
2-The heavy corporate incentives for profit (not a moral argument btw) means they're trying to "solve for profit", instead of "solve for making the game objectively good" 3-The heavy politicization of literally everything will act on this in the form of censorship and biased interpretationĮven D2R, which they normally have no chance to fuck up because they have their hands tied in regards to creative control, is suffering from the same listed problems (TCP/IP, underboob.), albeit in a much more limited manner, thank god.ĭiablo has lost its soul, for good. The theme also counts of course, the mood, colours etc, but only as a complement to the core gameplay, only as top layer and cherry on the cake, but if the cake tastes like shit, this will not have mattered at all.Īnd the problem is that Blizzard is not Blizzard anymore: 1-The original Diablo team is gone, for good, there is no way around it. This game is going to continue being "more D3 than D2" in everywhere where it truly counts: gameplay.Ĭharacter Progression, Itemization, Gameplay, Game Modes: these are the areas that count. It's Blizzard trying to fool the playerbase's criticism of "it's a D3 clone" by just changing the colour tone. Last updated at 14:00:17 UTC Weekly Help Desk RAGE Loot Thread Trade Threadĭiablo 4's visuals are an attempt to hide the fact that it will look like D3 underneath.
