Diablo 3

I stop playing games for a variety of reasons.

Up until April, we had yet to hear if Seasons in Diablo 3 would continue following the launch of Diablo 4.

Honestly, my upward progress in Diablo 4 has hit a stretch I'd describe as “excruciating,” except that I feel that's not really strong enough.

One of the things that happens as you progress in playing a new game is that you grow accustomed to the control scheme and no longer have to think very hard about it.

I realize I may be in the minority here, but sometimes I would rather spend several hours on stuff that has a story -- like, a branching, unfolding series of quests that at the end have revealed something about the world or given you an insight into a character -- than play content designed to reward me with specific items on a schedule.

In the original Diablo, you could just barely make out your character.

I have been playing a lot of Diablo 4 in the time since the early access for pre-orders went live.

In Diablo 4, more so than any other game in the series, the world in which the Diablo universe is set, Sanctuary, is almost a character with a full backstory and personality all its own.

While each game in the Diablo franchise builds on the last, none of them quite replace each other.

Look, I'm old.