Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

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  1. blubsterer
    Apr 17, 2014
    4
    This "expansion" is at its core an utterly needed patch for a broken and boring game. It fixes a good amount of the problems vanilla D3 had. But the actual content is very limited.

    And for a few weeks it was kind of fun. But in the long run Blizzard will manage to eliminate all aspects of fun with their mindset regarding "balance". "Overpowered" items, builds or farm methods get nerfed    This "expansion" is at its core an utterly needed patch for a broken and boring game. It fixes a good amount of the problems vanilla D3 had. But the actual content is very limited.

    And for a few weeks it was kind of fun. But in the long run Blizzard will manage to eliminate all aspects of fun with their mindset regarding "balance". "Overpowered" items, builds or farm methods get nerfed into ground asap, while obvious bugs in classes or items that actually weaken the players remain unfixed for weeks/ months. Awkward understanding of balance in my opinion ...

    Blizz: just get your head out of your a** and try to balance the game around the idea of "fun for as many as possible", not "all are equally f***" After all it's a single player/ coop game and in no way competitive. Who cares if some bugs make this game actually fun to play? Concentrate on bugs, which eliminate that fun ....    … Expand
  2. augh18
    May 5, 2014
    0
    $40 for Paladin class and a new act, the rest of the content are things that should've been patched in for free, since it isn't new content, they're adjustments that finally takes Diablo 3 out of Beta status.
  3. RealCritical
    Apr 27, 2014
    0
    If Diablo 3 was horrible, this is totally worst... Blizzard only desires the money and lacks the game quality...

    Why Blizzard? Why? I just wanna a game like Diablo 2 , or Warcraft 3, a quality game and not a **** game.
  4. hotfix666
    Apr 14, 2014
    1
    diablo 2 was really fun and I have in mind when I play it... this game sux and I guess blizzard pay to people to give this game 9 or 10 stars.nobody game can get 10 Points when realese date should was for 7 years ago. maybe 2006 this game was Worth 7.
  5. SolidQ
    Apr 1, 2014
    1
    Very bad bliz, still no endgame. Rifl are sucks, only kill boss without nothing? No porgression etc. Blizz learn how do endgame on poe. Blizzard workd very slow, and much people very happy, when blizzrd just sold them for 40$ **** game
  6. Lalloo69
    Apr 1, 2014
    1
    EUR 40!! For a couple hours gameplay and one new class. Yes, theres adventure mode and all these "game changing" tweaks that "critics" keep raving about. IGN 9.1/10 rating and Meta score of 86!Cmon. Stop being Blizz cum guzzlers and get real. In total, you saying EUR 80 for a complete game experience! Spare us the bull **** Blizzard.
  7. Gamaron
    Apr 30, 2014
    0
    its pretty good if you want to try the non existent build diversity, horrible drop rate and hundreds of hours seeking that "build changing™" legendary. don't even hope for a change in the loot/game/mechanics system... its totally broken...
  8. Someguy52
    May 6, 2014
    4
    As others have said, this is basically a glorified big patch sold as a full retail game, it fixes many issues and the game is actually fun and enjoyable now but this in a nutshell should have been free. Shame on you Blizzard for ripping off your loyal customers
  9. JoshK
    May 14, 2014
    3
    Diablo III and its Reaper of Souls expansion pack require continuous connection to Battle.net server to play. And this server has been frequently (about a few hours every day?) under maintenance since I bought the games 2 days ago. These games are expensive disappointment.
  10. Sugoda
    Jun 4, 2014
    3
    Once again Blizzard drags their feet on a game and doesn't deliver. The story content on the expansion is two hours at most which is awful considering it took 2 years for this expansion. Many of these reviews are clearly for people who didn't play it very much. Once you've done a week or two at most of constant rifts and bounties you'll be bored to death. The improved loot is only whenOnce again Blizzard drags their feet on a game and doesn't deliver. The story content on the expansion is two hours at most which is awful considering it took 2 years for this expansion. Many of these reviews are clearly for people who didn't play it very much. Once you've done a week or two at most of constant rifts and bounties you'll be bored to death. The improved loot is only when you're leveling up and still very flawed. I played 400 hours of the expansion and I wish I had my time back.

    Blizzard just proves they're great at polish but awful at substance.    … Expand
  11. JuanOrez
    Dec 16, 2014
    0
    This game is terrible. This is a great disappointment for those of us that played the original Diablo and D2, Blizzard has changed greatly and it saddens me that this once great studio lost it's way.
  12. r0b0t1c
    Dec 7, 2014
    5
    Just picked up the game recently during the holiday sale so D3 and the expansion ran me $30 which I thought would be a pretty solid deal on a Blizzard title. I'm still having pretty mixed feelings about the game overall. I never experienced the Auction House or some of the earlier complaints so I'm purely looking at this through my prior experience with D2 in its hayday.

    If you're    Just picked up the game recently during the holiday sale so D3 and the expansion ran me $30 which I thought would be a pretty solid deal on a Blizzard title. I'm still having pretty mixed feelings about the game overall. I never experienced the Auction House or some of the earlier complaints so I'm purely looking at this through my prior experience with D2 in its hayday.

    If you're looking for a single player experience where you want to run through the somewhat predictable story line this should deliver for you fine. I would wait for a sale or a price drop personally. Nothing particularly exciting that you can't experience through Torchlight.

    If you're looking for some multiplayer fun then I would think very hard before purchasing this title. The community is borderline nonexistent and heavily focused on end-game content. Don't expect very much help in terms of leveling or experiencing the game with others. The only way you can expect to legitimately go through the game with another person is with a friend.    … Expand
  13. Jerot
    Jun 6, 2014
    5
    From an art, sound, and game feel perspective both Diablo 3 and D3: Reaper of Souls have continued blizzards tradition of well polished game play/story experiences. But from a gaming standpoint Diablo 3 leaves many of its players wanting. The itemization is extremely simplified and boring with best in slot items being almost entirely brainless choices and in many cases chase items to keepFrom an art, sound, and game feel perspective both Diablo 3 and D3: Reaper of Souls have continued blizzards tradition of well polished game play/story experiences. But from a gaming standpoint Diablo 3 leaves many of its players wanting. The itemization is extremely simplified and boring with best in slot items being almost entirely brainless choices and in many cases chase items to keep the player hunting for the drop (Not even a well rolled drop in most cases). Legendary items have become bland as a majority are filler and drop with no unique stats to make them interesting. This leads to a problem where players quickly hit a gear wall where it takes progressively longer to find gear upgrades much sooner then they should. Very quickly, in part thanks to the new mystic, players throw out anything that isn't "trifecta"/"quadfecta" viable.

    There are also some problems with items and abilities functioning in unpredictable ways as it appears methods of coding certain mechanics were handled by several people not entirely on the same page. Similar things act different and are worded different for no apparent reason, causing some interesting interactions (Zombie dogs ring working on Barbarian Ancients for example) There is no real endgame beyond finding a single set of gear and either moving on to another character, or another game. Build diversity is small and artificial as they are designed around developer planned builds with specific uniques and sets, there is little room for player discovery.

    I really enjoyed the story of RoS, I don't feel like it was spectacularly written or notably compelling/impact-ful, but it was an enjoyable experience. I did miss having fully rendered CGI cut scenes that are usually in blizzard games. I feel like a ton of the "features" included in this expansion and some that are coming soon should have been included at launch or in free content patches. Most of the endgame content is rehashed existing content (Uber bosses, Bounties to go to old areas, Rifts of randomized maps and enemies) which while isn't bad in itself, can quickly lead to burnout as it is content most of the player base has seen before, just remixed. Ladders and ladder-specific legendaries unfortunately do little to fix the underlying problems with the game. Too many stats have been removed or compacted for the sake of simplicity, things like 1H-2H balance and the effectiveness of Crit/Crit Damage/AS remain ongoing problems with no fix in sight.

    The art, sound, and game play feel is spot on. Environments are very atmospheric and decimating large packs of enemies in a single button push is immensely satisfying. But it is held back by poor design choices in multiple systems, and unbelievably slow turnaround for fixes or content that isn't absolutely game-breakingly necessary. As a single-player self found experience I would rate the game as a solid 7.5-8 worth a play-through or two but with little replay-ability. As a long term game in a market with so many ARPGs trying to improve on the original diablo formula, I don't think D3 has done enough to set itself apart, with many of its improvements overshadowed by its many shortcomings.    … Expand
  14. Jugalator
    Dec 16, 2014
    6
    A better game than Diablo 3 for sure, giving players heaps of replayability in comparison to the original game, which had almost none. Adventure Mode and the Rifts system were welcomed.

    Unfortunately, the item, character, and attribute systems in place have not changed, and so this game suffer from far less personalization than both Diablo 1 and 2. Once you have a single level 70    A better game than Diablo 3 for sure, giving players heaps of replayability in comparison to the original game, which had almost none. Adventure Mode and the Rifts system were welcomed.

    Unfortunately, the item, character, and attribute systems in place have not changed, and so this game suffer from far less personalization than both Diablo 1 and 2. Once you have a single level 70 character of a class, you essentially have them all. After this, you are supposed to care for being able to survive in an as high difficulty as possible. The end.

    There is no sense of "Wow, I really got all this way with my Lighting and Arcane Wizard", since all skills can be exchanged at will, and the character's power doesn't depend on how you built it, but the items you were lucky enough to find.

    And so, it is no longer an Action RPG, but an Action game. That is perhaps the greatest disappointment with the entire Diablo 3 project. It could have been so much more. It could have been an even better Action RPG than its predecessors, an even greater focus on personalization and sense of wonder.

    I think Blizzard did irreparable damage with these latest Diablo games and I think a Diablo 4 would be met with quite a bit of skepticism.    … Expand
  15. Kerpton
    Dec 25, 2014
    3
    I am new to Diablo and I got Diablo III Reaper of Souls Ultimate evil edition and I don't get why every one likes this game. What am I supposed to be doing? Go this way, kill that, talk to that guy, I just don't see the point or find it interesting.
  16. Katmandu
    May 28, 2014
    0
    The worst game ever seen for Bli$$ard+Activi$$ion. Take your Money and RUN.... Seriusly GARBAGE.
    not recommend purchase. Is a BETA version of the biggest crab Diablo III for 40€, just a BIG SHAME, the biggest scam of all history of Bli$$ard+Activi$$sion.
  17. Shiwator
    Apr 3, 2014
    4
    Game-play is well done, combat is excellent but the game still lacks any real depth.

    It's fun for week or two but I don't see myself playing this for years like Diablo-2.
  18. rob1313131
    Apr 3, 2014
    3
    I put a 3... this game deserves to be shown the truth... and the truth is, this expansion is not worth 44.99$ and you can piss and complain and call me out saying im cheap, but seriously. diablo 3 failed soo hard that this expansion with is hefty price tag can not save the linear game of **** .
    Now its been 2 years since the relase of diablo 3... and in that 2 years.. they give us this?    I put a 3... this game deserves to be shown the truth... and the truth is, this expansion is not worth 44.99$ and you can piss and complain and call me out saying im cheap, but seriously. diablo 3 failed soo hard that this expansion with is hefty price tag can not save the linear game of **** .
    Now its been 2 years since the relase of diablo 3... and in that 2 years.. they give us this?
    one new hero
    level cap to 70
    and 1 new act..i'm not adding adventure mode or the loot 2.0 system only because
    ALL OF THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREE....
    **** YOU BLIZZARD FOR RUINING DIABLO AND NOW THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE EXPANSION...
    IM SORRY BUT IM NOT SPENDING 44.99$ ON SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ****ING FREE FOR ALL THE CRAP WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH... DIABLO IS JUST AN HD SKIN OVER ITS OLD DYING SELF... BLIZZARD IS NOTHING TO ME.. THEY RUINED THIS GAME AND THEY CAN SHUV IT    … Expand
  19. adrianccc
    Apr 5, 2014
    0
    A complete joke for the price you have to pay. I played a friend's copy and found the same flaws in the underlying game design still persist. Also the previous acts, barring act 2, are still terrible and indicative of lazy design. Thus the much hyped adventure mode is very much a required crutch for a game that limps along with half its limbs and still pretends to be whole.
  20. VonCarlsson
    Apr 6, 2014
    5
    Blizzard have made some changes that were very necessary, i.e. removing auction house. Additionally there was the obligatory increased difficulty modes, 6 of them to be precise, although the AI is just as dumb no matter what difficulty level. The big thing was the so called "adventure mode", which, after sinking 20 hours or so into it, I think could more aptly be called "streamlinedBlizzard have made some changes that were very necessary, i.e. removing auction house. Additionally there was the obligatory increased difficulty modes, 6 of them to be precise, although the AI is just as dumb no matter what difficulty level. The big thing was the so called "adventure mode", which, after sinking 20 hours or so into it, I think could more aptly be called "streamlined farming mode". Because that is all you do in this game, you kill monsters to get better gear so that you can kill even harder monsters to get better gear. If that is your thing then this game is for you, if you enjoy intellectual content, interesting narratives etc.etc. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.… Expand
  21. ce111
    Mar 30, 2014
    6
    This expansion is probably the best thing to happen to D3 in a long while. It fixed many issues in the game and it made it feel fun again. However, there are some key issues with it.

    For one, its pretty damn short. The price tag on it is $40 but you only get about $10 worth of play time in the story mode. The rest comes from replaying as well as the new adventure mode which is basically    This expansion is probably the best thing to happen to D3 in a long while. It fixed many issues in the game and it made it feel fun again. However, there are some key issues with it.

    For one, its pretty damn short. The price tag on it is $40 but you only get about $10 worth of play time in the story mode. The rest comes from replaying as well as the new adventure mode which is basically just running around dungeons killing bosses for rewards. Same as story mode without having to worry about cut scenes and the like.

    The expansion adds the new Crusader class to the list. Its a Strength based character that tends to lean more towards a tank than anything else. Its not terrible and the dialogue written for it is pretty entertaining. The other classes receive one new attack ability and a few passive ones. The level cap is up to 70 so it gives you something to work towards.

    With the revamps to loot as well as enemies being based on player level as opposed to game difficulty it makes the dungeon crawl a lot easier. However, this expansion feels a bit puny and may deter the more "hardcore" players since getting the best loot is not terribly difficult anymore. Plus its still always online which probably won't go away for a long time (if ever).    … Expand
  22. giacomobertoni
    Jun 3, 2014
    3
    i didn't buy this game and i wouldn't recommend to buy it to any of my friends..i just tried once and this game is really as bad as diablo 3 is.. i mean its fun for the first day.. after a short while it gets boring annoying and repetitive. its just a cash grab.. i mean seriously we had to wait all this years for the new diablo which i bought and played and it was really awful. so manyi didn't buy this game and i wouldn't recommend to buy it to any of my friends..i just tried once and this game is really as bad as diablo 3 is.. i mean its fun for the first day.. after a short while it gets boring annoying and repetitive. its just a cash grab.. i mean seriously we had to wait all this years for the new diablo which i bought and played and it was really awful. so many years for this really bad concept.. and this kinda dlc is even worse.. don't spend a single buck on this stuff guys trust me… Expand
  23. Kaprawiec
    Oct 17, 2014
    9
    Just finished my D3 review. So what changed since first D3 release back in 2012? (base score 7)
    Pros:
    + Loot seems a bit better, more varied (hell im not sure this should be added to pros, this is core aspect of the game so it had to be improved in expansion) + Quest modes, bonus act and a bit more things to do (again im not sure this is really pros, same reason) So we got 8/10 now.    Just finished my D3 review. So what changed since first D3 release back in 2012? (base score 7)
    Pros:
    + Loot seems a bit better, more varied (hell im not sure this should be added to pros, this is core aspect of the game so it had to be improved in expansion)
    + Quest modes, bonus act and a bit more things to do (again im not sure this is really pros, same reason)
    So we got 8/10 now. But...
    Cons:
    - Story - its just awful. Just like the Diablo 3 story which i didnt mentioned in my D3 review. Who wrote this crap - this was supposed to be a joke right?
    - No auction house - DAAAMN if something is broken - fix it, dont remove it! Gameplay was broken at day 1 so maybe You should remove it to? - 1 point
    - Cant trade items with friends - 0,5 point
    - Expansion which improves game in some aspects, making it bad in others and being overpriced? We should get this all without moving AH at launch of D3. - 1 point
    - still no decent PVP - 1 point
    - time for biggest downside: game is SHALLOW. Run through some random dungeon (no matter if its rift or some act in story mode). Get some random loot, and beat hundreds of mobs. Its mindless fun but when Youll turn off the game...Youll completly forget about who You killed and how You did it. Sure You get better items and do stuff a lot faster. So what? There's no feeling of great adventure. No cool story to reveal at the end of the day. AND FINALLY!!! THE GAME DOESNT REQUIRE ANY SKILL FROM THE PLAYER. You must just waste lots of time to get better items. THATS ALL THERE IS TO IT. You arent any better at this game than the player whos just instaling this. I know in h&s skill never was that important, but You learned the system and could make some mistakes adding atributes/choosing skills. This game is just idiotproof and as noob friendly as it could possibly be. I loved the feeling from games like quake, when after playing couple hundreds of hours in multiplayer i just wasted noobs. I was like armageddon for them when i joined games online.

    Overall - this game gets solid 5/10 from me. It really is quite fun. But its as good as Cola is. When You drink it, it seems perfectly fine but give Your body nothing but empty callories and get You one step closer to grave. But ill probably drink some cola in the future, just like waste some time on this stupid game. But who knows? Maybe ill get smarter...    … Expand
  24. Fra-k
    Dec 8, 2015
    7
    First, there was d3 "vanilla". With gah and rmah.
    now, there is...paragon level farming.
    No trade as everything is BoA. No AH. Entire loot is just secondary. The game is about GRifts in normal nad in season..and both of them are heavily influenced by PL. Competition? well, a competition that is unfair as you'll never catch up with those who use bot or simply can farm 24-7. So, it    First, there was d3 "vanilla". With gah and rmah.
    now, there is...paragon level farming.

    No trade as everything is BoA. No AH. Entire loot is just secondary.
    The game is about GRifts in normal nad in season..and both of them are heavily influenced by PL.
    Competition? well, a competition that is unfair as you'll never catch up with those who use bot or simply can farm 24-7.

    So, it shifted from a game about loot... to a game about grinding experience.
    Endless experience, as PL have no cap.    … Expand
  25. Drigun
    Apr 5, 2014
    4
    I'm an avid Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 player for a long time.

    Even after ROS. Diablo 3 still havent got the magic touch that the previous series have. By my prediction. This game will ends up with the same fate as Diablo 3 Vanilla. Played this game for a week. felt boring, Diablo feel is still not there. Missing. RIFT is fun for a while, but how long? Im already generous enough to    I'm an avid Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 player for a long time.

    Even after ROS.
    Diablo 3 still havent got the magic touch that the previous series have.

    By my prediction.
    This game will ends up with the same fate as Diablo 3 Vanilla.
    Played this game for a week. felt boring, Diablo feel is still not there. Missing.
    RIFT is fun for a while, but how long?

    Im already generous enough to give this game a score of 4.
    Those dev needs some appreciation.
    But still the magic touch of Diablo is just not there.

    I also agree to some people that says this is not an expansion. This is a DLC.
    Because the elements in here is just too little to notify.

    For buyers, let me advise you. Please wait another 2 months to see the real face of this game.
    Today, people that defend this game are because of hype.
    Wait for another month and so, youll see the real face of this game.
    Let the hype loose.
    Don't preorder games. Usually sequal has elements from its previous titles.
    Well for Diablo 3 the sequal is for sure is not what you have anticipated.

    Wait for the expansion.
    And just pray that the next expansion they know what to do to redeem Diablo 3.

    For me, i wont be putting high hopes on that. because till this day. we know that they have failed for 2 times already( the expansion and the vanilla).
    Be hopeful, but dont let that hype blinds your decision to buy this game.
    Just wait....    … Expand
  26. gipsylon
    Apr 15, 2014
    5
    Not enough content for the price. Act V is nice, but you can finish it in few hours and then it's just farming.
    In few days you'll get overpowered gear that will make you invincible on Expert/Master and even Torment 1, yet you won't be playing on Torment, because monsters get way too many HP and you rather kill more of them on Expert or even Hard.
    Gear is still all about primary    Not enough content for the price. Act V is nice, but you can finish it in few hours and then it's just farming.
    In few days you'll get overpowered gear that will make you invincible on Expert/Master and even Torment 1, yet you won't be playing on Torment, because monsters get way too many HP and you rather kill more of them on Expert or even Hard.
    Gear is still all about primary attribte/vit/ar/as/cc/cd. There are some legendaries with nice special features, but it's not enough to keep me going.
    Fine game for a week or two until you notice there's nothing really new here - just more of the same with some nice twists that should already been in vanilla.    … Expand
  27. On3Tw0
    May 15, 2014
    0
    Oh really Bli$$ard/Metascore you deleted my insulting review about the "farming players money"?
    This is what they do almost a decade now...They releasing casual/arcadish games for the masses and later on 4-5 expansions to farm money for their next stupid project.
    The game is crap. Really. Don't try to attempt to buy it because by removing AH doesn't mean its "fixed". Its basically    Oh really Bli$$ard/Metascore you deleted my insulting review about the "farming players money"?
    This is what they do almost a decade now...They releasing casual/arcadish games for the masses and later on 4-5 expansions to farm money for their next stupid project.
    The game is crap. Really. Don't try to attempt to buy it because by removing AH doesn't mean its "fixed". Its basically missing the fundamental stuff to be an aRPG. They won't do it ever. They want more casual people to play, which it means more money for them. There are great true aRPGs out there to check, don't be fooled because it has the big sign of "DIABLO". All is a bubble from Bli$$ard and marketing.    … Expand
  28. breezy808
    Apr 30, 2014
    4
    Don't listen to game reviewers, they typically only spend a little time on the game then make their judgement on it, and this game is good... for a short time.. The problems lie later on as your character progresses and they fail to excite players and keeping people entertained which is the purpose of gaming and aRPG's/loot grind games like this game.

    You have to try very very hard to    Don't listen to game reviewers, they typically only spend a little time on the game then make their judgement on it, and this game is good... for a short time.. The problems lie later on as your character progresses and they fail to excite players and keeping people entertained which is the purpose of gaming and aRPG's/loot grind games like this game.

    You have to try very very hard to enjoy this game after 50-100+ hours. Now to people who look at a games worth based on the amount of hours they've logged - You'd be greatly impressed and probably give 9.5/10 if I based it on hours vs $$$. However this is a Diablo game and you're supposed to be excited since this is a video game and they fail to deliver quality end game content...
    ~~~The problems lie with Items
    There are hardly any upgrades after a certain point, and farming gets really boring, really quickly. Your character progresses very slowly, you may spend 2-3 DAYS spending 5-15+ hours a day FARMING just to get 1 upgrade because 95% of legendaries are rubbish and will immediately go to salvage, even many yellows are better than legs because the chance of finding a good yellow is far more common than a DECENT legendary.

    Do NOT buy this game if you plan to spend many hours grinding, your effort will be worthless and you will never truly complete a character, some people may look at that as a bad thing but it really isn't when you can spend 40+ hours and not progressing your character at all.    … Expand
  29. gastromush
    May 11, 2014
    3
    It's difficult to improve something which is garbage in its essence (DIablo 3), so how to review this? Surely the new character is ok and the adventure mode quite funny, but the game's root (gameplay, story) is still the same, so please refer to Diablo 3's review to understand why this (and the original game) shouldn't be bought.
  30. The_Noob
    May 29, 2014
    3
    Very frustrating to spend $40 to get this expansion and play only one chapter extra and 1 new hero... Diablo III game cost the same $40 and comes with 4 chapters and 4 characters. Pure money grab DLC expansion.

    Chat system is broken, no one talks only money spammers are there. very few people are talking.. no trading allowed anymore since AH is closed. endless grinding game .....    Very frustrating to spend $40 to get this expansion and play only one chapter extra and 1 new hero... Diablo III game cost the same $40 and comes with 4 chapters and 4 characters. Pure money grab DLC expansion.

    Chat system is broken, no one talks only money spammers are there. very few people are talking.. no trading allowed anymore since AH is closed. endless grinding game .....

    don't expect too much from the expansion,,,

    Story is good for an expansion (3 points for it)... rest are all from the main title no new stuff.

    $20 at most is more than enough for this DLC expansion no more.    … Expand
  31. cylian3
    Jul 7, 2014
    0
    The biggest, absolutely most insulting thing Blizzard has ever done so far. "Oh hey, we SERIOUSLY screwed up not only designing our game but also being physically incapable of maintaining our servers with putrid DRM but don't worry, we'll sell you a DLC disguised as an expansion-pack for 40€ to fix SOME of the mess we created!"

    Giving Blizzard the oh so undeserved shadow of a doubt, I    The biggest, absolutely most insulting thing Blizzard has ever done so far. "Oh hey, we SERIOUSLY screwed up not only designing our game but also being physically incapable of maintaining our servers with putrid DRM but don't worry, we'll sell you a DLC disguised as an expansion-pack for 40€ to fix SOME of the mess we created!"

    Giving Blizzard the oh so undeserved shadow of a doubt, I tried out their "Loot 2.0" and sure, there are improvements like any non brain-dead developer would have done following the massive wave of well-deserved criticism but you're still gonna get gray/worthless items. You're still gonna run into the fact that there are very superior loot-earning strategies through certain bossruns. You're still gonna experience DRM-enforced FPS lag.

    It's simply unacceptable and looking at the screw-up over TWO YEARS ago? Diablo III: Reaper of Souls is an apology from Blizzard that is more than 365+ days overdue while also packing a hefty pricetag of 40€ (60€ for collectors, no discount for previous pre-purchasers).

    End verdict? Go F*ck Yourself, Blizzard.    … Expand
  32. asfj
    Apr 8, 2014
    0
    Money grabbing dump. ridiculous for a DLC more expensive than the original one. This was one of my most anticipate franchises, but I still remember how shabby Diablo III is. I will never try any sequels.
    There are some much better alternatives for this genre, like Torchlight II, Path of Exile.
  33. Strahdcrown
    Apr 1, 2014
    3
    Repetitive and boring. Just more of the same. The new class isnt sufficient to keep the interest in this game for a long time. The graphics and sounds are gorgeous but the fun factor dont last long. The game Path of Exile is more deep and challeging than this shadow of what was D2.
  34. grexwex
    Mar 27, 2014
    6
    As a former d2 player, I must state that RoS is fun to play, but still you just have to ignore a lot of strange and unnecessarily simplified game mechanics to keep that fun alive.

    As people already pointed out, the loot 2.0 is not that much of difference.. still much too many boring yellow items, which willl never be viable. Same problem like with d3 classic (only difference: numbers    As a former d2 player, I must state that RoS is fun to play, but still you just have to ignore a lot of strange and unnecessarily simplified game mechanics to keep that fun alive.

    As people already pointed out, the loot 2.0 is not that much of difference.. still much too many boring yellow items, which willl never be viable. Same problem like with d3 classic (only difference: numbers grow really big now which is such a bad design choice, because you lose any left relation too any value.. don't know how many life or dps of any of my chars has, because with the next item it could be 100k more or less, so it feels kind of arbitary. even all chars can reach the same amount of life.. no RPG feeling there). Next bad choice is to put mainstats on items, so if these two mainstats aren't there the item is basically crap and since these numbers get so high you don't really care about the value. So the Itemization isn't even close as diversified as d2 lod. In my oppinion that's the biggest problem with the game.

    What would make the clue?
    - Get that mainstats off the items and back to be manually distributed. Give barbs for example reasons to put points in dex (increased blockchance, attackrating and stuff like that). Give different hp amounts for vit points for each class, that would eliminate the need for 30% enhanced dmg taken for wizards, wds and so on.
    - Make rare items more rare, diversified and overall viable (not only the legendarys with special affix)
    - Make all legendary remarkable for a special stat, which could only be reached if you put off the mainstats of these items
    - Bring back more RPG feeling (stat requirement for weapons,armors,cap for resistances, life values for casters lower than for meeles, any kind of stat points...)

    All these changes wouldn't affect the casual gamers and enhance the fun for everybody who cares about game depth!

    To be clear, I wouldn't care about all this if wouldn't have loved d2 so much and wouldn't see that potential in d3 thrown away for no good reason...    … Expand
  35. Sapidarman
    Apr 2, 2014
    5
    Played it for a week.
    Better than Diablo 3 Vanilla, but still boring as hell.
    Don't know why, but this game just lost the touch from the previous series.
  36. R00TKILL
    Apr 2, 2014
    5
    This game is still not as a good as Diablo 2 was, Diablo 3 reaper of souls is an improvement on Diablo 3 but I am not that impressed with having to grind 200+ hours to find junk gear all the time and I won't so my char will suck and barely scratch the Torment levels. This game needs Improvement and It will get the improvement it needs I'm sure of it, in like a year or so... I give it aThis game is still not as a good as Diablo 2 was, Diablo 3 reaper of souls is an improvement on Diablo 3 but I am not that impressed with having to grind 200+ hours to find junk gear all the time and I won't so my char will suck and barely scratch the Torment levels. This game needs Improvement and It will get the improvement it needs I'm sure of it, in like a year or so... I give it a five but hey that's much better than the zero I gave them on the roll out of Diablo 3.… Expand
  37. Katmandum3
    May 20, 2014
    0
    Este juego es la mayor basura creada por Bli$$ard+Activi$$sion:

    -No es divertido -no es bueno -no dura ni 5h por 40€ -NO recominedo su compra -No se puede ni jugar la mayoria de las veces por lag -No puedes encontrar buenos items por que esta todo NERFEADO para que el juego se alge y tengas que jugar mas de 10 puñeteros años para poder jugar su Hihg-end. -No se puede jugar el modo    Este juego es la mayor basura creada por Bli$$ard+Activi$$sion:

    -No es divertido
    -no es bueno
    -no dura ni 5h por 40€
    -NO recominedo su compra
    -No se puede ni jugar la mayoria de las veces por lag
    -No puedes encontrar buenos items por que esta todo NERFEADO para que el juego se alge y tengas que jugar mas de 10 puñeteros años para poder jugar su Hihg-end.
    -No se puede jugar el modo hardcore por que hay MUCHO lag y te desconectas siempre
    -Los servidores son una autencica BASURA
    -Blizzard solo vende Mierda a precio de oro y luego se rie en la cara de sus clientes
    -No tiene un buen servido de atención

    Basicamente es la mayor Basura que ha creado bli$$ard para sacaros el dinero y reirse de vosotros en vuestra cara.    … Expand
  38. Vasot
    Apr 1, 2014
    3
    No no and NO ! I don't want more World of Warcraft-like cartoonish piece of **** they made diablo into a casual trash nothing to do with past hardcore Diablo games and somebody can please tell me why the single player campaign needs to be "always online" to be playable ?? it is completely unnecessary and the server lag is all over the place because of that. There is no Diablo anymore theyNo no and NO ! I don't want more World of Warcraft-like cartoonish piece of **** they made diablo into a casual trash nothing to do with past hardcore Diablo games and somebody can please tell me why the single player campaign needs to be "always online" to be playable ?? it is completely unnecessary and the server lag is all over the place because of that. There is no Diablo anymore they completely killed the series they just milked this for the cash Blizzard has become very greedy. At least there is GGG "true" fans/devs who create a spiritual successor for us which is called Path of Exile that's the game for old-school Diablo fans really want.… Expand
  39. KrisIsHidden
    Apr 17, 2014
    0
    They released an expansion to fix all the mistakes they made with the first game? Why should we pay for them to fix their game? Oh and there is also a new act and a class...I do not know anymore Blizzard...your losing my interest.
  40. kpc
    Apr 11, 2014
    6
    The only positive thing to come out of this DLC patch is we got to watch a few of the "pro" reviewers finally show some integrity and write an honest appraisal instead of rubber stamping a 1/10 game with a 9.5 solely based on its publisher. The party's over folks. It ended the day Activision took over, and now all that's left are some skid marks and half empty beer bottles on the frontThe only positive thing to come out of this DLC patch is we got to watch a few of the "pro" reviewers finally show some integrity and write an honest appraisal instead of rubber stamping a 1/10 game with a 9.5 solely based on its publisher. The party's over folks. It ended the day Activision took over, and now all that's left are some skid marks and half empty beer bottles on the front lawn.

    You rabid fanboys can choke it down holding your nose and pretend it's the best thing you've ever tasted all you like... the jig is up. Blizzard as we knew it no longer exists, and will never return to its former glory. The rest of us should save our money and support some real development shops who actually listen to their fans and don't just polish turds for years, acting like they're innovating by remediating broken promises.

    Blizzard already has your money for a game that was 10% of what it was supposed to be, and now are asking for 80% more just to move the game a baby step closer to what it should have been the first time. It would have been a far better long-term move to regain the trust and goodwill of the base they alienated by making this DLC available for free, the way Square-Enix did when they released a terrible game (FFXIV) then spent over a year redoing it and didn't make its players buy all the fixes as an "expansion". Then again, Square-Enix isn't run by Bobby Kotick.

    Every publisher can make mistakes. It's how they deal with those mistakes and how they treat their customers that defines their place in the pantheon of gaming. Olympus has truly fallen.    … Expand
  41. EtahEvol
    Apr 17, 2014
    2
    I am finally having fun in D3 after the latest changes but Blizzard still screwed this incredible game up beyond imagination. The expansion should have been free, kind of a "I'm sorry" gift for f*cking up the franchise. They had what, 10 years to make this damn game? Blizzard will not get another dime from me ever.
  42. Gloin
    Apr 1, 2014
    4
    Pro:
    - A great patch that fixes many of the first opus default
    - new mode that make farming a bit more fun. - 1 new character. Con: - 40 min of new content without a ending video... -40$!!! WTF??? Clearly not worth the price for a patch and change they wanted to make on the first opus. nearly nothing new not even a ending video... it isn't worth more than 15$. A new scam    Pro:
    - A great patch that fixes many of the first opus default
    - new mode that make farming a bit more fun.
    - 1 new character.

    Con:
    - 40 min of new content without a ending video...
    -40$!!! WTF???

    Clearly not worth the price for a patch and change they wanted to make on the first opus. nearly nothing new not even a ending video... it isn't worth more than 15$. A new scam from activision blizzard ( (i paid only 32 because i didn't buy it from blizzard but it was still a scam.)
    and obviously we again got battle net server problem like on every new game release from activision blizzard.

    To be honest it would have been a 8 or 9 if it was the first complete release of d3 but having to pay again for a modification / fix they wanted/had to make is a shame.    … Expand
  43. Lefty711
    Apr 1, 2014
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall it was an average experience, the art was well done, game play was smooth, but the story was a little iffy and the experience was far too short for the price. I love the Diablo universe, but the lack of content and story really ruined it for me. I was expecting so much more. With that being said the big hint of another expansion or Diablo IV my first reaction was... Great another $40 for four hours ....… Expand
  44. Remall69
    Mar 30, 2014
    5
    A pretty decent effort to salvage a sinking ship. The price tag is not worth it though since most of the system changes should have been there since Day 1 and it took them 2 years to fix it.

    2 years is too long to rekindle my interest in this game. They only added a pretty short act, 1 character, and system tweaks (should've been there from the beginning) and charge us with $40? No, I'm    A pretty decent effort to salvage a sinking ship. The price tag is not worth it though since most of the system changes should have been there since Day 1 and it took them 2 years to fix it.

    2 years is too long to rekindle my interest in this game. They only added a pretty short act, 1 character, and system tweaks (should've been there from the beginning) and charge us with $40? No, I'm not stupid enough to buy into this bs. Those who are saying positive things about this steaming pile of poo are wearing rainbow tinted glasses.

    The worse thing is, the game still looks cartoonish and too fking colorful for a Diablo game. I just fking remembered that my character was wearing a pink metal armor, a blue headgear, a metallic arm and leg parts. God!    … Expand
  45. Gwydiian
    Apr 6, 2014
    7
    The biggest factor holding the game back was always the Auction House and now that it has been removed, this is starting to look like a Diablo game that I can play for years to come.

    The expansion content is interesting, roughly 4 hours of new campaign story and countless hours of the new adventure mode in combination with a new loot system will keep you entertained for hundreds of    The biggest factor holding the game back was always the Auction House and now that it has been removed, this is starting to look like a Diablo game that I can play for years to come.

    The expansion content is interesting, roughly 4 hours of new campaign story and countless hours of the new adventure mode in combination with a new loot system will keep you entertained for hundreds of hours. Loot progression is steady and rewards feel meaningful.

    All in all, the game still has room to grow, but this expansion is a large step in the right direction. Here's hoping Blizzard continues to tweak and patch until the systems are as interesting and polished as the later patches of Diablo 2.    … Expand
  46. Type4101
    Sep 14, 2014
    0
    A patch, masquerading as a game. This update to Diablo III should have been given to all previous owners for free. To charge full price to play this is criminal. Buying this game sends a message: "It is ok to sell terrible games, then patch them and resell them for full price....I'll still buy it!" Don't send that message to a wretched corporation like Activision. If you never playedA patch, masquerading as a game. This update to Diablo III should have been given to all previous owners for free. To charge full price to play this is criminal. Buying this game sends a message: "It is ok to sell terrible games, then patch them and resell them for full price....I'll still buy it!" Don't send that message to a wretched corporation like Activision. If you never played Diablo III, this version is better than the one many people already paid full price for, but it is basically the same game with a few features upgraded based on the horrible reviews of the original version. And in the end, it is still a let-down, compared to Diablo II. By comparison, Path of Exile is a similar game, and completely free.… Expand
  47. notacarebear
    May 28, 2014
    5
    Hunt for legendaries, hit gear wall, quit game. Fun while it lasted, but still a broken game. Diablo 2 is better in any possible way, but is doomed with dupes.
  48. kilith
    Aug 6, 2014
    3
    Compared to the LoD release of Diablo 2, which saved the game... RoS missed the mark and gave us nothing but the same junk that D3V had. They took trading out of the game which has made it stale and you have to depend on yourself to try and find that perfect item. In D2 you had a much better chance to find that item on your own over the RNG crap you get in Diablo 3.

    Only thing I can say    Compared to the LoD release of Diablo 2, which saved the game... RoS missed the mark and gave us nothing but the same junk that D3V had. They took trading out of the game which has made it stale and you have to depend on yourself to try and find that perfect item. In D2 you had a much better chance to find that item on your own over the RNG crap you get in Diablo 3.

    Only thing I can say good about this expansion, smooth release, however, that is what you get when you only have a few million connecting over the 5 to 6 million connecting on release day of D3V, but there was very little improvement on the game itself. Same old boring content, no incentive to actually play. Gear sucks, repetitive rifts suck, and with 2.1 coming up, they just added more of the same crap. More rifts that "scale" called greater rifts, still no incentive to play anything other then a fire spec on most classes, and the gear STILL sucks.

    Pass on this game at all costs!    … Expand
  49. silane
    Nov 28, 2014
    0
    So I paid real money... yes, real dollars, and I get a product that doesn't work, because I have to wait in line to play a single player game. Still waiting long enough that I even had the time to set up a Metacritic account that I didn't have previously just to write this... That completely deserves a zero. And anywhere in the world I could get my money back.
  50. cashgrab
    Jan 17, 2015
    0
    $35 for one additional act and a character? Please, revamp your stat system first and add a horadric cube and interesting features then I might think about it.
  51. Drex150
    May 30, 2014
    6
    I've played D3 RoS for about a month now. I have recently quit playing as well. The game has fixed many of the issues that plagued the original D3 but there is still a lot to be desired.

    The main issue I have with RoS is the lack of things to work toward. There is nothing to achieve outside of getting to Torment 6. Now while that maybe a worthy goal for some, it really didn't work as a    I've played D3 RoS for about a month now. I have recently quit playing as well. The game has fixed many of the issues that plagued the original D3 but there is still a lot to be desired.

    The main issue I have with RoS is the lack of things to work toward. There is nothing to achieve outside of getting to Torment 6. Now while that maybe a worthy goal for some, it really didn't work as a good incentive for me. Once you hit 70 you've basically experienced just about everything the game has to offer. Because the game scales with level, there is no area you can't access and be fine in starting at level 1.

    While that sounds like a good feature, it actually makes the game very easy to start feeling like a grind. A huge reason people play RPGs is to experience the new content. That's the point of leveling up and getting gear. Sadly D3 seems to have forgotten that. Instead, the game just throws you in to a massive grind fest of the same content you've already played. It was fun at first but then it become a slow and repetitive process where upgrades were minor, few, and far between.

    The classes in the game are decent. There is a lot of different choices, but I never personally wanted to level most of them. The monk sounded the most fun and that's what I stuck with. I tried other classes, but never got them beyond level 20 or so before getting bored. I tried to just gear my monk out instead and the grind hit me like a brick wall. It became quickly apparent that the game wanted you to waste as much time as possible simply getting gear for the sake of getting gear. There is no end game content to work toward. Once you hit Torment 6 and have been doing the same stuff over and over but with higher damage numbers, you feel very unsatisfied.

    All that aside, the game fixed a lot of the issues it had. The new gear system is far better at figuring out what stats are best for you and providing them. It helps curve the grind, until you start to get to about torment 2 or so. This is when the game slows to a crawl. The gear you find is giving you the stats you like, but finding a new upgrade usually means a minor boost in DPS (about 0.5-2%) and that's only if the upgrade doesn't significantly hurt your other stats and abilities.

    Because of the vast variety of stats that are needed, it starts to become exceedingly difficult to min/max the character. You will be destroying legendaries left in right in the pursuit of the perfect item for that slot. It starts to become a game that's no longer fun and is more about addiction. Just gotta get that one more stat increase, just a few more paragon levels, and so on.

    Speaking of Paragon, that is a system that extends the game in to infinity. It allows for massive replayability and is a feature I quite like. The system gives you minor stat boosts, some of them capped, others infinite. I think it's a great idea and gives incentive to keep on going.

    So here are the basic pros and cons:

    Pros:
    -The game is fun (at first). It is easy to get in to and hard to put down.
    -The random loot usually focuses towards your character, making upgrades easier to find.
    -The first playthrough of the story is rather lengthy.
    -Paragon levels add a minor goal to an otherwise repetitive grind.
    -Leveling new characters is fairly fast and is made easier with each paragon level you get.
    -Lots of difficulties to allow you to play at exactly your own pace.

    Cons:
    -Upgrades start to become extremely minor very quickly after hitting level 70.
    -The story is forgettable and doesn't really feel like it matters.
    -No end game content to work towards.
    -The grind sets in very quickly and is extremely obvious.
    -Enemies level with you, making true end game content pointless.
    -The game becomes less fun and more of a grind pretty much right after hitting level 70.

    Verdict:
    While the game starts off fun, it doesn't take long to become boring. In this day of replayability, a game like this tried very hard to cater to that mentality. Unfortunately it only succeeded for about a month before the grind really felt like it was becoming too much. A month of fun for a game you have to pay $80 for if you haven't purchased the original game is really nothing special.

    I'd say, if you already own D3, go ahead and spend the $40 if you just want to have some fun for a little while. If you didn't buy the first game though, I would stay away. It's not worth the $80 price tag.    … Expand
  52. batmanTheDark
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    Sorry to all of you, but honestly, I must say this game is simply just pile of ****.

    - incredibly bad atmosphere
    - no character customization
    - cartoon graphic
    - bad itemization
    - incredibly bad npc speeches
  53. LadyAuska
    Jan 16, 2015
    0
    Worth neg score. Only thing good was the story line and the extra content had an anticlimatic ending.

    This is NOT the diablo I loved. This is Blizzard making a **** game. If this is what Blizzard can do for one of their best franchises in 10 YEARS! then they have fallen far below their former standards. What happened to allowing users to think for themselves? The stat system makes it    Worth neg score. Only thing good was the story line and the extra content had an anticlimatic ending.

    This is NOT the diablo I loved. This is Blizzard making a **** game. If this is what Blizzard can do for one of their best franchises in 10 YEARS! then they have fallen far below their former standards.

    What happened to allowing users to think for themselves? The stat system makes it so that you only have to care about two stats max and its all dropped for you by the retarded smart drop system. The math on their stats does not even make sense. If something has a higher armor count then it should raise your armor and not drop it. Also, the shops might as well not have existed. Just give us crafting from the start. Heck you don't even really find plans to make new items either.

    Suffice it to say I was highly disappointed in the game inadequately named Diablo. Blizzard could have done much better and taken their story to make a much better game than this.    … Expand
  54. Kirase
    Aug 31, 2014
    6
    The add-on is average and pretends to be more than it actually is.

    Started playing RoS on Release together with my Buddy. We had some fun for some hours and got what we expected to get from the expansion. Graphics, gameplay, mechanics, technical aspects, content, everything can best be described with words like "O.K.", "decent", or "as expected". There was nothing "overwhelming",    The add-on is average and pretends to be more than it actually is.

    Started playing RoS on Release together with my Buddy.
    We had some fun for some hours and got what we expected to get from the expansion.
    Graphics, gameplay, mechanics, technical aspects, content, everything can best be described with words like "O.K.", "decent", or "as expected".

    There was nothing "overwhelming", no "wow", or "mind blown" to be found in this game.

    Once we cleared the fifth act, leaned back and overlooked whats left to do the illusion was falling apart pretty quick and the addon became very negligible. Took us maybe like 10 hours to finish act 5. At this point we kept on farming for some more hours, done some "rift" runs, finished tal rashas set.

    But it became obvious that there are no real new experiences waiting, no interresting experimenting, no interresting challenges. Basic elements of the game, like skill tree or items, are just much too simplistic. Yes basically this addon could have been a huge content patch. It is just big enough to justify taking actual money for it.

    Half the time we spent was maybe 8/10, the actual first playthrough in act 5 for example.
    The runs that followed the first playthrough already been pretty boring and desperate runs trying to farm some legendaries and set items.

    Overall experience: 6/10.
    There are much better games out there.    … Expand
  55. KrOmander
    Jul 29, 2014
    6
    Typical to modern AAA titles, nice shiny gfx and smooth controls. The combat is very fluid and fun which is super important to a hack n slash and they got that about spot on. Great design there. However apart from those aspects the game is very bland, lacking depth, made with what feels like a complete lack of passion on the devs part. Really has that corporate AAA gaming feel to it.Typical to modern AAA titles, nice shiny gfx and smooth controls. The combat is very fluid and fun which is super important to a hack n slash and they got that about spot on. Great design there. However apart from those aspects the game is very bland, lacking depth, made with what feels like a complete lack of passion on the devs part. Really has that corporate AAA gaming feel to it.

    Overall a less interesting play than D3v and painfully mediocre. I think the days of Blizzard coming up with a top notch game like Starcraft or Warcraft 3 are over.    … Expand
  56. utterbutter
    Mar 9, 2015
    6
    RoS is just an artificial prolonging of the game. The dungeons are at least 20% bigger, meaning more time spent scouring them. Levelling up from levels 61 to 70 gives very little meaningful rewards, just a new rune for the new skill each class gets, or a new passive ability each time you level up. There are other arbitrary extensions to the game. For example, crafting materials for itemsRoS is just an artificial prolonging of the game. The dungeons are at least 20% bigger, meaning more time spent scouring them. Levelling up from levels 61 to 70 gives very little meaningful rewards, just a new rune for the new skill each class gets, or a new passive ability each time you level up. There are other arbitrary extensions to the game. For example, crafting materials for items from level 61 to 70 use entirely different crafting materials. Meaning the crafting materials you have saved up become useless once you reach level 61. Again, it's just to artificially lengthen the game. The only thing keeping me stopping entirely is the opportunity to try out adventure mode which only unlocks after you complete act V with one character.… Expand
  57. Gusjon
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    Engine and graphicks is ok. But the content i so crap **** that i have to say that the Diablo 3 is the worst game ever u made Blizzard. Use brain and do from Diablo 3 number one u are Blizzard Team !!!!
  58. Artanisx
    Mar 30, 2014
    10
    Finally, with Reaper of Souls, Diablo III is the game it should've been. My review for the base game was a resounding zero if you think I'm somewhat biased. This time the game is FUN. Loot 2.0 is the right way to handle the loot in a loot based game. I won't waste time explaining what this expansion means, just realize that Reaper of Souls fixes Diablo III. Jay Wilson is, finally, NO MOREFinally, with Reaper of Souls, Diablo III is the game it should've been. My review for the base game was a resounding zero if you think I'm somewhat biased. This time the game is FUN. Loot 2.0 is the right way to handle the loot in a loot based game. I won't waste time explaining what this expansion means, just realize that Reaper of Souls fixes Diablo III. Jay Wilson is, finally, NO MORE (the awful game director that destroyed Diablo III vanilla, if you don't know who this is). As soon as the game went to capable hands (Josh Mosquiera) it started getting better and better. And it will continue like that :)… Expand
  59. Kitsukei
    Mar 29, 2014
    9
    Fixes a lot of the problems that were in the original. It's a huge improvement and keeps me playing. The removal of the auction house provides more or a reason to farm as in the old games. The game is certainly hard if you want it to be, giving you the choice of if you want to breeze through it or actually have a challenge. As opposed to the old difficulty system of completing the game 4Fixes a lot of the problems that were in the original. It's a huge improvement and keeps me playing. The removal of the auction house provides more or a reason to farm as in the old games. The game is certainly hard if you want it to be, giving you the choice of if you want to breeze through it or actually have a challenge. As opposed to the old difficulty system of completing the game 4 times. Adventure mode also proves enjoyable adding a more interesting way to farm (albeit still samey) with the nephalem rifts, a separate area where you kill enemies until a boss appears which provide a good amount of items and a currency to gamble with. Bounties also provide objectives for if you can't think of anything better to do which offer exp, gold and even more blood shards. Act V is also worth it as the maps are huge in every area of it which some good monster design and even better looking tilesets. Act V is by far the biggest act in the game, and can be rushed through at top speed in a bout 2 maybe 3 hours depending on your luck with how fast you can find the objectives.… Expand
  60. burtondman
    Mar 27, 2014
    7
    Does the expansion make D3 better? Absolutely.

    Is it the game D3 should have been in the beginning? Probably not, but it's certainly much closer than it was before. The new expansion for Diabo 3, Reaper of Souls, improves the gameplay of the original game in many ways. Gone are the days of having to suffer through the same Act facing the same baddies; the introduction of Adventure    Does the expansion make D3 better? Absolutely.

    Is it the game D3 should have been in the beginning? Probably not, but it's certainly much closer than it was before.

    The new expansion for Diabo 3, Reaper of Souls, improves the gameplay of the original game in many ways. Gone are the days of having to suffer through the same Act facing the same baddies; the introduction of Adventure Mode adds more replayability to the game by varying the play through bounties. Bounties are specific missions that the game offers to you, and upon completion you are rewarded with rift keys. Find 5 rift keys and you may enter a rift, a fancy way of saying randomized dungeon with enemy combinations not seen in the regular game. A very good enhancement to the game as a whole and does improve the lasting appeal of the game.
    Loot 2.0 is exponentially better than it's predecessor. Blizzard seems to have taken the "less is more" approach to loot, as now enemies drop less loot, but the quality is far better. My level 60 Monk was finding magic and rare items of equal or better value to my Legendaries from the original Diablo 3, and the same can be said for my barbarian character and wizard. Also, utilizing the "smart drop" system they have implemented, Blizzard has ensured that a legendary drop will peak your interest, as the chances of not only one dropping but one dropping that caters towards the character you are playing as has dramatically increased incentive to play. And the new mystic NPC allow for enchanting an item, effectively changing one of it's stats in the hopes of getting a better one; as well as one of my new favorite, yet very simple features, Transmogrification, which is a difficult way of saying "changing how you're stuff looks." Even though it's a simple concept, I love the idea of being able to change the aesthetic of my character.

    The campaign part of the expansion does feel like more of a DLC addition than a true expansion; it's short (about 4-5 hours long depending on the difficulty), but that's not to say it isn't enjoyable. As someone who really likes the lore of the Diablo universe, there is a treasure trove of history and lore here that I truly enjoyed discovering. The art direction is great, dark tones contrast the lighter blue of the allies of death. It is indeed a good looking, polished graphical expansion.

    Even though this review may paint a rosy picture of ROS, the truth is that I don't believe D3 will ever be as good as I feel D2 was. The removal of a point based skill system, and the subsequent implementation of the rune system D3 uses, seems to be nothing more than an illusion to hide the lack of depth in the game. I can oftentimes swap runes on my skills on the fly, with no repercussion or positive differences noticeable on my character. In terms of gaming, there is a very shallow "build" pool for characters, and ROS only seems to alleviate this matter slightly. Now, with the revamped Paragon system, I could see how in the future, after massive amounts of time have been sunk into the game, one could create a truly unique character, but for the majority of players the depth of a true RPG just isn't there. Blizzard took away the consequence/reward of character choices, and in turn took away the complexity and uniqueness of the D3 characters. It is obvious that with ROS they are hoping to reverse the affects of this decision to a certain extent, but for now their changes to the game with ROS are a small fish in a big pond: too small to make a true dent.

    Bottom line: I find myself drawn back to D3 after many, many months of not playing, enjoying the expansion overall. But I can't imagine it holding my attention for more than a month, tops. While it is a vast improvement to D3 pre expansion, it is still nowhere near the echelon of quality we have come to expect from Blizzard. It's fun, but for how long?    … Expand
  61. MrBrioche
    Jul 7, 2014
    0
    So yeah... What is the point of playing a Diablo game if there is no trading? Activision doesn't want you to trade because trading would imply that people could sell item on third party site which make revenue for these site and you know what Activision will never do? Let some one else make revenue, greedy bastard.
    So no trading of any sort any more and guess what... They still holding    So yeah... What is the point of playing a Diablo game if there is no trading? Activision doesn't want you to trade because trading would imply that people could sell item on third party site which make revenue for these site and you know what Activision will never do? Let some one else make revenue, greedy bastard.
    So no trading of any sort any more and guess what... They still holding back the loot!? Wtf is wrong with them?    … Expand
  62. SubSurface
    Jun 23, 2014
    2
    Boring game with bad itemization. Being a massive D2 player, I can honestly say besides some modern graphics D3 ROS has nothing on D2.

    Horrible excuse for an expansion and bad direction for a once great franchise. If you were a big fan of D2, I wouldn't waste your time.
  63. Metrogeek
    Mar 28, 2014
    8
    Loses a point for being bit expensive, and also Act V is too short. Otherwise, this combined with loot 2.0 has revitalized the game. It's what Diablo 3 should have been.

    To NecroMnemic - yes you can change acts in adventure mode on the fly? Just click on the top. Not sure how you can possibly miss this. Also, the Witch Doctor is your summoner class. Though can't summon in the    Loses a point for being bit expensive, and also Act V is too short. Otherwise, this combined with loot 2.0 has revitalized the game. It's what Diablo 3 should have been.

    To NecroMnemic - yes you can change acts in adventure mode on the fly? Just click on the top. Not sure how you can possibly miss this. Also, the Witch Doctor is your summoner class. Though can't summon in the quantities that the Necro did in D2. If you want to play a Necro, play D2.    … Expand
  64. Stardom
    Jun 8, 2014
    0
    Nothing but a sad cash grab. Too high a price, too little content. The original Diablo 3 should've been like this, now it's two years too late. Blizzard was once famous for their ability to deliver high quality games in a consistent manner, but all things come to an end. The quality has been slipping more and more in the past years, and now the company clearly maximizes profit with theNothing but a sad cash grab. Too high a price, too little content. The original Diablo 3 should've been like this, now it's two years too late. Blizzard was once famous for their ability to deliver high quality games in a consistent manner, but all things come to an end. The quality has been slipping more and more in the past years, and now the company clearly maximizes profit with the least amount of effort. Sad but true.… Expand
  65. wkavan02
    Mar 27, 2014
    9
    To all the haters that claim this expansion is a paid bug fix patch, it isn't. You didn't have to buy Reaper of Souls to take advantage of the changes made in Patch 2.0.x, so stop claiming that.

    The additions of Adventure Mode and Nephalem Rifts give Diablo 3 far more end game value than the original release had, thus justifying, in my opinion, the somewhat short Act V storyline. The    To all the haters that claim this expansion is a paid bug fix patch, it isn't. You didn't have to buy Reaper of Souls to take advantage of the changes made in Patch 2.0.x, so stop claiming that.

    The additions of Adventure Mode and Nephalem Rifts give Diablo 3 far more end game value than the original release had, thus justifying, in my opinion, the somewhat short Act V storyline.

    The combination of the Loot 2.0 changes with the Enchanting function of the new artisan, the Mystic, makes finding and then, if necessary, tailoring new gear to enhance your playstyle much easier and not tied to the original release's "Auction House Tycoon sub-game." Critics who say the Loot 2.0 changes were a stopgap and that the loot wall is just pushed back further, I'd like to remind people that not all item affixes are applicable to the calculated metrics of Damage, Toughness, and Healing. There are affixes which affect certain damage types, skills, utility, movement, etc. and cannot be accurately reflected in those three "upgrade/downgrade" metrics, so Blizzard opted to not mislead players by attempting to shoe-horn them into those metrics. These are the affixes which ignorant critics have missed when they claim the loot wall was just moved back a bit, as these affixes are build-enabling effects that invite players to redefine their playstyle in order to achieve greater power over their enemies on the field of battle and the streets of Westmarch. What many people fail to realize is that the changes made with the Loot 2.0 system have effectively removed the one-size-fits-all cookie-cutter mentality which many players were forced to assume in their approach to certain classes. Are there still builds that are widely used? Yes, but the diversity of viable builds for each of the classes has increased dramatically with the advent of these build-shaping legendary affixes.

    The announcement right at the expansion's launch that Seasons, a new game mode akin to Diablo II's ladder system, will be added to Reaper of Souls as part of the next major patch was a big win for players who were leaning on Blizzard hard for the better part of two years to deliver this sought-after feature. It definitely shows that Diablo III's development team is very aware of players' desires and willing to satisfy them where they can.

    The "organizational" features added by RoS, Communities and Clans, have really made the game feel more social, which is something it was lacking in the original release. The announcement that the development team is working on bringing some sort of trading functionality to Clan members makes this social feature more than just a custom chat channel with special username flair.

    Giving extra points for the expansion's smooth launch is justified because, in this day and age, digital downloads and dedicated multiplayer servers have made it incredibly difficult for studios to deliver a stable launch on Day 1, with all of the extra capacity which would normally be required to deal with the incredible traffic but may never be even close to fully utilized again. Building that capacity up can be a massive expense for the company, so you need to accept that either your launch experience could suck or you may be asked to pay more money for the game. Blizzard delivered a launch without either of those downsides, so THAT is worthy of praise.

    All in all, Reaper of Souls is a phenomenal expansion pack which will continue to deliver additional features in the future and sets up a second expansion pack VERY nicely. Bravo to the entire Diablo development team and all of the other Blizzard teams which worked on the game!    … Expand
  66. ZeftheWicked
    Apr 2, 2014
    5
    What i wish to point out in my review is that for someone like myself, who did not purchase original version, RoS means a nearly 80-100$ costing shot at a game that seems to be average/good. Not a very appealing offer.

    There should be some cheaper D3+RoS package for those who have have not played the original game at all, let alone a demo version of expansion to see for myself if all    What i wish to point out in my review is that for someone like myself, who did not purchase original version, RoS means a nearly 80-100$ costing shot at a game that seems to be average/good. Not a very appealing offer.

    There should be some cheaper D3+RoS package for those who have have not played the original game at all, let alone a demo version of expansion to see for myself if all the fuss is worth my time.    … Expand
  67. tkngdwn
    Apr 23, 2014
    2
    Sure there are some good things about this game. But the fact that it's pretty much the same content dressed up and pretending to be something else entirely kind of negates it. Not to mention the fact that they still haven't delivered on things that were advertised on the original D3 box and such. (PVP anyone?) Or the fact that the servers are constantly plagued by lag issues andSure there are some good things about this game. But the fact that it's pretty much the same content dressed up and pretending to be something else entirely kind of negates it. Not to mention the fact that they still haven't delivered on things that were advertised on the original D3 box and such. (PVP anyone?) Or the fact that the servers are constantly plagued by lag issues and completely random and unscheduled outages, patches often break more than they fix, bugs are not fixed in any semblance of a timely manner, undocumented changes to core game mechanics and items, and the complete set of ramifications that come with the fact that it's the same people that botched D3 who are STILL working on this game...

    Good luck trying to get any reasonable support or having an expectation that you should be entitled to play the game you've paid for twice now. Instead of fixing what the entire community has documented very well as being issues with their servers they will literally blame every other ISP on the planet, then completely ignore anything else on the topic.

    Blizzard's customer service is as bad, if not, worse, than EA. And if that doesn't tell you how downright awful and greedy they've become then you deserve the purchase...    … Expand
  68. Greyjaei
    Mar 28, 2014
    5
    Overall. This is a little more disappointing for me than Diablo 3 was... I'm a gamer, through and through. I've played hundreds of different computer games. And will continue to do so. And the Diablo 3 experience, and Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, each brought nothing new to the table. It's highly entertaining. For Sure. But once the honeymoon phase is over, your hang-over passes, you realizeOverall. This is a little more disappointing for me than Diablo 3 was... I'm a gamer, through and through. I've played hundreds of different computer games. And will continue to do so. And the Diablo 3 experience, and Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, each brought nothing new to the table. It's highly entertaining. For Sure. But once the honeymoon phase is over, your hang-over passes, you realize just what an empty experience this has been, because there's nothing new here. Nothing notable.
    For what it accomplishes and is I give it a solid 5. Not too hot, not too cold. Bland but filling!

    Pros:
    -Good Action
    -Good Lewt
    -Mindless entertainment
    -Adventure system breaks up lewt grind

    Cons
    -Boring storyline
    -No challenge
    -Mindless entertainment
    -Why do the angels look like demons?

    I realize I'm not the target demographic for Diablo 3 anymore. Yet - I don't know anyone who has an ounce of excitement for Diablo 3. The thing being, it doesn't breed excitement, does it? This is just a stripped down version of the Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 experience. Neither gritty, edgy, or remarkable. There's no mood here. Lots of action, explosions, and pretty lights, with rewards for good behaviour.    … Expand
  69. TheFlyingDog
    Mar 30, 2014
    9
    This is what Diablo 3 should have been since the start, it's certainly the best ARPG out in the market right now. Some people might complain about the price but it's certainly justified, there's more than enough content to make up for it.
  70. strikinglyfmlr
    Mar 26, 2014
    6
    The 2.0 patch was a great taste of what the expansion had in store for players. However the great launch day and implementation of changes is kinda offset by the lack of genuine content. Act 5 was artistically beautiful, but the story line was very light and easily duct taped the first 4 acts. Crusader adds a very nice niche for what was missing from group game play and some of the moreThe 2.0 patch was a great taste of what the expansion had in store for players. However the great launch day and implementation of changes is kinda offset by the lack of genuine content. Act 5 was artistically beautiful, but the story line was very light and easily duct taped the first 4 acts. Crusader adds a very nice niche for what was missing from group game play and some of the more iconic paladin style moves. The passives for each character add a new layer of something much desired from the next tier of leveled characters. The active skills have been re-tuned for most classes to offer true variety than just cookie cutter builds.

    The reason this expansion gets a 6 is because of outstanding issues unsolved and the new blizzard-activision approach to "content creation". Act 5 is mediocre in length at best and is drawn out by having spawns stop you every 5 feet in unavoidable intersections. 'Adventure mode' is a cop-out for revising old content in what would considered a "WoW-esque" approach to updating old content to be relevant beyond the first play through. There are times the Dev's humor shines but each boss fight seemed modestly opposing.

    While the addition of new legendaries is great, the influx of level scaled legendaries makes it seems like there is very little actual variety. The legendaries that do not have flavour text often seem inferior and the primary stats still do not calculate damage correctly for stats such as "% more poison damage". More often then not everyone I know is utterly disappointed they received the 67-69 or 57-59 version of legendaries because of low stats, baffling itemization, or the fact a yellow in a level will likely replace your current existing weapon. Within a week of play leveling hardcore alts, I had managed to get 8 different versions of crushbane, 4 in one sitting.

    The game is great for playing co-op yet they switched the game from ease of trade focused, to zero online trade policy....which is absolutely ridiculous for a game about grinding and finding loot.
    With the class specific itemization I am sure to get the right loot if i play solo yet not to get any hand me downs as a demon hunter from any class that isn't a monk. Gems are always in ample supply yet you cannot trade them in order to prevent them being given to low level noobs and breaking their difficulty experience. Well then why did they include -18 level modifiers to let people use level 70 rares at 52.

    It is rather all around disappointing once you finish act 5 and start your solo and group-solo trek into Torment 5-6. All you can do now is grind your adventure quests for key fragments and pretend there exists a chance of getting a rare that beats flavour text legendaries.    … Expand
  71. Kamisado
    Mar 28, 2014
    9
    This is the exactly what I wanted from Diablo the first time around. The loot has been re-balanced and feels more like it was made for humans with limited time to play. The new class, Crusader, is also a blast. In fact the only negative thing I have to say about it is that I don't feel any reason to play more of the other classes because the Crusader is literally everything I want in aThis is the exactly what I wanted from Diablo the first time around. The loot has been re-balanced and feels more like it was made for humans with limited time to play. The new class, Crusader, is also a blast. In fact the only negative thing I have to say about it is that I don't feel any reason to play more of the other classes because the Crusader is literally everything I want in a character. Cool to boot too.… Expand
  72. Soren5556
    Mar 27, 2014
    9
    After sinking 30 hours or so since RoS launched I think I can safely say Reaper of Souls was a huge step in the right direction for Diablo 3. At first glance one act, 10 more levels, 1 new skill per class(excluding runes) and 1 new class, along with a new game mode and some more items may not seem like its worth the 40$ but if you're thinking that I don't think you've played diablo enough.After sinking 30 hours or so since RoS launched I think I can safely say Reaper of Souls was a huge step in the right direction for Diablo 3. At first glance one act, 10 more levels, 1 new skill per class(excluding runes) and 1 new class, along with a new game mode and some more items may not seem like its worth the 40$ but if you're thinking that I don't think you've played diablo enough. This game has never been about getting through the final act on normal mode then thinking you've done enough. Nothing happens until you hit level 70 which isn't a tall task in itself taking probably only 10 hours maximum.

    Diablo has ALWAYS been about gear hunting; finding better gear and then finding even more gear to make your clear times/boss killings faster allowing you to try a higher difficulty. Before Reaper of Souls the best way to efficiently farm for gear was to reset your storyline quests and play through the entire thing all over again for the 100% chance of a legendary equip at the very end. Reaper of Souls introduces a new game mode; Adventure mode.

    Adventure mode takes away the running through each act at the games pace and allows you to go wherever you want and take on bounties for exp/gold/nephalem shards and blood shards. Blood shards can be used to purchase unidentified items that have a chance to be legendary, nephalem shards, once enough of them are collected allow you to enter a map filled with higher tier mobs which themselves have a higher than normal chance of legendaries. You also get horadric caches for finishing a set of bounties in an Act which itself has a chance to give legendary gear. All of these plus the previous resetting quests method still available is a large improvement on the previous method.

    The crusader class is a tank but to be honest like anything in Diablo you can really play it however you want, though playing it against the typical build type makes things more challenging (my crusader is pure crit chance/dmg screw tanking!) it's always doable. Along with crusader new skills were introduced to each other job which all have their uses.

    The 10 level increase at first glance also doesn't seem like a whole lot but if you dive deeper into what 10 levels really means to Diablo you'll find out there's a lot more behind it.

    The 10 levels gives access to a whole trove of new armor/weapon types and skins as well as legendary gear. The access to more gear means higher item levels which makes your character much stronger and able to access higher levels of difficulty. The difficulty options have been changed to accommodate the much higher damage on characters in their mid 60s to 70s so it won't be like you just hit 70 and are able to tackle Torment 6 (which is Diablos highest difficulty). It gives players who hit 60 and farmed gear to be able to access high levels of Torment difficulty a renewed reason to play the game because they have an advantage but not enough to allow them to stomp through the game.

    A new artisan (the mystic) was added too that allows people to transmogrify gear which allows them to make their gear look how they want and you can access more skins by finding legendary items. The mystic also has the ability to enchant gear which allows you to replace one property of gear which can turn a mediocre piece of gear into a fairly decent one (if you have the right materials to do it of course).

    Though the game does have some minor issues such as the difficulty scaling in the 60s takes a high spike around 63-64ish that most people are unaware of which can lead to a lot of unexpected deaths and frustration. The crusader class also is a jack of all trades but a master of none and could use some tweaking to make it a little better. The price tag is a little steep for some of the more causal players of Diablo but otherwise I think it's well worth it.

    Reaper of Souls is a huge improvement on Diablo 3 and since the games launch the dev team has really tried to make the game better and better and hopefully they continue to do so.    … Expand
  73. SadtimestobeaLS
    Apr 4, 2014
    10
    Brilliant what Blizzard continues to do, EA would have pulled the middle finger long ago, the circle jerk hate that these "fans" continue to spout is unwarranted and frankly quite sad.....I played Diablo 2, I liked Diablo 2 but its time to move on, as that game is 14 years old, MOVE ON!

    Diablo 3 WAS good , after the latest patch and ACT V is is close to great, I am very confident that    Brilliant what Blizzard continues to do, EA would have pulled the middle finger long ago, the circle jerk hate that these "fans" continue to spout is unwarranted and frankly quite sad.....I played Diablo 2, I liked Diablo 2 but its time to move on, as that game is 14 years old, MOVE ON!

    Diablo 3 WAS good , after the latest patch and ACT V is is close to great, I am very confident that these "fans" of Diablo 2 giving these low reviews have never played Diablo 3 or they have put in 100 hrs - 500 hrs into a game they "hate".

    Now the expansion, Crusader class awesome, story awesome, locations awesome and adventure mode is a wonderful thing to do after completing the ACT, for anyone else out there, buy the expansion or the base game if you have yet to play Diablo 3 and are eager to try it out, the latest patch has fixed all your worries, just to try it out, you will not be disappointed........well unless you want the game to be Diablo 2, then I am afraid you will be in tears and 14 years younger.

    PS - My honest score is 8.5, scoring 10 because how the hell can you give a AAA game of this quality 0 - 6, when it is not broken(well if your one of those "fans" I can see why) and provides 100 hrs of playing time is beyond me.    … Expand
  74. sjgdnsgdl
    Mar 30, 2014
    5
    Reaper of Souls has

    no socket quest no imbue quest no personalize item quest no good shopped items no skill points no assignable stat points no skulls, saphires and only 5 gem types in total no charms no jewels no more cain no hostile system; no pk system -- carebear PvP since 1.0.7 no eight player mp games no hellforge no runes no runewords no ethereal items no hit    Reaper of Souls has

    no socket quest
    no imbue quest
    no personalize item quest
    no good shopped items
    no skill points
    no assignable stat points
    no skulls, saphires and only 5 gem types in total
    no charms
    no jewels
    no more cain
    no hostile system; no pk system -- carebear PvP since 1.0.7
    no eight player mp games
    no hellforge
    no runes
    no runewords
    no ethereal items
    no hit recovery, block rate, cast rate, attack rating
    no ladder system -- to be patched in first content patch
    no hardcore pvp
    no enemy immune/resistance system
    no mercs in public games
    no reason to play public games at all
    no torches, hellfire rings are completely optional and not even valuable
    no useful crafting system
    no offline single player
    no more than 3 sockets max (chests)
    no horadric cube    … Expand
  75. larse
    Mar 29, 2014
    9
    Here is why most of the negative reviews are just trolls:

    1 "It's the size of a DLC." No. If you just play the campaign ACT V, then you don't even touch on the core gameplay yet. The game now has a good replay-ability and multiple goals to aim for in the late-game including paragon points, bounties, rifts, horadrim cache, gambling, much-better-crafting, enchanting, and the new    Here is why most of the negative reviews are just trolls:

    1 "It's the size of a DLC."

    No. If you just play the campaign ACT V, then you don't even touch on the core gameplay yet. The game now has a good replay-ability and multiple goals to aim for in the late-game including paragon points, bounties, rifts, horadrim cache, gambling, much-better-crafting, enchanting, and the new legendary and set items. And the variations inside each of these are huge. If you call this amount of new content DLC, then you probably haven't played a lot of DLCs from the other companies.

    2 "The loot is still crap."

    No. The loot system is now rewarding and has a nice progression curve all the way from level 1 to 70 and to high paragon levels. If you play, you are very likely to progress your characters in a meaningful and rewarding way.

    3 "The loot affix is still boring."

    No. I know there is a highly-rated thread on BN calling that the loot affix is failed again. But that's not true. The new loot affixes give a huge amount of variations to choose from for your characters. The amount of combinations are in fact very diverse. It's totally not one-dimensional and it doesn't have this "optimal build" anymore that limits the diversity. If you feel this one-dimensional then you are probably really bad at coming up with builds and how they interact with the skills that you don't use. Then you should probably go work on your intelligence.

    The game is not perfect but it doesn't deserve a 0 or 2 score. It's a great game with great late-game, replay-ability, and variations now, not to mention the always great visual, sound, and combat.    … Expand
  76. Boxtears
    Mar 29, 2014
    10
    As someone who was ultimately disappointed with how the original D3 turned out, I'm actually enjoying RoS a lot more, especially with the new Crusader class. That said, I know a lot of people won't. They're the ones that feel so burned by the original that no improvements will ever be enough to fix it for them.

    They hate Blizzard with a passion now for what it did with the RMAH and    As someone who was ultimately disappointed with how the original D3 turned out, I'm actually enjoying RoS a lot more, especially with the new Crusader class. That said, I know a lot of people won't. They're the ones that feel so burned by the original that no improvements will ever be enough to fix it for them.

    They hate Blizzard with a passion now for what it did with the RMAH and the requirement of always being online. And they see any changes as too little, too late. I wouldn't try to convince those people because frankly I understand why they're upset and the expansion isn't really for them anyway.

    It's more for people like me who would still go back if they had a good enough reason, which this expansion provides in spades. And that's just fine.    … Expand
  77. Gamed2long
    Apr 7, 2014
    6
    It was with extreme reluctance I came back to the Diablo 3 game. I was an epic fan of Diablo 2. And I overplayed Diablo 3 when it first came out. I stuck with it as things changed and improved with patches. I played through one of every character to 60 and wasted a fair amount of time on the Hellfire rings (perhaps I'd be less bitter if I had been able to make one. The Siegebreaker/KulleIt was with extreme reluctance I came back to the Diablo 3 game. I was an epic fan of Diablo 2. And I overplayed Diablo 3 when it first came out. I stuck with it as things changed and improved with patches. I played through one of every character to 60 and wasted a fair amount of time on the Hellfire rings (perhaps I'd be less bitter if I had been able to make one. The Siegebreaker/Kulle fight was the hardest for me solo and just never paid out) . So after a week of struggling with it and seeing generally positive reviews, I decided to go for it any buy the expansion.
    The game has changed. So called Vanilla D3 is dead, gone, and never coming back. Every character has been changed and had their skills re-balanced. This is trying to break up the "builds" everyone required to beat the original game at higher difficulties. It mostly works, although I found my Witchdoctor still stuck to the base build pretty closely.
    And the auction house, which short circuited the reward system that made D2 so popular is gone. There is less loot, but it is more meaningful and better quality overall.
    They changed the difficulty system and I like the new system better. I decided to play act 4 before trying out the new character. But when I get around to it I'm glad I will not be forced to do the 3X repeat of the base game with the new character. I don't have the patience to do that again. New character or no. I can jack the hardness from the start, and only play through the base game once and I like that.
    Concerning the new act. I heard a lot of reviewers say it is bigger than the other acts. Its not really. Its more varied. It looks better. Much much better level design. But mostly its not familiar yet, so it seems bigger. There are however a lot more mini quests going on that you stumble across going through it. And thats a good thing.
    The boss fights in the new act are more challenging but also more fun. There is a decent mashup of new bad guys to slaughter. Nothing mind blowing there, but not disappointing either. The "plot' of the new act is about as dumb as the base plot for D3. Loaded with cheese. I had high hopes for the companion quests. Those were a bit of a letdown. They were a lot smaller and shorter then expected. I also was expecting some kind of unique reward at the end of one or all three but no.
    And then I beat the final boss. Good boss fight overall. Like the diablo fight but slightly improved and different.
    And then it was time to explore the new endgame content solution. The Rifts. I've rifted once and I wasn't impressed. I see a system here for item farming to jack the difficulty and repeat. It beats re-playing the base game over and over, but not by much. I'll certainly exploit it long enough to earn the new hellfire ring. But thats it.
    This expansion has something the base game never did. A sense of finality at the end. I'm still going to explore every bit of new content in the expansion. But when its done its done.
    I also found that loot 2.0 left me in kind of a bind at times. I have swapped out most of my gear on the push to 70 but certain items because of the option changes never really improved over legacy gear. For instance I think all my characters have a witching hour belt. You can't get those stats on a belt anymore. So when I got a set belt at level 70 it improves my healing a little, my toughness a lot, and my damage goes way down. Do I swap it for the legacy witching hour? No reason to yet.
    I also had high hopes for the Mystic. So far she has proven somewhat helpful but also underwhelming. She can make good gear into great gear sometimes. Often I found the gear that was an improvement she couldn't make better in any meaningful way. And she can't touch or improve legacy anything.

    Oh yeah. Almost everything from pre-reaper of souls D3 is worthless. There are a few legacy items like the witching hour that are still helpful, everything else is not even valuable as scrap. Should have sold it before the auction house went down. It would be nice if they allowed us to sell the items at AH prices to merchants in town. Or maybe if there was a quest to upgrade the legacy items to level 70 versions it would help. That would take some of the sting of the hard earned 20M Manajumas carving knife being obsoleted by a spear at level 61. (Thats just my example).
    All and all this is more than just DLC. It is an expansion in the traditional way but comparing it to Lord of Destruction it is a bit light. A lot of gamers feel owed about half what came out in this expansion. Which is why I think they call it overpriced. And I do think it is overpriced, but not by much.
    If the base game had all the content of this expansion in it from the start I'd have sunk 200+ hrs into it, and stopped playing feeling satisfied.
    As is this expansion is as close to redeeming D3 as Blizzard is going to get. Its almost enough, but it came very very late. Here's hoping their next game is better. But I won't be playing it    … Expand
  78. iamgroot
    Jul 22, 2014
    0
    Was really hoping they would have listened more to the requests from the community. Don't see the content was looking for. Game too laggy when setting to reasonable graphics settings.
  79. gedrevn
    May 2, 2014
    4
    Reaper of Souls is ages ahead of the disaster that was the original Diablo III launch. It suffers from few of the accessibility issues, increases the diversity of the world and does a reasonable job improving the atrocious loot and itemization system.

    That said, it's an average game that still falls far short of the historical preeminence of it's predecessors. With Reaper of Souls,    Reaper of Souls is ages ahead of the disaster that was the original Diablo III launch. It suffers from few of the accessibility issues, increases the diversity of the world and does a reasonable job improving the atrocious loot and itemization system.

    That said, it's an average game that still falls far short of the historical preeminence of it's predecessors. With Reaper of Souls, Blizzard was able to ostensibly restore the core of the game, while at the same time somehow managing to leave out the soul.

    The new rifts are interesting, but the way the loot system has been overhauled kind of turns it into a solo grind while everyone waits around for a legendary or set item to drop...which they do with a nearly timed consistency. This unfortunately means, if you get a bad drop, you basically play for no reason just to burn time until your next opportunity.

    While the removal of the Auction House is a positive in terms of the way it was originally designed, Blizzard seems to have forgotten that the point of multiplayer games is to interact with other players. Loot is almost exclusively tuned to your current character and trading all but the most generic items is almost completely removed.

    In the end, while it is still a better offering, it's not enough to push the game even near the top of the ARPG pack.    … Expand
  80. iceman994
    Dec 11, 2015
    10
    I love how they fixed a lot of things from Diablo 3 and always we get new contents every quater. I love this game if love farming u will have to buy this game price is only 20 € :)
  81. PlasmaChroma
    Mar 27, 2014
    9
    For the most part, Blizzard has finally delivered on the Diablo 3 game that much of the community has long desired to play. Many mistakes have been corrected in this new iteration of Diablo. Of particular note is the greatly enhanced 2.0 loot system and the removal of the auction house. After all this time, it's back to the Diablo roots of actually being able to kill for your ownFor the most part, Blizzard has finally delivered on the Diablo 3 game that much of the community has long desired to play. Many mistakes have been corrected in this new iteration of Diablo. Of particular note is the greatly enhanced 2.0 loot system and the removal of the auction house. After all this time, it's back to the Diablo roots of actually being able to kill for your own equipment.

    The new Act is atmospherically back to the doom and gloom we started this series with, which has been greatly appreciated by long term fans of the series. This is the dark Diablo we grew up with, where evil is actually evil and not some insanely stupid butterfly with magic powers.

    The crowning jewel on the entire expansion would have to be adventure mode. This expansion absolutely redeems Diablo back into the world of proper rogue-like games, with a completely randomized set of levels in the nephalem rifts. This change more than anything else has brought me back to the game with ravenous hunger for loots.

    Some of the changes are a little unwelcome, as trade has been significantly stifled entirely in this iteration, but when playing with friends it's still possible to swap legendary items within the same game, for a time anyway.

    Overall, this is much much closer to the Diablo 3 game I have wanted ever since the D3V launch.    … Expand
  82. araut
    Mar 26, 2014
    9
    Already played the Crusader until early level 20's, and i must said this is a much better game now. Auction House was a disastrous idea. Diablo was always about tough fights, nice music, great atmosphere, intelligent dialogue, and by all means, loot. Loot 2.0 has given back to Diablo its known reward mechanic, tho i must say the game still drops legendary in a fashion more often then itAlready played the Crusader until early level 20's, and i must said this is a much better game now. Auction House was a disastrous idea. Diablo was always about tough fights, nice music, great atmosphere, intelligent dialogue, and by all means, loot. Loot 2.0 has given back to Diablo its known reward mechanic, tho i must say the game still drops legendary in a fashion more often then it should, but no damage here...your yellow items will top that legendary after some levels. Set items are hard to find. Very hard (to me, at least). Didn't play the Act V, but from what i've heard, it's the best so far. The way the crusader fights, his dialogues, even the way he looks, remind me very much from D2 paladins. There is some room for improvement, as always, but the game now is fun and you easily get addicted to it. Sure, they could made more side quests for the first 4 Acts, but as it is, you'll have some fun with the crusader. The maps still are a bit confusing, specially if you expect something as linear as D2 maps, but they do the job. Too bad Blizzard lost opportunity to add more content in old places. Would be nice to get off the sewers in Caldeum and make some quest at ground level, inside the city, for a change. And the items could have more....personality, as they had in D2. Sometimes, a 4 gem socketed normal flail was much better than any rare or magical weapon at that level. The font they use to describe the items on floor is too small, comparing to D2. That font gave much more visibilty to your loot, since its size and rectangular background helped in terms of visualization. The way it is now, sometimes you pick items and don't even now what you got or even if you got until you open your inventory. I hope they fix this on the next patch/expansion. Nonetheless, the game is back on its track. Give it a shot, if you are D2 fan. You'll enjoy it.… Expand
  83. Drake35
    Mar 27, 2014
    9
    Good and great over dlc I loved the sound gets like 8.3 story is like 8.0 cant be longest one the over gameplay is 9.1 loot 2.0 makes up for everything that im looking for.

    camera 8.9 camera moving around works out very well for this game other points of the game. Overall for me reaper of souls I give 8.9 now there people get even haters reviewers, that what you do you suck mom    Good and great over dlc I loved the sound gets like 8.3 story is like 8.0 cant be longest one the over gameplay is 9.1 loot 2.0 makes up for everything that im looking for.

    camera 8.9 camera moving around works out very well for this game other points of the game.

    Overall for me reaper of souls I give 8.9

    now there people get even haters reviewers, that what you do you suck mom nipples since your act like babies I don't care what you think I like the game what it is.

    GO play your short path of exile who freaking cares no cares play your games I will play mine.

    next your compare what you wear people get a life not hard to do.    … Expand
  84. PointBreakCali
    Mar 26, 2014
    7
    The expansion itself has no glaring holes in that it adds new content and doesn't break existing content. I don't quite agree with the 10 or the 2's ratings for the reasons below.

    Pros: The New Act is very large and could be considered the size of possibly Act 1 and Act 2 combined. New class is fun and well thought out Cons: $40 for an expansion that has only one new class and act    The expansion itself has no glaring holes in that it adds new content and doesn't break existing content. I don't quite agree with the 10 or the 2's ratings for the reasons below.

    Pros:
    The New Act is very large and could be considered the size of possibly Act 1 and Act 2 combined.
    New class is fun and well thought out

    Cons:
    $40 for an expansion that has only one new class and act (especially since Blizzard has set the norm of 2 classes in the past games) is pretty greedy and ridiculous, I bet they had 2 classes ready but will get 80 bucks out of the players for the minor bump in content)

    Loot 2.0 and Adventure Mode are not part of the expansion...Every player that owns the base game get those upgrades so your 40 bucks does not go to that.    … Expand
  85. Andromidius
    Mar 30, 2014
    9
    Ignore the haters, this is a good expansion. Maybe a little pricy, but still worth it if you're serious about playing. Act V is meaty and reasonably long, with lots to explore and experience. The main villian is more interesting then Diablo ever was, has seemingly sound motives but zero empathy. The new class, the Crusader, is a little overpowered currently but feels fun to play.Ignore the haters, this is a good expansion. Maybe a little pricy, but still worth it if you're serious about playing. Act V is meaty and reasonably long, with lots to explore and experience. The main villian is more interesting then Diablo ever was, has seemingly sound motives but zero empathy. The new class, the Crusader, is a little overpowered currently but feels fun to play. Adventure mode is excellent, lots of pick up and play fun to be had, especially with friends. Improved gear drops and crafting is just brilliant, as is the new Enchanting system that lets you reroll stats on gear.

    Only downsides? Lack of 6-8 player mode, lack of proper PvP, and some random Elites are far more difficult then any of the Bosses (though not to the extremes of early D3 where some were literally unkillable).

    Oh and removing the Auction House, while not an expansion feature par say, was the best thing ever done. It makes finding loot fun again!    … Expand
  86. isg1983
    Mar 27, 2014
    7
    My score is 7 because Diablo is set on the right track. Better late than never. Yet there is not enough material to say that this is a decent expansion, they should've better called it a dlc pack.
  87. egoszmotyike
    Mar 26, 2014
    8
    After finishing Act V and played a bit with advanture mode and with Crusader I think it's a good game. Good one but a bit too expensive, but hey its blizzard and everybody knows that blizzardis the biggest money suker in the world. I like the new drop system and the new difficulty system too, and act v is much more darker then the others i like it too. It's not superb it's just good, nice game.
  88. CaptainSarcazmo
    Mar 30, 2014
    8
    I think, as an addon, Reaper of Souls is pretty good, but the actual game is bad enough to negate its effect.

    I mean, seriously, look at all the things changed - new character, new epic act, new endgame features, new crafting, level cap, new active ability and three passives per each "old" hero. It's actually a lot of stuff. You cant argue with that. But, as I said, the actual game    I think, as an addon, Reaper of Souls is pretty good, but the actual game is bad enough to negate its effect.

    I mean, seriously, look at all the things changed - new character, new epic act, new endgame features, new crafting, level cap, new active ability and three passives per each "old" hero. It's actually a lot of stuff. You cant argue with that.

    But, as I said, the actual game was bad. And resulting score for Diablo III + Reaper of Souls should be something like 6 of 10.    … Expand
  89. Davyjonesx
    Mar 30, 2014
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All that I wanted to has appeared in this expansion! I hope this year will add a lot of things change and so people do not get bored for. In general, very adequate addon turned thanks Blizzard.… Expand
  90. 00Liteyear
    Mar 31, 2014
    10
    There is only two ways to obtain powerful weapons and loot: Find it yourself or have it given to you by a co-op player. I can't stress how refreshing it feels to show off your exclusive gear. It delivers a personal customization that adapts with your own style of play. In addition to customization, you may now change how your character looks, transmogrifying normal equipment to visuallyThere is only two ways to obtain powerful weapons and loot: Find it yourself or have it given to you by a co-op player. I can't stress how refreshing it feels to show off your exclusive gear. It delivers a personal customization that adapts with your own style of play. In addition to customization, you may now change how your character looks, transmogrifying normal equipment to visually look like legendaries.

    The crusader is a unique addition to the Diablo roster. The crusader has more or less the same abilities as D2's Paladin, such as Blessed Hammer, Charge, Vigor, etc. The class uses a class-specific mace and a large crusader shield, but what really separates this class from the rest is the ability to wield 2H weapons and shields simultaneously, allowing the best combination of Offense and Defense.

    Chapter 5 offers a new villain, of course. I'd rather not spoil it, but the end ties the story up and offers more backstory to the class characters, followers, and supporting cast.

    The level raise to 70 has it's advantages. Previous classes each get 1 new powerful skill (Pirahnas), 1 additional passive slot, and 3 passive skills. The 1 additional passive slot itself gives even more build customization and certainly makes your character stronger or tougher.

    The new style of play is called Adventure Mode. There are no cutscenes, dialogue, and allows jumping to any waypoint of any chapter in no specific order. Bonus awards are given for completing random quests (called bounties) like slay this monster or boss or cleanse this treasure chest of evil. After gaining rift stones from bounties, you can access the rift door, which is filled with hordes of monsters, elites, and champions and one random boss. This mode is great for anyone wanting never ending destruction.

    I've only talked about the new big stuff this expansion is offering. The storyline of acts 1-4 didn't change, so I don't recommend expecting anything you haven't seen before from those acts, despite the subtle change like Diablo now 100% dropping a legendary every time the game is completed.

    And I can't determine how long I can play Diablo 3 since I'm devoting time to Dark Souls II and life, but I'm enjoying my sessions with Reaper of Souls.    … Expand
  91. Peter_Bollwerk
    Mar 26, 2014
    8
    This is both a review of the expansion and the current state of the game.
    I must commend Blizzard on working hard to address most of the concerns that players had with the original launch of D3. In it's current state, the game has come a long way. It may never reach the level of D2, but it's far better than when it first launched. While a small part of me misses the AH, it is ultimately a    This is both a review of the expansion and the current state of the game.
    I must commend Blizzard on working hard to address most of the concerns that players had with the original launch of D3. In it's current state, the game has come a long way. It may never reach the level of D2, but it's far better than when it first launched. While a small part of me misses the AH, it is ultimately a good thing to have removed it. I never wanted to grind for gold to buy items I needed to progress. The Loot 2.0 system is light years better than loot drops were at launch.
    I haven't yet finished the expansion, but it has quite a fun feel to it, with many more side diversions than the original. The story line isn't anything groundbreaking, but the art, animation and voice acting are all top notch, as we've come to expect.
    All in all, if you hated the original D3, this may not change your mind, but I suggest at least logging in to check out how much things have changed. You might be surprised how much better it is.    … Expand
  92. David12454
    Mar 26, 2014
    10
    Loving it been playing 20+ hours of this and I haven't even felt the slightest boredom. Now that everything been fixed and a new mode and playable race has been added d3 actually is fun again. (well fun for once)
  93. cutt
    Mar 27, 2014
    10
    It's hilarious that most negative so-called reviews do not tell you what is wrong with the game, exactly. It is obvious most people who gave the game "0-4" have absolutely no idea about the concept of a Diablo game, nor that Blizzard basically made a completely new and enjoyable game with this expansion.

    They whine about the prize tag but forget that LOD, the Diablo 2 expansion offered    It's hilarious that most negative so-called reviews do not tell you what is wrong with the game, exactly. It is obvious most people who gave the game "0-4" have absolutely no idea about the concept of a Diablo game, nor that Blizzard basically made a completely new and enjoyable game with this expansion.

    They whine about the prize tag but forget that LOD, the Diablo 2 expansion offered less and didn't change the game like this expansion changes D3.

    They overhauled Loot. They overhauled the difficulty system. They revamped crafting and made it enjoyable. They completely remade almost every skill and rune. They added elemental damage to runes. They added new mechanics such as pools of reflection and nephalem glory globe system. In the pre patch alone. And no, you can't look at the pre patch and the expansion separately, since the pre patch is a platform for the expansion.

    With the expansion you get:
    One huge and amazing act with its quests, music, everything.
    New awesome class with completely new skills and rune sets.
    New artisan - the Mystic, which is huge.
    Adventure mode - which is basically a whole new game that takes advantage of whole content of the game. The replayability with this mode is infinite.
    Whole bunch of awesome new legendaries and sets which will enable different build possibilities.

    Now compare what I wrote with the "0" reviews and their absence of arguments and points.    … Expand
  94. Runeforged
    Mar 28, 2014
    9
    When Diablo 3 first came out it was an unfinshed, unbalanced and broken game. I gave it a 5/10 because the very core of the experience (kill monsters, grab loot) was undermined by a terrible item system and poorly implemented auction houses. Jay Wilson had no idea what he was doing, that was evident in his interviews for the game. So I dropped the game after losing my patience waiting forWhen Diablo 3 first came out it was an unfinshed, unbalanced and broken game. I gave it a 5/10 because the very core of the experience (kill monsters, grab loot) was undermined by a terrible item system and poorly implemented auction houses. Jay Wilson had no idea what he was doing, that was evident in his interviews for the game. So I dropped the game after losing my patience waiting for them to fix it and did not touch it for a year.

    Fast forward, I logged in 2 weeks ago to find a different game. nearly 80% of every classes abilities had been changed/nerfed and I found myself appreciating the more balanced approach to the classes (remember the Whirlwind Barb's? Ridiculously overpowered no more) and the effects it has on team gameplay. I also quickly noticed new and improved animations/spell effects for every class but I especially noticed how the Monk class has weapon animations that coincide with it's abilities. Took long enough lol.

    Reaper of Soul's:

    So, with Diablo 3 finally fixed, the auction houses removed and Loot 2.0 ensuring a rewarding experience I decided to pre-order RoS and am very happy I did. Here's some things I really enjoy about the expansion:

    - Crusader

    The Crusader isn't just a Pally as I originally worried it would be. The emphasis on holy magic extends to ranged combat and powerfully augmented defensive combat. It's a class effective at a variety of situations but a master of none so it's not overpowered. Many abilities require a shield to be equipped giving you many things to consider when trying out a new build. The Crusader will likely end up as my favorite class and I enjoy playing it very much.

    - Dark

    Wow they are not kidding when they said Act 5 would be darker than all 4 of the other acts. Act 5 actually makes me uncomfortable at times while I am playing it. The acts committed by the Angels are horrific in scale and execution. I won't say anymore because I don't want to spoil it for you guys but it's definitely a step up on the creepy and "oh sh*t' scale.

    - Design, Art and the rest:

    So with Diablo 3 finally becoming a complete game as of the newest patch, time was ripe for an expansion. RoS successfully add's to D3 in meaningful ways. It gives us a great new act to explore full of very artistic and creative monsters, locations and a much more interesting story than the original D3 had. New abilities, gear and a variety of other additions round out the package making D3 FINALLY the great game we have wanted since Beta. If you didn't like the original D3 and quickly gave up on it I urge you to check out the new patch and give it a try. Should you find yourself liking the game buying RoS is a no brainer. Thanks for reading!    … Expand
  95. edwadokun
    Apr 7, 2014
    7
    A vast improvement from the first iteration of Diablo 3. However, when compared to Diablo 2's expansion, Lord of Destruction, this is nothing more than a glorified DLC. LoD contained TWO new classes to play along with the new act, more levels, and more items to tinker with. However RoS doesn't offer as much.

    The Good: -No more AH -Better Drops -Nephalem Rift Runs -Adventure Mode    A vast improvement from the first iteration of Diablo 3. However, when compared to Diablo 2's expansion, Lord of Destruction, this is nothing more than a glorified DLC. LoD contained TWO new classes to play along with the new act, more levels, and more items to tinker with. However RoS doesn't offer as much.

    The Good:
    -No more AH
    -Better Drops
    -Nephalem Rift Runs
    -Adventure Mode
    -Enhancing Items
    -New Skills w/ new runes
    -Torment Levels
    -Shared Paragon levels

    The Bad:
    -One new class
    -Act V is short
    -Old gear is useless
    -DPS calculation still rudimentary
    -DPS heavily relies on critical chance and critical multiplier.

    All in all, the game is still addicting but when a'' you're gunning for are crit items and perhaps using one main element, the game doesn't vary much after that. If you want to level faster and find stuff faster, then join all public games or play with friends. You'll blow through levels and runs so much quicker.    … Expand
  96. basilion
    Mar 27, 2014
    9
    Blizzard said they will fix diablo and they did it.
    Act 5 is a big jump in quallity.
    Just the patch fixed everything wrong from vanila diablo 3 except stupid story.
  97. DreadLordAvatar
    Mar 29, 2014
    10
    ACT 5 is an awesome improvement over the original acts. Side quests are a blast, graphics look better, monster density is good, but not as awesome as patch 1.08. Music is vastly improved and very nice, although not quite as impressive as Uelmen's Diablo 1/2/LOD scores. Feels like a Diablo game now. Great effort by Blizzard, they turned the original turd into an impressive game. StillACT 5 is an awesome improvement over the original acts. Side quests are a blast, graphics look better, monster density is good, but not as awesome as patch 1.08. Music is vastly improved and very nice, although not quite as impressive as Uelmen's Diablo 1/2/LOD scores. Feels like a Diablo game now. Great effort by Blizzard, they turned the original turd into an impressive game. Still missing PvP and a real community which makes this game a fantastic singleplayer online game. Still wish Blizz had kept the D3 vanilla server still active so players can chose to play which type of game. Otherwise, I'd rate RoS a solid 8.5 / 10, but need to give it a 10 to balance the morons who gave it a 0. Thanks… Expand
  98. Tridus
    Mar 28, 2014
    8
    Between this and the 2.0 patch, we've now got most of what Diablo 3 should have been (online only is still a bummer). The game is way more fun to play than before, the AH distraction is gone, drops aren't 99% worthless, crafting actually creates useful stuff, adventure mode lets you go kill things without repeating the story, and paragon levels give you some kind of character progression.Between this and the 2.0 patch, we've now got most of what Diablo 3 should have been (online only is still a bummer). The game is way more fun to play than before, the AH distraction is gone, drops aren't 99% worthless, crafting actually creates useful stuff, adventure mode lets you go kill things without repeating the story, and paragon levels give you some kind of character progression. All in all, much better than the original release.… Expand
  99. cicloon
    Mar 26, 2014
    10
    This is the game D3 should have been from the beginning, removing the RMAH and loot 2.0 makes this game closer to D2 which is what every fan want. I completely recommend it.
  100. Rsharp254
    Mar 31, 2014
    9
    Great expansion to a somewhat disappointing game. The new content basically turns everything you thought you knew from when the game originally release and gives it a shot of OMFG in the arm. Overall you'll get about 20+hrs of new content in a new act along with TONS of new content and Loot in it's new play mode that is offered after completing the new act. Great job Blizzard of doing aGreat expansion to a somewhat disappointing game. The new content basically turns everything you thought you knew from when the game originally release and gives it a shot of OMFG in the arm. Overall you'll get about 20+hrs of new content in a new act along with TONS of new content and Loot in it's new play mode that is offered after completing the new act. Great job Blizzard of doing a complete 180 on this game.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 75
  3. Negative: 0 out of 75
  1. CD-Action
    Jun 28, 2014
    90
    At last! Diablo III became the game I was looking forward to. Reaper of Souls does more than just improve the original – it reinvents it and helps it reclaim the hack’n’slash throne. [05/2014, p.50]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 16, 2014
    100
    Heaps of new content provides hours of fun, even though the campaign could use a little extension. But if you’re a fan, this is a must. [Issue#241]
  3. Ragequit.gr
    May 14, 2014
    90
    Blizzard did the obvious: literally transformed Diablo 3 to what it should have been from the start. It took them some time, but finally Blizzard got the message and moved finally to the right direction. While we expect the next expansion, fans of action / rpg can now sleep peacefully ... the king is here!
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