Ok, this thread is only for those who have finished the game and want to simply discuss the events. If you haven't finished the game yet, don't read further.

Personally, I liked how the game kept mentioning how powerful the offspring of the angels and demons were, as it kind of gave some justification as to why the nephalem (you) was able to destroy all the evils of hell all by himself. Still, I thought that Diablo, with all of the other evils in one body, should have been a lot tougher to kill and required the help of some of the angels. He kind of felt way too weak, being the "prime evil" and all. I thought Tyrael should have had a bigger role in defeating Diablo. Aside from that, I thought that Nefarius was way too weak. The aspect of valor himself could only scratch Diablo's face and nothing else?

The betrayal of Adria was well constructed too as it caught me fully by surprise: a mother making the ultimate sacrifices trying to save the world and not seeing her daughter all those years. It also sets the stage for an expansion, as the black soulstone simply fell back down to earth while Diablo died. She will probably get it and release the evils again.

However, that will only lead to the hero (you) destroying them all over again. I feel like the game has become predictable and way too centered on the nephalem's power. I feel like the evils aren't powerful enough such that one man or woman can destroy all of them by himself. There should be more help from the angels or other heroes and such.

The nephalem's power has the potential to rival and even surpass that of angels and demons combined (see "sin war" lore) as they are the closest representation of the being (anu) which formed the high heavens and from whom all it's negative powers manifested into the primordial dragon, Thatameth (which later succumbed along with Anu, creating the seven lords of hell and the burning hells as well).

The book of cain really gives you a large insight into Diablo lore ;)

yeah i realize that. however, if one man or woman can destroy all evil by him/herself, then what's the point of being afraid of Diablo? why would the whole world be in fear? why would the angels be necessary? i find that the nephalem are "too" powerful in that sense. the story has become "not evil enough" because even the "Prime Evil" can be destroyed by just one person.

Was a bit upset Cain got killed off considering he was the face of the Diablo series for me outside of Diablo him/herself and the main hero.

Thought Diablo was way too easy to kill off at the end.

I enjoyed the plot twist though, was pretty good and out of left field.

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Did not see Leah turning into Diablo coming at at all.

Also didn't guess that Tyreal was the fallen star.

Kind of obvious "The Stranger" was Tyreal.

Obvious Emperor Hakan was Belial.

Did not see Adria's backstabbing treachery coming.

The Eternal conflict between the high heavens and the burning hells started thousands of years before the creation of sanctuary and the Nephalem (which are themselves offspring of the demoness Lilith and the angel Inarius). Inarius seeing the power and potential that the Nephalem had, sealed away their powers using the Worldstone (now destroyed) thus humanity was born.

Before the destruction of the Worldstone, only one human has ever achieved a power similar to the high heavens and the burning hells, whom sacrificed himself to end the Sin War. Since then, no other Nephalem has ever walked the earth, but now since the destruction of the Worldstone, there's nothing preventing humanity from reaching it's nephalem status again. 

The whole point of the story is to prove that humanity (and the nephalem) are indeed that powerful, thus explaining why a group of heroes was able to face the prime evils in the past in their true form (unlike in the original Diablo, in which Diablo was in a weakened state due to how weak Abernatch, the son of Leoric, was when Diablo possessed him).

I really liked rewatching the cutscenes the second time around. A lot of the dialog was written to be interpreted as referring to either the protagonist or Adria/Leah/Diablo.

Also, stumbling upon the Necromancer sidequest in the desert made me really homesick for Diablo 2 when he talked about his mentor.

- Cain dying caught me by surprise and upset me! Thank God he's still present when listening to enemy lore.
- I did see Emperor Annoying Brat being Belial coming from a mile away
- I did suspect Adria was up to no good because she seemed so insistent when giving out directives and how she interacted with Leah but I was totally stunned by the fact she used Leah as a vessel for Diablo's rebirth though.

The End of Act III cutscene was my favorite followed by the End of Act I.

Cain dying didn't take me much by surprise, because the videos released before the game actually pointed to a similar outcome.

Adria's Betrayal and Leah's transformation into the Prime Evil took me completely by surprise though, didn't see that coming at all. It was a pretty tragic death for Leah :/.