Finally the randomly-generated Adventure mode is joined by a new 'Torment' difficulty level. Reaper of Souls adds an Act V to the campaign, which sits alongside the new Crusader player class (very influenced by Diablo 2's Paladin), and an increase in the level cap of all characters from 60-70.

Loot 2.0 kind of ties into this, being an attempt to make loot feel more valuable by tailoring it towards your characters dropping more legendaries, adding 'playstyle-altering' characteristics to certain items, a new NPC that lets you re-roll certain stats, and of course an absolute tonne of new loot. This was only ever something that made your own drops feel worthless, so good riddance. List-me-up! The real-money auction house is gone, and lo the nerds did rejoice. Of course companies like Blizzard listen to their playerbases, and respond, but rarely do you see a top-down redesign of a game that seems designed to answer almost every problem that a large and vocal playerbase has raised.

But can it be fixed?įirst thing to establish is that Reaper of Souls and a patch introducing 'Loot 2.0' are separate things, the latter of which is available to all Diablo 3 players, but for the sake of convenience we're going to look at them together – and after all, both are something of an experiment in fan feedback. This expansion is Blizzard dealing with the reality that, in many people's eyes, Diablo 3 just wasn't very good.

But Reaper of Souls isn't a nip here and a tuck there. Blizzard are one of the best developers in the world not only because it makes great games, but because it prods and tweaks and adds to them after release until they positively hum with glory. The most interesting thing about Reaper of Souls, the first expansion for Diablo 3, is that it's an admission of guilt.

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