Diablo 3 Expansion: Reaper of Souls First Look
In the wake of Diablo 3, the latest installment of the extremely successful Diablo series by Blizzard, an expansion is in the works called the Reaper of Souls. After the end of Diablo 3, in which Diablo is killed (definitely not a spoiler if you're familiar with the series) things are relatively quiet, but - and this is merely an assumption from the opening cinematic - they likely weren't quiet for that long as Tyrael and his posse are only just sealing away Diablo's soulstone. At this point, we are introduced to an even more badass angel than Tyrael, known as Malthael. Malthael is clad all in black with dual scythes, and bears the moniker "angel of death". He lives up to his name after wasting some of Tyrael's crew, throwing Tyrael to the ground like a rag doll, and stealing Diablo's soulstone for himself... or at least one would presume so. Some new features include a new act (Act V), a raised level cap (70), a new playable character called the Crusader (hello Paladin of Diablo 2?), new game types (Loot Runs and Nephalem Trials) plus a plethora of other new content such as monsters and items.
I'm personally excited about this expansion, as having an angel be the final boss is going in a new direction (hopefully not anti-Christian, however), and Kehjistan should be interesting to see as an environment (sans Kurast of course). I'm sure the new Crusader class will be fun as well, but all kidding aside I do wonder how different it will be from the Paladin class in Diablo 2. One thing is for sure - merely the gameplay and story are enough for me to preorder Reaper of Souls as soon as possible! I'd be curious to hear what others think of the new content, however: satisfied or not?



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