Quote (FORt-HOBO @ Mar 21 2024 04:03pm)
I mean, i'll just give you a better sense of what i mean by burned. Not only did you overpay in this case massively(lets be real here ARPG gameplay isn't exactly fantastic, its incredibly simplistic that is in part held together by dopamine hits related to finding upgrades and facilitating progress) which nobody likes doing, anyone who for some reason thought D4 would have anything resembling D2, or even be as good as d3, was deeply disappointed with something that clearly isn't going to get a whole lot better in the forseeable future. You can always say $70 isn't alot, which is true for most people, but nobody wants buy a ber rune for like 5x its worth or find out they massively overpaid for it. Especially when its meant to be a sucessor to one of the most anticipated game franchises and with D3's pretty dismal progression. You're waiting years for something to become good(would argue its game DNA prevents it from ever getting there) when you could have bought like 2-3 games that are just straight up better.
The other games, especially single player games, tend to have way better story, way better game play, last longer, where ARPGS and MMos tend to deliver a slow burn over time. If you're playing D4 for the story you could have bought like any of the $15-20 other arpgs just for the story and they'd be fine. You could buy torchlight 1 and have a similar experience. If you had to pick between D4 and skyrim on sale, you should pick skyrim, even if D4 was $20
You can have your opinion but I'll just say that there's no need to be so negative
I would buy D4 again without a second thought even if you assume there's no multiplayer or online play. The campaign has high production value and is worth $70 on it's own unless you are so cheap that you can't afford games that aren't GOTY tier
The endgame was not for me, but maybe season 4 could change that. I'm not holding my breath for it, but it's free and low time investment to try for a day or two.