Layer the more social MMORPG setup on top of that – while dungeons will still be private instances you share with friends, Diablo 4 features shared- world events that pit you alongside strangers in battles against bosses – and you've got a game positioned to take on anything from Destiny 2 to World Of Warcraft. The skill rune system from Diablo 3 is gone, with the systems from earlier series entries returning, letting you improve your abilities (and they'll gain new effects through levelling up) by spending points. We feel overpowered, as you would if you could turn into a bear at will – imagine the pub fights you'd win – but, crucially, not immortal.

True to Adham's words, our time with the Druid leaves us giddy: we tear through the undead as a slavering bear, but can also cast a spell that summons wind so ferocious it pulls their skeletal bodies limb from flayed limb.

This is OE wase, ME wose, use, mud, ooze. 'The world is not your typical clean world where the good guys always win and evil is always vanquished.' Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham into the Mercian kingdom means that they play no distinctive.

Play mud and blood recon hacked