If you asked me back in summer 2023, I'd have told you Diablo 4 was a notable next chapter in Blizzard Entertainment's action RPG series. But as we all know, grindy online RPGs have to evolve fast as their communities demand more content and more polish. Almost three years later, the Lord of Hatred expansion has positioned it as a serious contender for the ARPG crown, and most of its strengths come from its much-maligned predecessor Diablo 3.
With Lord of Hatred and Season 13, it truly feels like a convincing long-term vision for Diablo 4 is coming into focus. Its present and future are combining lessons learned from the entire series and not just Diablo 2, which continues to get its fair share of love through new Resurrected content anyway. At long last, I'm proud to say: we are so back.
