Re: FREE 5 day trial of Diablo IV Steam

On 8/23/2024 8:45 AM, Justisaur wrote:

On 8/22/2024 10:09 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 08:20:40 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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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.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/
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Possibly long enough to finish the game?
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DLing now myself.

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Dog Gamit!  They got me.  It's just the demo to level 20 that's always
been available.  What a bunch of BS.

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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.

  Sadly I started the demo as I'd already downloaded it.  Unfortunately I'm also enjoying it so far.
 It doesn't seem to save except at points it doesn't tell you when, I think you keep all your stuff, but it doesn't seem to keep all quest progress, which I find annoying.  Being live online only I can't just leave it open either as it force logs you out.
 The other thing that's bugging me a little is the 'events' that are trials that only exist for a short amount of time, which I know is to prey upon FoMO.
 I tried Druid up to 13th, because I wanted to see a new class.  I just started Necromancer because that was my favorite from 2, which I like a lot better so far.  It occurs to me I could just go play 2 again for Necromancer though.  The visuals and story great, and the character customization is nice though.

Update
I got a necromancer up to 20th, and it rudely popped up and said it was going to kick me out in 10 seconds, right in the middle of a battle.  I could make another character, but really the others didn't appeal to me much.
I still kind of want to buy it, but I was starting to feel the slightest tinge of boredom, and the start of the part I don't really like since diablo 2 with weapon and armor sockets, and enchantments, and different resources for all of that and other things.
It is 40% off right now, for $30, which seems a pretty decent price point considering it's other factors.
The MTX seems to be only cosmetics from what I'm reading, which doesn't bother me.
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