Originally Posted by
Shinzai
...Being mortal means you can be wounded and even die. Angels look like humans because we are meant to have descended from them, or at least, been created in their image. Therefore, angels also look like humans. As they do in most references to angels ever. When people refer to Tyrael becoming human, they literally mean that he has become mortal - like a man.
And again, no. Diablo 2 does not have the best writing Blizzard has ever produced. Here are a couple of things that trump anything you could ever pull from the game:
World of Warcraft; speech by Algalon the Observer, if the raid wins:
"I have seen worlds bathed in the makers flames; their denizens fading without so much as a whimper. Entire planetary systems born and raised in the time it takes your mortal hearts to beat once. Yet all throughout, my own heart, devoid of emotion, of empathy, I, have, felt, NOTHING. A million, MILLION lives wasted! Had they all held within them your tenacity? Had they all loved life as you do? Perhaps it is your imperfection; that which grants you free will, that allows you to persevere against all cosmically calculated odds. You prevail where the Titan's own perfect creations have failed..."
Warcraft 3; the entirety of Arthas' rise to power as the Lich King:
King Terenas: [upon Arthas' return from Northrend] "Ah, my son..."
Prince Arthas [kneeling before the King]: "You no longer need to sacrifice for your people. You no longer need to bear the weight of your crown. I've taken care... of everything."
[Arthas stands up, walks towards the King, and holds Frostmourne up to him.]
King Terenas: "What is this? What are you doing, my son?"
Prince Arthas: "Succeeding you, Father..."
[Arthas thrusts Frostmourne through the King's body.]
If anything, the best writing Blizzard have ever done is in Warcraft 3. WoW despite the generally weak story arcs, has some incredible writing in places. Starcraft also has superior writing to Diablo though. As most point out, Diablo's story is a side object, it was neither a focus or major concern. It's just tells you why you're doing things and then bad guys explain why they're doing things and that's about it.