Diablo 4’s first expansions brings a massive update to the action RPG.
Even as someone who has followed every major update to Diablo 4 over the last year, the release of Vessel of Hatred feels like the launch of a whole new action RPG. The bulk of the new expansion is like upgrading to a new phone: all the familiar stuff is still there but it’s faster and easier to use. And the new campaign has plenty of moments that I wouldn’t have ever expected to see in a dark fantasy story where you’re hunting yet another demon from hell.
The Diablo 4 of 2023 wasn’t broken, but it sure needed fixing when it came to playing it as the live service action RPG as Blizzard intended. Starting a seasonal character from scratch every three months was a problem when it took weeks to reach max level and even longer to find loot that was exciting to play with. All the fun was buried.
Over the last year and change, Blizzard went and dug the fun up.
