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Alot of Diablo fans has serious doubts (including myself) about the game and after the abomination of D3 we have every right to be. I really dont give about a rat's ass about how scary a monster may look or sound. As long the game has depth, good game play and mechanics I will be happy. I've been playing games with outdated or low requirement graphics (ie Terraria, Stardew Valley and D2) and been having tons of fun. This last update kind of tells me they haven't came up with anything new worthy of discussing or worst case scenario they still have no clue where they are going with the game.
 
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I bet the game will look good, run good but will be shallow, void of meaningful choices and fall short of any real challenge (build and mechanic wise). It will be watered down to cater to the masses and end up with a couple of cookiecutter builds for each class, easily and quickly obtainable bis gear and most importantly no end game to speak of (when compared to PoE for example).
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But more importantly, it will be diverse and inclusive!

Edit: Honestly, D4 will have a tremendous following on release, there is no need for it be like PoE, they both appeal to different sets of players. I would like D4 to be closer to what Lost Ark offers, but I can't see Blizzard being able to pull that off for D4. I'll be playing it when its finally released years from now, if it does get released, lol.
 
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Nola said:
Alot of Diablo fans has serious doubts (including myself) about the game and after the abomination of D3 we have every right to be. I really dont give about a rat's ass about how scary a monster may look or sound. As long the game has depth, good game play and mechanics I will be happy. I've been playing games with outdated or low requirement graphics (ie Terraria, Stardew Valley and D2) and been having tons of fun. This last update kind of tells me they haven't came up with anything new worthy of discussing or worst case scenario they still have no clue where they are going with the game.
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D3s gameplay is still some of the best out there in terms of ARPGs. The big issue D3 had/has is a relative lack of depth. It's super easy to "gear out" a toon and there's relatively little use in rolling "alts". Basically, each class has one meta build each season and that's it. You don't have near the build diversity of a game like PoE.

Gameplay and systems wise though, D3 is still great. The game *feels* good to play, abilities, animations, etc. Plus, I think Rifts are a much better "endgame" mechanic than mapping is.
 
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Punko

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Kirun said:
D3s gameplay is still some of the best out there in terms of ARPGs. The big issue D3 had/has is a relative lack of depth. It's super easy to "gear out" a toon and there's relatively little use in rolling "alts". Basically, each class has one meta build each season and that's it. You don't have near the build diversity of a game like PoE.

Gameplay and systems wise though, D3 is still great. The game *feels* good to play, abilities, animations, etc. Plus, I think Rifts are a much better "endgame" mechanic than mapping is.
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Pretty good troll.
 
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Chersk

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If that’s a troll then I’ll also troll and agree that D3 gameplay (abilities, animations, sound, etc) is superior to PoE.

PoE is carried by its depth, not it’s moment to moment gameplay.
 
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D3 plays great now. It was a pile of shit at release. Best controller friendly arpg ever. Like stated above though it doesn’t have the staying power of other arpgs, it’s too shallow, you just grind and farm towards a few different builds and that’s it.
 
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Punko

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I botted it 24/7 for a few months. Even ran a 2 bot party for a while.

D3 is far better as an autoclicker.
 
Mr Creed

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Moment to moment Gameplay in D3 was always fine, but their itemisation, map generator, game modes, character building and progression systems are both shit and shallow. I don't expect D4 to be any different. Fun for a week but that's it.
 
Leon

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I botted it 24/7 for a few months. Even ran a 2 bot party for a while.

D3 is far better as an autoclicker.
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that's how i played it too (after playing it normally a lot)

More fun to optimize your bot and wake up to ID your loot for the night and see how far in greater rift the bot got.
 
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Leon said:
that's how i played it too (after playing it normally a lot)

More fun to optimize your bot and wake up to ID your loot for the night and see how far in greater rift the bot got.
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The most entertaining thing for me was seeing my bots beat normal players in game.
 
BoozeCube

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It's funny Blizzard did a big quarterly update and nobody even gave enough of a fuck to bump it... Lol what a shit company. What's amusing is all of the information they released was graphics and sound which are pretty much the only functioning teams at Blizzard or ever has been.

The biggest thing these donkey fuckers forget while they suck themselves off on updates is the sound and graphics don't mean shit if the game isn't fun and Diablo 3 sucked shit through a straw.

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Khane

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I watched some of the sound stuff and it is just...pathetic. They recorded themselves taking a road trip into the desert to bang on a metal drum and whirl around a tennis ball they lit on fire. And they acted like these were unique and interesting sounds. Then they showed clips of those sound effects in game and they sound... exactly like diablo 2. What a waste of time and resources.
 
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Khane said:
I watched some of the sound stuff and it is just...pathetic. They recorded themselves taking a road trip into the desert to bang on a metal drum and whirl around a tennis ball they lit on fire. And they acted like these were unique and interesting sounds. Then they showed clips of those sound effects in game and they sound... exactly like diablo 2. What a waste of time and resources.
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The Blizzard North team was clearly more talented than the rest. Like everything else with Blizzard of 20 years ago vs now... all the talent has moved on. What remains are vultures wanting to ride the coattails of their betters.
 
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Khane said:
I watched some of the sound stuff and it is just...pathetic. They recorded themselves taking a road trip into the desert to bang on a metal drum and whirl around a tennis ball they lit on fire. And they acted like these were unique and interesting sounds. Then they showed clips of those sound effects in game and they sound... exactly like diablo 2. What a waste of time and resources.
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More than that, it feels desperate. Anyone who's been even vaguely interested in the sound effects of any radio, movie, television, or video game knows about Foley. Not to knock sound guys, but the technique has been around for over a century now; everyone's seen it before.

The only reason I can imagine they're showcasing sound guys doing Foley effects is: they have NOTHING else to show. The game was announced 3 years ago and probably been in development for years before that, and this is all they've got ready. Sound guys dicking around in the desert. No real game play, no new classes, no interesting mechanics. This is it.
 
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More than that, it feels desperate. Anyone who's been even vaguely interested in the sound effects of any radio, movie, television, or video game knows about Foley. Not to knock sound guys, but the technique has been around for over a century now; everyone's seen it before.

The only reason I can imagine they're showcasing sound guys doing Foley effects is: they have NOTHING else to show. The game was announced 3 years ago and probably been in development for years before that, and this is all they've got ready. Sound guys dicking around in the desert. No real game play, no new classes, no interesting mechanics. This is it.
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That is pretty much my take on it as well. If they want anyone to give a shit about this game they need to show how it plays and show they learned how to make a loot system that doesn't blow AIDS.
 
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The problem is if they show anything game related that isn't 100 percent finished, the internet will rip them shreds. If they show something that changes? People will get irate.
 
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The problem is if they show anything game related that isn't 100 percent finished, the internet will rip them shreds. If they show something that changes? People will get irate.
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I don't think that's the issue, and hasn't been for a long time. Do you remember the D3 beta being limited to level 20 and Act 2 for the entire duration? How many issues could've been resolved revealing the rest of the game even to a handful of testers? They have been making poor decisions for a very long time.
 
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