Moving on, there are the usual things you'd expect, like the ability to customise controls, tweak audio settings and the like, and for those curious, it does have native ultrawide support, but there is no proper fullscreen mode, so in order to change your in-game resolution, you have to change the resolution of your entire desktop.

However, you do require a 16GB VRAM GPU for smooth play with ultra textures, which is not disclosed. For example, there's the suggestion that 32GB of system RAM is required for ultra textures - but it's not, 16GB is just fine. It also doesn't help that some of these descriptions seem inaccurate. Overall I'd say that while the options are good, the menu itself is a mixed bag and it could really use some preview images, and VRAM usage stats. Still, the most important thing is that they are present. I assume this was done to make things simpler for less informed players, but I'd prefer the ability to make the choice myself. So Nvidia owners can't select FSR2, even though it is compatible. Looking at the graphics options, there's a lot of options to tweak, including support for DLSS or FSR2 - though the game makes the choice of which one is best for you. From there, first impressions remain rather positive as the menus thankfully have proper support for both keyboard and mouse, and controllers - which actually turns out to be a great way to play the game in general.ĭigital Foundry's Diablo 4 PC review, presented in the up-and-coming media format now commonly known as 'video'.

Upon starting the game, you're greeted with a slew of accessibility options, including everything from font size to text to speech, and more, which is great to see.

this is old news to franchise veterans, but newcomers deserve a heads up. One of the first things to note before even purchasing Diablo 4 is that, like a number of other PC games today, it requires a launcher not called Steam - a account is required and even then, it requires an always-online connection, even if you're playing on your own. The happy news is that it's not difficult to run Diablo 4 across a range of PC hardware with excellent results - but there's a caveat to that: to achieve parity with PS5 in texture quality, a 16GB graphics card is required. While there's a level of consistency across the various series entries, what really sets Diablo 4 apart is the fact that it was a multi-platform release on day one, and given how PC ports have fared lately, it would not be unreasonable to be wary of its quality. Diablo first hit PCs more than 25 years ago, and it has since become one of those rare franchises that just doesn't seem to get old.

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