Recent reviews by {[S.G.]}T3h Un-1337

I have been playing Diablo Games for nearly 30 years. I cannot recommend this game at full retail price.
Is Diablo 4 good? Yes, as a generic ARPG. Buy this game AND expansion ( if you can call it that) on sale at a discount.

Does Vessel of Hatred make it better? Marginally, by making the game feel like a clone of Diablo 3 (for better or worse.)

Rune words feel lazy. Mix any two stones and get their prefix and suffix. No unique builds akin to the D2 LOD system.

The Spirit born is just a D3 Monk with Druid vibes minus the auras and plays like the Blood Knight from Diablo Immortal. It wouldn't surprise me if it was a copy paste job done to save time.

Paladins ARE put in game! JUST LIKE WE WANTED! As non playable, chumpy characters. It even seems like they fleshed out the skills for a Crusader / Paladin just to give them to a Mercenary.

Lorath is on vacation, the whole game. Said to be looking for Nayrelle ends up meaning WHO THE HECK KNOWS, BUT HE LEFT YOU A LETTER!

The base world and story telling do not fit the theme of Diablo. Too much emphasis is put on friendship, trust and feel good moments. This is a direct contrast of the GRIM DARK feeling they were going fr in this game. All for the story itself to never be finished and told to completion.
Even after the expansion, no new end game boss, no fighting prime evils. No conclusion!

The fact that Blizzard would sell us an unfinished Expansion for the price of a fully loaded base game is beyond me.
This game should more accurately be titled INTRO TO the Vessel of Hatred seeing as there is no new end game boss, the story is lacks conclusion and feels like a seasonal update not an expansion DLC, and the new monsters are just reskins of existing enemies. Flayers are a rare enemy encounter and underutilized.
The Real Money Store works great though and you can be rest assured there are plenty of 20 dollar skins for you to spend money on.

Its a slamin banger of ambient gothic hymnal chorus with a touch of industrial and just a kiss of what I call cyber synth.
10/10 will purge heretics to again.