Diablo 4 almost had one of the best twists in any game, until it pulled a Star Wars

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is one of the most divisive films in series history. It left me frustrated and confused the first time I watched it. I thought it tried to stretch Star Wars’ thin fiction beyond its means, just so it can be taken seriously enough to warrant the film’s criticism of it. I also hated it for what it did to one of my favourite characters in all of fiction.But, it turns out, my initial response to it was wrong, and it took the disaster of The Rise of Skywalker for me to realise that, and properly appreciate TLJ for what it attempted to do. Even if I still don’t quite agree with how it did it.I hadn’t thought of either of those movies for a while. Not until I finished the Diablo 4 campaign. Diablo 4’s narrative is about a rebel whose methods are questionable, but whose ultimate goal is one any reasonable person (that’s you, player) can agree with. Even if you didn’t start out that empathising with them, you likely found yourself agreeing with Lilith as you made your way deeper into the story. Character dialogue reflects that on a few occasions, too, when uncertainty about the point of the fight is raised. Read more