A dark adventure. A dark adventure. Dream games in Diablo universe (some crazy!)

Hubert Sosnowski

A dark adventure

Source: Midjourney - Diablo Games We'd Like to See - Document - 2023-03-24
Source: Midjourney

I always repeated, and I always shall. Sanctuary is the perfect place for fantastic, amazing and atmospheric stories. I even believe the world doesn't need so much gore to be enchanting and engaging with its atmosphere.

18×16 svgWhat if this darkness and horror surrounding the universe was used to tell a small, intimate story not of scavengers wielding axes, magic and bows, but of some grey character that decides to face corruption, evil, and possessions? Maybe it's an ordinary man trying to survive, maybe an exorcist fighting demons in his head, maybe someone else. Someone who doesn't have to chase the most expensive armor and perhaps doesn't even swing a sword.

The world of Sanctuary is not only wastelands and dilapidated ruins that look like someone had an afterparty there. It's also big cities where – when there's no invasion of devils or undead – the common folk try to lead a normal life. A story about trying to balance between normalcy and madness in the face of a cataclysm – seems like something relevant in modern day and age.

Adventure games have evolved a lot, so you can imagine at least a few variants. Classic point'n'click, cause who can stop the rich? (Blizzard already tried Warcraft Adventures) You can also bet on something like decision-based games by Telltale ("Diablo Among Us," anyone?) or a simulator ("Vanishing of Deckard Cain" – isn't it too early?). This would already entail some sort of combat, but the combination of action adventure and survival horror in the style of Alan Wake or Silent Hill, with a properly twisted story, would be quite an interesting experiment.

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Author: Hubert Sosnowski

He joined GRYOnline.pl in 2017, as an author of texts about games and movies. Learned how to write articles while working for the Dzika Banda portal. His texts were published on kawerna.pl, film.onet.pl, zwierciadlo.pl, and in the Polish Playboy. Has published stories in the monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror magazine, as well as in the first volume of the Antologii Wolsung. Lives for "middle cinema" and meaty entertainment, but he won't despise any experiment or Fast and Furious. In games, looks for a good story. Loves Baldur's Gate 2, but when he sees Unreal Tournament, Doom, or a good race game, the inner child wakes up. In love with sheds and thrash metal. Since 2012, has been playing and creating live action role-playing, both within the framework of the Bialystok Larp Club Zywia, and commercial ventures in the style of Witcher School.