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Blizzard just revived Diablo 4 with a list of changes so massive that it's practically a new game (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 75 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I’ve been hearing “but wait, Blizzard fixed it” for over half my life at this point. Never once was it true.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Eh, kinda true with Diablo 3 though.

    D3 was at mess at launch and the first year or so.

    It's in a good place at the moment.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I will, actually, give you that one. I was more thinking WoW and Overwatch but you’re right, D3 was a mess that they made fun eventually.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I'm have also liked hots. And actually I kinda still like it. I don't need ranked, I just play solo or would like to play with friends. Friends mostly don't, sadly, because it's " ded game"

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    • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    They are trying to copy last epoch’s homework

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    same thoughts. they didn't copy last epoch untill it released because they didn't know it would be a success

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You don't implement systems like these in a few days, it's probably been in the works for months.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    they are not already implemented, they are just announced and in the works :)

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    • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Blizzard has been dead for at least a decade. Anyone who is still interacting with the ghoul that is inhabiting Blizzard's corpse is a fool.

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    • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They dug a hole, and they keep on digging.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right? It's like they forgot how to balance and think this is what people what.

    I'll never forget the tone deaf "Do you guys not have phones?" because that always reminds me of how out of touch they are with their customer base.

    Of course we have phones. Of course a lot of us would love a Diablo game for mobile. Of course at the time everyone was waiting and expecting news of a new main game in the series. Despite probably the higher game sales and larger fanbase of Diablo 3, I still feel like (or at least hope) that the general consensus is that Diablo 1 and 2 are seen as better than 3 (and now 4).

    If they had released a remastered 1 and/or 2 for mobile, I would have easily tossed them a few bucks for it or even each. Instead I played Immortal for a couple weeks until I got bored and gave them no money, but that doesn't fucking matter because 1 dumb mother fucker is all it takes for the company to look at microtransactions as the profitable Holy Grail.

    They no longer have to make games for their majority fanbase, only a select few. And if you charge for the game AND microtransactions? Well that's even better.

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    • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I forgot this game exists.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I'm still playing D3

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm still playing Diablo II

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    • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Thank you, Last Epoch!

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I've been craving a new game like this but Last Epoch just isn't doing it for me. I get super bored when playing it and have to stop after an hour or two and then never really feel like playing it again. I've forced myself to play it for about 20 hours but I gave up after that. It just feels empty and soulless somehow, it makes me completely aware I'm just sitting and clicking buttons and watching numbers go up/down.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I thought the game was really fun as far ARPGs go, but I play primarily on controller if I can, and while I was able to run through the bulk of it with 2 characters, holy crap it was infuriating. Every menu has a completely different input scheme, using the wrong one probably forced you out of the menus because you dared to move your character, and it really makes me wonder about the logic involved with that design process.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Don't even get me started on keybindings! Why the fuck is S mapped to the Skills menu?! You so much as whisper off the center of Q and a full-screen menu pops up and completely cuts off any interaction with combat you were in. Yes, I know the player has the option to rebind, but WTF. That's default?

    Last Epoch is Diablo for those that can't quit cold turkey.

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    • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    It really seems like the same game with changes to its worst systems. I haven't been keeping up completely but my friends were talking about this last night. They still only have 3 enemy types?

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Still a hard no for me dawg

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    hmmm, doubt. But I'll wait and see...

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    Blizzard can DIAF after the BnetD bullshit.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I've been out of the loop. What did they do this time?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're not really out of the loop, this was more than 20 years ago: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnetd

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    This happened back in 2002! No wonder I missed it, I was kind of stuck overseas for a bit around that time.

    And I thought Blizzard was still cool back then.

    Thanks for link, I appreciate it. I know it's pretty easy to blow off an online comment.

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