Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Preview @ PC Gamer

PC Gamer has a new hands-on preview of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls.

The add-on isn’t just about new stuff, it’s a significant rebalance of Diablo III’s core systems. In its aesthetic return to the gothic roots of the series, the revamped itemisation and the sidelining of the auction house, Reaper of Souls feels as much like a retrofit as an expansion. That’s just what Diablo needs. Though it will still be always-online, and there will still be an item store, Blizzard want to move back to core principles to keep the 12 million who bought Diablo III playing. The complications of a player-run economy are just a distraction, after all. The reason people play is simple: “You should be killing monsters,” says Martens. “That’s the best thing.”