Quote (Oaa @ Jul 13 2023 03:15am)

just took a look in your post history. you dont trade, you only make posts about how bad d4 is. lol

Quote (BlakeXeal @ Jul 13 2023 03:16am)

Did you ever wake up in the morning thinking about the game? The best games I've ever played were immediately in my mind waking up in the morning. Maybe that's just me though.

Quote (TheScottosaur @ Jul 13 2023 08:52am)

The unfortunate reality these days is mediocre is actually slightly higher than industry standard

IMO the game isn't going to be a classic by any means but it is a decent pvm/dungeon crawler/casual experience which caters to Blizzard's demographic (30+ y/o adults with hobbies and a career)

Quote (BlakeXeal @ Jul 13 2023 02:42am)

And it's what many hardcore players expected, the game sucks. At least we can pat ourselves on the back now for being right. Too bad they wasted over a decade making another ARPG that is mediocre at best....again! That's what happens when you copy the Diablo 3 template and add nothing new and interesting. Monster scaling doesn't work in ARPGs for a proper feeling of accomplishment. Itemization built completely around aspects doesn't work either. The game has no real social experience because trading was gutted to only random items (rares) and not static items (uniques/runes). Half of the game is missing without static chase items and the trading that ensues.

The open world doesn't really fit in this type of game either because it causes severe issues with grouping itself. It might fit a true mmo, but this is an arpg we're talking about. If they wanted to turn Diablo into wow they should have gone all in rather than this bastardized hybrid open world experience. As in over the shoulder instead of isometric and having heavy rpg elements. What we got was some really weird combination of ideas from multiple games that just doesn't mesh well together.

Monsters have no personality and the sound design behind monsters and music is trash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihZe-ABUhsc

Quote (BlakeXeal @ Jul 13 2023 02:42am)

And it's what many hardcore players expected, the game sucks. At least we can pat ourselves on the back now for being right. Too bad they wasted over a decade making another ARPG that is mediocre at best....again! That's what happens when you copy the Diablo 3 template and add nothing new and interesting. Monster scaling doesn't work in ARPGs for a proper feeling of accomplishment. Itemization built completely around aspects doesn't work either. The game has no real social experience because trading was gutted to only random items (rares) and not static items (uniques/runes). Half of the game is missing without static chase items and the trading that ensues.

The open world doesn't really fit in this type of game either because it causes severe issues with grouping itself. It might fit a true mmo, but this is an arpg we're talking about. If they wanted to turn Diablo into wow they should have gone all in rather than this bastardized hybrid open world experience. As in over the shoulder instead of isometric and having heavy rpg elements. What we got was some really weird combination of ideas from multiple games that just doesn't mesh well together.

Monsters have no personality and the sound design behind monsters and music is trash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihZe-ABUhsc

Quote (Oaa @ Jul 13 2023 03:15am)

just took a look in your post history. you dont trade, you only make posts about how bad d4 is. lol