommodates a retro UI, Transmogrification rewards resembling these based mostly on the unique Wirt’s leg (now a dual-wield) and Butcher, achievements, and some “extra surprises.” Other objects embrace banners, pets, portraits like these seen within the gallery above and sigils.
Patch 2.four.three, The Darkening of Tristram, is a free add-on for Diablo three: Reaper of Souls on PC and The Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4 and Xbox One. It will arrive on the PTR subsequent week, and once more, it’s a restricted time occasion which is able to happen yearly.
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