Diablo 4’s Season of Blood is great, but only because the launch game was lacking

For much of my life, I understood the term MVP to stand for most valuable player. But MVP takes on an altogether different meaning when applied to game development. More specifically, the sort of live service games intended to live on for years, and be built upon for as long as there’s money to be made.The version of Diablo 4 that launched back in June was, for all intents and purposes, an MVP – minimum viable product. It was perfectly functional, had plenty of content, a variety of classes and environments, and even one of the smoothest launches for an online game in recent memory.Despite that, it was hard to deny simply how many crucial features were missing, most of which were not only expected, but thought to be staples in the action RPG genre. In our review, Connor spoke very highly of the game, but admitted that “it could have been more.” Read more