This is plain irrational, people are buying this game at a faster pace than ever despite this shit costing 70$, but still charging up to 28$ for one single cosmetic set exclusive to a fucking cash shop, plus a fucking battle-pass. I’ve never been a fan of the series in fact I never played Diablo III so I can’t relate but still, Blizzard got into the brain of their clients with this shit it’s just fucked up. It’s not rational, consumerism at this level can’t just be a trick that is played on their brains by clever marketing teams, it’s deeper than that. People are being broken, their wits have been altered. There is something about impulse control that was removed from their abilities. No ableism intended, people with disorders need respect and care. I think that capitalism is responsible for damaging people mentally, those people are victims and need help.
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I played through the campaign in alpha or early beta a couple years ago. I don’t know how much they changed but that game was not worth anywhere near $70. I thought the story felt comical like a Mario game (‘ooh geez you just missed the bad guys, they went that way’ over and over until the end) and the world felt very dull. In D3 you got to at least go to different locations like heaven and hell. In this one it’s 95% on earth and you fight the same types of enemies throughout. The legendaries were better than D3 but still feel uninspired. When I got to the end game where it was a bunch of instanced dungeons, I was already so bored I stopped without trying any. Halfway through I already lost my will to play but I just forced myself through to finish it.
I ran into friends online who were playing, and I complained. $70? Cash shop? Battle pass? Ignore everything but the $70. The battle pass and cash shop shit is all cosmetic, so if you’re like me and can’t stomach paying for horse armor… just play the game. One time $70, and if you’re into this kind of game, you can get years of enjoyment. Or at least a few months. What really irked me though was having to install battle.net again, and the month it took to install that fucking client. The game moved faster (once I found the settings to uncap download speeds).
Actually I find cosmetics to be a pretty important part of the experience. Getting cool looking is valuable and in a 70$ game I expect to be able to personalize my character with everything the developers put in for that purpose. I understand your argument because not everyone cares but for the people who do it just feels insulting to get frustrated by a cash shop when you paid the full entry price
I have the game for free. I played during an alpha or an early beta, I don’t remember. Is druid still bald only or did they add hair? Edit: They added hair. I rejoice. Can’t wait for my new PC parts to arrive so I can have hair in D4. :D
No idea I stopped caring when the price tag was announced
If I end up disliking it or it won’t run on my PC I’ll msg you and give you my account for free. Blizzturd decided I cannot update my phone without having bills in my name when I moved countries (I’m not paying any bills and Blizzturd isn’t responding) so I don’t feel attached.
Now that’s some Communism happening right now ✊❤️
I paid 90$ for D3 (base game + expansions later), from 2012 to 2023, got thousands of hours from it. There’s really no competition for Diablo 4 beside POE2 (not released yet), POE is not as polished and new, so as long as Diablo 4 base game is solid + there’s certainty in continuing supports then people will pay for it. I haven’t bought D4 though.
Also, we have mobile games + gachas in Asia so it’s more of the industry thing.
Honestly… I had no clue that this sequel was even announced until six days ago when I saw it on a paper cup. I really don’t care. It’s kind of sad how they poured so much goddamn money into its marketing and it’s popular to the point where even Whoopi Goldberg is talking about it. I never would have guessed that she played computer games until I saw news about it when I clicked a link to PC Gamer out of boredom.
Currently replaying Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. It’s old, cheap, humble, little‐known, and works great on my computer: pretty much everything that Diablo IV isn’t, and I’m perfectly content.
I tried the demo/beta. My session lasted for a total of ten seconds. When I realised that the game was “lagging” even though I was playing completely solo and that there is no option to play offline like a normal human being with bad internet, I had to peace out.
I tried Diablo 2: Resurrected once. It is also always online but cs.rin had a crack so I thought it would be a decent game to just leave and forget on the steam deck and play once in a while. Turns out the game is about 40GB in size. As I did not enjoy the game I had to remove it to save space.
When I realised that the game was “lagging” even though I was playing completely solo and that there is no option to play online like a normal human being with bad internet, I had to peace out.
Yeah I really hate the whole forcing people to play online shit it’s just vicious
