Things I agree are bad / need work
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Sorc Mana burns too fast
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Basic abilities aren’t fun most of the time and feel weak (they should all feel as satisfying as arc lash at least- across other classes too I mean - barbarian is painful while leveling)
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No transparent Map is bonk
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Inventory needs WAY more space
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The game feels way too zoomed in at times - it feels better on the horse - this hasn’t affected me as much as I thought it would however.
But the rest I disagree with.
The music is excellent and the sounds feel impactful. I’m listening on headphones but mostly on my 3.1 theater system and it sounds great. Voice acting amazing and all the voice read quests is excellent and unexpected.
The font is such a petty thing to obsess over. The game is meant to be viewed across the room on a TV for console players so they had to go with an easy to read font. Old Diablo font wasn’t easy to read AT ALL. Times have changed- accessibility is a huge thing now.
The story and world feel great. The details in the lighting are amazing.
I’ve already got 100 hours into the game and I’ve got 5 friends playing with me - at 45 it’s unheard of to get 5 other people with kids to buy an only MMO/RPG to play - and every single one of them is having a good time.
The majority of people like it and subs are biased towards those who don’t. Largely - see here - D2 players who often have massive nostalgia glasses. Most people aren’t coming to reddit or online forums to complain, they’re busy playing the game. Almost all comments come from people who are no-lifing the game like it’s their job or people who play games as a job and have still gotten 200+ hours out of it.
People are allowed to prefer D2 that’s fine but this isn’t D2. And a lot has changed in the world since we played D2. Gaming and IRL.
This is the first game in a long time I can’t put down and I have friends who are also very much addicted at the moment.
We’ll see how the long game feels in a couple months and come back to it.
Love the game. The cash shop doesn’t bother me. I’ve already created some amazing outfits with just rares from WT1. I don’t mind cosmetics in games.
The sound, music, voice acting, art direction, lighting, combat, all feel great to me. I’ve got a half dozen friends who haven’t’ played games in years who came back in their 40’s to play this and we’re having a blast. And I’m making new friends as well. That hasn’t happened in over a decade for me in an online game. Probably longer. I have friends addicted to the SIDE quests lol. When was the last time that happened in a game lol.