Diablo IV has a great story, but its obsession with being unambiguously bleak holds it back. The tragedy would hit harder with a few ups with its downs.
Jason Toro
Jason Toro
Jason graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in English and Game Design. For him, video games are not just an art form, but one of the greatest mediums to tell a story.
When not perpetuating the game journalist stereotype of being awful at a game and blaming the game for it, Jason likes writing short fiction novels that never get past chapter two, and playing Dungeons & Dragons.
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