Diablo IV

[Grampy_Bone]

It means catering to the whales. I'm definitely not going to jump back into this game if it means I have to roll a new pc just to access the new content.

 

[Lacrymas]

What the hell even is this "season" system.

It means you start at 0 in each season, your old characters get transferred to the "normal" server. Seasons are a way to prolong a hack and slasher's lifespan and they do a good enough job at it, especially if the seasonal content shakes up the gameplay.

 

[ArchAngel]

What the hell even is this "season" system.

It means you start at 0 in each season, your old characters get transferred to the "normal" server. Seasons are a way to prolong a hack and slasher's lifespan and they do a good enough job at it, especially if the seasonal content shakes up the gameplay.

In addition to that, season system has existed from back in D2 days and Path of Exile made it more popular with adding a lot of new content into every new season.

 

[Atlantico]

Path of Exile

looks nothing like D2

 

[United Nations]

Really wish there was a way to fix the shitty soundtrack.

I booted up D2R just to compare, and the soundtrack was at least 50% of that game's appeal.

Voice acting was better too, but D4's mediocre voice work could have been glossed over by a decent soundtrack.

Why didn't Blizzard hire Matt Uelmen to compose the soundtrack for D4?

 

[Florian Gheorghe]

Really wish there was a way to fix the shitty soundtrack.

I booted up D2R just to compare, and the soundtrack was at least 50% of that game's appeal.

Voice acting was better too, but D4's mediocre voice work could have been glossed over by a decent soundtrack.

Why didn't Blizzard hire Matt Uelmen to compose the soundtrack for D4?

Diablo2 soundtrack is even better than D1.I finished D1 for the first time just about a month ago with the DevilutionX mod. I couldn't finish the game when I was younger because I didn't know I could grind by starting a new game with the same character. I remember in 2000 when D2 came out, had my parents bought it for me from a pirate seller on the streets-it had 3 CD's together with printing on them just like the real thing (of course you couldn't play on BattleNet but other then that it was the same). Because I was living in a poor country(and still am), I had to play it on a K6-2 of 266Mhz system, with the sound switched off so I could get a decent frame rate to play. The soundtrack I had recorded using a sound system on tape and every-time I played the game I had to insert the tape and press PLAY just to get into the atmosphere.
Diablo 2 was a big success in my country especially later years in PC Games Rooms. Everybody was playing D2 on TCP also pirated.
D4 soundtrack is just as forgettable like the one in D3.

 

[Yosharian]

I kinda forgot this game existed

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

You know, I just realized I haven't downloaded any of blizzard's game soundtracks. That is probably something I need to do now. I did record all D1+hellfire music from a stereo onto tape (45 min sided tapes). Lol, that was a lot of standing doing nothing. Lordy that was decades ago (funny saying that for diablo). Now to find the game list.

Digital games should have their full ost available imho.

 

[Viata]

Reminds me that there was one thing I was very jealous of Japanese gamers as a kid is that every other game there would have the OST released so people could buy the CD and listen to the game osts. As a kid, I could only pray the game had a sound test option (to listen to any music I wanted) or stop the game in some part just to listening to the OST (I did this so many times that most retro games I played I can identify where and when some track plays). Today is not a problem anymore as I can easily download OSTs, but back then, it was really something I wished. Despite hating modern tech, I'm glad modern computers allow me to do the very things I always wanted as a kid, including play all the games I only saw in magazines as a kid.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I loved my sega genesis & CD for having soundtest on most carts and well, CD always had music and other tracks.

Fuck if i know that Nintendo consoles did that. I don't recall shit on the nes.

 

[Seethe]

Really wish there was a way to fix the shitty soundtrack.

I booted up D2R just to compare, and the soundtrack was at least 50% of that game's appeal.

Voice acting was better too, but D4's mediocre voice work could have been glossed over by a decent soundtrack.

Why didn't Blizzard hire Matt Uelmen to compose the soundtrack for D4?

Diablo2 soundtrack is even better than D1.I finished D1 for the first time just about a month ago with the DevilutionX mod. I couldn't finish the game when I was younger because I didn't know I could grind by starting a new game with the same character. I remember in 2000 when D2 came out, had my parents bought it for me from a pirate seller on the streets-it had 3 CD's together with printing on them just like the real thing (of course you couldn't play on BattleNet but other then that it was the same). Because I was living in a poor country(and still am), I had to play it on a K6-2 of 266Mhz system, with the sound switched off so I could get a decent frame rate to play. The soundtrack I had recorded using a sound system on tape and every-time I played the game I had to insert the tape and press PLAY just to get into the atmosphere.
Diablo 2 was a big success in my country especially later years in PC Games Rooms. Everybody was playing D2 on TCP also pirated.
D4 soundtrack is just as forgettable like the one in D3.

Possibly my favorite soundtrack of all time in any game tbh. It was creative and experimental, Matt Uelmen took risks and made masterpieces. Blizzard used to do this a lot, take a look at Undead soundtrack in Warcraft 3. Terran soundtrack in Starcraft 1 was progressive rock inspired by Rush, very complex compositions all around

 

[Florian Gheorghe]

Really wish there was a way to fix the shitty soundtrack.

I booted up D2R just to compare, and the soundtrack was at least 50% of that game's appeal.

Voice acting was better too, but D4's mediocre voice work could have been glossed over by a decent soundtrack.

Why didn't Blizzard hire Matt Uelmen to compose the soundtrack for D4?

Diablo2 soundtrack is even better than D1.I finished D1 for the first time just about a month ago with the DevilutionX mod. I couldn't finish the game when I was younger because I didn't know I could grind by starting a new game with the same character. I remember in 2000 when D2 came out, had my parents bought it for me from a pirate seller on the streets-it had 3 CD's together with printing on them just like the real thing (of course you couldn't play on BattleNet but other then that it was the same). Because I was living in a poor country(and still am), I had to play it on a K6-2 of 266Mhz system, with the sound switched off so I could get a decent frame rate to play. The soundtrack I had recorded using a sound system on tape and every-time I played the game I had to insert the tape and press PLAY just to get into the atmosphere.
Diablo 2 was a big success in my country especially later years in PC Games Rooms. Everybody was playing D2 on TCP also pirated.
D4 soundtrack is just as forgettable like the one in D3.

Possibly my favorite soundtrack of all time in any game tbh. It was creative and experimental, Matt Uelmen took risks and made masterpieces. Blizzard used to do this a lot, take a look at Undead soundtrack in Warcraft 3. Terran soundtrack in Starcraft 1 was progressive rock inspired by Rush, very complex compositions all around

indeed the Harem part is the best experimental piece of sound from any game that I know. This along with Fallout 2 soundtrack.

 

[lycanwarrior]

Diablo 4’s $30 Portal recolors slammed by players: “This is insulting”​

https://www.dexerto.com/diablo/diab...slammed-by-players-this-is-insulting-2529443/

It’s not just the price that has Diablo 4 players concerned. The Portal skins themselves are locked to particular classes.

 

[Average Manatee]

Does that mean if you want recolored portals for all classes you need to spend $150?

 

[mediocrepoet]

Does that mean if you want recolored portals for all classes you need to spend $150?

Don't be silly, Blizzard isn't that greedy. They'll give you a pack deal for $149.99.

 

[abija]

If only they were "slammed" by players...

 

[Konjad]

How can people be this retarded?

 

[Fedora Master]

How can people be this retarded?

This thread has 315 pages.

 

[Viata]

How can people be this retarded?

One word (and many lives): gamers.

 

[abija]

Try again, gaming is just following trends set by fashion and other industries. Some people just need ANY reason to throw money. Probably this faked outrage already made some buy those things.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Compared to whales... $150 is barely a chum bucket. Or is that chump bucket?

 

[abija]

Compared to whales... $150 is barely a chum bucket. Or is that chump bucket?

I'd guess "designed for whales" is mostly a lie to relax the chumps and to attach status to whatever is sold.

 

[DemonKing]

Coming to Gamepass 28 March:

https://press-start.com.au/news/xbox/2024/02/16/diablo-4-is-coming-to-game-pass-next-month/

 

[Late Bloomer]

Adding an embed to the above info.

 

[ArchAngel]

Adding an embed to the above info.

Finally! I can now try this shit for free :D
And they had enough time to also balance the game better and add some more features.
Now the only question is if I will still be playing Last Epoch at that time and will not care to try D4.