Diablo IV

Play it on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows (Steam Deck YMMV)

Current goal: Max out region progress

It pains me to say this about a game that I’ve been really digging the past few months but I’ve officially hit a wall playing Diablo IV. With Season of the Malignant’s questline largely being a snooze, Blizzard’s premiere goatmen murder simulator has simply failed to keep me engaged with the introduction of its seasonal content and battle pass. Yes, Malignant Hearts offer up neat bonuses, but at the end of the day it’s just more numbers flying across the screen. I need more than one new monster every three months and covering them in tentacles doesn’t count. Will the recently announced Season of Blood change all this? Call me Auriel, as I’m hopeful next season will offer more interesting challenges to the player.

So what’s a wanderer to do in the meantime? We’re heading back to the Eternal realm baby, where my level 72 Sorcerer is but a handful of Scosglen side-quests away from becoming renowned throughout the land, having completed all five tiers of region progress in each of D4’s areas. The supremely downtrodden people of Sanctuary shall chant my name and I’ll have four more paragon points to burn, huzzah! — Eric Schulkin