Why Diablo IV is Doomed to Mediocrity
Added 2023-03-20 05:26:46 +0000 UTCI had really hoped for more. I'm not sure why I still keep hoping for anything else from Activision Blizzard.
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Comments
Well it seemed ok but the class balance was absolutely shit. I tried a Druid then i tried a necromancer. The difference between those where immense. And druid toons looked like crap as well. Id recommend Last Epoch or Grim Dawn as it is now.
Helbindaren
2023-04-13 16:53:53 +0000 UTCFuck that guy. I love this review, such a shame how far Blizzard has fallen. Hopefully the merger goes through and allows these assholes to be systematically removed, by Microsoft of all people. I really do like the direction that Phil Spencer has taken X Box though and i feel confident from everything I've read it seems one of the underlying impetuses for buying Activision was to do just that. Considering how pissed Phil was when this shit was uncovered and the merger was shortly afterwards i think that Xbox, who formerly would likely have embraced Activision's style, now has good leadership making positive changes and decisions that benefit gamers and developers, not just board members. And i say all these positive things as a gamer who has been die hard PlayStation since the original Metal Gear Solid and has purchased every system they have made, including portable and the PSTV, along with variations of every single system with the exception of the PS5 that doesn't have any yet. Xbox is killing it and i hope they using that newly found conscience to cut off all the heads of the poisonous dragon
Nitsua MorningStr
2023-04-01 04:34:36 +0000 UTCI was surprised at how much pushback I got for being a SJW in this video. I know who Kotick donates to and I know who his eldest daughter works for and it is not on the right.
Annie
2023-03-30 14:34:48 +0000 UTCI'm glad you covered Diablo 4, btw. It feels uninspired. The talent tree revision is interesting, maybe? It also feels like they are trying to go back and figure out how to make Diablo 2.5, instead of actually doing something interesting with the franchise. Ironicly, WoW's latest expansion isn't terrible.
Tc
2023-03-28 04:59:20 +0000 UTCDiablo looks like it’s always been. I hate when games make change for the sake of change, but… *yawn*. I’ve played that game a few times. Story? What story. “Blah blah blah kill some big bad while killing the little bads to get there”
Jason P
2023-03-20 17:34:28 +0000 UTC
