God it was so boring, same stupid mechanics all over the place, not a single interesting item drop, again side quest running stuff.

How do people even play this game, lol.

Damn man, someone got a Shako on eternal - first Duriel kill. Would that fix this game in your opinion?

imagine going out of your way complaining about this game 24/7, and still logging in

seek help

The game is designed to offer 100 hours of gameplay. That's about it. They don't add any extra gameplay hours with seasonal content. If you played 100 hours on pre-season or season 1, you have done all that has to be done in the game. What changes during seasons is how you do this gameplay.
The way Blizz monetize this game, I do not see them adding more gameplay time anytime soon. As updates go, they will scale dmg and stats, which will speed up gameplay, then add another tier world to bring back the gameplay time to 100 hours.

No one should expect more than this or else it's a guaranteed disappointment.
Monster reskins and left over mechanics from other games are on the menu for the years to come. That's just what this company is nowadays.

i fell asleep after 2 dungeons. the core gameplay is just garbage.

This is so silly because relate that to D2 that everyone knows and loves. ITS THE SAME SHIT

Andy, meph, Baal. Over and over and over. Maybe some gubers.

IF ANYTHING D4 OFFERS WAY MORE CONTENT

It isn't about having things to do(you need a certain amount of things to do for a game to be a game though). Eventually, you will run out of things to do. Its whether there is a continuing reason to continue doing the things you are doing. Nobody is sitting there roleplaying slaying baal and saving the world or being like, wow, i can't wait for more of this xp that i've gotten each season over and over again.

Skyrim eventually runs out of content for example(mile wide, inch deep, but by the time you've done it all, you've probably forgotten some of the locations you've been). D2R? The item hunt is so good that basically if you enjoy pvm at all its always fun because you're always getting shots at building wealth through a variety of item types that you can pick up. That isn't the same in D3, or D4. If you are a d2 PVP ONLY person none of this matters to you, you've long forgotten how long it might take to find a shako mfing legitly each season since you're just botting to find your pet items.The item hunt in D4 and D3 are absolutely not the same both in variety, value, and interesting affixes/breakpoints which inform character building. D4's itemization is basically D3's 3-6 months into its release with some better unique/legendary items but its still rare dominated without much variety, and d3's current itemization is basically WoW singleplayer(passable). In d2R the item hunt is the replay loop for basically all but the people botting their shit to play pvp.

This post was edited by FORt-HOBO on Oct 18 2023 04:01pm

d2's loot system reminds me of curt richter's rat experiment. we can continue to farm in d2 for hours because rng has mercy on us right before we give up. the drop rate is neither too low nor too high. all the loot in d4 is uninteresting and you can fill a whole inventory of similar looking rares after just one or two runs. at no point are you saved from the boredom.

feeling of building your character and making them more powerful (char progression), grinding for loot with good itemization, crafting, social aspects, trading, and pvp all trump "new content". there's a reason why people are still doing their 900,000th baal run to this day over the past 20 years. if you don't have any of these core foundation arpg mechanics down to the t, making new content is just development waste

This post was edited by ChocolateCoveredGummyBears on Oct 18 2023 03:50pm

You are comparing a game that was released 23 years ago to today's demand and technology.
There is no good content in Diablo 4. Nothing that justify doing a replay motivated by enjoyment. No one gives a shit about nightmare dungeons, it's the same shit as regular dungeons with annoying mechanics added on top. I might as well farm Meph, Andy or Baal to get a shot at a dopamine Ber rune instead.
There is no gratification in finding items in Diablo 4, all the hunt is related to if the next item you drop has 2% extra from your actual stat equipped.
D2 offer more dopamine when an item drops than any of all the junk you have to sort through in D4 and that's the main reason why people will pick D2 > D4.

It's not even a matter of comparing both games. The facts are simply that in this day and age, companies that are worth Billions of dollars with over 9000 active employees working on a project like this deliver an underperforming crap with stocks performance justifying their actions. By defending D4, you encourage other companies to do the same, dehumanizing gamers and converting them into performance metrics to enrich investors. They will even convince you to eat fried chicken for pixels.

We are heading into this gaming oblivion where people will shelter into OG games to avoid this corporate gaming style that cares more about your wallet than your experience.