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"Don't mention it, the dark and scary atmosphere of this game is really good."

Liu Hao controlled the barbarian to clear the monsters around him while admiring.

"Isn't it? It's much better than the bright and glaring feeling of "Road to Heaven". The scene of blood and severed limbs flying around is so cool."

"Decompress!"

Since it was my first time playing, it felt very fresh.

I want to go see here and visit there.

Some packages left behind by travelers on the road contain a lot of information that can help you complete your worldview.

After clicking it, no long article popped up.

Instead, the traveler records a story that is either horrific or bizarre in the form of a diary.

It will not affect the advancement of the plot or the battle.

"There is a hole here, go in and take a look."

I clicked in with curiosity.

There is a hidden world inside the cave, and the underground area is not small.

It was dark and damp, with water puddling on the ground.

There were also some rotting corpses lying in the pool.

Just as the two of them walked past, the corpse in the pool suddenly stood up and walked towards them with staggering steps.

"Fuck him!"

Having said that, Liu Hao directly clicked the left mouse button.

The character was still a short distance away from the corpse, but was sucked over directly, saving the effort of frequently clicking to move.

The hammer of the ancestors smashed down fiercely.

But the corpse did not fall to the ground as expected, and only lost a quarter of its health.

Look carefully again.

The corpse walking in front was slightly different in color, and was obviously a little larger in size.

"Elite monster!"

This is the first one I've encountered.

The corpse waved his hand, and a "concave"-shaped wall appeared behind the two men, blocking their retreat. Then he slapped the barbarian down, taking away about 15% of his health.

“Haha, isn’t this drizzle?”

The two men opened fire, and soon the rotten corpse fell to the ground.

With the sound of jingling, several items fell out.

"This sound is quite refreshing. Regardless of whether the thing is good or bad, at least it's quite exciting when it pops out."

"Yeah, there are too few items dropped in Heaven's Road. You may not see a drop even if you play for five or six minutes."

There are gold coins and equipment, two white items and one yellow item.

The yellow one is a breastplate.

What he had on him was still of white quality. The next level was blue magic equipment, and the next level after that was the rare yellow equipment.

Looking at the green numbers of dozens behind the armor, life, and strength, although I didn't say it, I felt a deep sense of satisfaction in my heart.

The effect of the equipment is immediate.

In the past, a monster might still have a little health left after being hit by the Hammer of the Ancestors, but now it can be killed instantly with just one blow.

Shen Zijun, who was standing by, looked on with envy.

"You can't throw away the good breastplate I'll have later. I want to have some fun too."

"Row!"

A few minutes later, after defeating the last elite monster in the cave, I rescued a villager who had fled here.

A treasure chest shining with golden light appeared inside.

There is a nice golden light effect at the moment of clicking, and this time there are more jingling sounds, and it sounds more pleasant.

The gold coins are piled up in groups of three or five, and although the total number is just over a hundred, the visual effect is maximized.

At the same time, the level continued to increase and reached level seven.

Both characters can also learn AOE skills from the talent tree.

What the two didn't notice was.

Just after getting the AOE skill, the density of monsters obviously increased to a higher level.

After one skill was used, several numbers popped up instantly and then disappeared instantly.

There are white normal numbers, yellow critical hit numbers, and blue suppressed damage numbers.

Even when a critical hit occurs, the sound effects will occasionally change to sound more powerful.

Moreover, when a critical hit occurs, the monster will also produce different effects based on its physical properties.

If you are hit by the mystic's fire skills, your body will catch fire and your corpse will appear charred.

When hit by an ice skill, your body will be covered with frost. If too much elemental damage is accumulated, you will freeze. After death, your body will be shattered into pieces along with the ice.

If killed by the Hammer of the Ancestors, some corpses' heads will explode, while others will have obvious dents.

When killed by a sharp blade skill, the corpse will be cut into pieces of different sizes according to different cutting angles.

In addition, almost every wave of monsters will drop something when they die, sometimes it is equipment, sometimes it is potion, sometimes it is red balls for replenishing blood, and sometimes it is gold coins.

Liu Hao himself couldn't explain what was fun about this game.

But I just can't help wanting to keep playing.

Subconsciously, you will look forward to the next special effect of the attack, the next big golden critical number that will pop up, and what improvement the next piece of equipment can bring to the character.

Soon, we arrived in Tristram.

There was no rush to complete the task. The two of them acted separately and explored here.

"Oh, there's a little boy named White, whose left leg was eaten by a demon, and he later got a prosthetic leg made by a blacksmith. White's prosthetic leg? This is an Easter egg."

"This witch named Adria doesn't look like a good person. She lives in such a remote place and wears such shabby clothes."

"This guy named Daniel, damn, isn't he the treacherous guide in Road to Heaven 3? Why is he lame? Was he so treacherous that his legs were broken?"

After meeting Cain, the village chief of Tristram, the two Nephalem and Prince Aidan walked into the Tristram Cathedral filled with demons.

This is called a church, but it actually looks more like a dungeon.

It is bottomless and everywhere you look there are monsters and demons.

The density of monsters here is slightly higher than outside.

When Liu Hao saw this, his eyes lit up and he controlled the barbarian to rush forward without hesitation.

For small monsters, just kill them with whirlwind.

For elite monsters, use the Hammer of Ancestors.

With the mystic's powerful control skills and long-range firepower, he can chop down the enemies along the way.

There are more monsters and more items dropped.

I was thinking it would be troublesome to pick up scraps after defeating the monster, but then I encountered a small plot.

The two rescued a little demon who was able to help them pick up some odds and ends.

Although the efficiency is not high, it is better than nothing.

Go all the way down the dungeon.

The more you kill, the more fun it is, and the more addictive it becomes.

There are more and more skills, and I can't help but want to try out all kinds of new and interesting skills.

There are more and more equipment, and every green number that improves the attributes stimulates my nerves.

The ugly but weak monsters are like the troubles in life.

One hammer blow.

Disappear!

As your equipment gets better, the monsters you encounter become more powerful.

From the little demons and skeletons at the beginning to the various huge monsters holding weapons, charging and spitting fireballs.

When going down to the third floor.

The two finally encountered the first monster worthy of challenge.

Butcher!

In a room that could be called a slaughterhouse, there were dismembered humans everywhere and blood all over the ground.

At the moment of opening the slaughterhouse.

A monster with a serrated bone-chopping knife in hand, double horns on its head, a bloated body and bright red skin suddenly rushed over.

It happened so fast that the two of them had no time to react.

With just one blow, the thick-skinned barbarian lost half of his blood.

In less than a second, the second knife chopped down quickly.

Liu Hao died on the spot before he even had time to use his life-saving skills.

"Fuck, what is this? It's too strong!?"

The mystic released an ice ring without hesitation.

Immune control!

He quickly flashed to create some distance.

As soon as an ice arrow was thrown out, the bloated butcher caught up in two or three steps with a speed that was totally inconsistent with his body size.

With just one strike, the mystic was killed instantly.

"Ah?! How do I fight this thing?"

There was a hint of excitement on Liu Hao's face.

"It's fun when there's a challenge. Isn't that the way the Road to Heaven series has always been?"

Fortunately, this death was a plot-related one.

Prince Aidan, who had been following the butcher along the way, used a strange force to force the butcher back, and the two Nephalem retreated quickly.

In order to investigate the truth, the butcher must be defeated.

When the witch Adria in the town heard about this, she was extremely excited. From her, we learned that this power belongs to the Supreme Heaven.

If you want to defeat the Butcher, you must use this power to weaken it.

Embark on the journey again and enter a new map.

Seeking sanctuary long lost, the power from on high.

Then the two of them discovered it.

Tristram, which I just visited for a long time, is just a corner on the map.

This is a large open world map.

After playing for more than an hour, the game has just begun.

From here, you have just walked out of the novice village and completed the novice mission!
A corner of the story was finally revealed.

With the Diablo LOGO appearing in the center of the screen, the adventure has just begun.

When the LOGO ends, the perspective returns to Tristram again.

They were no longer the only two people in the town.

Many players were busy running around, they were all players who had just finished the storyline.

There are players who have paid for the game and have put on a very cool set of transmogrification, a barbarian with flames all over his body and holding a giant skeleton hammer.

Some are eerie and terrifying, even the necromancers who summoned skeleton soldiers have changed their appearance, and there are ghostly lights burning in the eyes of the skeletons.

Some players who started playing the game very early have reached level 39 and their equipment is obviously very powerful.

Some players run back and forth between the enchantment shop and the blacksmith shop, seemingly changing the attributes of their equipment.

The two were shocked by the lively Tristram.

Liu Hao muttered to himself, "Jun'er, are you sure this thing is a spiritual sequel?"

Shen Zijun looked at the vast map, which had only been explored less than 10%, and then glanced at the various activity icons on the map whose functions were still unknown, and the busy players in the town.

As he spoke, Shen Zijun looked stealthily at the big brother with whom he grew up.

dislike?
It shouldn't be like this, isn't it quite fun?

"Lin Mo said yes."

Liu Hao's expression was a bit complicated. He sighed and said, "It's not that I don't like it. I've actually been imagining what it would be like if Path to Heaven were presented with elements similar to an open world. However, this is Diablo. Although it looks better made than Path to Heaven."

Just some?
Shen Zijun knew that the old man was reminiscing again, so he didn't say much.

He thinks that based on the content currently available for play.

Much more than that.

But soon, the two stopped worrying about it.

Keep playing!
This type of game has a common problem, the plot expression is generally average.

Because it is a top-down perspective, or at a slant of forty-five degrees.

As a result, the characters' plot performance basically relies on standing still dialogue, and you can't see the characters' body movements and facial expressions.

However, Diablo made up for this shortcoming by using a stupid and money-burning method.

That is, CG.

Key plot nodes basically have long or short CG animations to make up for the lack of emotional highlights brought by the game type.

At the same time, the Nephalem controlled by the player has powerful military force.

But force cannot defeat cleverness.

Sometimes you can save innocent villagers, but sometimes you can only watch tragedy happen and be powerless to do anything.

Witness all kinds of people struggling to survive in this desperate world.

At the same time, the plot has been shrouded in a dark cloud.

How will Diablo escape from the sealed trap?

Who killed Leoric, the king of Khanduras?
Where did the missing little prince of Khanduras, Albrecht, go?

What is Tristram's purpose for Adria, who is extremely fanatical about power?
The two Nephalem traveled all over the kingdom of Khanduras.

After defeating the butcher, you can continue exploring the secrets of the church.

Defeat Leoric, who has been transformed into a Skeleton King, and free the spirit of this wise king.

Later it was discovered that Archbishop Lazarus, who had seemed like a good man before, was actually a minion of Mephisto and the culprit who kidnapped the little prince.

After defeating Lazarus, they realized his purpose was to use this body to bring Diablo back to Sanctuary.

After defeating the Black Knight who was trying to assassinate Leoric, they finally found the final BOSS Diablo.

The two Nephalem faced the most difficult battle in the entire game.

Extremely high damage, thick health pool, flames burning all over the screen, and a shrinking battle field.

"You go eat the blood ball, I'll kite first."

"Hide quickly, hide quickly! This move will kill instantly!"

"Hold on, I'm coming to rescue you."

After ten minutes of intense and thrilling battle, the mystic, whose life-saving skills were on cooldown, died first.

Liu Hao's barbarian held on to the end, and smashed out with the Hammer of the Ancestors, taking away the last bit of Diablo's health.

"NICE!!!"

"It's so handsome, brother Hao, luckily it's okay, I almost died."

Diablo fell to the ground wailing, and a CG played.

In the plot, it was not the Nephalem who defeated the demon king, but Aidan, the prince of King Leoric.

Aidan dragged his injured body forward and took the sealed Soul Stone from Diablo's forehead.

The huge red body gradually dissipated, and the body of the little prince appeared.

The seal can no longer hold at this point. Although Diablo was defeated this time, the immortal demon king will return sooner or later.

As the child of the wise King Leoric, for the sake of the people of his kingdom, he resolutely inserted the Soul Stone into his forehead, wanting to use his own body to reinforce the seal and imprison the demon king in the Soul Stone forever.

Aidan returned to Tristram with the Soul Stone.

At this time, the prince was already in a trance, to the point where he couldn't even see clearly what was in front of him.

When he was about to faint, he saw Adria, who lived in a remote place, scantily clad, and posing at the door of the house.

Then somehow, he subconsciously followed Adria into the house.

The CG ended, and in the darkness, the low breathing of Aidan and Adria was heard.

"Hiss, this ending, it's obvious that the story is not finished?"

"Damn, there really is something wrong with this Adria."

“I really want to know the story behind it.”

CG ended a story, but left a tail.

Back to the game.

Here Diablo's body fell to the ground.

From the corpses, equipment and potions popped out, filling the entire battlefield.

There are white, blue and yellow equipment.

Then, a golden light flashed, a weapon fell to the ground, an orange light shot straight into the sky, and a conspicuous five-pointed star appeared on the map.

"What the hell!! What is this? Something with light? What is it! A weapon?"

"Shit, I have one too. Damn, this thing looks awesome!"

The two couldn't wait to pick up their equipment.

Liu Hao's barbarian got a one-handed hammer called [Echoing Rage], which not only has high damage, but also has a very fast attack speed.

His eyes turned green.

After the initial period of time, there are few equipment that can add so many attributes at one time.

Looking at the attributes that can be increased after replacing equipment, I couldn't help but smile.

It is the joy after seeing the treasure.

"What about you? What happened?"

Shen Zijun let out a long sigh with a complicated expression and said, "[The Coward's Wedding Ring] is a ring. The description on it says it represents the transformation of a hero."

Liu Hao was stunned for a moment.

This is an impressive character in "Road to Heaven 3".

A man named Salit, nicknamed Coward.

The mission spends a lot of words describing his cowardice, just to escape the monster's pursuit and return home to propose to his beloved girl.

However, just before he was about to return home and see the girl.

Salit discovered the voodoo cult's evil plan to sacrifice everyone in the village to the evil spirit.

In order to protect his beloved girl and to raise his village, the timid boy stood up for the first time and sacrificed himself to help the protagonist defeat voodoo.

However, he never got to see the girl again until his death, nor was he able to resolve the misunderstanding with her.

This character was portrayed quite successfully at the beginning.

Salit is not a good person, but not a bad person either. He is just an ordinary person in troubled times.

A small role, but with a complete character arc.

This made the two old players of Road to Heaven 3 sigh with regret.

Shen Zijun smiled and asked, "Do you still think Diablo is not a spiritual sequel? There is a photo of Salit's fiancée on this ring. If you don't deeply experience the plot, you can't make such a heartfelt tribute."

However, Liu Hao still shook his head.

Before Shen Zijun could be surprised, he said, "Excellent works should not be judged as spiritual sequels. This is unfair to Diablo, and the production level is far superior to Road to Heaven 3. However, I still prefer the Road to Heaven series, and I will continue to support the sequel. I believe that the fourth orthodox sequel will also be a classic and fun work, not inferior to Diablo."

Shen Zijun couldn't help but smile.

Concepts need to change slowly.

The beauty in memory is not the beauty in reality.

The current Storm Entertainment is no longer the company that only produced high-quality products.

"Come and level up tomorrow? Come with me to get a set of equipment. There are still many dungeons that I haven't visited yet."

"Okay! I still have several days before my vacation." (End of this chapter)