Diablo 4's seasonal stories won't tie into expansions like Vessel of Hatred because "if you miss a season, it's okay"
Jan. 16, 2024Blizzard doesn’t want players to feel left out if they skipped a season
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Diablo 4’s seasonal content won’t tie into its expansions, so you don’t have to worry about catching up on the story before playing the Vessel of Hatred DLC.
GamesRadar+ recently spoke to Diablo 4 quest designer Nathan Scott, who oversees quest production for all seasonal content in the action-RPG. When asked about tying all the post-launch content, like seasons and expansions, together, Scott shot this idea down.
“So far, the philosophy has been to approach each season separately,” the quest designer says. “One thing we feel strongly about is, if you miss a season, it’s okay. We want you playing and the content that we’re producing – I’m biased, but I think it’s pretty great.”
“But, if you jump in [Season 1], and you miss Season 2, it’s not the end of the world; we don’t want you to feel like you’re missing out on important story chunks,” Scott continues. “So it’s unlikely we do any related things later down the line. But that being said, we’re always looking at ways to make seasons feel unique and a good experience, so.”
This actually makes perfect sense, consideringDiablo 4’s seasons will overlap with its expansions. It’d be pretty hard to develop two storylines that relate to one another at the same time, admittedly, so it fits that Scott and company want seasons and expansions to stand on their own.
Diablo 4 Season of the Constructlaunches later this month on January 23.
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