The wife and I have been sick for over a week now. So we weren’t doing a lot except to just try to get through each day.

And then the “Diablo IV” beta weekend started 😛 Though we weren’t really up to it, we weren’t going to miss it if we could …

Based on the reports overnight, I thought we wouldn’t even be able to get in since a lot of people were reporting that they were getting long queues and that they were getting disconnected after playing for a short time.

I got connected on the first try within like 30 seconds and the longest delay we had was in connecting my wife’s PSN account to her battle.net account. Then we were off to the races … Or to questing/slaying 🙂

We played for at least an hour before I got disconnected and then I could not re-connect and we gave up for the first day at that point.

Yesterday was much better. We again connected fast and while I did get disconnected a couple of times, re-connecting went without a hitch. We played much longer and were reluctant to stop playing when we got to lunch time — so yeah, the game is interesting and the quests keep you going.

We took a break and then played a bit more in the afternoon but the afternoon session turned out to be a long grind that tired both of us out. So we quit before completing the story.

Overall though, the visuals are darker, and grimmer than I remember from “Diablo III”. There’s more blood and gore and I’m not a huge fan of the violence and the gore. But the story is also different enough and has some interesting elements. We haven’t looked at all the new crafting options etc since we simply wanted to get through quests and make story progression but I think both of us are looking forward to playing when the game comes out in June …

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