So I was wondering if I should buy D4.
I am a huge d2 fan with hundreds of hours laddering doing mf runs and trading to get those juicy rune words, both on the original game and resurrected.
Like many D2/Poe players, I was and still am hugely disappointed by D3. And I really dislike what blizzard has become.
That being said, is Diablo 4 a good game? And more importantly, a good Diablo game?
I really like it. Played d2 alot and was disappointed by d3. That being said, I’m not a hardcore-minmaxing-perfect-endgame-build-player so I can’t comment on this kind of endgame but I’m still having a blast running nightmare dungeons with my lvl78 necro.
There are still some QoL features missing, but imo the devs actually listen to the community and the patches they’ve rolled out so far are great.
I would say give it a try
I might do that when it goes on sale. Not really convinced by the answers here, considering the price. Thanks for the input
No, don’t waste your time/money on it. D2R and PD2 are way better. Let me know if you’re interested in why, I’ve got a pretty huge list of complaints about D4.
Yes please, let me hear them!
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The game balance is whack. Some of the random mini-bosses or mobs can take way more time and effort to kill compared to the main quest bosses. And even if you put in the effort to kill a random OP boss, the loot you get from them is pretty lame and doesn’t make it worthwhile. And you run into these sort of mobs everywhere, making game progression slow and grindy.
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As a Sorc, the gameplay isn’t very enjoyable compared to the previous games. I constantly run out of mana in the early/mid game, preventing me from spamming my main spells. D2 had mana issues as well in the early game, but at least you could stock up on mana potions and map them to a hotkey, so it wasn’t really a big issue. But even without a mana potion mechanic, D3 was still pretty fun to play as a Sorc and you could still spam spells, but I’m just not getting that feeling of fun in D4. I cast a Hydra and a couple of Chain Lightnings and I’m out of mana, so I’m forced to go back to the lame basic spell, which is not only very unsatisfactory, but does very little damage.
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Furthermore, the additional of unnecessary cooldowns makes the gameplay very annoying. For instance, Teleport is a spell that any Sorc would love to (ab)use, but adding a long cooldown on it seriously nerfs it, limiting mobility and creative use during fights.
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Speaking of mobility, I still haven’t come across any boots that provide a decent run/walk speed boost, so you move around at snails pace. There are horses, but you can’t get one until you complete Act III, and it is a major chore to get to there. Regardless, you can’t use your horse during a fight or inside a dungeon, so the slow movement is still an issue.
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The sizes of towns / NPC spread is also bit of an issue, with key NPCs being far apart from each other and your stash, so you spend a lot of time just running around from the blacksmith to the occultist to the stash etc, and the slow running speed doesn’t help.
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All of the above changes seem to be aimed at intentionally slowing down your gameplay and progression, which to me doesn’t make any sense - an ARPG, at least for me, is supposed to be fast-paced and fun, but D4 moves along at a slow and annoying pace. In this aspect, even D3 was better because it gave you a movement speed boost if you broke a certain number of objects in a short timespan, and the combination of plenty of shrines and or boosts along the way made it fun.
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Not being able to adjust my attributes like in D1/D2 is very limiting. Like, what if I wanted to put more points into DEX for a max-block build? Or one that emphasized on greater mana availability at the cost of health? I can’t really do that with D4. Same with the lack of runes and runewords, which limits gameplay flexibility. I do like that you can reset your skills (at a cost), but as you get into paragon levels, the skill trees become very unweildy and a chore to reallocate if you reset them. Also, D4 hides a lot of numbers and mechanics behinds the skills/spells, which makes it hard to calculate and come up with proper builds (which is probably also the reason why we still haven’t come across any decent build site - the Sorc builds on maxroll was crap and even pretty inaccurate in some areas).
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I also dislike that you’re only limited to using 6 skills at a time, and that you can’t remap them whichever way you want to, which again limits gameplay flexibility. This is especially limiting for those who play a spell/skill-heavy class like a sorc.
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The loot/gear in D4 sucks compared to D2, at least, from what I’ve seen so far. “Legendary” gear drops fairly regularly, but they don’t really give you the same feeling of awe and excitement like in D2. In D2, people would lose their shit over finding something like a Shako or SoJ or something, but in comparison, the gear in D4 feels very generic and not really memorable.
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Legendary items are account bound, so you can’t share your old/unwanted gear with your mates. This also means that there are no more “free” games like in D2R/PD2, where folks drop off unwanted loot.
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The attributes and effects of some items also aren’t really made obvious. Like, what the heck is “Item power” on an amulet supposed to mean? And just because something has a higher “item power” doesn’t automatically make it a better gear, so what’s the point of it? I don’t really get it.
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The field-of-view is weird compared to the earlier games and even other ARPGs, it’s less isometric and more top-down and too zoomed in. Because of how zoomed-in it is, you don’t get to appreciate the terrain and you only see a small portion of the world, which can be a pain for navigating and finding your way around - you need to constantly keep referring to the map.
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Speaking of which, I miss the old transparent overlay automap in D2. In D4, I find myself constantly checking the big map and switching out, because the minimap is too zoomed in and kinda useless (why can’t I zoom it out?). Someone is working on making a transparent overlay map, but it’s very limited right now and there’s no guarantee that Blizzard won’t ban you for using it.
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As a Sorc, the design and animations of the some of the spells suck. Chain Lightning looks weak af and not really epic looking/OP, like how it was in D2. Hydras in particular look weak and atrocious compared to D2/R.
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Speaking of Hydras, I’m angry that I can’t cast more than one Hydra at a time like in D2. I believe you can get an item that may allow you to cast an additional Hydra, but I haven’t come across it as of l48. But I still shouldn’t have to rely on some rare item for what should’ve been a core spell mechanic, this makes the Hydra sorc build a lot less viable compared to earlier games.
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The font makes the game look cheap and not Diablo-y. Seems like they literally just used Times New Roman for everything, and I don’t get why, it makes the game look like a cheap and generic ARPG. I mean, D2R proves that the classic Diablo font still looks awesome on modern wide-screen monitors, same with Project Diablo 2 with their new S7 graphics and HD fonts, so there’s no reason for Blizzard to ditch it. But even if they wanted to change the font just for the heck of it, couldn’t they have used something better than freaking Times New Roman?! Seriously, it looks so ugly that I get angry every time I see it.
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One big issue on PC is the mouse pointer - it’s tiny and gets lost on a big screen when there’s lots of stuff happening, so as a result you end up misclicking and trying to figure out where your mouse has disappeared off to. As a sorc who likes to teleport into a mob, freeze em and fire off a chain of attacks, this disrupts my entire combo chain and I end up waiting for the long cooldown timers to expire before I can launch another attack, and as you can imagine, this is incredibly annoying. This was never an issue with D2 as it uses a large cursor that makes it very obvious where it is on the screen.
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The music so far has been very unremarkable and not dark and Diablo-y. I mean, it’s not bad or anything but just not memorable, like the music in Diablo 1 and 2 - the haunting guitar strums, the middle eastern desert themed music, the spooky Indian chants in D2 A3, the epic heoric music from D2 A5. I can’t really recall any epic BGM in D4, besides the music for Tristam, which was taken from D1. Music, to me, play a huge part in creating atmosphere, and that is missing from D4.
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Same with other audio effects and monster sounds. Why are the Fallen no longer singing praises of Rakanishu or Colenzo? They also don’t talk or make any funny/scary grunts, making them feel very lifeless and lacking in character.
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Speaking of monsters, they are so incredibly generic that it’s mind-boggling that this is supposed to be a sequel to the Diablo series. Majority of the monsters that you fight are just humans/humanoids, or regular wild animals, with only a few actual “monsters”. The design and names in particular are so dumb, for instance, a skeleton is called “Horror”, and it’s boss would be called “Horror Captain”, also you fight humans called “Arsonists” or “Maurauders”, and then there are beasts literally called “Beast” - did someone forget to update a placeholder name? It’s like they ran out of budget and fired the creative department. Whereas in D2 the mini-bosses would get really cool sounding names which are randomly generated, sometimes giving making them sound really cool or really funny. To me, reading those monster names is just as much fun as killing them, whereas in D4 you just have to be content with fighting an ordinary looking bear called “Beast”.
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Finally, the NPCs seem so lifeless as well, they don’t greet you when you talk to them, no “Good morning” etc, also there are no memorable NPCs like good ol’ Decard Cain with epic quotes like “Stay a while and listen”. Cain’s dialogs in D1/D2 are so memorable that you could even buy T-Shirts with his quotes - I don’t see this happening with any D4 NPC.
TL;DR the game is very grindy and unbalanced, it feels like a cheap and generic ARPG. It lacks soul and doesn’t feel like you’re playing a Diablo game, besides the story and cutscenes (which is probably where all the money went to).
Counter argument:
- It’s kinda fun
Cut some quotes to get under the 10k character limit
Some of the random mini-bosses or mobs can take way more time and effort to kill compared to the main quest bosses. And even if you put in the effort to kill a random OP boss, the loot you get from them is pretty lame and doesn’t make it worthwhile. And you run into these sort of mobs everywhere, making game progression slow and grindy.
I’m guessing it’s the “increased health” mobs you’re talking about here. Those (minion mobs that accompany elites) were a pain at lower levels, but I don’t notice them at all now at a higher level. The way I adapted at low levels was to just ignore them - I moved on, they followed me and got eventually killed when I AOEd them along with normal mobs. Or I just ran away from them and left them far behind.
There are over 100 unique dungeons and each gives a unique Codex aspect, so my early game focus (on my first character) was to complete each dungeon quickly once. Because there were so many, at lower levels I never tried to 100% clear dungeons - I’d run past nearly all mobs along the way to objectives (unless the objective was to kill all mobs). Maybe it became a non-issue for me because I just ignored them until I was powerful enough to kill them easily.
Re: Sorc mana issues
I deliberately went with a build that didn’t use mana (Arc Lash) because of the above, but have heard others say that resource management becomes less of an issue at high levels. There’s a codex power you can get from a dungeon (Witchwater in Hawezar) called the Prodigy’s Aspect (restores 15 mana after using a cooldown skill) which can help but, your options are limited at low levels. Later on, you can get a better roll of the Prodigy’s aspect from found items, combine that with cooldown reduction and mana cost reduction to ease the pain.
Speaking of mobility, I still haven’t come across any boots that provide a decent run/walk speed boost, so you move around at snails pace. There are horses, but you can’t get one until you complete Act III, and it is a major chore to get to there. Regardless, you can’t use your horse during a fight or inside a dungeon, so the slow movement is still an issue.
After you’ve complete the game once, you get the horse from level 1 on all other characters. Personally, I enjoyed the campaign, so it didn’t feel like a chore to me.
You can also get movement speed on your amulet (not sure if it can appear on other items). On my sorcerer, between my boots and amulet, I have 130% movement speed (about 20% on boots and 10% on amulet - neither of which are max rolls), which is a lot more pleasant.
The sizes of towns / NPC spread is also bit of an issue, with key NPCs being far apart from each other and your stash, so you spend a lot of time just running around from the blacksmith to the occultist to the stash etc, and the slow running speed doesn’t help.
Yeah, the design of some towns make them a pain to get around or reach the locations you want. I think the devs wanted to make the towns feel like actual towns and to spread out the player population among different locations (maybe to improve performance) so they spread out the locations of the NPCs.
I prefer something more functional and that streamlines gameplay. If I know that I want only want to salvage, sell, or stash items, I’ll go to the Tree of Whispers waypoint. If I want anything besides the basics, I’ll go to Cerrigar (everything is close except for stash) or Kyovashad.
Re: Assigning attribute points. Same with the lack of runes and runewords, which limits gameplay flexibility. I do like that you can reset your skills (at a cost), but as you get into paragon levels, the skill trees become very unweildy and a chore to reallocate if you reset them.
I didn’t miss the manual point allocation from D2. There’s always a mathematically optimal way of allocating points, so I’d always just look up a guide and put points into what was recommended.
You get a similar effect in D4 in the form of properties from items - items have a limited number of properties on them and you can choose items with properties that improve something you’re focusing on at the cost of other things. This becomes really obvious in hardcore when you often sacrifice damage for more life and higher defensive stats. The reverse is also possible, as is building for more mana/resource availability.
Paragon respecs definitely need an overhaul. Supposedly there will be a respec scroll in Season 1 but I don’t know how easy it will be to come by.
Also, D4 hides a lot of numbers and mechanics behinds the skills/spells, which makes it hard to calculate and come up with proper builds (which is probably also the reason why we still haven’t come across any decent build site - the Sorc builds on maxroll was crap and even pretty inaccurate in some areas).
My understanding was that they datamine the game files for those numbers. The players don’t know the details but the builds should be fine. I can only speak for the MaxRoll Arc Lash build and didn’t have a problem with it.
I also dislike that you’re only limited to using 6 skills at a time, and that you can’t remap them whichever way you want to, which again limits gameplay flexibility. This is especially limiting for those who play a spell/skill-heavy class like a sorc.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding but you can remap them - hit “S” and drag and drop skills to different slots. If you mean the keybindings, you can also change those.
The loot/gear in D4 sucks compared to D2, at least, from what I’ve seen so far. “Legendary” gear drops fairly regularly, but they don’t really give you the same feeling of awe and excitement like in D2. In D2, people would lose their shit over finding something like a Shako or SoJ or something, but in comparison, the gear in D4 feels very generic and not really memorable.
I’m not sure how I feel about the loot yet. There aren’t any sets. You can craft great legendaries with a rare and legendary aspect with good rolls, but that doesn’t have the same excitement as a great drop. Supposedly there are uniques that people would lose their shit over, but those sound too rare.
The attributes and effects of some items also aren’t really made obvious. Like, what the heck is “Item power” on an amulet supposed to mean? And just because something has a higher “item power” doesn’t automatically make it a better gear, so what’s the point of it? I don’t really get it.
I found this article helpful, especially the section on breakpoints.
https://game8.co/games/Diablo-4/archives/414003
Re: Field of view too zoomed in
When I played the beta, it felt too zoomed in. Maybe I got used to it, but it didn’t bother me after the full release. It zooms out a bit more when you’re mounted, so I mount whenever I’m able. I don’t really mind the zoom level for the world now, but feel the minimap is too zoomed in.
I never liked or used the transparent overlay from the previous games but definitely understand why others would miss it.
As a Sorc, the design and animations of the some of the spells suck. Chain Lightning looks weak af and not really epic looking/OP, like how it was in D2. Hydras in particular look weak and atrocious compared to D2/R.
Spell effects become more impressive at higher levels (note that 5/5 in a skill isn’t considered “high level” - you need items to boost it higher for the better visual effects).
This is not to say Chain Lightning and Hydra are impressive at high level (I don’t know - I haven’t seen them).
Speaking of Hydras, I’m angry that I can’t cast more than one Hydra at a time like in D2. I believe you can get an item that may allow you to cast an additional Hydra, but I haven’t come across it as of l48. But I still shouldn’t have to rely on some rare item for what should’ve been a core spell mechanic, this makes the Hydra sorc build a lot less viable compared to earlier games.
This might be because of your level - legendaries drop a lot more frequently the higher your level (edit - and World Tier). When I was playing, it felt like they just started to drop more frequently at L45. At higher level, for me, it’s an issue of having too many and stash space feeling way too limiting (stash space is one of my biggest gripes with the game currently).
From what I’ve gathered, sorcerers are considered one of the weakest classes in the endgame and need some buffs.
Re: Font
I actually prefer this font because I find it much easier to read.
https://uxplanet.org/why-letter-casing-is-important-to-consider-during-design-decisions-50402acd0a4e
Re: Mouse Pointer
You can increase the pointer size in the settings. I found this to be an issue too but after increasing the size to medium, it’s been fine for me. You can also increase the size a notch higher but I haven’t needed to.
Re: Music
This is a matter of personal taste. Out of all of the Diablo games, my favorite soundtrack is from D1. I didn’t find the music from D2 and D3 to be very memorable. There are some dungeon tracks in the D4 soundtrack that I really liked and that reminded me of D1. D1 is still my favorite but D4 comes in second for me.
Same with other audio effects and monster sounds. Why are the Fallen no longer singing praises of Rakanishu or Colenzo? They also don’t talk or make any funny/scary grunts, making them feel very lifeless and lacking in character.
I liked D3 and D1’s monster sounds the most. The Fallen do say Rakanishu, but it’s uncommon (not sure if only a certain type of fallen says it or if it’s just rare).
Re: Monster variety
I don’t have a problem with general monster variety but I think they could use a lot more different end bosses in dungeons (feels like there’s a handful of bosses being reused across 100+ dungeons).
Reading through this, I feel like you have voiced a lot of concerns I had for the game, considering D3 launch and blizzard history.
Thanks a lot, I will definitely not buy this anytime soon. I might buy it if they get their shit together (I don’t have much hope) and if it goes on some serious sale.
Funny thing you mentioned the music, I made this post after listening to the Tristram ost (I love it so much) and checking if there was a D4 version. I found that it sounded pretty nice and made me reconsider not buying D4. Hence this post.
Seems like D2R will be my Diablo for a while!
I loved D2. Hated D3. Love D4 and I don’t agree with a lot of the things mentioned. Some are even false. Sad to see someone miss out on this beautiful game because of being misled.
Oh don’t worry, I see that not everyone agree, and that’s fine. As I said, I will wait some polish and a big discount, then we will see.
I still think D4 is a pretty decent investment (possibly not full-price decent) but it’s hard to assuage the hardcore crowd while also catering to (the millions of) casual players, especially on consoles. That said, it’s a pretty good time-waster for a couple hundred hours (at least for me) and when I do put it down eventually, I think I would have gotten my money’s worth.
Most of what was written was incorrect or lies. They’re one of those people that only likes D2 and if a game isn’t D2, then it’s bad. Don’t be a moron and listen to them.
It’s some form of copy-paste response that I’ve seen them make before when someone asks about Diablo 4. Though I think the list has grown since the last couple of times I’ve seen it.
I agree with a lot of your points regarding how sorc isn’t very fun to play. I’m currently close to 70 and I only found a small handful of builds that are semi-viable and fun (not really following any of the “meta” guides though), and decided to switch to rogue for a more interactive game-play.
That said, I did find a couple of uniques for sorc (unfortunately in T3) that changed my playstyle a bit and brought back a lot of power that I formerly lacked, so maybe it’s just a matter of getting the right unique to change your perspective on your playstyle.
Regarding the fonts: I’ve always thought the old-style D2 fonts are really hard to read (you get used to it, but small-caps aren’t really designed for legibility) so I really appreciate the change in typefaces.
Edit: I think most of your points regarding quality of life (vendor-spread, FOV, etc) are spot on, and I hope the devs spend some time streamlining some things so we can go back to comparing decimal points as opposed to rubberbanding on horses.
I really hate how limited the build choices are, on sorc especially. The entire game seems heavily skewed towards rigidity rather than flexibility, which is especially ridiculous for an ARPG.
Damn dude, great writeup! As an old school D2 player I am very happy I decided to go with D2R instead of D4 after reading your concerns above
Speaking of Hydras, I’m angry that I can’t cast more than one Hydra at a time like in D2. I believe you can get an item that may allow you to cast an additional Hydra, but I haven’t come across it as of l48. But I still shouldn’t have to rely on some rare item for what should’ve been a core spell mechanic, this makes the Hydra sorc build a lot less viable compared to earlier games.
Another tip - for legendary aspects that are only available from item drops (like the hydra aspect), you can try gambling for them.
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- Offensive aspects, gamble the cheapest (in obols) weapon available for your class
- Defensive > pants
- Utility and mobility > boots
- Resource > rings (resource aspects can be hard to get because rings can also roll with offensive aspects)
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I’ve been having a blast. The game is beautiful, the gameplay is nice , and it’s really fun experimenting with different builds. The only monetization really is skins and the battlepass (not out yet). You can ignore these and not notice you’re missing out.
That said if you didn’t like 3 I doubt you’d like 4. D3 was my first Diablo game but this is the first game I’ve put so many hours in. I find the gameplay loop a lot of fun and this gets amplified with friends. Too bad there isn’t a trial or something you can demo the game with.
I did not like 3 but I love 4. I’m not alone.
I am glad you are enjoying yourself! I think some of us have been spoiled by how great d2 is…
I want to like it. I feel the skeleton of a great game is there. But right now it feels hollow. For me it feels like it came out a year too soon. Too many small problems and a lack of an interesting end game. They made it as a service game so they can improve it over time, and they seem to be responsive to the players. Personally I’d wait to see what season 2 or 3 brings.
Yeh, I think I’ll wait and see how it goes and if it’s ever on sale.
I have learned to be very much anti Blizzard/Activision. I find some of their practises for nickel and diming customers abhorrent. In saying that though, I have some very long standing friends from my WoW days.
I used to love D2. I played it for years. D3 was ok until they brought in the resistance crap, then I never played it again. I played D4 on the free weekend and was not impressed. I have some mates that are playing it daily though, so there must be something there.
I am about 100 hours into Grim dawn instead of D4. I have to say I am loving it. I am also reading comments in the steam discussions of people saying they have dropped D4 to come back to GD.
This is a comment on one reviewer (Darthstrukt)
Long time Diablo OG since the original. Currently have 2 x 100 characters on D4 and have been waiting for season 1 to start. I bought this game to kill time while waiting for season 1 to D4 and I am shocked that I’m actually enjoying this much better than D3 & D4! I am barely finishing Act I and only have 8 hours of game play so far but if this game continues to impress then this might surpass D2! Well done!
UPDATE: 50+ hours within 5 days of ownership and I’m addicted. I just completed Veteran campaign + AoM DLC (took my time to explore). I am barely getting started with FG DLC but the Crucible and SR have been refreshing. I am running a guide for Warder from RektbyProtoss and it has been a fun experience.
This game is a MASTER PIECE! If you’ve been on the fence look no further and just buy it, it’ll be the most fun ARPG you’ve ever played. Good job Devs!
If you want an explanation of GD, add a comment and I will organise a tempt discord channel. I still consider myself very much a mediocre player. The game is very complex. I have also just made a spread sheet to make constellation easier to path. I cannot believe no one has done this already.
I do have grim dawn but I barely played it. I am going to give it a fair shot. Thanks for the detailed answer! From what I gather, D4 is probably not worth the money for me atm.
I must admit the £70 price tag stopped me dead. I still have mates who invest a lot of time in Blizzard software. Which makes me return for short spells. I played DF WoW exp for about 4 months and left with 9 months of gametime. I never learn.
I went back to GD to finally play the expansion DLCs, and followed that directly with D4. The whole time playing D4, I’ve been missing things about GD. I think GD is just better in almost every way except for graphics and some of the area concepts in D4 are also nicely varied. But GD gameplay, builds, itemization just all feels more fun.
That said, I’m still enjoying D4 for now, but not sure if i will create another class after i finish the campaign. I might hop straight to PoE2 instead (which i haven’t played since it was first released).
I’m having an absolute blast with it for the past two weeks, playing nonstop basically. YMMV.
It’s alright. I really enjoyed the campaign and have played a total of 140 hours across 4 different classes. I bought it at $110 AU so it’s down to less than $1 per hour. It’s gotten to the point where I’m only really jumping on for an hour or two each night to smash some nightmare dungeons or helltides, but I’m still enjoying that while I do it. I’m nowhere near level 100 (highest char is 70 sorc) and still a long way to go with levelling glyphs and whatnot, so definitely still plenty to grind out.
If you’re big on D2, then you might not enjoy it heaps. It’s much more like D3 than D2. There’s practically no item trading as the good stuff is account bound. End game is basically just running nightmare dungeons over and over again in a search for better gear rolls, better aspect rolls, and more paragon points. But then again, D2 endgame was just running Mephisto/Baal/Pindleskin over and over again just hoping for a better drop. In my opinion, it’s the same grind but with a different flavour. You might like it or you might not.
Story is solid but endgame is a bit bland right now.
- chain crowd control is really annoying
- most classes just have 1-2 viable endgame builds
- loot system is a bit boring at the end
- economy of the game is a bit out of whack
But I personally think it’s the base of a good game. They just need time to flush it out with the seasons
It’s a call between what’s ethically good (not supporting companies with track record of Blizzard’s employee abuse/coverups) and between compromising your morals for a really fun game.
Not gonna lie, I decided to play this one and I’m having a blast. I enjoyed all entries in the series and didn’t mind D3 at all, but I feel like if you wanted to make a good Diablo in 2023, D4 is what success looks like.
It’s a slightly less predatory lost arc
Well, define a good game? Or maybe even better, define what you actually disliked about D3 and we can tell you if you’ll encounter the same disappointment in D4.
Personally I’m still enjoying the game, just finished the campaign, now doing side-quests on World Tier 3 and did my first Helltide yesterday.
Everything feels a bit darker story wise and personally I like the setting and artistic choices made. But that feeling is not universally shared. Also, limited inventory size, difficulty at some point to find upgrades and leveling that at some point slows down pretty fast could use some tuning. So the game is not perfect and some people are already done with the Eternal Conf… urhm, Grind.
But overall so far I personally find the game to be fun. And the first season will drop in ten days, so expect new content by then.
Or maybe even better, define what you actually disliked about D3 and we can tell you if you’ll encounter the same disappointment in D4.
It’s also probably important to differentiate between early D3 and now D3. End game in D3 was basically pushing as far into Inferno difficulty as you could and meanwhile grinding for better gear - basically what D2 end game is. D3 now is “get to max level as fast as possible and do nothing but bounties and rifts while collecting all-powerful set items that turn you into a god”.
I am a huge D2 fan with thousands of hours. I didn’t hate D3 at launch, but never loved it. I really hate what it became after RoS. I am really liking D4. I enjoyed playing through the story and it has kept me logging in after that just to grind out levels and pray for drops. I’m taking a bit of a break right now and jumping back in 7/20 when season 1 starts.
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I never got into poe and didn’t have as much time in d2 as you, but I played the crap out of d2 original. I also couldn’t stand d3. What a disappointment.
I really enjoy d4. I was not going to buy it but a friend who I often agree with on game choices did and was looking for someone to play with so I joined. No regrets. It feels like a modern Diablo game to me. Cross platform works well, which is nice so we can play with another friend who was obsessed with d2 but became a console gamer over the years.
I am a lot busier than I was when d2 came out so I only have a single character, around level 60, but I’m looking forward to the first season.
Possibly. Can you provide some more info?
You listed some, but what are your favorite features of D2/D2R?
Similarly, what disappointed you about D3?
