Quote (Commm @ Oct 8 2024 12:49pm)

I may check them out for another playthrough for nostalgia sake but they were so slow lol.

D3 grew on me, turning into a few day event with some friends most seasons. It was the start of mega-casual arpg gaming. I hate infinite scaling (I think it's lazy) but it seems to have stuck.

I wholeheartedly believe d4 sold on hype alone. They've had the last year to bring the game from a glorified beta ($100 beta that is), to something that at least has a general direction (gearing, bossing, "content" etc.).

To me, it feels intentional - they released it in an utter dogshit state to 1) test the waters, and 2) prove a point: people will eat shit if it's sold in a nice box. Here we are a year later, and because of this strategy, they were able to sell another $100 game, most of which should have honestly just been included in the base game.

Quote (MadMan87 @ Oct 8 2024 01:53pm)

I dunno man. My brother is a GameStop regional guy and he said his d4 xpansion presales were pretty good. Way better than he thought. But he also told me he sells a bit of d4.

Not that GameStop is a good judge in this digital age but I’d assume if they are doing well digital probably is too. But I dunno.

Quote (Commm @ Oct 8 2024 10:13am)

D4 is the mcdonalds of games...yea sure, they sell a lot, but it's not because of its quality.

Not sure when people will learn that high sales doesn't mean a game or product is good.

Quote (Commm @ Oct 8 2024 12:57pm)

Best way I can explain how I feel diablo is, is like when you go to a restaurant and order something because it sounds good, and then it sucks. You go back a year or two later and forget that you didn't really like it, or that it wasn't that good, and order it again. Or when you just order the same thing on the menu, because it's consistent.

I mean I preordered d4 xpac, as I'm sure tons of people with my sentiment did. The game just isn't great, but it's decent now, and a filler. To me, it's like a glorified d3 experience lol.

One of my top complaints with d4 is lack of build diversity. Some classes have legit no real end-game builds, and others have maybe 1-2. They did this with d3 for a while, basically only having 1-2 semi-viable endgame builds to push with. It started getting better, but definitely took some time.

Quote (MadMan87 @ 8 Oct 2024 20:20)

I genuinely like the world more than anything and I’m invested in the Lore/Story (I read the books and short stories too).

But after being invested in the series since 97 it’s just part of me. It’s sad I know but it is. It’s my main series I play. Diablo and Borderlands.

Quote (Red_Vex @ Oct 8 2024 01:33pm)

if you're in since 1997 like me, please, respect yourself, you should have stopped after d2lod 1.13

Quote (MadMan87 @ 8 Oct 2024 18:46)

They were still over 3million monthly. D2 NEVER reached that after a year of existence. Neither did D2R.

Quote (Madmaxio @ Oct 8 2024 03:21pm)

These numbers are straight up fake, blizzard never shared statistics. There are absolutely zero data available to prove it.