Is the single player campaign worth it?

[Madness]

I want to play only the campaign and the question is, is it worth it? Is the story ok/gameplay ok?

[Dr.Acula]

Well, this Diablo game doesn't have Diablo in it.

Sooo make of that what you will...

Overall the story may be okay for a single playthrough but it's not exactly memorable. Feel free to try out the currently free demo version which allows you to play to level 20 which gives you a good overview over act 1 and if you only follow the main story quests you could finish act 1 and maybe parts of act 2.

[Mile]

The story is okay, but not complete because this Diablo was released as a live service style game. They will be adding expansions over time, first coming late of 2024 which will introduce Mephisto. So if you are buying it for simply the story and not the action RPG style grind playset. I would wait awhile, will be a couple years before its fully complete on the story aspect. Also even though you can play by yourself you are in an always online world with other people.

[FhqwhTODD]

At 40 it's worth it.

[😎Astran😾]

Campaign and cinematics are pretty good.

[|$m0k!n|-Mr. 4HyDe-]

€40 is twice the price of its worth for just playing the campaign, but it's probably the best deal you can get for the time being unless you can wait a few years before it drops to its actual value of €19.99 at which point it will also be a fully matured game (hopefully).

[TeknoBug]

Yes, the campaign is good, sadly as it stands it's basically the only good thing going for it because after that it's a throw away game unless you're an addict.

[max]

For me it felt like the first Diablo game with a campaign that is actually worth going through. It's not all awesome, but it does have actual characters, story and direction beyond "EVIL DEMON KILLS PEOPLE MUHAHAHA".
Main downside right now is that the campaign is obviously set up for continuation. It feels more like a first one or two chapters in a bigger story.

Gameplay throughout the campaign is polished. The main caveat in this regard is level scaling. You will become more powerful as you go (more skills, better gear), but you will not out-level any area.

[Dr.Acula]

Originally posted by max:

For me it felt like the first Diablo game with a campaign that is actually worth going through. It's not all awesome, but it does have actual characters, story and direction beyond "EVIL DEMON KILLS PEOPLE MUHAHAHA".

So you've never actually paid attention to any of the story elements and the narrative of Diablo 2, have you?

[crzyfsh123]

The campaign is a one and done. The sooner the better. This isn't FF14

[Dschinghis Pan]

Depends on your expectations.
If you expect the story to continue from D3? No.
If you expect the story to take a look at the most interesting and controversial character in the lore and explore it? Ha...hahahaha No.
If you expect to get stringed through a bunch of hardly connected events, following a cast of people being miserable, in a miserable world, doing miserable stuff and occasionally making miserable decisions? Maybe.
Like, I never felt so void of agency in a Diablo game - even though all of them had linear stories...

[max]

Originally posted by Dr.Acula:

Originally posted by max:

For me it felt like the first Diablo game with a campaign that is actually worth going through. It's not all awesome, but it does have actual characters, story and direction beyond "EVIL DEMON KILLS PEOPLE MUHAHAHA".

So you've never actually paid attention to any of the story elements and the narrative of Diablo 2, have you?

Erhm, Diablo in the form of the wanderer, gathers the other evils to "KILL PEOPLE MUHAHAHA"?

[Demona's Pet]

If you play the trial and then buy after, can you continue your character past level 20 or do you have to start from scratch?

[HeartPurity]

The story campaign (lasts about 12 hours) is already worth the price tag. After the campaign, you can grind for shinies for hours too.

[HeartPurity]

Originally posted by Demona's Pet:

If you play the trial and then buy after, can you continue your character past level 20 or do you have to start from scratch?

you can continue at where you stop. The progress will carry over after you buy it.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Madness:

I want to play only the campaign and the question is, is it worth it? Is the story ok/gameplay ok?

"Worth it?"

It's worth playing. But, as something like "stand-alone content," which it is decidedly not, it's "OK." Here, you'd be more talking about the story and the Main Quest exclusive gameplay. It's fine.

But, don't spend full-price expecting that you can separate out a single-player main-quest story play. It's not that kind of Diablo game. It's an online Diablo game with a sort of open-world MMO like gameplay included in your classic "Main Questline" gameplay. You can solo it all if you wish and you don't have to interact with anyone, but you are going to see other players in the open-world setting. They won't be in your Instanced Main Quest gameplay exclusive areas/maps, though.