A gamer shares his experience with a physical impairment that is worsening, preventing him from gaming. Desperately, he tries out Diablo 4 and discovers: the game can be played exceptionally well even with impairments. The community provides additional tips.
This is what happened to the player:
- On Reddit, the user CuddlestheViking shares that he used to enjoy gaming. He played all the Diablo installments extensively – except for Immortal.
- However, last year he developed muscle twitching and weakness that has been getting worse. He can’t even hold a controller or dodge or parry properly in games.
- Calmer games like The Sims were not right for him. When he tried to play Blasphemous and it didn’t work, it even brought him to tears.
This is how Diablo 4 “saved” him: That he couldn’t play games properly anymore made CuddlestheViking lose almost all hope. Then he decided to at least try Diablo 4.
Here he created a Minion-Necromancer, a build that plays almost by itself. The build doesn’t require many keys or buttons, and CuddlestheViking was quickly able to gather some Paragon levels without major problems.
He says: his build may be “cheesy” and many will certainly laugh about it, but for him it was a lifesaver. Gaming has brought him joy again despite his impairment: “Cheers to Diablo 4 for helping me through this.”
“Don’t apologize for having fun”
In the comments, many users immediately support him, saying: a Minion build is nothing to be ashamed of. Even gamers without impairments would play it. The most important thing is to have fun – no matter what everyone else says.
Some are even excited about how much Diablo 4 is designed for impaired players. The game is made so that everyone can truly enjoy it. CuddlestheViking is not the first player for whom Diablo 4 is helpful.
Another player has already reported that Diablo 4 distracts him from his cancer illness. The story touched even the community manager of the game so much that he gifted the user a key for the full version of Diablo 4.
For another player, Diablo 4 helped to stay “sober” after battling alcoholism. Slaughtering demons is exactly the right thing to redirect thoughts onto something else.
In the current thread on Reddit, there are also many more recommendations for games that the player with impairments should try out. At the forefront: Baldur’s Gate 3. That it has become the best role-playing game in years is more or less luck: Baldur’s Gate 3 almost didn’t happen, as Larian seriously messed up one thing.
