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The depth on display through the standard leveling outlay is staggering, with class composition having a real tangible impact on the way your character moves, kills, and survives. There's little restriction in the ways you can creatively invest in your character or in the combination of abilities you can equip, while branching modifiers can further refine your chosen path. Diablo 4 assigns skill points as you level up – or as you meet certain renown thresholds from exploring Sanctuary clearing dungeons, hunting Altars of Lilith statues, and completing the hundreds of side-quests which litter the open world. That's supported by an outrageously in-depth skill tree system. No matter your preferred way of slaying, Diablo 4 is only too happy to facilitate. The Rogue is a master of critical damage, darting through shadow with deadly precision, while the Druid can shift their shape to effectively tackle any crowd with ease. You've got your glass-cannon Mage who circumvents issues of survivability by summoning the elements from the heavens. There's the barbaric Barbarian, with their swappable weapons and ability to agro even the largest of lesser evils. The decrepit Necromancer, able to raise an army of the dead while activating daisy chains of exploding corpses. Hero classes are outstanding – defined and potent. But this tinge of longevity to gear only emphasizes the strength of each of the five classes, and enhances the overall quality of combat from the beginning of the 30-hour campaign through to the countless hours spent figuring out the particulars of a returning (and more intricate) endgame Paragon leveling system. It felt counterintuitive to have so much control in the early hours – because what is Diablo, if not an endless pursuit of larger numbers. This system grew on me as my nostalgia for the old ways waned – a necessary tool for class definition, particularly as I pressed into more challenging World Tiers and began experimenting with cooperative party compositions. When the time comes to part ways with a Legendary, you can strip it of its Aspect and apply those unique passive properties to another item in your inventory class-specific enhancements can be earned in dungeons too, should you really want to dial in your preferred playstyle.

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Equippables that you are particularly attached to can survive the loot-grind for longer thanks to an enhanced upgrade system, empowering the statistics of your favorite pieces in exchange for a little gold and materials.

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RNG Gods be damned, sockets can be welded onto unique armor, weapons, and accessories without a dice roll, giving you free reign to waste hours min-maxing your stats with gems. Items have magical properties and proficiencies established upon pickup, affording you an opportunity to make quick decisions about your build between bloody bouts with demonic forces. 'After sacrificing nearly 100 hours of my life to Diablo 4, I've barely scratched the surface of what it has to offer' What's truly terrifying is that after sacrificing nearly 100 hours of my life to the altar of Diablo 4, I know that I've barely scratched the surface of what it has to offer – and there's no way in hell I'm stopping anytime soon. A profound waste of time which is subsuming my life. Strip away the artifice, and what you're left with is an action-RPG that wants nothing more than for you to move a little smarter and kill a little faster.

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Or your avatar, not a tether to the world but a living archive of violence – a manifestation of battles barely remembered, adorned in throwaway trophies earned through short, sharp shocks of gore and viscera.

Take the campaign, where you attempt to drive the Daughter of Hatred back from a world corrupted by righteous prophecies and prime evils – an ambitiously cinematic distraction, designed to unearth more dungeons to plunder. To do so would lay bare the bones of Diablo in such a way that it would become difficult to understand, let alone recommend.