[PC Mag] Diablo IV Will Eventually Support DirectStorage for Faster Load Times
[PC Mag] Diablo IV Will Eventually Support DirectStorage for Faster Load Times
Diablo IV would be the second game to support the technology behind Square Enix's Forspoken.
As one of the few people who actually thoroughly enjoyed Forspoken and has 100+ hours in it, going from that game to D4 felt rather jarring. Still does. As the game from a much bigger company, with a much larger budget and development time, I really expected it to have instant fast travel at release. Especially since they kept using the huge OW as a selling point...
I am hoping this doesn't break Linux compatibility. I am enjoying D4 a lot on my Steam Deck and Arch Linux box.
Forspoken works on the Steam Deck, albeit with longer load times than PC or PS5. I think the DirectStorage feature is simply ignored if not supported by the system, so I wouldn't worry too much.
It does say support and not require so you're probably fine
More ideal would be supporting offline play for faster
loadingqueue times and stability.Blizzard will never allow you to play their game apart from their servers. 0% chance