As good as Diablo is ever likely to be when playing with a joypad, but even the new local co-op options are subject to necessary but debilitating compromises.

Satisfying combat with highly versatile customisation options and character classes; Smartly console-ified controls and interface, with a great new offline co-op option

Extremely linear and relatively short; Limited enemy artificial intelligence and awful storytelling; Controls and co-op work as well as they can but are still riddled with compromise

I normally don't buy ports of games that were first released on systems superior to the ones I own. The way I see it, a game that was made for Xbox One and then ported to the 360 is likely to be buggier and less structurally sound as a result of that process.

How many times can you re-release the same game? In this era of HD remakes and what not it seems that the answer is: forever. But it'd be nice if we got some new games now and then. Next up on the "have we seen this before?" production line is Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition.

When Diablo was originally released, I couldn't really get into it. The monotonous clicking and looting wasn't my thing. While the atmosphere was nice, I felt the gameplay was to bland and repetitive. I skipped it and stuck with the likes of Baldur's Gate and Morrowind for my RPG experiences.

Great fun in coop; Literally two clicks and you're in the middle of coop action; Great polish; Low system requirements; Cool classes

Stupid difficulty curve; Unrewarding itemization; Unrewarding character leveling; Activision game pricing; Lots of server down-time which makes it impossible to play even singleplayer; Boring in single player; Lag can easily kill you

Blizzard haven't had a game on consoles for 15 years, and even that last game was an outsourced port, so you could say it's been even longer than that, though the famed developer have made their triumphant return to consoles, with a port of last year's controversial PC hack and slash Diablo III .

fantastic game! not...as good as diablo 2 but...still very good and one of the only games that has couch co-op!

After causing calluses on clicking fingers far and wide on PC, Diablo III has come to consoles and swapped the mice and keyboards for gamepads. The result is an experience that feels somewhat different; clicking the screen to guide your heroes around isn't the same as having direct control of their...

Powerful abilities make combat enjoyable; Flexible; customizable character classes; Endless; alluring loot; Varied locations that cry out to be explored; Harder difficulty levels change up the game significantly

Weapon system flies in the face of traditional RPG logic; Local cooperative play is disappointing

We should know by now that Blizzard doesn't believe in a revolutionary approach to games design. Just as the main moan about StartCraft II was that it was, actually, a lot like StarCraft, so you can guarantee that some people will be saying that Diablo III is a lot like Diablo II, which was itself a...

Addictive slay; loot and upgrade gameplay; High level of polish; Excellent co-op multiplayer; Good; well-balanced range of classes

Not a huge advance on previous games; Connection issues

Hours are spent roaming maze-like dungeons with your sole purpose being to massacre anything you find down there.

I've always been a fan of the Diablo game and like the previous ones this didn't dissappoint, providing hours of game play and fun without getting bored.