5 Things I HATE About Diablo IV ... 

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The last ""game update"" stream where they talked about the 100$ box for 30 minutes and only answered 3 questions about the actual game really tells us what their priority is.

What strikes me more and more: I started playing in the 90s. At that time, games were regarded as art. The developers saw themselves as artists and the game was in the foreground. Today, profit maximization is the priority. A lot of development goes into getting maximum profit out of the game rather than making it a work of art. Today they only talk about art, but basically it's just a facade. Regarding trading, the only reason Blizzard cares about botting or thrid party trading is because they don't make any money from it. They don't care about the rest.

The sanctity of this series has been fouled

I cannot trust blizzard anymore after Diablo immortal. I'm waiting to see the game monetization on launch before I buy

The worst of it is that it's made by Activision.

I love that the gaming industry has reached a point where it feels like the player base needs to constantly be on alert and calling out BS or otherwise the companies will immediately ram D in the A... and sometimes they do it anyways. Waiting for a Blizzard product has gone from "is it gonna be good?" to "will they screw it up?" to "how will they screw it up?". I have consciously steered clear of all the D4 hype and speculation, but the more I hear about the game, the more it sounds like absolute cancer me.

It seems like their whole goal is to squeeze as much money out of the fanbase as possible without scaring away to many people.

I'm waiting at least six months before I jump in. Diablo Immortal has made waaaay too much money for me to believe anything the team says about D4's future. Activision could just bring in a separate "monetization" team at any point to change up the game.

I think the reason they made early access is to split groups of people instead of having just 1 large group(and ofc money)

The cash grab is very strong in this one. Imagine paying $100 for D4 while POE2 is free lmao

I hate that gaming companies are trying to shift everything to digital. Like ps5's without a disc drive. That makes it way too easy to cut out other vendors and charge absurd amounts for games new and old

restricted trading is my biggest turn off atm, not even sure about buying the game at this point. will wait for reviews from my friends after 3-4 weeks after release to consider if it worth buying or not that boss fights you showed us looks like d3 lol

Worried about bosses just being bigger pinatas instead of having mechanics that are engaging etc too

Diablo 4 looks a lot more like Diablo 3 than Diablo 2. That's a huge problem.

Mainly the no trading is bothering me.. The itemization seems lazy and simple. I used to be the biggest diablo fanboy but since I started playing POE I do realize that a great itemization in a game makes it so much more replayable.

I’ll remain skeptical until the game is released and probably quite some time beyond that. Blizzard has shown us what they’re willing to do with monetization and I fully expect them to fuck up D4. If not at release, later down the line.

I think for that price, the ultimate collectors edition should come with more AND should come with exclusives/cosmetics that you can use in D4 NOT WOW, D3 & DI...

I agree with everything you said except for the collector's box. It's nice to have the option to buy any version of the game you want and on any platform, and still get the collector's box stuff. But the biggest benefit is that usually people who drop the money for the collector's edition then have to wait for it to ship, meanwhile everyone else just buys digitally and can start playing at launch. This was a good move, imo.

I am in the cautiously optimistic camp. I've learned never to pre-purchase especially with Blizz titles. On D3 release I was there in the store at midnight to get the game, went to play, only to run into server issues that did not allow me to play for multiple days after, something I've seen on WoW expansions still being an issue. I also remember how they released D3 demo up to the Skele king and how this part of the game was well received/refined however after, it became a bit of a mess at parts. I can see something similar happening with the current D4. The trading aspect is where I will actually hold out from buying the game in it's first week. D2 with it's 3rd party sites, being able to go into god mode gear with no issue. D3 with the auction house, just buy most yellow gear there instead of spending hours of farming that might be a upgrade. Overall, I'll be waiting a week after launch to see how the game health is. I'm sure I'll get it however I refuse to contribute to any pre-purchase rubbish they throw our way.

One of the best endgame systems is the loot hunt and collecting the super rare items. The grail is great and takes years to complete. The incredibly rare runes and runewords are part of that experience. This is what D2 got right along with balance and making most areas of game important. D3 made the endgame GR dependent and paragon grind. This endgame gets to be pointless after a while and tiresome. The rarest things are the wings from the rainbow goblin portal. They do nothing for gameplay. D4 so far has FOMO, Battle passes for cosmetics and lots of open world areas to explore with dungeons and big bosses at the end. What are we really working towards with the game? Cosmetic collection gets old quickly. The game will be very short-lived if this is the emphasis. Bosses are great, but please no memorizing mechanics like Lost Ark. FOMO is too MMO and gets old if you feel obligated to login everyday. Grinding dungeons is cool, but after you finish them and get the codex reward, there is little reason to do them again. The paragon board sounds ok, and we'll have to see where it takes the game. Is there going to be a system like the super rare loot hunt? Is there going to be something to work towards? Killing mobs and bosses isn't the endgame. Finding rare stuff that they drop is the endgame.

i totally agree!! and yeah..the collector's edition...was so confusing for me. it's sooo expensive and doesn't even include the game, which is still boggling to me lol.

Hi DBrunski, idk if you’ll read this since it’s been a couple days but would you consider making a D2 video about Runeword/Rune Priorities i.e. I’m playing and all of a sudden a Lo rune drops and it’s my first one of the season//ever, what should my priorities be in “most” cases i.e. should you use it to make a fortitude for mercs/etc or should you use it to make your first grief? I know it’s dependent on your class/spec/build but I thought you’d be interested in this idea and maybe you could make a fleshed out video with “tier lists” based on class/etc and maybe an overall priority tier list (one that is not based on class/build but just overall what’s generally the most useful use of X rune when you first get it) So I just found an Ohm rune and I made a CTA for example because imo the CTA is the top priority for the Ohm rune.

I agree with the FOMO, it's what hurts my time playing games like Destiny 2 where I feel like I NEED to play instead of WANT to play the game otherwise I'll miss out on something cool that I can't obtain. As for the Dynamic bosses I'd have to see more of, but it does seem like they're trying to make this game newbie friendly (gateway game to ARPGs or something) Only thing I really disagree on is the Collector's Box. I can buy the digital version of the game and play it D1 or in some cases early because of the early access while also getting all the collector's items on a different day, I won't have to wait for the collector's box to arrive via mail to get the code to play the game, and potentially can just get the collector's items before the game even launches. Game price I see a lot of people talk about it being expensive, if you were to subtract the base $70 price tag from most collector's editions you'd get around the price of the collector's box or higher depending on what's in it. Really the only thing that isn't to great about it is that people will assume it comes with the game on first glance but they have been clearly stating it does not include the game, even to the point that they call it a "Collector's Box" and not a "Collector's Edition". I've seen some people say "how much would it actually hurt for them to just include the game but keep the same price" just think about if they sell like 1000 of them. That's $70,000 that they'd lose out on. I understand there's a lot of psychology that comes to play with the separation but I haven't seen anyone give a concrete negative to it, just "It's just them being greedy" or "blah blah monetization" but it's not like they're charging 2x the amount of the game and not giving you the game.

The Collectors Box not being locked to a platform is a very smart move tbh, and them other Collectors Editions you point to cost like $150+ right? No diff from buying the Collectors BOX + the game on any choosen system So yeah its not being sold as an Edition,

So much restrictions on trading just takes away from the longevity. You have to start over on every new character and getting them to end game

Is it that difficult to make a copy of d3 auction house? But this time with any idea how players can also spend gold in the game?

The more I learn about this game the less I want to play it

They just need to copy of d2 item and trade system and they will have a game that people will play for the next 20 years, if the game play is solid too. The only other thing I worry about is the maps being tunnels like it was in d3. Unrestricted trading gives the items all the value or else who cares after your done using something its just trash. That will be a huge missed opportunity if they restrict trading. I don't understand what's the problem with money trading on side websites it just creates more communities for the game. Restriction and Fun aren't a good couple, so just put less restrictions and you will have a massive success and sell more cosmetics then you ever dreamt.

Collectors Edition without an actual copy of the game is just nuts and I hope people boycot this lunacy so it won't return ever again

70 usd might be a fair default price but in many regions in the world this is 1/4 - 1/5 minimum salaray. And Blizzard is not appliyng regional pricing. Means many people in many developing countries will not be able to afford the game.

Why the fuck would the Diablo Universe ever have a battle Pass. I'm PASSING on this game.

Has me really upset with the Fomo and itemization. Part of the cool part of game was farming for sweet looking gear and gear abilities. If you have to pay extra for a sweet looking sword I’m out and Blizzard can shove it!

restricted trading is by far the biggest dealbreaker for d2 vets

I guess the reason for NOT included a game code in "The Collectors box" is. What code should be included.?? Pc.? Xbox.? PS5.? We have been told that you need to buy the game for each gaming device, so i think a PS5 player will feel a little ripped by getting a game code for Xbox and for that reason it's not included.

I would love to purchase as soon as it is released, but I will be cautious and wait for some reviews

I feel that these arent that great of “I Hate” points. Doesnt sound like you feel very strongly about them at all and are still ok aka “not deal breakers”. Ive been watching you for a while, since before Resurrected. It feels like you have sold out to D4 Blizzard. Are they paying you now to not say many bad things about D4? Just trying to be honest.. not trying to hate on you

Wait, if they call it a Collector's Edition, then it HAS to include a copy of the game otherwise it cannot be an edition of a game as it doesn't include it. Would have to be named something like a "Collector's Package for Diablo IV" to point out it's an addition, not edition. Oh well, Blizzard really enjoying all the Activision scammy tactics it seems.

For the most part I agree. Especially for the additional features of the deluxe and ultimate editions. This is a big "NO NO" for me. But the part with collector's edition not having a copy of the game in my opinion this is great! Let me explain. About 2 months ago I preordered World of Warcraft Dragonflight collector's edition for 130€. Within the box it includes a redeemable key for epic edition of the game which could be bought from the Blizzard app for 90€. So in other words the physical box costs 40€. But because it was as 1 product I couldn't pre-purchase the game from the app and should have wait for the copy to be delivered. Which as it turns out that due to some logistic problems of the delivery company it was so delayed that it arrived at 30th of November while the game was released at 28th November. So I decide to buy it from the app (knowing that when I redeem the code I will gain the money I invested for second time as a blizzard balance which I used to buy Diablo 4). But if I haven't done it I wouldn't be able to start playing from the release and would have missed some cosmetics awarded for pre-purchase (not the most important thing but still why missing something that I deserve anyway) without that being my fault whatsoever. And on top of that I could have buy the standard/heroic edition (instead of the epic) if I wanted which were much cheaper. So it would have been much better if the price of the Collector's edition was 40€ and not including the game (which once again I could buy from the app) instead of 130€ with the game that costs 90€. On the subject of Diablo 4 - I think the price for the collector's edition is waaaaay too high (for Europe it's 110€). Compared to the 40€ of the WoW I don't see what more it has. But I guess that's a whole other subject. When it comes to whether or not it should includes a copy of the game - I am 100% against having it inside. It is unnecessary!

I'm taking the same approach I did with the release of D3: wait a full year after release to judge the game based on player experiences so far. And I'm not hugely optimistic for D4.

back in 2003, i was anxious that World of Warcraft would ruin Blizzard by addicting them to big money. i was right, and Generous Blizzard died within a year. _but this Activision Blizzard is an entirely different and much worse animal._

People need to accept any new diablo will never ever be like the first 2. Those guys are long gone. Its going to have many design similarities to D3 because those are the people making it. D3 had an audience, and so will D4 it just might be different. Different band different song IDK why people cant get that. There is no point comparing D4 to D2.

I didn’t switch to d2r for a month after the release. I waited until some of the server issues were ironed out. I don’t get the urge to be the first to play. Especially when server issues could have us waiting weeks at a time.

I think it’ll be the opposite about the servers. They’ll run smooth in the pre order phase then have a stroke when the masses try to login on the 6th The big thing regarding the battle pass for me is which model are they gonna follow. If you can earn enough currency by completing the battle pass to be able to get the next battle pass without paying again, then it’s not bad. But if they go the destiny route where you have to pay every season..ehh

If they released it with an offline moddable option for the community to experiment with it would change my opinion of them drastically, rehashed diablo 3 textures and features notwithstanding. Otherwise, keeping it online only means they want to control and treat customers like cattle to be milked as they see fit going forward with seasons, passes, traded affixes and whatever $ ideas they dream up in the next 6 months .

Well, for me, as an *offline singleplayer gamer,* I mainly hate the *"open world light MMORPG"* direction for this game as well as the *"always online"* feature compared to older Diablo games (primarily D1 and D2) and those two reasons are the main "dealbreakers" for me when it comes to buying/playing this game. Other things that I don't like (but also not necessarily "hate") are the "Paragon board" and some other "D3-ish" features that are returning in D4. Overall, even though I think D4 is looking way more promising than D3, I think I'm gonna *pass* on D4 and just end-up watching a full playthrough/stream of the game mainly for *story purposes* and that's about it sadly.

They can put these mechanics (paragon, trade ban, affixes) to force ppl spend money/longer time on the game. But players can choose not to play their game too ^^

What do you use to record diablo ?

I feel like the colors are too desaturated / grey. They said they were returning to being "dark" - but D1 and D2 didn't have muted, desaturated colors.

I’m not a fan of the XP boosts even if everyone has access to it however to play devil’s advocate, the XP boosts can just replace your typical D2 “rush” in some sense. A rush is still preferred as it’s a gameplay component and another person needed vs just a stat increase for a period of time, but still… some comparisons can be drawn.

In Canada the digital deluxe is $119.99. That’s USA pricing.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year Dbrunski! :) PS. lol nice endscreen!

Soon as I heard open world, no unique trading & no offline I was put off by D4.

Even if you get the gameplay perks on the free track, people will still miss out on those if they take a break from the game for a season. I feel more FOMO from that than missing some cosmetic stuff.

After Immortal, and Blizzard's treatment of their employees, I don't trust Blizzard/Activision...

My only question I have is about what you keep saying about bosses. You were playing a limited version of the game with a capped low level. Will the bosses all be like the ones you experienced or is that just an assumption? I thinking saying all the bosses will be liked that based on such a limited sample is questionable. Also it's not like bosses in any Diablo game have been very dynamic so I also don't fully understand the expectation there.

Im very sceptical to the whole d4 thing. I learned in the past und Im not gonna be lured into this trap. So I wait for release and see how it goes. I hate this inderactional pressure to miss out on stuff and pre purchase the game. I really strongly believe they are not confident in their game and want to earn as much money as possible before the gamers find out the true identity of the game.

I am huge fan of D1 and 2 but if there was 1 amazing thing in D3 it was the bosses and their unique affixes. When some of these affixes were mixed properly you were facing really challenging elites. And thats what I am missing in D4 these elites really seems like just dumb sponge waiting for damage to be soaked in:(

They call it D4 Collector Box instead of D4 Collector Edition for a reason where the CE would imply that this is just another version of the game( Deluxe or Ultimate perhaps) plus additional physical stuff to collect so theres game inside but standalone collector box for this case is just for those to want to purchase cool stuff from D4 and put them in their collection. So the collector box is not the same as the games’s collector edition like in D3 or other Blizzard’s games….no game just physical stuff to collect…

I thought the collectors edition thing was weird too, but reddit posted a bunch of other games recently that have all done the same thing. Not ones that I would have even been aware were coming out so I cant even remember them, but Final Fantasy type stuff. So it seems like that is the direction the industry is going. People like collectables, and the market will always be there for that. People like filling up their man caves with that stuff. I'm more offended at the price and contents. It feels like they are milking that market and purposefully left a game copy out to reach less people and piss less of them off with a lackluster box.

As much as I really want to be hyped for D4, I'm going to wait at least a week after release to pick it up. There have been too many times recently where great games have been ruined by something stupid.

The more I learn about D4 , the more I dislike it.

I think the perks are meant to progress the battlepass, not your character.

I am going to def buy d4. I had fun with d3 not for anywhere as long as d2, but playing it though the story on the sofa with my friends though the story without paragon with fun. Sadly end game wasn’t. I am sure d4 would be fun at least 70 hours so I’ll get my worth.

Very reasonable take(as always). I personally wouldn't be playing the game until more content is released, 'cause I know how much BLIZZ loves to abandon their games. FOMO is bad, Gameplay is questionable - can always wait until the release, ya know

I disagree with the collectors edition not including the game. Some people just want the stuff and not the game...adding the game would just up the price by £70 and cost those people more as they are not gonna add the game and still be £100

I mean all of your thoughts very much mirror my own. There are things I struggle with and there are things I'm very hopeful for and even possible changes once they get more community feedback, if they want to be the Blizzard of old.

wanna play d4 for free? just play d3 again...

I can't believe I am saying this, but as a long time fan of the franchise I am not currently planning on buying Diablo 4

High end games cost between 60 and 80 dollars. They have for the last 30 years. Blizzard isn't using fomo with it's different editions, it's using staggered pricing to make up for the fact that market value hasn't increased with inflation or the cost of game development. This shouldn't be the number one thing on a list of what a person hates about a game... It should be a big topic we discuss that includes the entire game industry.

4 days early for paying more is a dick move!

I honestly can't comprehend people being annoyed with the game not being included with the collectors edition. As long as the price reflects this (and it does) then I prefer for them to be separate. Sometimes shipping is delayed which would prevent you from playing the game at launch if it's bundled. Some people are gifted a code by a friend or even the developers in which case they have a spare code they won't use and/or will have to give away to someone else. To me this is a non-issue people are just using as another reason to throw a fit.

Definately too much D3 in D4... See you all back in D2R a few months after D4 release.

Something that is bothering me not just about this game exactly,,, but the whole craze for live service games as a whole. The entire hobby is becoming offputting when every game is FOMO season 1 here season 14 there... oh the game is dead now. I dont want to spend money on these kind of games and there is less overall content at least by the larger studios. Im happy I can still sink my teeth into D2. Now im giving grim dawn a chance again. I just want better games again :(

I bought D3 based on D2's greatness. What am I buying D4 based on? As a person who owns multiple copies of D2 and D2R, I will not be buying Diablo 4.

I'm in the cautiously optimistic group that will be taking week off to play the game. I'm worried about how close it is to d3 components. As a d2 fan I'm 100% with you as far as trading, i really love the trading community, d4 seems to have locked that down to just rares. Feels too d3ish again. Bots will exist no matter what. D3 has bots, and they don't have the open trading. I feel that the longevity of d4 will be shortened without this trading aspect. Look at d2, people still play it after 20 years.

cosmetic items have ruined role playing games. Soon enough players will be driving around sleighs throwing snowballs at each other. Its a shame because diablo has one of the best themes of any video game. Diablo 1, diablo 2, and even diablo 3 at release still kept you in that world oozing with theme and charm. You felt like you were in the world, not just in a video game. That immersion will be broken the minute you see a level 9 rogue with literal angel wings riding around on a hoverhorse with magdha butterfly armor. Surely his pet mini-diablo wont break immersion. Diablo 3 saved you from this though, even right now, because you can just play solo and not have any of those things yourself. This game however FORCES you to play with other players, see them in the world hoverhorsing around, and to me it just becomes a video game at that point. It sucks because diablo was definitely one the last few true role playing games with excellent loot systems and it seems like diablo is losing both. Its just an action arcade game now.

As someone who remembers what a disaster the Diablo 3 launch was and the release date getting pushed back I wont pre purchase a Blizzard game ever again. That plus the hole Diablo immortal they pulled I may just skip it if I can resist the temptation to buy it after launch and bugs get worked out.

Yea I think if they just make the bosses have harder mechanics the game would be fine but until they fix that I think the game is super easy and gets boring pretty fast. Leveling up is inevitable. It would be nice to have a real challenge to get on to the next level but I doubt they’ll fix it I sure hope they do though..

I know people are kinda bummed that trading legendaries won't be a thing. However, given the new legendary system in D4 I imagine that trading of Rare items is going to be huge. Rares play a much more important role in gearing now. Like imagine I find a legendary with a great affix, but the other stats are garbage. I just need a great rare item to put it on. Rare items are going to be sooooo important in this game and people are going to trade big money for perfect rolled rares.

There is no diablo past d2r.

Here are my comments and opinions on the video and if I think you are on point of off base. 1. Using FOMO to Sell Game Editions The only issue I have here is the four days early access to the game. A number of developers are doing this with their games. Is this a way to further stress test the servers before the main launch four days later? Maybe? We all know there will be long wait times to log in and play the game on launch. Diablo 3's launch had hours of wait time and the dreaded error 37. Assuming the same for Diablo 4's launch, honestly I think the four days access is just playing with people hype to play the game as early as possible. This is just Blizzard capitalising on this financially. Also the early beta access there I think is a good move. Beta access for Diablo 3 had two options. Either you were a popular streamer or gaming journalist that Blizzard actually liked and were given a beta pass or you had to win a beta pass from the streamers Blizzard liked. The liked Blizzard streamers were given lots of beta passes to give away. Most of the streamers used the passes as bait to get you to watch more of their content or subscribe. Basically a tool for the streamers to get more stream views and view/advertising revenue. Watching a a few hours of a streamer hoping too a beta key was never fun. I know personally I entered about 20 streamer competitions to get a Diablo 3 beta key. I did get one but it took all of those 20 attempts. Obviously because once you have a key, you stop entering. Not a good system at all. All it did was give bad streamers more views and frustrate the player base. 2. Battle Bass This is just the same system of battle passes used on mobile games, brought into Diablo 4. personally I have always wanted Blizzard to find a way to monetise Diablo outside the base game and expansion purchases. The reason is continual money coming in, will push Blizzard to add more content to the game over time. However it can also lead Blizzard to focusing too much on the monetisation aspects. The most recent developer update video on youtube was a good example of this. Video comments disabled. The Q&A session at the end was clearly just questions chosen by Blizzard thus avoiding to answer the actual questions the community has. Also the focus of these video was to advertise the collectors edition that does not come with the game. A developer video focused on advertising. The mobile game system of battle passes was obviously chosen for Diablo 4 because it works. It brings in lots of revenue for the developers. I do not think it, in itself is morally wrong though. The implementation of to could be immoral though if the core game experience is ruined by too many freemium popups are shown through the game. Ideally the battle pass and microstransaction should be tucked away and only ever seen if the player chooses to go there. Not have popups on screen every so often saying "you have unlocked level 2 of your battle pass" etc etc. And to access that level 2 you will see what you do not get if you did not pay the $10 or whatever for the paid version of the battle pass. This assumes the paid battle pass content is cosmetic only. If this stops being cosmetic only, then that will be a mistake and an immoral move. 3. Restricted Trading I agree with Debrunski. I am not a fan but it is also not a deal breaker for me. This all depends on the itemisation in the game. In Diablo 3, because most builds needed a certain legendary affix, trading was the only way to get that legendary affix with any speed each ladder season. Wanting to try out a build but can't get the legendary affix needed sucks hard. Sure Diablo 4 allows trading of the extracted legendary item affixes and that is the compromise here. You can get the affix but need to still wait to find a good item to put it on. 4. Boss fights should be a little more interesting I agree. However boss fights are not the core Diablo experience. That experience is the elite packs you randomly run into. Are they tough monsters? Do they have an annoying set of monster affixes? What other monsters will get in the way of killing the elites? Will the elite black kill my character? This is where the core Diablo fun is. Not farming the same boss over and over. Diablo 2 got this right with its elite enemies being fun and challenging on hell difficulty. Most of the time, the elite packs were tougher than the act bosses. Diablo 3 did not get this right. The elite packs there did not feel any more special than the average monster. Also the constant boss fights, a few per act were not fun to replay over and over. Scripted Boses, nothing changes, same thing each time. Unlike the elite packs that are different each game. 5. Physical collectors edition I agree with you. Apart from the art book, it feels like a cash grab by Blizzard. Nothing else in there of note. Also what is in this collectors edition is rather sad, when compared to other releases like Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 (Wings of Liberty). Blizzard's collectors editions of recent, (WoW included) have really degraded in quality, from being nice collectors pieces, to now just being cash grabs by Blizzard. A point you did not mention but I feel is becoming a very bad trend across the gaming industry and Diablo 4 unfortunately does this as well. 6. Content exclusive to the digital versions of the game that is impossible to get from the physical disc version. I am aware that game developers get a higher percentage of revenue from each game sale, for digital versions over physical versions. However this does not excuse them for making content digital and/or digital deluxe edition only. Buying the physical disc of Diablo 4 means you miss out on all the digital perks. This practice needs to stop. People should not ben forced to choose which version, digital or physical based on what content they will miss out on. It should be purely based on which delivery method they prefer. This happening here is a very bad thing indeed.

SINCE WHEN has Blizzard ever lied before launching a game?!!??!.. Oh wait... ...

The itemization the bp and the restricted trading are the worst to me

For me, there are a ton of red flags with this game. Aside from the FOMO and the money attached what does everyone think about targeted loot? How about upgrading your gear? What about javing to switch between a bunch of different skills throughout combat? I consider myself to be a weekend player, therefor all of that to me seems like an over complicated way to cover up for a bad game. I am for sure waiting on this one and leaning towards the not buying at all.

So are they limiting you level you can achieve and making you buy like ten expansion packs of going back to Diablo 1/2 style ?

$70 is the USD price. In CAD it's $90.

Don’t forget the D3 gameplay feel, nothing beyond that really matters. Cause if core feels is D3, it’s not worth playing

Damn dude, halfway through the video and you're still talking about things you can purchase. This game is going to be awful. At least we still have d2.

Bots will happen regardless. They should have unrestricted trading if they want to keep people interested season after season. Pretty funny how this single change will positively impact the game. Blizzard are still going back to the drawing board on how to keep the game engaging per season and saying “it’s created by the community” - the community want unrestricted trading. Make Diablo great again.

While things may not be locked around a paywall it’s easy enough to lock it behind a grind wall and still call it “free”

70 bucks AND a battlepass ? Lmao ! I was already on the edge because i've never seen a video game license/company go to crap and come back from it but since i've played d2 at it's launch anf came back at it at least once a year i tought i'd still MAYBE give it a try but i guess not !

If these petty things are the what you hate MOST about the game than I think we have a winner of a game on our hands 👐

I don't think any of the pre-order perks are good enough to trigger fomo. Aesthetics change regularly when leveling, no one should care about cosmetics. Playing a few days earlier isn't a big deal as many of us have been waiting years. I honestly like that some idiots will pay to iron out the bugs on the first few days. It just makes my game experience better when I get to play. I am hoping for the best but preparing my expectations for the worst.

Not including game copy with CE makes sense when you realize it's multiplatform. Anyone on any platform can get the CE stuff.

It looks like Diablo 3.5. It looks like they just slapped a grey filter overtop of D3. It’s like they heard the backlash against D3 being too colourful and cartoony so they overcompensated by making everything grey. Everything is so monotone and foggy that’s it’s hard to even see your character or what’s happening in fights.

Including a game in the collectors edition is bad. Why? Because they would have to make like 10 versions of CE box. 3 for PC, 3 for xbox, 3 for ps. Or you would get the game version you don't want. And even if they did include the game in it, they would just raise the price by 70+, so you end up with the same price.

They suffer from what all game devs do now. They focus on profits and not a good game. Things like halo and so on we’re so good because the focus was a great game which rewarded them with great profits.

The no trading is kinda killing it for me. And screams diablo immortal. Which I'm not that much of a fan of. I may just stick with d2r

Literally Pay-To-Play with these purchase options. Giving the middle finger to game fans right off the bat.