As originally envisioned, Diablo 3 was an always-online multiplayer platform with a real money auction house.

The seeds of its successful transition to Switch lie in the comprehensive makeover it received after its rocky launch in 2012. Diablo 3 on Switch is the Perfect Podcast Game It feels like the beginning of something new and significant on Switch. Along with Fortnite and Warframe, the latter of which is also due in November, it represents the vanguard of so-called service games on the platform. For one, it marks Blizzard's first real foray onto a Nintendo platform since StarCraft on the N64 (unless you want to count the 2003 Rock N Roll Racing port on GBA). While it's just one of dozens of ports for Switch to come out this year, Diablo 3 feels different than the rest. It's thus far proven to be an incredible fit for the Switch-a port I would daresay is essential for anyone with a taste for Blizzard's particular flavor of loot gathering.

In the span of just a few days, I've managed to push my humble Monk to level 43, and I'm envisioning getting a multiplayer group together to play when it launches later this week. Over the past week or so I've been playing Diablo 3 whenever I've had a free moment: while watching Netflix, while riding the bus, on my flight to Seattle. So it's been with some surprise that I've found myself hooked on Diablo 3: Eternal Collection for Switch, which is set to launch later this week. After my most recent run, I figured I had gotten my fill of breaking open demon pinatas for loot, at least until Blizzard got around to announcing a sequel.

My experience may not compare to that of the hardcore who keep the series going on PC, but I've finished the main campaign on every major platform to date. I never thought I would get back into Diablo 3.

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