Diablo IV Is Incredible On The Steam Deck OLED, And It's My New Favorite Place To Play

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I seriously wanted to really get into Diablo IV when it first launched back in June. Despite getting a code from Blizzard for the Battle.net version around launch, I was elbow deep in Final Fantasy XVI at the time, working on that review. Yet when I finally settled down to play — it just did not click for me like I expected it would.

Part of this was my sheer inexperience with the legendary ARPG series. I've written before who I was basically a Diablo noob when I picked up Diablo II: Resurrected, and that is still somewhat true when I created my first Diablo IV character — a Necromancer.

Yet, after spending a month watching my friends have fun in Diablo IV while I was finishing up Summer Games Fest and FFXVI coverage,  the game didn't quite click with me. I tried a Sorcerer (which was right before one of the major nerfs) and I had more fun, but still, it just didn't last.

Part of it is simple for me: after spending so long each day at my computer, the last thing I want to do is spend even more time in the same chair. This isn't Diablo IV specific, it's really any game nowadays. I play the majority of Final Fantasy XIV on my PlayStation 5 in my bed, for example.

Games like EVE Online I've spent the past few months playing many hours on my MacBook Air M2 or my Steam Deck rather than sitting at my gaming rig for hours on end after work. It's a weird complaint, and I totally get that I have it easy compared to some — I used to be in and out of metal storage sheds in the middle of the Vegas July heat as my job, I totally get this is easier by comparison. But, it's still something that I deal with, which I've talked about here before.

But part of the issue was that Diablo IV itself wasn't quite clicking for me like I hoped it