Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred

Lord of Hatred is the best possible conclusion for Diablo IV, giving fans everything they wanted and more. There’s a real sense of satisfaction in closing the Age of Hatred with some peace in Sanctuary.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Lord of Hatred and think it goes a long way towards improving the Diablo 4 experience as a whole. While I could nitpick a few issues here and there, the package in its entirety is an impressive expansion that offers tons of welcome features and challenges to keep Diablo 4 players engaged in endgame content for hundreds of hours more. I can easily see Lord of Hatred becoming one of the most beloved expansions in the Diablo franchise.

Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred serves as the concluding chapter that brings the first major storyline of Diablo IV, which began in 2023, to an end. Over the past three years, the live service has stabilized and the previously incomplete narrative has been brought to a close. However, in terms of gameplay content, it stands out as a bold expansion that breaks away from stagnation and introduces significant changes.

Lord of Hatred could offer a bit more substantial content, but if a simple hack-and-slash game manages to move you with its story at least twice, then someone has done something right here.

The new expansion delivers not only an epic conclusion to the story, but also the balanced and engaging endgame that Diablo IV desperately needed. The return of the Horadric Cube, new item types, and two excellent character classes further reinforce the feeling that this is finally the definitive version players have been waiting for. Mephisto can now stand alongside Baal, having expanded the game with a level of quality reminiscent of Lord of Destruction.

Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred feels, in many ways, like the end. With evil seemingly vanquished for now, a reworked endgame that really does have everything you need, and eight unique, exciting classes, I’m not sure where Blizzard goes from here. It does, however, serve as a climatic end to a saga of strife and woe, and while its narrative didn’t quite hit the spot for me, I can’t wait to explore more of what Skovos has to offer.

Blizzard's latest expansion is a disappointment, with only the new classes and art direction standing out.

Campaign is fantastic. Really awesome QOL updates. Overall a lot better than the initial D4 release.

The Story has some good character moments and quite a few whiplash character narratives that they try and redeem a character that shouldn't be redeemed, leaving an awkward redemption arch. From what I've experienced the end game seems to be vastly improved since I last played this game. Overall my experience is okay to good, but my feeling's of being bitter after purchasing the vassal of hatred on launch and feeling ripped of because it felt like a massive trailer for the next upcoming expansion has been vindicated by Blizzard bundling them together now, Blizzard confirming that this is the complete arch that was teased since launch.

The story is suprisingly okay for blizzard, better than before. Amazons felt like cringe netflix girlbosses tho. But endgame and the game systems recieved a good amount of updates. I'd wait for a discount, but overall it's an improvement.

It was doing ok. But it crashes after the final boss fight. Not acceptable.

Bought it cause I heard it's nothing like when it came out. I had the exact same experience, annoying generator skills I have to use, cant use all my skill because there arent enough shortcut slots for them, melting everything on the screen (on hard start), not even knowing what is happening, just pressing buttons and running through ****'s the same ****. Died to a crash and I wont even finish the campaign, uninstalled.