On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 08:20:40 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 8/22/2024 8:17 AM, Justisaur wrote:
Diablo 4 is Free to try for 5 days! Like a free weekend but longer.
Also 40% off if you buy when it ends.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/
Possibly long enough to finish the game?
DLing now myself.
Dog Gamit! They got me. It's just the demo to level 20 that's always
been available. What a bunch of BS.
The combination of it being all-at-once an Activision game, a
Microsoft game, a 'live-service' game, a Diablo game AND a
time-limited trial were already enough to keep me from playing it.
That they time-limited a DEMO is just icing on the cake. ;-)
I always find it amusing that Diablo is now on Steam (yes, I know it's
been on Steam since the start). I guess BlizzNet just wasn't getting
the traction ActiMicroBliz needed to pay the bills.
Diablo 4 is Free to try for 5 days! Like a free weekend but longer.
Also 40% off if you buy when it ends.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/
Possibly long enough to finish the game?
DLing now myself.
I always find it amusing that Diablo is now on Steam (yes, I know it's
been on Steam since the start). I guess BlizzNet just wasn't getting
the traction ActiMicroBliz needed to pay the bills.
On 8/22/2024 8:17 AM, Justisaur wrote:
Diablo 4 is Free to try for 5 days! Like a free weekend but longer.
Also 40% off if you buy when it ends.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/
Possibly long enough to finish the game?
DLing now myself.
Dog Gamit! They got me. It's just the demo to level 20 that's always
been available. What a bunch of BS.
On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:00:21 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >>entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
<snip>
I always find it amusing that Diablo is now on Steam (yes, I know it's >>>been on Steam since the start). I guess BlizzNet just wasn't getting
the traction ActiMicroBliz needed to pay the bills.
I find BlizActiSoft flows better. :)
Well, I _was_ considering ActiMicroBlizVisionSoftZard.
Be grateful I cut it back! ;-)
I don't know what it is about Diablo that draws me in that other clones >(mostly) don't.
On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:00:21 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >>entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
<snip>
I always find it amusing that Diablo is now on Steam (yes, I know it's >>>been on Steam since the start). I guess BlizzNet just wasn't getting
the traction ActiMicroBliz needed to pay the bills.
I find BlizActiSoft flows better. :)
Well, I _was_ considering ActiMicroBlizVisionSoftZard.
Be grateful I cut it back! ;-)
The MTX seems to be only cosmetics from what I'm reading, which doesn't bother me.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:00:21 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
<snip>
I always find it amusing that Diablo is now on Steam (yes, I know it's >>>> been on Steam since the start). I guess BlizzNet just wasn't getting
the traction ActiMicroBliz needed to pay the bills.
I find BlizActiSoft flows better. :)
Well, I _was_ considering ActiMicroBlizVisionSoftZard.
Be grateful I cut it back! ;-)
Ah but that one doesn't sounds like something a company would actually
use.
BlizActiSoft, on the other hand sounds like something a marketing firm
would come up with and find "Focus Groups" who agreed it was "awesome".
Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
<snip>
I don't know what it is about Diablo that draws me in that other clones >>(mostly) don't.
Diablo and Diablo2 were made when they were being creative and catering
to what players wanted not what made the most cash.
So they had online mode(s) and single player mode.
D3 they got greedy and thus forced everyone into battle.net play only to maximize their chances you'd spend more money.
They sold their souls, and it shows.
Xocyll
On 8/24/2024 10:50 PM, Xocyll wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading theNo matter how many they had to go thru to find one that did agree with that.
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:00:21 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >>>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
<snip>
I always find it amusing that Diablo is now on Steam (yes, I know it's >>>>> been on Steam since the start). I guess BlizzNet just wasn't getting >>>>> the traction ActiMicroBliz needed to pay the bills.
I find BlizActiSoft flows better. :)
Well, I _was_ considering ActiMicroBlizVisionSoftZard.
Be grateful I cut it back! ;-)
Ah but that one doesn't sounds like something a company would actually
use.
BlizActiSoft, on the other hand sounds like something a marketing firm
would come up with and find "Focus Groups" who agreed it was "awesome".
On 8/25/2024 1:28 AM, JAB wrote:
On 24/08/2024 20:08, Justisaur wrote:
The MTX seems to be only cosmetics from what I'm reading, which
doesn't bother me.
I kinda bothers me on principle that you pay a premium price for a
game and they stuff it with MTX to try and wrangle more money out of
you. Also my understanding is yes it's just cosmetics but most of the
'cool' stuff is behind a paywall.
I'm having a really hard time resisting buying it. I keep thinking of it.
I tried PoE again for a little bit, but I spent hours trying to
understand a beginner's guide, and failed, and it's apparently almost a requirement to do so as you can miss important bits of a build if you
out level them. It's also ugly, everything is muddy looking. I know
it's old and there's a PoE 2, but it feels as much a style issue. The
story didn't feel particularly exciting either, just typical generic
quests. The attacks feel clunky and unsatisfying, and I only had one for
the hours that I played.
On D4, it felt smooth, looked cool, the style was great, the story intriguing, and respecing was cheap and easy (I must've did it 10 times trying different things.)Â I think I'm just going to have to buy it as
much as it pains me.
I suppose I could get MS Gamepass since it's on there. I can't imagine playing it more than a couple months which would be cheaper than buying
it and not reward Blizzard as much perhaps, and might be other things I
could try with my time if I get bored of it quickly.
There's a DLC coming out soon too, so not sure if I want to wait for
that and buy/play them together.
I'd probably think it was ok but I still enjoy playing Torchlight II and >Titan Quest + DLC so it's a no buy from me unless it hits that £5 mark
which I don't see happening anytime soon.
I tried PoE again for a little bit, but I spent hours trying to
understand a beginner's guide, and failed, and it's apparently almost a >requirement to do so as you can miss important bits of a build if you
out level them. It's also ugly, everything is muddy looking. I know
it's old and there's a PoE 2, but it feels as much a style issue. The
story didn't feel particularly exciting either, just typical generic
quests. The attacks feel clunky and unsatisfying, and I only had one for
the hours that I played.
There's a DLC coming out soon too, so not sure if I want to wait for
that and buy/play them together.
On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:28:03 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
I'd probably think it was ok but I still enjoy playing Torchlight II and
Titan Quest + DLC so it's a no buy from me unless it hits that £5 mark
which I don't see happening anytime soon.
Yeah, this is the main reason I do not bother buying anymore hack &
slashers like D4. I am still playing Titan Quest and Torchlight 2 as
well and I have Grim Dawn to play yet.
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