Season 4 will add powerful loot crafting, new dungeons, new bosses, and a list of quality-of-life changes.
  • Gristle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    806·
    8 months ago

    I’ve been hearing “but wait, Blizzard fixed it” for over half my life at this point. Never once was it true.

    • FuryMaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
      523·
      8 months ago

      Eh, kinda true with Diablo 3 though.

      D3 was at mess at launch and the first year or so.

      It’s in a good place at the moment.

      • Gristle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        8 months ago

        I will, actually, give you that one. I was more thinking WoW and Overwatch but you’re right, D3 was a mess that they made fun eventually.

        • EtzBetz@feddit.deEnglish
          3·
          8 months ago

          I’m have also liked hots. And actually I kinda still like it. I don’t need ranked, I just play solo or would like to play with friends. Friends mostly don’t, sadly, because it’s " ded game"

    • ALERT@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      same thoughts. they didn’t copy last epoch untill it released because they didn’t know it would be a success

      • imecth@fedia.io
        4·
        8 months ago

        You don’t implement systems like these in a few days, it’s probably been in the works for months.

          • imecth@fedia.io
            2·
            8 months ago

            The system seems already implemented, even if not yet deployed. Anyhow you’re giving last epoch way too much credit here, deterministic crafting is nothing new.

  • Vespair@lemm.eeEnglish
    5012·
    8 months ago

    Blizzard has been dead for at least a decade. Anyone who is still interacting with the ghoul that is inhabiting Blizzard’s corpse is a fool.

      • ObsidianZed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        192·
        8 months ago

        Right? It’s like they forgot how to balance and think this is what people what.

        I’ll never forget the tone deaf “Do you guys not have phones?” because that always reminds me of how out of touch they are with their customer base.

        Of course we have phones. Of course a lot of us would love a Diablo game for mobile. Of course at the time everyone was waiting and expecting news of a new main game in the series. Despite probably the higher game sales and larger fanbase of Diablo 3, I still feel like (or at least hope) that the general consensus is that Diablo 1 and 2 are seen as better than 3 (and now 4).

        If they had released a remastered 1 and/or 2 for mobile, I would have easily tossed them a few bucks for it or even each. Instead I played Immortal for a couple weeks until I got bored and gave them no money, but that doesn’t fucking matter because 1 dumb mother fucker is all it takes for the company to look at microtransactions as the profitable Holy Grail.

        They no longer have to make games for their majority fanbase, only a select few. And if you charge for the game AND microtransactions? Well that’s even better.

        • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
          7·
          8 months ago

          Forgot how to balance

          Blizzard not knowing how to balance has been a joke basically as long as Blizzard has existed.

    • Muscar@discuss.onlineEnglish
      92·
      8 months ago

      I’ve been craving a new game like this but Last Epoch just isn’t doing it for me. I get super bored when playing it and have to stop after an hour or two and then never really feel like playing it again. I’ve forced myself to play it for about 20 hours but I gave up after that. It just feels empty and soulless somehow, it makes me completely aware I’m just sitting and clicking buttons and watching numbers go up/down.

      • Ookami38@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        41·
        8 months ago

        I thought the game was really fun as far ARPGs go, but I play primarily on controller if I can, and while I was able to run through the bulk of it with 2 characters, holy crap it was infuriating. Every menu has a completely different input scheme, using the wrong one probably forced you out of the menus because you dared to move your character, and it really makes me wonder about the logic involved with that design process.

        • littleblue✨@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          8 months ago

          Don’t even get me started on keybindings! Why the fuck is S mapped to the Skills menu?! You so much as whisper off the center of Q and a full-screen menu pops up and completely cuts off any interaction with combat you were in. Yes, I know the player has the option to rebind, but WTF. That’s default?

          Last Epoch is Diablo for those that can’t quit cold turkey.

      • Evotech@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        Yeah I love path of exile but last epoch didn’t quite do it for me yet.

        I think they have a good base though

  • Sanctus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    26·
    8 months ago

    It really seems like the same game with changes to its worst systems. I haven’t been keeping up completely but my friends were talking about this last night. They still only have 3 enemy types?