Oh Sweet Grinding

No you perverts, not that kind of grinding.

Recently, I've found myself playing Diablo III again. I originally got Diablo III for free when Blizzard was offering it as part of subscribing for a year of World of Warcraft, something I never recommend doing ever again. I have never played Diablo or Diablo II so I really had no previous conceptions about Diablo should be. When I originally played it, I liked it enough but one thing bothered me. From a gameplay stand point, it was repetitive as hell. Your only option to play at the beginning was to beat the main game over and over and over and over and over and over......

Once I beat the campaign on Normal, I uninstalled it and forgot all about it. In fact for a while, I refused to play any Blizzard games. I felt that Blizzard had become lazy and was okay with us doing the same thing in there games forever.

I generally forgot about the game until I decided to try Hearthstone, which in the end, I decided wasn't for me. May give more information on that later. While I was playing though, I noticed a friend of mind was playing a hell of a lot of Diablo III. I asked him how he kept playing it and he convinced me the game had become a lot better. They had even released the expansion, which I had heard about but never looked into. I decided to use some of my funds after getting laid off from PlayStation support to upgrade to the expansion. I began my adventures through sanctuary anew as a Crusader. Overall the game was the same, you still went through the main campaign, however a lot was added. If you play Diablo III, you'll know what I'm talking about.

Eventually though, I found myself enjoying the grind. Playing with my friends was fun and I looked forward to my daily Diablo Adventure Mode Grind. Grinding gave me something to do during my unemployment. The additional Act as well as additional content has made the game much better, even though all of these should have been available at launch.

 Regardless though, the game still has a long way to go. We still need some additional options of play and Adventure Mode is still just going through the same maps and events you find in the Campaign. The Horardrim Rifts go a long way in breaking this tedious but I feel they need to be expanded upon. They also finally added PvP to the game but I myself have not had a chance to duke it out with my friends, look out Charlie, I'm gunning for you. Finally there is the addition of loot 2.0 which goes a long way to making gearing up a lot easier. I hope to see Blizzard to continue working on the game and hopefully this game will be the gem it truly deserves.