I haven’t written Diablo 4 off yet, but I am getting close… Season 4 / itemization is the last straw for me; however, Diablo 4 isn’t really Diablo anymore… its an ARPG formerly known as Diablo.

• The main story of initial game does not include the demon Diablo
• D4 did a great initial job capturing a gothic demonic mature fantasy art style similar to D1 and D2, but S3 so far has been more D3 / Diablo immortal Hero fantasy look and vibe. At least S1 and S2 were somewhat Diablo-esque believable.
• Shop cosmetics are not Diablo-esque… and who the fuck pays $40 for a god damn mount?
• All classes play the same: I’ve played 4 of the 5 classes and unfortunately, they all play the same. “charge into a pack of mobs, immobilize via some crowd control, and then destroy everything”. Even the god damn necro with minions play this way…
• The randomized dungeons are a joke because the end result is the same fucking layout over and over and over (giant circle, square, rectangle, three-lane Dota BS). There’s less randomization in D4 than D3… Christ… isn’t that sad.
• Smart loot: I fucking hate smart loot… nothing I pick-up is useful to any other character I play or any of my friends’ characters
• Trading is practically non-existant… good thing because you have nothing to trade due to smart-loot
• Its an MMO without a subscription but bastardized with full price annual expansions and MTX out the ass