I don’t care about Lilith as the big boss, Diablo is the franchise’s namesake. Evil never dies and he returned time and time again. So, why is Diablo missing in a Diablo game? Because $70 expansion? Or 2 expansions, 1st one with briefly-seen Andariel, Duriel or some other evil, and 2nd one with Diablo and Baal or Mephisto or whomever?
And in case there’ll be no Diablo in D4, like at all, then why even bother labeling it “Diablo” IV?
The story answers this question, it hasn’t been enough time from last time Diablo was slain for him to reform. It’s why meph is weak and powerless and formless also.
Def be in expansion I feel. Mephisto as well obviously in some form or another. Maybe even separate expansions for each. I agree that it felt weird to not have Diablo in the launch of a Diablo game, but the story is one of the best aspects of the game currently
I agree actually, but it doesn’t make the lack of Diablo better. I feel like they deliberately cut out Diablo to split the big story into pieces, so we have the “grand finale” with Diablo in the expansion(s).
I’ve watched Diablo die so many times… I find it refreshing that we have a new enemy, especially a well written one that I actually feel kind of sorry for… he/she may come back at some point in new content. No complaints from me, Diablo will always be Diablo even without its namesake.