In the meantime, Grim Dawn is releasing a third expansion 7 years after the original launch, working on a 1.2 patch incorporating favourite mods into the game with credit/permission of the creators, has a huge modding scene that runs their own seasons if that's your thing. In my opinion, it's probably the truest diablo 2 successor (with some mods incorporating or recreating (parts of) d2 directly. Oh, and offline of course. The graphics may be outdated compared to something with a budget like diablo 4, but the gameplay is stellar. I hope you (mortismal or reader) will give it a try some day!
2700 hrs in and I'm pretty sure I've got thousands in front of me too. Crate is quietly one of the best devs in the industry. unfortunate that we have to deal with the stink of battle passes and live service across so much of this genre.
I share your optimism on this topic, but only time will tell. Arcanum 2 is something I've never seen a possibility of - hell, I'd love a remaster of the first game more than a sequel.
Diablo IV's main problem wasn't the 1.1 patch that nerfed a lot of stuff. D4 has a lot of structural problems, most related to lack of content in the endgame, which is essential to any arpg game. That's why I'll wait and see if this season is worth after a week, when people actually get to the endgame. As a side note, I can't stress enough how much I recommend Grim Dawn to you; it's literally the antithesis of everything you said you disliked in D4. The game is getting a third expansion next year and you should totally cover that. Cheers, Mortis.
How many players reach endgame ? Most players play a few hours and that s it. Just look at the achievements rates on steam. So t he target audience are thos players paying for the early game. They are the most numerous and tje money maker. Hardcore players are a small subgroup, losing them barely affects sales. The managers are cruely efficients, no point wasting money on content that most player won t even use.
@@etienne8110 Hack & slash player live for end game. It's all about that next piece of loot to optimise their build a bit further. It is the pinnacle of low barrier of entry to an unlimited ceiling. It also is a highly addictive gameplay, pretty similar to a slot machine, so it doesn't make sense to put a entry fee at 70$ for an always online game designed to hook you in then make money with season passes and cosmetics. Just look at Path of Exile, if you're a good dealer the junkies will open their wallet willingly to buy your shit once you've hooked them with some well cooked freebies.
@@etienne8110 The thing is most player will reach endgame in D4. D4 endgame (in terms of gameplay content) was achieved at world tier 3 which can be entered at level about level 50 (as lost a high 30s for particularly good/lucky players). Once a player is in WT3 the only thing that they cant do yet is face Uber Lilith and that's just one boss who isn't even that hard. Everything that you do in WT3, you do in WT4. But that's not really a problem because every ARPG has repetitive endgame content and people just seem to ignore the repetitiveness of other ARPGs because the narrative is "D4 bad" (it can and will improve but it isn't bad). Sure PoE has more variety but that game has been out for well over a decade and that variety came incrementally.
@@dealbreakerc and how many reach lvl50? Steam achievement for that says 8.19%... That was kind of my point. You should really take a look at the metrics. Your experience is that of the minority. Less than 10% of players will reach that point. Most will drop the game before because of how boring it is.
I bought the game after watching your initial review. While I had fun with it, I can't shake the feeling that I am in an "abusive relationship". It feels like a constant mind game where I have to navigate how the devs are trying to manipulate me and put me on a hamster wheel. This is NOT how gaming should be, and D4 is my first and last game from Blizzard.
To be clear I still stand by my review, I enjoy the game, it's just this live service model they insist on that's gonna keep it from being anything truly great. Which is why I probably wont participate in these seasons much and I think the dev time spent on them and pumping out $20 skins like clockwork is effort that should be spent on meaningful paid expansions and patches that make an individuals experience better not maintaining balance in an ARPG.
I chose not to pull the trigger on D4 - it just seemed off to me. Still think I made the right call, i'm playing D2R on the side along other games and having a blast :)
@@jmmywyf4lyfmy guess is a lot of cheaper rookie developers, a rare few veterans, and less time they needed to get anything done right before someone in charge decided to scrap everything and start again. I swear, 75 % of problems *in game development* are managers so terrible any other industry would fire or demote them for incompetense. The rest is publisher nonsense and terrible woking conditions. If baffling how often games are crunched together in the last month or even well after release these days. Like, I'm glad people enjoy No Man's Sky and Cyberpunk 2077, but it would have been way better if they were actually finished games on release. Not that I buy games on release, I have no interest in paying to QA the beta. I play most games after the final DLC bundle or even the final patch is released.
You made the right call. I regret buying D4. It's such a boring slog filled with live service BS. I have quit 3 times: level 33, level 42, and level 50. I never even finished the campaign because it just feels like one chore after another.
An offline-mode would be a gift from the gods🙏🏻- I personally think that sooner or later D4'll be completely dead if BLIZZARD don't change their thinking of handling the game and especially their paying customers🤷🏻♂️. I'm absolutely dissapointed of the game and the company bc I had really high expectations of D4 since the first open beta - maybe too high expectations,but that's on me🤷🏻♂️ As always,really good content👍🏻 - thanks a lot for that and have a good one🤘🏻🎩🍻cheers,good sir...
Diablo has been such a disappointment, I don’t know if they will ever be able to draw me back in. I’ve been watching a lot of Tim Cain lately and he makes is very clear that losing the rights to Arcanum is one of his biggest regrets. I hope one day he gets to make a sequel.
I'm not trying to start an argument or anything but as a non blizzard fan, it just seems so clear to me that D4 was gonna be bad. Everything about how the company treat it's fans and its own IP suggests that they care about nothing but making a quick buck. I would honestly be surprised if D4 came out as a good game.
I agree. QoL changes are good, but those were never my biggest gripes with the game. It is still a boring game, with boring end game, boring combat, flawed screenplay during campaign, and a field of view as big as the keyhole. It's fascinating to see how easy some of the Blizzard players are to please. If this game weren't called Diablo and were developed by NetEase for example, would anyone still be this positive about it? Also, let's please not pretend a battle pass in a full priced game is anything to be encouraged.
Hey Morty son! No chance they will implement an “off line mode”. They won’t want to split the player base as they want everyone online. What is inevitable is that D4 seasons will be tied to gamepass in some way, maybe if you are a gamepass member you get the premium battle pass include free. ❤ 💀
What I'm wondering about is if they'll include WoW subscription into game pass, or at least make a discount on it for game pass subs. This won't make me reinstall it, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the majority here and it could revitalise the game.
I doubt D4 battle passes will get bundled in with game pass. Maybe once every couple seasons or more likely a discount on the premium pass for game pass subscribers. Same for WoW, they didn't buy Blizzard (and and the rest of ABK) to demonetize them.
@@dealbreakerc From a business perspective let's say Blizzard customers stick to their own BattleNet bubble and data shows a potential profit integrating them into the Microsoft ecosystem, that could be a possibility. As for Activision, luring CoD console players towards Xbox rather than Sony could be part of that strategy too. That said, I don't have the numbers and I don't run a megacorp so that's just an idea crossing my mind :)
I got Diablo 4 free with a graphics card. I think getting it for free helped me enjoy it more than I might have if I'd payef full whack. I wuite enjoyed it, apart from the habnd and wrist pain it caused! The second I finished the main story I stopped playing as it felt like enough by then.
Getting a game for cheaper lets you enjoy a game more purely. It's why I liked Anthem and Mass Effect: Andromeda. I picked them both up like 18-24 months after their launch, for like $20 each. I for sure had $20 of fun with each one. :)
You bring up a good point with Blizzard having us participate with an only-only experience even though we paid full price for this game already. I think it's just another reason why AAA studios are contending with indies because the smaller studios understand we don't like this and it doesn't stop you from making money either. It's just pure greed.
Blizzard has spared no effort over the years in alienating me as a customer. This goes for how they design their games and write theirs stories up to how they choose all monetization options available and how they manage their company as a whole. I've had the ARPG itch for a while, but the last one I played was D3, which was extremely dumbed down, was unnecessarily online and also had one of the classes locked behind a paywall. PoE is supposed to be the best one around, but I found it to be a bit daunting to learn. This year I bit the bullet and bought Grim Dawn. It has enough crunch to make theorycrafting fun without becoming overwhelming, and follows the old school model I prefer (base game, expansion packs, offline). Besides being a bit old, the game will receive an update soon, and a new expansion was announced for the next year. Definitive recommendation from me of you wish to steer clear from Bobby Kotick's ant maze.
The main issue with D4 is the lack of end content especially when you start to compare with other ARPG is not good. In one side and going back to D3 they were able to get away during that time for a long time however the market and current ARPG ecosistem is in a much better shape right now. The next thing is that many current ARPG are full of content even some of the early access games will shadow D4 in that area. At this point they need to generate at least a couple of more end game mechanics and/or game modes that can be play during a season in order to really extend the life cicle of each one if not this is going to be a one trick ponie every season.
@@Adonis869 last epoch is just good, grim dawn if you want something older, it also has mods for stuff like 40k edit: if you are also fine with 3rd person games then Nioh also fits into the category
@@Adonis869 Lost Ark Grim Dawn (which excels in single player content) Inquisitor Martyr Last Epoch + the ones you mentioned except for wolcen have not touch that since early release. Also D2-resurrected
@@Krend3r Last epoch took like 2-3 years to get where it is at today. While I agree end game content is lacking I think people are also mad disingenuous when it comes to other Arpgs and how they are now compared to when they launched. Only game that this excludes is PoE
I said i was gonna play and give it one more shot to not suck and I got an error message on ps5 right off the bat. Came back a few hours later and got to 15 on my Druid and couldn’t do his class quest because it was bugged… I might be done for life
Just discovered your channel and it’s been fantastic, really insightful commentary on a lot of things. One thing I can almost guarantee is that Microsoft isn’t going to do anything like give us offline modes. They are going to try and recoup their 70b dollar investment ASAP, much to the chagrin of gamers. At the same time it doesn’t matter cause folks will spend on these games and services and add one - it’s a shitty cycle we’re in.
Armored Core For Answer had a PHENOMENAL system for patch management; the player can select which patch regulation they want to play on from an in-game menu. Boom, done. Simple and beautiful. You wanna roll back to patch 1.0 to use the busted ass missiles? Or the 1.3 era when everything was a bit faster? Go right ahead. I wish more devs would bother.
@@Zixxthify nope. that's not true at all, the most recent game and the one I'm talking about here both have PvP components, and the fifth generation was largely based on its multiplayer.
Now I understand why there so much hate happening on forums. The first “nerf” patch scared people, and they couldn’t recover until next patch. And it was fortnight after. Personally me I get miserable at that time, but I absolutely love this game and it becomes better with every patch
Not to yuck anyone's yum, but I have no idea how so many people enjoy Diablo 4. It's the worst money I've spent on a game in ages. I enjoyed the campaign and then the game just turned into a slog. The itemization is absurd (see the latest Carbot Animations video to see what I mean), leveling takes FOREVER, build diversity is a joke (every build for a given class feels really similar thanks to the limited skill choices and the way they're structured), etc etc etc. To be fair, I haven't played since a few weeks after launch and it sounds like they at least addressed the leveling thing. But overall I just found the game really disappointing and I'd rather just play Last Epoch or even D3. I just don't see the appeal. With respect, I think the game has way more issues than just being a live service game. I don't think making it offline will fix the issues with the game.
Have you tried Grim Dawn? I haven't played Diablo 2 but I've heard its quite similar. There is an expansion and 1.2 update and a new expansion coming out in 2024. Ive enjoyed it quite a bit, when your schedule is less busy it might be fun to check out.
This is definitely the first game I think of when I think of Diablo 2-esque ARPGs. I would say that's it's the best of the genre, at least of the ones I've played (which is quite a few.)
I hated that they charged for Mk V in Halo 4 back in the day and I hate it now. Chief’s armors should always be free even if it means doing a tough challenge/achievement.
So I finally picked it up because it made the jump to steam and now I have the native steam deck support. The live service seasonal stuff doesn’t bother me too much because I’m more a casual guy who just wants to do the story with a few different characters. I too want an offline mode though, especially with the deck. I often am on the deck without an internet connection or using my phone as a hotspot. That doesn’t work with D4.
Glad I waited on picking it up since it showed up on steam. Still going to wait for a deeper sale, so many good games out right now there isn't a rush to buy anything at near full price.
After D4 came out on Game Pass, I was wrapping up with D2R before starting D4. I only wanted to finish the campaing because I never did on the original game. I'm not a hardcore Diablo player or a dedicated fan, I'm just a casual. Although I have played D3 with friends and I have done quite a bit of post-story content in it. So speaking only (and strictly) from a casual's point of view, D4 so far has been positive and fun for me. There are a few things that bug me but for the most part it's good. Admittedly I have only played around 5-10 hours so far but still, so far so good. But again, keep in mind I speak from the PoV of a casual who only plans to play main story content. I'm sure things must be different for people who want to play with others, do PvP, seasonal content and all that jazz. But for me a fun one so far.
You know, I was pretty worried about what would happen with Obsidian when they were purchased by Microsoft, but it kinda sounds like the Pillars series will actually continue (probably thanks to BG3, tbf).
Logged in and played for like 30 min Still getting 5-10sec lag spikes every time a players enters my screen Renown still didnt complete cant see more than 5 inches away from char while monsters shoot me 2 screens away got bored and logged out back to BG3
I liked the story, even the gameplay to an extend, but man do I ever dislike the sharing of the map with other players. It breaks the immersion, and that's what I loved with the previous ones
They should have added Blood Knight from the mobile game to go with the content as part of the season pass my, imo. Complete the pass you get the job, or something. Every 2 passes should have a class.
I just think that 500 BRL for the premium version (that is roughly one-third of the minimum wage in Brazil) doesn't really makes sense, especially if you consider that you dont have an offline mode, basically it feels that the game isn't really yours, to be cool you have to spend more time and more money in a battle pass and in a cash shop, while in other entries you could just unlock everything. I will just keep the game in the back of my mind and come back two to four years in the future when the prices will be more reasonably.
I really wish Diablo 3 on PC supported gamepads/controllers. I don’t have an Xbox anymore and play on my ROG Ally a lot more than my desktop lately and I would love to jump back into 3. 4 like for many people hasn’t hit the spot for me, both in art design and gameplay.
Complaining about online only is noble but futile effort. They never gonna change that. Here are a few reason: It would cost them millions. Most logic is server side. Do you know how much work it is to port everything to the client side. Then it would allow even easier hacking of the client, which is one of their main points and also understandable. You can't create a server only game then flip a switch and it's suddenly an offline game. They could give you their server software so you can run your own server. Yeah, Zero chance sorry. Even if they wanted to. They would have to create a new game like diablo 5 with offline mode in mind from the start for this to work.
Oh I dont think they'll do it, and yes I am fully aware of the implications and work load, but I'm still gonna complain because they are a multi billion dollar company that just got acquired by an even bigger company. They have the money and resources its simply a matter of if they prioritize making a long lasting well remembered game or pumping out $20 skins and battlepasses instead of meaningful content, but we all know what the answer is gonna be. I can and will continue to complain about it where relevant though.
activision blizzard has money, thus they could do it if they were not greedy, how difficult it is is irrelevant, they absolutely can flip a switch its just that they wont do it because they are greedy.
Arcanum had terrible game design but an amazing world and story, so if they just fix the first part in a remake or a sequel, it would be an amazing experience.
If I was actually making the decisions, Id gauge interest with an enhanced edition that brought a lot of the unofficial patch changes that make it playable etc while publicly announcing that we'd use the success or failure of that to allocate resources to a potential sequel if the stats were promising/worthwhile. Meaningfully update an old IP to add to game pass at the same time seems like an easy PR win even if there isnt enough there to warrant a sequel financially.
You know, despite all the negative sentiment toward this game I think it’s the second most enjoyable game I’ve played this year. Second to BG3 of course.
I told my friend as of right now, D4 is a great game to play to slay until level 100 and mess around with a few builds, do the new content then wait for next season. By S4 I think the game will be a game you will actually want to level multiple characters and do more endgame. If the next few patches are as big as the last one then the game will be in a decent spot.
Yeah I feel like I'm done with Diablo for a long time. I have to be in the right mood for ARPGs because there's a lot of grinding and whatnot, and there's still a lot of qol missing. An offline mode would be great though, as always online means no mods, addons and the amount of replayability added for free to games because of mods is huge. I'm glad it's still being worked on and maybe next year sometime I'll be wanting more. For now I'm still playing BG3 because it's that good.
Bought the game when it came to Steam so I can play it on my Steam Deck, and it's been really awesome. Then again I've been able to play D2R on my deck as well. Anyway, I've been enjoying the game not as loot hunting game as its predecesors, but a live open world exploration game. The story is good (not great) but the side quests are interesting, especially the short chain ones; quality varies though. I will most likely drop the game once I either get lvl 100 and/or explore the entire map with one character. Then I will feel like I'm done with the game. I don't see this as my forever game, I doubt I will even play this for over a month.
Unfortunately for Blizzard and D4, I just don't find any reason to play it. With the likes of Grim Dawn (which had an amazing free update), Titan Quest, TL2 and D2R around, all which can be played offline and with mods, D4 ironically seems like a relic. Even Last Epoch, which I haven't touched in ages I'd sooner go back to.
I do how for you to get the Diablo 4 offline mode but I fear Microsoft might stop it. It’ll dig into their Game Pass model as that’s always online. I hope I’m wrong though.
You talked too much sense in this video! Blizzard got saved by Microsoft, all the bad actors are leaving Blizzard/Activision so you are only left with hopefully the soul of the company. Microsoft has done many good things the last 6 years and I hope they will continue this trend !
Why do players need to buy a battle pass when they already forked up $70 for this game? I'd be fine if the game was a MMORPG with such enough quality to warrtant the cost, but that is not so with D4 it seems.
The only take away message is that blizzard earned a billion dollars on diablo4. So be ready for other games of the same "quality" to keep coming. As long as we finance them, why would they stop?
i want to feel sympathy for fans of blizzard (and bethesda now with starfield) but as an avid skyrim, oblivion, world of warcraft, and overwatch enjoyer.... we all should have known tbh
As someone whose first Diablo game was D4, I enjoyed the game enough to want to revisit the older titles. But still unsure whether I want to continue playing the game through the seasons.
Great video - I especially appreciated your thoughts on an idealized version of the game. Btw, have you checked out Halls of Torment? Based on your history with the Diablo series I feel like you might appreciate it.
Considering wow classic, Blizzard is not entirely opposed to making previous version of their game available, so it isn't a matter of principle for them. It is an effective way to keep people subscribed though, so I doubt they would make earlier versions of D4 available without being online and monetized.
Back in 2013, Microsoft tried to force _everything_ on Xbox One to be online only, because the Xbox One itself required a constant internet connection to function. After backlash, they changed that. But that's still the direction they're going. It's only a matter of time before some, if not most, of these games are Game Pass exclusive.
I know how people are shitting on Diablo 4 by comparing it to Path of Exile and I am not asking to do the same, but would you be interested at some point to check out Path of Exile sometime in the future? Not to compare it to D4, but just as you mentioned that you have a special connection to Diablo and PoE is the closest thing to it, so I would very much love to know your opinion on it after you've tried it out.
I’m really happy with season 2 so far. It feels better in a lot of ways. And while I’m not far into it yet it does feel like there is a lot more to do, not just in regards to new content but also because old content has new reasons to do it and rewards the player better for your time.
Yea everybody that bought into D4 loved it for some time at release aswell. @me in 2 weeks here and tell me how great it really is im curious, no matter the outcome 👍🏻
@@Fourside__how it felt in the early game felt way different than once you go deeper into WT3 and 4. I think it led to a lot of reviews that didn’t truly reflect how the game really was. It was a game where 75hrs played told a way different story than 35
Play Diablo 4 like you played Diablo 2? I see there was no mention of 3 or Immortal. With the inclusion of 4, it seems that a quality Diablo title that you enjoy returning to is the exception, not the rule. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.
Three was pretty good after Reaper of Souls (I have both the collectors editions) but it suffered from being online only as well which is why I dont talk about it much. Immortal I wouldn't even consider a game so much as a dumpster fire.
For me, it's just hard to get back into a game once I have lost interested in it. It takes me years to reinstall No Man's Sky to give it a 2nd chance. So, I hope Blizzard keep fixing/improving D4, but I don't think I will reinstall in any near future.
I refuse to pay for a game that forces you to play online. Completely removing a singleplayer mode means completely removing my interest in it. Adding an offline mode would change all of that, but it almost certainly won't happen.
@@hxc00p3r2 You're not hearing me. I won't have fun. Knowing I don't own something I just paid for and that it will eventually get taken away, even as soon as an internet outage, will suck all the fun out. Saying "Ignore what you don't like and just enjoy the pixels." is quite a lot more shallow, no?
Season 2 is pretty good so far. I hope they keep going in the general direction they are with it. Also I don't know how I would feel about an Arcanum sequel unless they can get the OG writers and Tim Cain, but I think it's the perfect spot for a remake. Even a remaster with bug fixes and better balance/combat would be amazing.
Seems like the people who subscribed to you like offline games more than online games, idk how you make an offline mode that couldnt be exploited since the game has PVP and seasonal content idk how they would do that
Games like this usually have a fully separate offline mode with zero crossover, you don't have to worry about exploits because you can't play the same character offline vs online.
Havent played since pre season 1, got 3 characters to 100 before that and another 2 to around 70. Full bis max rolls and gear on my druid at that point. Did all this for uber lilith but the fight just wasnt fun. And besides that there was nothing for me to do with my max gear i spent hours upon hours grinding for.
If i had bought D4, sorceror would be my first class and Barb would be my second. Good thing i haven't bought it, since they nerfed these 2 classes. hahaha
Couldn't agree more about the online statement. It's funny because I started playing PoE which is a online service game but am enjoying it more. The fact I spent 70 dollars on (my opinion here) a worse game compared to Path of Exile in terms of quality of life features and content, is disappointing. I would like it if it handled online like Diablo 3 did. Not needed unless you wanted to play with friends. Even inventory management was better in Diablo 3. I regreted buying Diablo 4 the most out of every other game I've bought.
Seriously, the prices of the armor sets are atrocious. They should have added all of the armor sets they are trying to sell to the base game with all of the sales. I enjoy the game even. However, those micro transactions are greedy.
Second (or third or fourth) the people saying give Grim Dawn a chance. Looking forward to the new xpac and Titanquest 2 as well. I don't care how bad people say it is, the live service component of D4 feels like a tender, caressing hand after playing 6 years of Destiny 2
The one thing time doesn’t do is go backwards. These companies never, ever cede monetary gain for the sake of games they make. It’s kind of insane, really. They know the answers to the test, but they make waaay more money by failing it. Idk how you even change that incentive structure, but it’s not good for any of the things we all love. D2 hardcore was where I learned what pc gaming could be
One of the core problems with Diablo 4 is trying to nerf and tune classes for an ARPG game like an MMO. There are no seasonal ladders, class ladders and end game is basically nonexistent. The logic is so flawed.
It's nice to see this game getting good, but I'm still pretty glad Path of Exile 2's announcement showed me that if I'm going to enjoy an ARPG it's probably not going to be Diablo 4.
In the meantime, Grim Dawn is releasing a third expansion 7 years after the original launch, working on a 1.2 patch incorporating favourite mods into the game with credit/permission of the creators, has a huge modding scene that runs their own seasons if that's your thing. In my opinion, it's probably the truest diablo 2 successor (with some mods incorporating or recreating (parts of) d2 directly. Oh, and offline of course. The graphics may be outdated compared to something with a budget like diablo 4, but the gameplay is stellar. I hope you (mortismal or reader) will give it a try some day!
2700 hrs in and I'm pretty sure I've got thousands in front of me too. Crate is quietly one of the best devs in the industry. unfortunate that we have to deal with the stink of battle passes and live service across so much of this genre.
I share your optimism on this topic, but only time will tell. Arcanum 2 is something I've never seen a possibility of - hell, I'd love a remaster of the first game more than a sequel.
I would pay in blood for an Arcanum 2 or an Arcanum reboot
Diablo IV's main problem wasn't the 1.1 patch that nerfed a lot of stuff. D4 has a lot of structural problems, most related to lack of content in the endgame, which is essential to any arpg game. That's why I'll wait and see if this season is worth after a week, when people actually get to the endgame.
As a side note, I can't stress enough how much I recommend Grim Dawn to you; it's literally the antithesis of everything you said you disliked in D4. The game is getting a third expansion next year and you should totally cover that.
Cheers, Mortis.
grim dawn has been on my wishlist for so long
like so many other games
too many games to play 😭
How many players reach endgame ? Most players play a few hours and that s it. Just look at the achievements rates on steam.
So t he target audience are thos players paying for the early game.
They are the most numerous and tje money maker.
Hardcore players are a small subgroup, losing them barely affects sales.
The managers are cruely efficients, no point wasting money on content that most player won t even use.
@@etienne8110 Hack & slash player live for end game. It's all about that next piece of loot to optimise their build a bit further. It is the pinnacle of low barrier of entry to an unlimited ceiling. It also is a highly addictive gameplay, pretty similar to a slot machine, so it doesn't make sense to put a entry fee at 70$ for an always online game designed to hook you in then make money with season passes and cosmetics. Just look at Path of Exile, if you're a good dealer the junkies will open their wallet willingly to buy your shit once you've hooked them with some well cooked freebies.
@@etienne8110 The thing is most player will reach endgame in D4. D4 endgame (in terms of gameplay content) was achieved at world tier 3 which can be entered at level about level 50 (as lost a high 30s for particularly good/lucky players). Once a player is in WT3 the only thing that they cant do yet is face Uber Lilith and that's just one boss who isn't even that hard. Everything that you do in WT3, you do in WT4.
But that's not really a problem because every ARPG has repetitive endgame content and people just seem to ignore the repetitiveness of other ARPGs because the narrative is "D4 bad" (it can and will improve but it isn't bad). Sure PoE has more variety but that game has been out for well over a decade and that variety came incrementally.
@@dealbreakerc and how many reach lvl50? Steam achievement for that says 8.19%...
That was kind of my point. You should really take a look at the metrics. Your experience is that of the minority. Less than 10% of players will reach that point. Most will drop the game before because of how boring it is.
I bought the game after watching your initial review.
While I had fun with it, I can't shake the feeling that I am in an "abusive relationship".
It feels like a constant mind game where I have to navigate how the devs are trying to manipulate me and put me on a hamster wheel.
This is NOT how gaming should be, and D4 is my first and last game from Blizzard.
To be clear I still stand by my review, I enjoy the game, it's just this live service model they insist on that's gonna keep it from being anything truly great. Which is why I probably wont participate in these seasons much and I think the dev time spent on them and pumping out $20 skins like clockwork is effort that should be spent on meaningful paid expansions and patches that make an individuals experience better not maintaining balance in an ARPG.
I would love to see Mortym’s thoughts on Last Epoch
I chose not to pull the trigger on D4 - it just seemed off to me. Still think I made the right call, i'm playing D2R on the side along other games and having a blast :)
@@jmmywyf4lyfmy guess is a lot of cheaper rookie developers, a rare few veterans, and less time they needed to get anything done right before someone in charge decided to scrap everything and start again.
I swear, 75 % of problems *in game development* are managers so terrible any other industry would fire or demote them for incompetense.
The rest is publisher nonsense and terrible woking conditions. If baffling how often games are crunched together in the last month or even well after release these days.
Like, I'm glad people enjoy No Man's Sky and Cyberpunk 2077, but it would have been way better if they were actually finished games on release.
Not that I buy games on release, I have no interest in paying to QA the beta. I play most games after the final DLC bundle or even the final patch is released.
You made the right call. I regret buying D4. It's such a boring slog filled with live service BS. I have quit 3 times: level 33, level 42, and level 50. I never even finished the campaign because it just feels like one chore after another.
I'm having a lot of fun with it still. But I just love ARPGS. D2R is still fun too when I get sick of the D4 live service crap
An offline-mode would be a gift from the gods🙏🏻- I personally think that sooner or later D4'll be completely dead if BLIZZARD don't change their thinking of handling the game and especially their paying customers🤷🏻♂️. I'm absolutely dissapointed of the game and the company bc I had really high expectations of D4 since the first open beta - maybe too high expectations,but that's on me🤷🏻♂️
As always,really good content👍🏻 - thanks a lot for that and have a good one🤘🏻🎩🍻cheers,good sir...
Diablo has been such a disappointment, I don’t know if they will ever be able to draw me back in. I’ve been watching a lot of Tim Cain lately and he makes is very clear that losing the rights to Arcanum is one of his biggest regrets. I hope one day he gets to make a sequel.
I just skipped it, I'm sure I'll enjoy it in a few years when I get it for 5-10$ on steam...
@@varieedeventualiihope you skipped Diablo, not Arcanum
I'm not trying to start an argument or anything but as a non blizzard fan, it just seems so clear to me that D4 was gonna be bad. Everything about how the company treat it's fans and its own IP suggests that they care about nothing but making a quick buck. I would honestly be surprised if D4 came out as a good game.
I agree. QoL changes are good, but those were never my biggest gripes with the game. It is still a boring game, with boring end game, boring combat, flawed screenplay during campaign, and a field of view as big as the keyhole. It's fascinating to see how easy some of the Blizzard players are to please. If this game weren't called Diablo and were developed by NetEase for example, would anyone still be this positive about it?
Also, let's please not pretend a battle pass in a full priced game is anything to be encouraged.
@@NoRHK Oh yes, talking about Diablo 🤣
Hey Morty son!
No chance they will implement an “off line mode”. They won’t want to split the player base as they want everyone online.
What is inevitable is that D4 seasons will be tied to gamepass in some way, maybe if you are a gamepass member you get the premium battle pass include free. ❤ 💀
What I'm wondering about is if they'll include WoW subscription into game pass, or at least make a discount on it for game pass subs. This won't make me reinstall it, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the majority here and it could revitalise the game.
I doubt D4 battle passes will get bundled in with game pass. Maybe once every couple seasons or more likely a discount on the premium pass for game pass subscribers. Same for WoW, they didn't buy Blizzard (and and the rest of ABK) to demonetize them.
@@dealbreakerc From a business perspective let's say Blizzard customers stick to their own BattleNet bubble and data shows a potential profit integrating them into the Microsoft ecosystem, that could be a possibility. As for Activision, luring CoD console players towards Xbox rather than Sony could be part of that strategy too.
That said, I don't have the numbers and I don't run a megacorp so that's just an idea crossing my mind :)
I got Diablo 4 free with a graphics card. I think getting it for free helped me enjoy it more than I might have if I'd payef full whack. I wuite enjoyed it, apart from the habnd and wrist pain it caused!
The second I finished the main story I stopped playing as it felt like enough by then.
Getting a game for cheaper lets you enjoy a game more purely. It's why I liked Anthem and Mass Effect: Andromeda. I picked them both up like 18-24 months after their launch, for like $20 each. I for sure had $20 of fun with each one. :)
You bring up a good point with Blizzard having us participate with an only-only experience even though we paid full price for this game already. I think it's just another reason why AAA studios are contending with indies because the smaller studios understand we don't like this and it doesn't stop you from making money either. It's just pure greed.
Blizzard has spared no effort over the years in alienating me as a customer. This goes for how they design their games and write theirs stories up to how they choose all monetization options available and how they manage their company as a whole.
I've had the ARPG itch for a while, but the last one I played was D3, which was extremely dumbed down, was unnecessarily online and also had one of the classes locked behind a paywall.
PoE is supposed to be the best one around, but I found it to be a bit daunting to learn.
This year I bit the bullet and bought Grim Dawn. It has enough crunch to make theorycrafting fun without becoming overwhelming, and follows the old school model I prefer (base game, expansion packs, offline). Besides being a bit old, the game will receive an update soon, and a new expansion was announced for the next year. Definitive recommendation from me of you wish to steer clear from Bobby Kotick's ant maze.
The main issue with D4 is the lack of end content especially when you start to compare with other ARPG is not good. In one side and going back to D3 they were able to get away during that time for a long time however the market and current ARPG ecosistem is in a much better shape right now.
The next thing is that many current ARPG are full of content even some of the early access games will shadow D4 in that area.
At this point they need to generate at least a couple of more end game mechanics and/or game modes that can be play during a season in order to really extend the life cicle of each one if not this is going to be a one trick ponie every season.
Would you please share some of that quality arpg content you've been consumin'? Path of exile & wolfcen excluded please.
grim dawn? last epoch? @@Adonis869
@@Adonis869 last epoch is just good,
grim dawn if you want something older, it also has mods for stuff like 40k
edit: if you are also fine with 3rd person games then Nioh also fits into the category
@@Adonis869
Lost Ark
Grim Dawn (which excels in single player content)
Inquisitor Martyr
Last Epoch
+ the ones you mentioned except for wolcen have not touch that since early release.
Also D2-resurrected
@@Krend3r Last epoch took like 2-3 years to get where it is at today. While I agree end game content is lacking I think people are also mad disingenuous when it comes to other Arpgs and how they are now compared to when they launched.
Only game that this excludes is PoE
I said i was gonna play and give it one more shot to not suck and I got an error message on ps5 right off the bat. Came back a few hours later and got to 15 on my Druid and couldn’t do his class quest because it was bugged… I might be done for life
Just discovered your channel and it’s been fantastic, really insightful commentary on a lot of things.
One thing I can almost guarantee is that Microsoft isn’t going to do anything like give us offline modes. They are going to try and recoup their 70b dollar investment ASAP, much to the chagrin of gamers. At the same time it doesn’t matter cause folks will spend on these games and services and add one - it’s a shitty cycle we’re in.
I absolutely regret buying D4.
I don’t regret buying D4, because I never did. Grim dawn still my top arpg and we are getting an expansion soon.
I agree it would be great to have an offline mode. I hesitate to purchase the game for this precise reason.
I always felt D3 would have benefited from it to....but they never did which bugged the hell out of me as lag was a real issue
Same, I'm just waiting for 1.2 grim dawn and the dlc.
@@Mackem_uk I really like grim dawn but always hit a wall of difficulty on the third difficulty level
Armored Core For Answer had a PHENOMENAL system for patch management; the player can select which patch regulation they want to play on from an in-game menu. Boom, done. Simple and beautiful. You wanna roll back to patch 1.0 to use the busted ass missiles? Or the 1.3 era when everything was a bit faster? Go right ahead. I wish more devs would bother.
Armored Core is single player
@@Zixxthify nope. that's not true at all, the most recent game and the one I'm talking about here both have PvP components, and the fifth generation was largely based on its multiplayer.
Now I understand why there so much hate happening on forums. The first “nerf” patch scared people, and they couldn’t recover until next patch. And it was fortnight after. Personally me I get miserable at that time, but I absolutely love this game and it becomes better with every patch
Not to yuck anyone's yum, but I have no idea how so many people enjoy Diablo 4. It's the worst money I've spent on a game in ages. I enjoyed the campaign and then the game just turned into a slog. The itemization is absurd (see the latest Carbot Animations video to see what I mean), leveling takes FOREVER, build diversity is a joke (every build for a given class feels really similar thanks to the limited skill choices and the way they're structured), etc etc etc.
To be fair, I haven't played since a few weeks after launch and it sounds like they at least addressed the leveling thing. But overall I just found the game really disappointing and I'd rather just play Last Epoch or even D3. I just don't see the appeal.
With respect, I think the game has way more issues than just being a live service game. I don't think making it offline will fix the issues with the game.
Have you tried Grim Dawn? I haven't played Diablo 2 but I've heard its quite similar. There is an expansion and 1.2 update and a new expansion coming out in 2024. Ive enjoyed it quite a bit, when your schedule is less busy it might be fun to check out.
that's the first arpg that comes to mind that i would absolutely recommend to anyone who cant stand the online BS!
Grim Dawn is awful and has not aged well at all
@Mello675 GD is the best arpg today so if it didn’t age well, the genre is rough.
This is definitely the first game I think of when I think of Diablo 2-esque ARPGs. I would say that's it's the best of the genre, at least of the ones I've played (which is quite a few.)
Let me guess, it is a PC only game? I need to buy a new PC I'm missing out :'(
I hated that they charged for Mk V in Halo 4 back in the day and I hate it now. Chief’s armors should always be free even if it means doing a tough challenge/achievement.
So I finally picked it up because it made the jump to steam and now I have the native steam deck support. The live service seasonal stuff doesn’t bother me too much because I’m more a casual guy who just wants to do the story with a few different characters. I too want an offline mode though, especially with the deck. I often am on the deck without an internet connection or using my phone as a hotspot. That doesn’t work with D4.
Microsoft have never impressed me with their stewardship of games, I'm not expecting any big changes.
so season 2 is kind of fun, but the content is kind of flat, like the whole game? meh. there's hope titan quest 2 saves the genre
There’s another titan quest coming?
@@SkylarTrahan Yeah they dropped a trailer not too long ago. But its not being made by Iron Lore studios and its still way off from release.
@@shredheadterminal ah, well I’m just glad we’re getting another one! Hopefully they do a great job!
I can't wait for Titan Quest 2! I played the crap out of the original, both on pc and mobile.
Glad I waited on picking it up since it showed up on steam. Still going to wait for a deeper sale, so many good games out right now there isn't a rush to buy anything at near full price.
After D4 came out on Game Pass, I was wrapping up with D2R before starting D4. I only wanted to finish the campaing because I never did on the original game. I'm not a hardcore Diablo player or a dedicated fan, I'm just a casual. Although I have played D3 with friends and I have done quite a bit of post-story content in it. So speaking only (and strictly) from a casual's point of view, D4 so far has been positive and fun for me. There are a few things that bug me but for the most part it's good. Admittedly I have only played around 5-10 hours so far but still, so far so good. But again, keep in mind I speak from the PoV of a casual who only plans to play main story content. I'm sure things must be different for people who want to play with others, do PvP, seasonal content and all that jazz. But for me a fun one so far.
Fantastic advice for Microsoft. We will see if they take it.
In before offline mode subscription service. lol
You know, I was pretty worried about what would happen with Obsidian when they were purchased by Microsoft, but it kinda sounds like the Pillars series will actually continue (probably thanks to BG3, tbf).
Great joke bro
Sensible suggestion about an offline version. Also another like for Arcanum 2.
Perfect timing, literally been looking for this exact video since the steam release
As a new player would this keep me intrigued overall??
Logged in and played for like 30 min
Still getting 5-10sec lag spikes every time a players enters my screen
Renown still didnt complete
cant see more than 5 inches away from char while monsters shoot me 2 screens away
got bored and logged out
back to BG3
Lol I’m impressed with how many vids you are putting out in a week while being able to 100% the games at the same time 😮
I liked the story, even the gameplay to an extend, but man do I ever dislike the sharing of the map with other players. It breaks the immersion, and that's what I loved with the previous ones
They should have added Blood Knight from the mobile game to go with the content as part of the season pass my, imo.
Complete the pass you get the job, or something. Every 2 passes should have a class.
I just think that 500 BRL for the premium version (that is roughly one-third of the minimum wage in Brazil) doesn't really makes sense, especially if you consider that you dont have an offline mode, basically it feels that the game isn't really yours, to be cool you have to spend more time and more money in a battle pass and in a cash shop, while in other entries you could just unlock everything. I will just keep the game in the back of my mind and come back two to four years in the future when the prices will be more reasonably.
I really wish Diablo 3 on PC supported gamepads/controllers.
I don’t have an Xbox anymore and play on my ROG Ally a lot more than my desktop lately and I would love to jump back into 3.
4 like for many people hasn’t hit the spot for me, both in art design and gameplay.
Complaining about online only is noble but futile effort. They never gonna change that.
Here are a few reason: It would cost them millions. Most logic is server side. Do you know how much work it is to port everything to the client side. Then it would allow even easier hacking of the client, which is one of their main points and also understandable.
You can't create a server only game then flip a switch and it's suddenly an offline game. They could give you their server software so you can run your own server. Yeah, Zero chance sorry. Even if they wanted to.
They would have to create a new game like diablo 5 with offline mode in mind from the start for this to work.
Oh I dont think they'll do it, and yes I am fully aware of the implications and work load, but I'm still gonna complain because they are a multi billion dollar company that just got acquired by an even bigger company. They have the money and resources its simply a matter of if they prioritize making a long lasting well remembered game or pumping out $20 skins and battlepasses instead of meaningful content, but we all know what the answer is gonna be. I can and will continue to complain about it where relevant though.
activision blizzard has money, thus they could do it if they were not greedy, how difficult it is is irrelevant, they absolutely can flip a switch its just that they wont do it because they are greedy.
Arcanum had terrible game design but an amazing world and story, so if they just fix the first part in a remake or a sequel, it would be an amazing experience.
If I was actually making the decisions, Id gauge interest with an enhanced edition that brought a lot of the unofficial patch changes that make it playable etc while publicly announcing that we'd use the success or failure of that to allocate resources to a potential sequel if the stats were promising/worthwhile. Meaningfully update an old IP to add to game pass at the same time seems like an easy PR win even if there isnt enough there to warrant a sequel financially.
Are the seasons limited time content ?
Yes. Every season has a ending. Season one was three months.
You know, despite all the negative sentiment toward this game I think it’s the second most enjoyable game I’ve played this year. Second to BG3 of course.
I told my friend as of right now, D4 is a great game to play to slay until level 100 and mess around with a few builds, do the new content then wait for next season. By S4 I think the game will be a game you will actually want to level multiple characters and do more endgame. If the next few patches are as big as the last one then the game will be in a decent spot.
Yeah I feel like I'm done with Diablo for a long time. I have to be in the right mood for ARPGs because there's a lot of grinding and whatnot, and there's still a lot of qol missing. An offline mode would be great though, as always online means no mods, addons and the amount of replayability added for free to games because of mods is huge. I'm glad it's still being worked on and maybe next year sometime I'll be wanting more. For now I'm still playing BG3 because it's that good.
Bought the game when it came to Steam so I can play it on my Steam Deck, and it's been really awesome. Then again I've been able to play D2R on my deck as well. Anyway, I've been enjoying the game not as loot hunting game as its predecesors, but a live open world exploration game. The story is good (not great) but the side quests are interesting, especially the short chain ones; quality varies though.
I will most likely drop the game once I either get lvl 100 and/or explore the entire map with one character. Then I will feel like I'm done with the game. I don't see this as my forever game, I doubt I will even play this for over a month.
Unfortunately for Blizzard and D4, I just don't find any reason to play it. With the likes of Grim Dawn (which had an amazing free update), Titan Quest, TL2 and D2R around, all which can be played offline and with mods, D4 ironically seems like a relic. Even Last Epoch, which I haven't touched in ages I'd sooner go back to.
Ty for your thoughts bro
I do how for you to get the Diablo 4 offline mode but I fear Microsoft might stop it. It’ll dig into their Game Pass model as that’s always online. I hope I’m wrong though.
Blizzard is all about the whales now
You talked too much sense in this video!
Blizzard got saved by Microsoft, all the bad actors are leaving Blizzard/Activision so you are only left with hopefully the soul of the company.
Microsoft has done many good things the last 6 years and I hope they will continue this trend !
Why do players need to buy a battle pass when they already forked up $70 for this game? I'd be fine if the game was a MMORPG with such enough quality to warrtant the cost, but that is not so with D4 it seems.
Diablo 3 on console allowed seasonal characters to be used offline.
The only take away message is that blizzard earned a billion dollars on diablo4.
So be ready for other games of the same "quality" to keep coming.
As long as we finance them, why would they stop?
i want to feel sympathy for fans of blizzard (and bethesda now with starfield) but as an avid skyrim, oblivion, world of warcraft, and overwatch enjoyer.... we all should have known tbh
D4 is basically the shell of a decent if underwhelming Diablo game that’s been nerfed and carved up to prioritize monetization and maximizing playtime
As someone whose first Diablo game was D4, I enjoyed the game enough to want to revisit the older titles. But still unsure whether I want to continue playing the game through the seasons.
Great video - I especially appreciated your thoughts on an idealized version of the game.
Btw, have you checked out Halls of Torment? Based on your history with the Diablo series I feel like you might appreciate it.
Diablo 4 is very good, my goty but it's not near Diablo 2. Won't have the legs. An offline mode with the expansion may be interesting
Considering wow classic, Blizzard is not entirely opposed to making previous version of their game available, so it isn't a matter of principle for them. It is an effective way to keep people subscribed though, so I doubt they would make earlier versions of D4 available without being online and monetized.
I mean paying $70 to possibly have everything cut off at any second is bs... If it was like this at the very least reduce the cost of the game
If you think an offline mode is coming, look at diablo 3. Wait around 10 years, maybe more.
Totally agree man! Great video
I will give it a shot again when its fixed not before, im enjoying cyberpunk dlc etc to much atm.
Back in 2013, Microsoft tried to force _everything_ on Xbox One to be online only, because the Xbox One itself required a constant internet connection to function. After backlash, they changed that. But that's still the direction they're going. It's only a matter of time before some, if not most, of these games are Game Pass exclusive.
After destiny 2, I'll never touch another always online/live service game again.
There's just so many games to play right now. Just don't see making time to return to Diablo
I know how people are shitting on Diablo 4 by comparing it to Path of Exile and I am not asking to do the same, but would you be interested at some point to check out Path of Exile sometime in the future? Not to compare it to D4, but just as you mentioned that you have a special connection to Diablo and PoE is the closest thing to it, so I would very much love to know your opinion on it after you've tried it out.
I've played it quite a bit, it's very good, difficult to approach from a couple hours here and there like I do with ARPGs
was hoping blood knight was making a transfer to DIablo Iv. Oh well I guess.
Stop having fun now is a mantra for online games. Pay us more for a game you've paid for is another.
I absolutly refuse to give activision /blizzard anymore of my money 😅
free comment.
looking on all those mobile game like progression screens, I feel disgust.
The 100hours of launch gameplay was great. Endgame is shite
Great vid thanks !
Playing it on gamepass, it honestly gets its value's worth 🙂
I still can't play this without horrible lag issues. It's annoying
I’m really happy with season 2 so far. It feels better in a lot of ways. And while I’m not far into it yet it does feel like there is a lot more to do, not just in regards to new content but also because old content has new reasons to do it and rewards the player better for your time.
Yea everybody that bought into D4 loved it for some time at release aswell. @me in 2 weeks here and tell me how great it really is im curious, no matter the outcome 👍🏻
@@Fourside__how it felt in the early game felt way different than once you go deeper into WT3 and 4. I think it led to a lot of reviews that didn’t truly reflect how the game really was. It was a game where 75hrs played told a way different story than 35
An offline singleplayer mode would mean people could mod in all the cosmetics plus more, which would kill the online mode.
Diablo 3 was online/offline. What is your point?
Play Diablo 4 like you played Diablo 2? I see there was no mention of 3 or Immortal. With the inclusion of 4, it seems that a quality Diablo title that you enjoy returning to is the exception, not the rule. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.
Three was pretty good after Reaper of Souls (I have both the collectors editions) but it suffered from being online only as well which is why I dont talk about it much. Immortal I wouldn't even consider a game so much as a dumpster fire.
For me, it's just hard to get back into a game once I have lost interested in it. It takes me years to reinstall No Man's Sky to give it a 2nd chance. So, I hope Blizzard keep fixing/improving D4, but I don't think I will reinstall in any near future.
D4 will forever be a failure in my eyes as long as there’s no offline mode.
I refuse to pay for a game that forces you to play online. Completely removing a singleplayer mode means completely removing my interest in it. Adding an offline mode would change all of that, but it almost certainly won't happen.
This is an old complaint. They trying to make it fun right now 😂
@Khepriem That’s a little shallow, if you have fun with a game just play it… it’s a videogame
@@hxc00p3r2 You're not hearing me. I won't have fun. Knowing I don't own something I just paid for and that it will eventually get taken away, even as soon as an internet outage, will suck all the fun out. Saying "Ignore what you don't like and just enjoy the pixels." is quite a lot more shallow, no?
Season 2 is pretty good so far. I hope they keep going in the general direction they are with it. Also I don't know how I would feel about an Arcanum sequel unless they can get the OG writers and Tim Cain, but I think it's the perfect spot for a remake. Even a remaster with bug fixes and better balance/combat would be amazing.
diablo died for me with 3...so didnt have much hope for 4.
Not sure the game is interesting enough to support on going seasons. It soon gets boring.
Always online is the essence of every issue I have with diablo four
Arcanum 2 or Arcanum Remake would be a dream come through!
Seems like the people who subscribed to you like offline games more than online games, idk how you make an offline mode that couldnt be exploited since the game has PVP and seasonal content idk how they would do that
Games like this usually have a fully separate offline mode with zero crossover, you don't have to worry about exploits because you can't play the same character offline vs online.
Havent played since pre season 1, got 3 characters to 100 before that and another 2 to around 70. Full bis max rolls and gear on my druid at that point. Did all this for uber lilith but the fight just wasnt fun. And besides that there was nothing for me to do with my max gear i spent hours upon hours grinding for.
If i had bought D4, sorceror would be my first class and Barb would be my second.
Good thing i haven't bought it, since they nerfed these 2 classes. hahaha
Please Morti check Inquisitor Mortyr. You like aRPG ans W40 lore. I think you would like that game
I have actually, made a video for the sororitas dlc. Wish I had more time to play it
If only they went the remnant route. I hate always online games.
Couldn't agree more about the online statement. It's funny because I started playing PoE which is a online service game but am enjoying it more. The fact I spent 70 dollars on (my opinion here) a worse game compared to Path of Exile in terms of quality of life features and content, is disappointing.
I would like it if it handled online like Diablo 3 did. Not needed unless you wanted to play with friends. Even inventory management was better in Diablo 3. I regreted buying Diablo 4 the most out of every other game I've bought.
Seriously, the prices of the armor sets are atrocious. They should have added all of the armor sets they are trying to sell to the base game with all of the sales. I enjoy the game even. However, those micro transactions are greedy.
Typical Blizz.. fun detected must fix
Second (or third or fourth) the people saying give Grim Dawn a chance. Looking forward to the new xpac and Titanquest 2 as well.
I don't care how bad people say it is, the live service component of D4 feels like a tender, caressing hand after playing 6 years of Destiny 2
I am very disappointed in myself for buying Diablo 4. D1+2 were what solidified my love for video games. Should've learned my lesson after Diablo 3.
The one thing time doesn’t do is go backwards. These companies never, ever cede monetary gain for the sake of games they make. It’s kind of insane, really. They know the answers to the test, but they make waaay more money by failing it. Idk how you even change that incentive structure, but it’s not good for any of the things we all love. D2 hardcore was where I learned what pc gaming could be
One of the core problems with Diablo 4 is trying to nerf and tune classes for an ARPG game like an MMO. There are no seasonal ladders, class ladders and end game is basically nonexistent.
The logic is so flawed.
It's nice to see this game getting good, but I'm still pretty glad Path of Exile 2's announcement showed me that if I'm going to enjoy an ARPG it's probably not going to be Diablo 4.
Forsat video again! Thanks for the vingens.
Wouldn’t call the vampire theme “Halloween” in the d4 universe tho. Anything is already pretty dark 😅