https://www.deviliangame.com/en/2015/11/devilian-open-beta-head-start-and-launch-in-2015/
Open Beta starts December 2, 2015 @ 10AM PST. The 2-day head start for those who purchased founders packs will begin on December 8th @ 10AM PST. Official launch is December 10th @ noon PST.
I’m looking forward to this since the closed beta tests have been really enjoyable and fun. It isn’t perfect and it remains to be seen how much issues will be cleared up before the head start. But given Diablo III’s more and more arcade like qualities with just bigger numbers masquerading as end game challenges (while doing the same Greater Rift meta over and over again with just ever bigger numbers), it has become stale, unimaginative, and downright boring.
Devilian at least feels more organic with its ARPG elements (where the focus has usually been more solo; about your hero against the bad things out in that virtual world) even though it is a persistent world MMO. Sure, there are other players but if you aren’t partied up with them, they are just background noise that makes that world feel more alive.
What I’m getting at is that Devilian feels like it has a soul; Diablo III by comparison is soulless as an ARPG because it lives on the reputation of its first two predecessors (ones that were at least designed by folks who had ARPG chops). I’ll repeat it again; D3 is a good action combat arcade game (but is very far from being even close to an actual ARPG/rogue like). Arcade meaning you play it for a short while for fun but then move on. More power to those who actually have the intestinal fortitude to actually grind an arcade game to get the high score.
