Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Expansion Set - Mac, Windows

"Reaper of Souls" basically turns Diablo 3 into an entirely new game! New enemies, crazy loot, insane challenges, and the addition of the Crusader class all work to put Diablo 3 on top of the gaming heap! I would have liked to have seen some more of that glorious animation between sections of the game, but that's a small quibble for an otherwise excellent game.

For the sale price of $20 definitely a great buy. I do not recommend spending $40 when it is not on sale. New level cap, new zone, new class a lot of fun.

I had such high hopes for Diablo 3 as I'm sure most did. Diablo 2 took up more time than I'd ever admit. I was hoping Diablo 3 would be similar but improved in places. It ended up being, in my opinion, a huge failure of a game. I completely stopped playing after a month or so. I just couldn't deal with the disappointment anymore. This add on completely changes the game. I don't know who was listening now that wasn't listening originally but thank god. Legendary drops match your character. There are new legendary items with nice little features. There is an adventure mode where you can hop to any act. I'm telling you now, buy this pack. You will love it!

Diablo 3 was a long awaited breakthrough in the franchise, and the expansion pack continues to make it a very fun game to play. If you've played at all since the beginning of March, you'll notice many of the changes already. Rare and Legendary items are easier to find, potions are easier to work with, there are new crafting materials, and many of the character's abilities have changed. What you get with Reaper of Souls builds on that. You can reach levels above 60, while still keeping your Paragon bonuses, and there's a whole new Act to play. If you like bashing monsters, especially with your friends, there's certainly no shortage of that. You'll find that crushing mobs with your new 60+ powers incredibly satisfying, and these powers bring characters closer to proper support roles for parties. If that isn't enough, there's a whole new character class, the Crusader, to master. Unfortunately, what you'll also find in Diablo 3 is a story which is just as predictable and illogical. Things like Maltheal letting Tyreal live at the beginning of the story to Kormac seriously believing the head of his order had nothing to do with his kidnapping are predictable and leave you scratching your head. If you want to play the game without all the dialog, however, you have two new game modes to choose from. There are no cutscenes to go through, and in adventure mode, you can choose whatever act and quest you would like to start in. Nephalem rifts add on to this element, and the game has successfully recaptured the spirit of the original Diablo where the point was to go bash monsters and get cool loot. The new loot system gives you some really powerful characters, and you'll find many more useful items in drops (even if bats still do drop plate mail). However, it makes merchants even more useless, and crafting items isn't nearly as satisfying anymore because you can find things that are far more powerful in elite drops. With the disappearance of the auction house, it leaves you wondering why crafting even exists. Overall, Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls is a must-have for anyone who loves the Diablo 3 franchise. The expansion is choc full of new stuff, and will leave you (and me) wishing we had gotten more sleep on Monday morning.

Expensive for an expansion that only add Act V to the short original story line. IMO, a lot of the features should be included in a free update of the game. My biggest complain is that I can only play with 3 other players in one game considering Diablo II lets you have a party of 8. The adventure mode/bounties/rifts are good and challenge but the drop is pathetic until Blizzard doubled the drop rate recently.

While I did enjoy Diablo III, I ultimately didn't stick with the game do in large part to the redundant content. Diablo III forced you to play through the same content over and over again to try and get better gear. The main problem with that model being the content wasn't so replayable (Azmodan's threats wear thin quickly), and often the gear drops weren't useful for my class. Even crafted gear cost a large sum of resources and weren't necessarily useful for your class. Because of all that, it was more rewarding just to buy whatever you needed off the auction house, which would give you something you know you wanted for your gold. In Reaper of souls, the auction house has been removed. But the crafting mechanics and loot algothrims have been redone, such that you acquire loot which is suitably stated for your class of choice. This makes it far more likely a crafted item or random drop will be useful for your class, and helps ease the loss of the auction house. However, you still have to spend time farming the game. The new Act V brings some variety to the farming process, although the story is standard Blizzard fare. Those familiar with WoW will be all to familiar with the "This character has been corrupted, now you must fight them" style of storytelling. As Arthas, Illidan, Malygos, Neltharion, etc. before him, the former Angel of wisdom has been corrupted and now must be fought. Uninspired story notwithstanding. Act V provides some atmospheric environments and interesting new enemies. Upon completing the ACT V the first time, adventure mode becomes available, that brings a lot of variety to the process of leveling through gear. While not perfect, Reaper of Souls does address most of my complaints with the original Diablo III. And with adventurer mode, the replayability is increased by orders of magnitude. So grab your friends and try out Reaper of Souls, which ultimately gives a much improved and complete Diablo III experience.

Blizzard always knows how to keep their fans hooked. The new Crusader class is really fun and inventive. Level cap increased to 70 with new abilities for each class and tons of new gear. Although 40 bucks seems high for an expansion it is worth it for all the content Blizzard jammed into this baby. Very fun game. Top notch quality.

I was pretty hesitant to get the Reaper of Souls expansion after being so disappointed with Diablo 3, but Blizzard did a great job of fixing all the things that disappointed me. The new Crusader class is solid, and all of the old classes get very useful (and powerful) new abilities. The Loot 2.0 patch is amazing. You actually get drops you can use, instead of stupid items like Str/Int drops left and right for a Demon Hunter. I feel like it's more like old D2, when you would just do dungeon runs to see if you got a new item drop that really improves on your current gear. One thing that is a real stand out to me is the music. In most games, music is so boring or annoying I either don't even notice it, or I turn it off completely, but the music you hear when you go through the storyline in Act V is awesome. Be aware that when you play solo, pretty much every drop you get is account bound--you can trade it between your own characters but not to other players. If you are in a multiplayer game, you have 2 hours during which you can trade items to players who were in the game when something dropped.