{"id":219373,"date":"2023-03-29T09:36:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=279703"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:41:25","slug":"the-beta-of-diablo-iv-doesnt-let-players-do-what-they-want-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-beta-of-diablo-iv-doesnt-let-players-do-what-they-want-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Diablo IV Beta Preview: Fans Disappointed by Limited Gameplay Options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After two weekends of long server queues and a brief sampling of the game&#8217;s initial zones and its five classes, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/diablo-iv-5-big-changes-for-the-better-saga\">the Diablo IV beta is officially over<\/a>. <strong>And that means players now know what they&#8217;ll be facing on June 6, 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Unreal Engine\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/436edb15-8201-4ee3-8d0c-db208d76be32\/2651120726\/unreal-engine-unrealengine.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Unreal Engine<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/unreal-engine.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/unreal-engine.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/diablo-iv-first-impressions-darkness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it looks like the Diablo IV beta went great<\/a>. Fans have been raving about the game throughout March and the general feeling is that they can&#8217;t wait until June for the full game to come out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The bug is silly\u2026 but there&#8217;s still time to fix it.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, if we get transcendental and fundamentalist, there is a glaring omission that has made gamers very angry: you can&#8217;t pet the dogs. <strong>In Sanctuary, dogs roam free and there is no option to give them a good cuddle or scratch their ears<\/strong>. So what are they there for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-219379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Diablo-IV-y-los-perros-800x450-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Petting the dog (or the cat, or the cute fantasy animal of dubious canine or feline ancestry) has become so endemic to video games that it <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/hogwarts-legacy-assassins-creed-swim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is taken for granted<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The obsession with being able to pet pets is so great that there is a very popular Twitter account called Can You Pet The Dog. This account goes through all the video games to let fans know if the new release has the option to pet dogs\/cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can pet the dog and the cat in Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End &amp; the Secret Key <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bgpjON4bou\">pic.twitter.com\/bgpjON4bou<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Can You Pet the Dog? (@CanYouPetTheDog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanYouPetTheDog\/status\/1639669647212523520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this obsession is shared throughout the western world, where cats and dogs are members of our family in their own right. So <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/diablo-iv-classes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">we can&#8217;t understand how Blizzard didn&#8217;t realize<\/a> that if they put a bunch of cute dogs scattered around Sanctuary people would want to pet them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We don&#8217;t know if this is a bug<\/strong> or something Blizzard plans to add to the game when it launches. Although, if we go by what we&#8217;ve seen so far, chances are we&#8217;ll be petting pets elsewhere\u2026 and that shouldn&#8217;t be a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Unreal Engine\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/436edb15-8201-4ee3-8d0c-db208d76be32\/2651120726\/unreal-engine-unrealengine.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Unreal Engine<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/unreal-engine.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/unreal-engine.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Diablo IV is getting a lot of likes<\/strong> and it seems that, finally, there is a Diablo at the height of the franchise after almost a decade of waiting and promises. When Blizzard announced <a href=\"https:\/\/diablo-immortal.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diablo Immortal<\/a> for smartphones, fans feared for the future of the saga. Diablo IV is proof that it is safe for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diablo IV is released for PC, PlayStation and Xbox on June 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you enter a game you want to get good weapons, kill a few enemies&#8230; and pet pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":219376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-219373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321369,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219373\/revisions\/321369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219373"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=219373"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=219373"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=219373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}