Re: FREE 5 day trial of Diablo IV Steam

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.)  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.
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