during the beta i saw many issues with the game. and it really didnt feel like diablo to me. like it has a diablo paint job but the game felt like a shell of what diablo is supposed to be.
diablo3 had its issues but items 2.0 was a huge improvement. overall though even at launch diablo3 items were still better than most arpgs. it has been one of the strong points of the diablo franchise. the items just worked and made sense.
i recall hearing something prior to launch about how diablo4s goal was to be easier to understand and more approachable for newcomers to the franchise… yet i find the items to be the worst of any diablo game ever… and knowing they were worse than this at launch? so this is your fixed version?
i still havent bought the game despite having $350 in bnet balance from when i converted my gold to tokens in wow before i quit… and i still cant justify buying d4 despite being virtually free. i am only testing it out now because of the discord promo for 2 weeks of gamepass and since d4 was on there… sure ill finally check it out.
not much has changed since the beta. 1 huge complaint has been fixed, the gem bag. i still am struggling with the itemization. the new mods made up to make this game seem overly complicated. the legendary powers are mostly hot garbage ive found so many legos and rarely if ever one that actually works with my build.
not sure if revealing the map is something that stays with you season to season but if not… this game is too damn big and i stand by my opinion that seasons are a garbage form of end game. you could have been inovative and come up with a way to still have new progression without losing all your progress and having 0 connection to your characters. i have fond memories of my diablo 1 characters. i never had to delete them every 3 months. they had history. i get the eternal realm exists but you lock all the rewards for seasons being playing seasons and with every game today being about unlocking cosmetics theres literally no reason to play non season. unless im not understanding how the battle pass works in this game since i havent played.
so after this week of playing i still have no interesting in buying. i had a friend who played it with me for 2 days. usually he at least finishes the story in diablo games but hes hating d4 and doesnt even want to log back in. just said the items are stupid and dont make sense.
so maybe i will check the game out again when you have items 4.0… since 2.0 didnt improve anything over the beta that i can see i imagine 3.0 will also be garbage so ill give yall another 2 years to try and bring this game to the level of greatness the diablo franchise deserves but the devs keep crapping on for some reason