I was kind of disappointed when the latter console release of Diablo 3 launched with couch coop, but that feature wasn’t brought to the PC via a patch. I understood, though, it requires gamepad support which was also not a thing for Diablo games on PC at that time. So when Diablo 4 was announced with full optional gamepad support on PC as well as couch coop, I was thrilled and hyped up my GF about it. She isn’t into video games having not grown up with them but warmed up to first Minecraft Dungeons and latter It Takes Two.
But now reading how couch coop will be a console only feature not only in the beta but for the full launch as well, I am not just a bit disappointed, I am pissed! There simply shouldn’t be an excuse in 2023 and for a franchise that started on PC to arbitrarily take gameplay features away from one platform that are present on all others!
Diablo 4 launches on all platforms, including PC with full gamepad support, so there isn’t a real reason …
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tl;dr: Looking for Diablo’s combat/loot gameplay loop, but not a Diablo-like game (e.g. Path fo Exile, Titan Quest, etc.). Must be solo friendly or group if its instacned
Been playing team ninja games like nioh, stranger of paradise, wo long in anticipation of D4 and I really like the loot, the grinding aspects
It got me thinking;
Are there any games out there that are not Diablo-likes, but have the gameplay loop of fighting monsters with action combat, getting random loot, going back to town and enchanting/scrapping/crafting with said loot, then rinse and repeat?
I’m not looking for games that are too similar to Diablo like Titan Quest or Path of Exile. I want something different, but with that endless loop.
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The other caveat is I want something I can play completely alone, it can be an MMO but the gameplay loop for the loot must be doable solo or group if its instanced. it can be souls like but i dont know if its has like a loot grinding system