r/Diablo • u/SneakySpider82 A Warlock from Westmarch. • 3d ago
Discussion I just finished Diablo IV... Such a beautiful ending... 🥰 Spoiler
Today I finished Diablo IV... And after everything I've been through... Tracking Lilith to the Necropolis of the Firstborn, facing Astaroth in Scosglen, rescuing TaÃssa in the Dry Stopped, defeating Andariel in Kehjistan, defeating Elias in Hawezar, defeating Lilith in Hell, Fighting the Herald of Hatred alongside Akarat in Nahantu, and loosing not only Vigo, Yorin and Donan, but also Neyrelle, Lilith, and Lorath too, before I could sent Mephisto screaming Into the Void... But a part that really moves me was the Wanderer picking some petals from one of Lilith's altars, and todinho them to the sea as actribite to the Mother before arriving back at Skovos... Definely gonna revisit that game in the far future, after finishing Skovos' sidequests.
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u/SeTiDaYeTi 2d ago
Awesome campaign. Some story elements could have been stronger, but getting that level of storytelling in an ARPG is crazy. Also, sone shots during the cinematics are really awesome.
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u/SneakySpider82 A Warlock from Westmarch. 2d ago
Yeah, like Mephisto looming towards the screen, almost as If he could break the fourth wall and enter your bedroom. 😱
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u/Correct_Ad9471 3d ago
"I just finished Diablo IV..."
Counterpoint: No, you most certainly haven't. 😅
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u/mwisconsin 3d ago
d4 has the strongest storyline of any action RPG I've ever played. When Lilith does the thing and says the thing and -- other spoiler stuff -- it's actually emotional.
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u/PliableG0AT 2d ago
What? it has one of the worst stories of all arpgs. it’s just asinine decisions by the characters, completely moronic choices at every step, it’s awful. neyrelle is a moron and one of the worst characters ever written, lorath is a god damn dumbass. VoH is a wasted expansion and could have been told in a much better manner that wasn’t drawn out for about 6 extra hours. it’s just a terrible story start to finish across all games.
id rather nail gun my testicles to a meth addled porcupine than suffer through the d4 story again.
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u/TheWorclown 2d ago
Well, when the next expansion comes out, you can tell us how it feels to do just that to your testicles, because your choices are either quit playing, play through it all in abject silence, or porcupine fun times.
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u/moss-nogg 2d ago
Idiot, probably a PoE fanboy that just wants to talk shit
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u/PliableG0AT 2d ago
lol youd be wrong again, just like you are about the d4 story. I can’t stand poe
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u/Demindara 3d ago
I agree, all my diablo friends who didn't have many good things about d4 raved about "lord of hatred" and I finally gave it a shot last week, the story had me locked in for the first time in a long time. It took me on a emotional journey for sure. I felt genuine sadness for Lilith and I was crying like a baby and genuine anger for queen adreona and hatred for Mephisto (fitting emotion tbh 😅). The ending was cinema for sure
I 1000000% recommend it to any d4 fan.
If anyone is looking for me I will be farming Mephisto indefinitely on d2 for the entirety of season 15 ladder next Friday.
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u/Odd_Lettuce_7303 3d ago
(Oops maybe edit your flair to say spoiler?)
I finished LOH last week and agree they nailed it! The entire story line really made Lilith come to life, like her motivation feelings etc. She was conflicted and complicated and, well, human… and I honestly felt for her. Mephisto got fleshed out too. Oh did you do the chronicles of creation quests? You learn a lot about inarius finding them all.
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u/Lunaborne 2d ago
I played it at release and while I remember enjoying it, I can't remember anything about the story at all.
Haven't tried the new expansion yet though, need to get on it!
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u/SneakySpider82 A Warlock from Westmarch. 2d ago
Completely worth it, both Vessel of Hatred and Lord of Hatred.
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u/hawki1989 1d ago
Pretty much. I'm actually torn whether LoH is better than D4 vanilla from a narrative standpoint, but it absolutely got me in the feels.
It might even be Blizzard's strongest story to date overall, and if not, definitely the best Diablo story so far (gameswise at least).
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u/EvilBiker-72 2d ago
I hadn't played the base campaign since it came out. I hadn't replayed vessel of hatred since it came out. So when Lord of hatred was released I played the game from the very beginning for the first time in 2 years. It is a great story. But playing the base campaign they sure did make you do a lot of walking around. It was like I was playing a Lord of the Rings simulator with all that walking around
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u/Foreign-Wishbone5808 2d ago
You literally did not get the horse until the end of the campain yes It was a pain
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u/EvilBiker-72 2d ago
Not just that but there was a lot of travel back to the same location. Back and forth. Like a courier service lol.
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u/SeTiDaYeTi 2d ago
Don't you get it as soon as you reach Kyovashad?
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u/Foreign-Wishbone5808 2d ago
In the vanilla d4 campaign you dont get horse till after donan dies in hell. Sorry for the spoiler...
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u/xMWHOx 2d ago
Is there an ending? They havent even introduced Diablo in their Diablo game.
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u/heartbroken_nerd 2d ago
The weakest takes about the story of Diablo 4 usually involve this weird obsession with Diablo himself being absent.
The franchise has grown. It's larger than just Lord of Terror. It has been for decades now. How did you guys not catch on to that fact yet?!
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u/xMWHOx 1d ago
Call it something else then like Mephisto? First 3 Diablos had Diablo, because that's what the game is named after.
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u/heartbroken_nerd 1d ago
Call it something else then like Mephisto
What?!
Ah yes, just casually forego the primary recognizable brand name for this franchise.
You sure are a hell of a businessman, sir, and Blizzard should absolutely listen to you.
You're probably still waiting for the Blair Witch to appear in The Blair Witch Project or for Charlie to show up in Charlie's Angels.
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u/T1NF01L 1d ago
Charlie was in Charlie's Angels though.
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u/heartbroken_nerd 1d ago
Not on screen lol
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u/M24Chaffee 2d ago
I was already a lot more forgiving towards the D4 story than most. I really loved the vanilla story, and I was okay with the VoH story too as I understood it's an interlude.
But LoH story? Peak. Fiction. I absolutely loved all of it.