Again, though...who's playing Diablo 3 for the story? What about the series says "we should expect great things from the plot and be upset if it isn't thrilling"? Who can name one plot point from the previous two games besides "Wirt has a wooden leg" and "Diablo is a thing you should probably kill"?

I guess I can see if the developers were talking up the story, one might be bothered by that...but purely from the perspective of what the Diablo series is as a whole, we shouldn't assume interesting story from a series that's never had it before.

I mean, seriously: mad credit who can stay awake through this thing:

Again, though...who's playing Diablo 3 for the story? What about the series says "we should expect great things from the plot and be upset if it isn't thrilling"? Who can name one plot point from the previous two games besides "Wirt has a wooden leg" and "Diablo is a thing you should probably kill"?

I guess I can see if the developers were talking up the story, one might be bothered by that...but purely from the perspective of what the Diablo series is as a whole, we shouldn't assume interesting story from a series that's never had it before.