I did not beat the Diablo 4 world boss. My playtime of the beta may have teetered into intervention territory, but Ashava The Pestilent proved too much of a challenge – one of those nightmares that you just can't seem to shake. Truth be told, as much as I enjoyed the Diablo 4 beta, this limited-time event was one of the only things I didn't entirely love. The composition of the conflict too chaotic to feel as if I were having any impact against its five-tiered health bar.
That's a problem in a game like Diablo 4, where a quickening progression of power shifts the experience from mundane to magical in a matter of hours. I've never seen Diablo as a game about gradually rising to meet challenges, but rather an experience focused around scaling equipment and fine-tuning skills to be the most efficient demon hunter possible. Whether you're traveling alone or partying up with other guardians of the light in the Diablo 4 open beta, extinguishing the hordes of evil flooding forth from Sanctuary's darkest corners is proving to be a very good time indeed.
