Diablo 4 Fans Hope for This Change; Playing 'in Small Room' is Killing Them
Diablo 4's second open beta has been generally warmly received. However, players are complaining heavily about the claustrophobic camera settings.
Friday marked the launch of another open beta of Diablo 4. Player reactions are generally very enthusiastic, but there are a few elements criticized by some fans. One of them is the camera.
- Players are complaining that the view has been placed too low. Both the game's official forum, as well as Reddit dedicated to it are full of opinions like this.
- Fans want Blizzard to enable them to raise the camera at least a little higher so they can see more of the world surrounding their characters and the monsters traversing it.
- The current view setting is claustrophobic and some players describe feeling like the game's action is taking place in a small room. Others compare the perspective used in Diablo IV to a mobile game.
- There are claims that such a close-up camera may be due to the fact that the game was developed not only for PCs, but also for consoles, where you play while sitting relatively far away from the screen.
- Below we quote some comments from players:
"The lack of a remote camera option is very bad. I constantly feel like I'm playing in a small room. This is even more noticeable when the camera moves away sometimes for a specific event. The game looks much better then, so why can't we play on these settings all the time?
Currently, the camera is so close to my character that I can't fit the entire boss on the screen when trying to fight him. Even the regular enemies are huge. Everything is just too close. When playing D4, I have the impression that it's an isometric Assassin's Creed. There is no Diablo atmosphere here or hack 'n' slash vibe in general."
"I have no idea what's going on, but my max zoom level is way too close! I hope it's a bug. D4 shouldn't have the look of a mobile game. Just let me control the zoom in a wider range. I know you want to show nice graphics, but this is a game to play and I want to see where my enemies are."
"One thing that is actually poor in this game is the camera. You go into the city, and it zooms in even closer than outside the city. It feels like it was set up with a console gamer in mind, sitting on the couch far away from his TV."
It's hard to judge if Blizzard will change anything about the camera before release. Players are also complaining about the nerfing of the necromancer and the developers have promised fixes. It remains to be hoped that they will also grant fans' requests for an option to move the camera further away.
Recall that Diablo 4 will be released on June 6 2023, simultaneously on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The open beta will end today at 9 p.m. CET.
