Just to make it clear im not ranting or hating just for the sake of seeing everything negative, this comes from my heart as a huge huge Diablo fan that absolutely loves the story.
Sadly, with that being said, my main problem with this game is the story:
-Almost no cinematics !!! For me, this is the most disappointing thing since the main reason I bought d4 were potential epic cinematics and the story. (I even read books etc…)
I’ll admit tho that the intro trailer we saw 3 years ago and the ending cinematic with Inarius vs Lillith are pretty epic. The facial expressions of Lillith are insane, acting is so good it makes you feel like, in a way,
she actually loves humans and doesn’t want them all to die. (like for example when she says “and our son?”, that was pretty sad and you felt it).
-Most bosses dont get introduced at all they just appear, i always loved the cinematics before the next boss (for example the Azmodan clip in D3)
Duriel and Andariel are only lesser evils but they are still insanely strong but in D4 they just feel like another elite. Forgetable, not threatening at all and they are just randomly dropped.
-Most of the story and especially the ending is pretty dull and nonsense just for the sake of a “happy ending”.
Personally i think Lillith actually has a point but no one seems to even listen to her.(To be fair she never really mentions what exactly her plan is after absorbing mephisto, yes she says she wants to stop the eternal conflict but how?)
Its like shes talking to a wall. “yeah your point is right but you are evil so no matter what you say evil=bad”. So whats the logical conclusion? Lets get help by a way bigger evil that is known to- and even admits they will be your enemy.
-No prime evils appear except for some random wolves. Again zero cinematic or anything that made the other diablos so special, take for example the scene when diablo arrives at the gates of heaven in D3.
That scene is so insanely intense and not a single clip in d4 is close to the epicness of this scene. The opening trailer is honestly the best cinematic in D4 which makes sense since you want to bait people into buying it.
Yes i know there will be expansions but the thought of it kinda triggers me because I’m sure every expansion will be 30$ or more just for one more act. Wouldn’t be surprised if they drop a new expansion for
every prime evil, making us spend another 100$ on the entire story.
Personally if thats the case i will not buy any expansions and just watch the cinematics on YouTube for the story
-What happens to your character from diablo 3? A super human destroying all the evils is just forgotten 50 years later?
-Last but not least. THERE IS NO DIABLO IN A GAME CALLED DIABLO ??? That one wolf cutscene, the short vision of him and his “blessing” doesn’t count.
Don’t get me wrong tho, in general the story we get so far is pretty good and the gameplay is fine too, but it felt like i paid 70$ to read the first 5 pages of a 1000 page book