They literally haven't made a new game in like 10 years
You do realize blizzard irvine bought out blizzard north's beloved d2 from the start. they(the og creatives) basically decided to sell their creative integrity right as they were making it.
The game was always going to be about the coders/shadow companies squashing where it could go while capitalizing off a legalized gambling or incentivized gaming experience.
dtwoeyetems made millions working w/ legacy coders. every patch was to ensure their methods were fixed. not gaming content.
they were vocal about this in d3 where the d3 m0d team said people who play d3 are gfless saturday losers. they promised people pvp on the game cover and on the forums and legally never delivered. they illegally robbed millions of users and nothing was done. they hate their player base. activation was proof of concept of their business brief motives to keep people hooked on tech but prevent them from any actual happiness(catharsis) from it; aka a fair or balanced gaming experience aka red shirt guy/ dont you guys have cellphones lmfao?
In essence the idea to portray the imagination and battle of good and evil online was in itself so brilliant that watering it down w/ hacked items and pay to win bad rng still wasnt successful in k1lling the d2 game; until it was replaced by new and shiny experiences w/ no real original content. d2r works for this reason but....it still sux because they intentially k1lled it w/ next skill/attack always misses. so its pay to win or you glitch/clunk around. just like d3 and most modern item pay wall games.
dont think blizzard is literally troll? how about the "d2r 10 days of xmas" as literal "coal" troll. yes "coal" and troll.
This post was edited by lodd222 on Dec 29 2025 04:27pm