Almost a year and a half ago we were able to unleash once again on Sanctuary with the release of the fourth installment in the Sanctuary series. Diabloseries. From next Tuesday, October 8, we can start Diablo IV: Ship of Hate. We’ve already reviewed the story and a bit of the endgame and we’re happy to tell you about it.
Disclaimer: This review contains minor spoilers from the original Diablo IV story.
in Hate ship There is one obvious danger, which you definitely won’t miss when you reach the end Diablo IV I played. Neyrelle trapped Mephisto in the Soulstone and escaped. Although her intentions are good, Mephisto, the Master of Hatred, is known for corrupting everything around him, even when captured. So we pursue Neyrelle (and Mephisto) and follow a path of corruption and hatred.
The story of this expansion is, in all honesty, much weaker than the original. in Diablo IV We had Lilith as a great villain. At all times you were guessing her actual motives: Was she deceiving you or was she telling the truth? Should you do everything you can to stop her, or is a deal with the devil not so bad? Lilith was amazing and the scenes were great, with or without her witty.
Like the original Diablo IV It was a powerful story with a beginning, middle and end Hate ship The epilogue was later added in a new edition of the book to tie it all into the next book. Hate ship It simply has no right to exist in relation to the story, it is an intermediary piece that exists only to build the bridge to what is to come in the future. You are completely concerned with the consequences Diablo IV And… nothing new actually happens. If you had asked us a year ago what the next logical step was, we would have told you the story almost step by step Hate ship the introduction. We enjoyed some of the quests, because it’s a great world with great characters, but we were constantly waiting to finish this event that would come anyway, hoping that something new would appear, but then it was over. There are no surprises, no plot twists, and no new elements added to the world or story. The story is disappointing and not very creative.
Anyway, luckily you spend in one DiabloIn the game, you will spend most of your time killing monsters and getting better pieces of equipment and experience points to continue strengthening your character. The game is still well structured and if you haven’t played it at all since May of last year: it’s almost a completely different game. Blizzard makes sure to make new additions with each season (every few months) that expand, change, or even move existing systems entirely. You can read more about this in our interview with Blizzard.
Hate ship Builds on this again. The systems and overall gameplay experience have been simplified. The difficulty levels have been turned upside down. You can now switch between different levels more easily, so you can often choose less of a challenge as you play, or a little more, if, for example, you want the final bosses to make you sweat a little. Additionally, there’s a new co-op dungeon crawler, a bit like an MMORPG, which we don’t really want to tell you about, because it’s really cool to discover on your own with a group of players.
The biggest addition for many will be the Spiritborn, a new class that gains their powers by communicating with Spirit Guardians, the spirits of certain animals. For example, you can let the gorilla spirit destroy everything around you, while giving you a protective shield, or you can summon a centipede to poison everything around you and make it run away. Spiritborn abilities are flashy and offer a lot of variety. In fact, there’s so much variety that, despite playing as a Spiritborn during the entire review period, we’ll be making another Spiritborn when Hate ship In fact, it will go live next week.
Diablo IV: Ship of Hate It leaves us with mixed feelings. The story can certainly be described as disappointing, but the gameplay tweaks, especially Spiritborn, ensure we’ll be spending hundreds of hours at the end of the game. In the end, for us at least, this is the most important part of expanding a game like this, so we can safely recommend it to fans.
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred was played on PC for this review. The game is also available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series
