Asmongold Reacts to Diablo Immоrtаl KEKW | by TheLazyPeon

[@DimensionDoorTeam]

In Diablo Immortal, YOU are the treasure goblin and Blizzard try to hit you as much they can before you leave.

[@felipecorpuz2476]

LMAO

[@cc1210]

💀

[@sixpacksae]

Portal of bankruptcy

[@reddragon7762]

It's easy when they got traps with bait

[@baloghbenedek5639]

Lol Hilarious :DDDDDD

[@Tigre7642]

"This game was made for China" -meanwhile in China: -Let's ban Diablo Immortal

[@crimsonblade2519]

China will not allow to get milked by a foreign company. It's always the other way around.

[@Anbutou]

I mean let's not get ahead of ourselves. They haven't done anything to DI, they hit Netease, blizz's release partner. It won't be permanent for Blizz and in fact Blizz was the victim in this, lol.

[@rumers100]

I was happy when i heard they banned the game in china.

[@ktwnrice]

@@rumers100 why? I rather have Blizzard making off China rather than us.

[@dreadknot2238]

The boomer of Cp don't approve this generation behaviour

[@ArtificialLifef0rm]

Some people might think that Asmongold is overly negative or judgemental - even incorrect about the people behind this game. As a game developer who has actually worked for one of the largest mobile game dev companies (King, Candy Crush - now part of Activision-Blizzard) I can tell you that he is correct about everything. I will not go into much details but I can say this: The people you normally think of as "game developers" - all the Artists, Programmers and Designers - have NO SAY about these horrible, predatory, money-making game features that are designed by Game Economy Designers, Lead Game Designers, Game Managers, Testers and other big potato of the company. I've seen individual "game features" being AB-tested out of context, even before there's an art style - much less A GAME LOOP - in place. One might ask why? Think about that for a second. There's so much shit going on in large-scale mobile game dev it's crazy. Huge companies are highly political, and are often lead by people with no background in gaming themselves (but rather being lead by career-managers and people with backgrounds in finance). Just imagine having leaders in the studio who never programmed professionally for a single day in their life - never made a piece of artwork or anything. It's like if the head of a hospital has no background in medicine! These people don't care about YOU - the player - they care about their careers and about making as many people as possible play there game, and spend as much money as possible, so that shareholders are happy about the growth of the company. The real creatives behind these games are just as pissed off as you are.

[@Payneonline]

Well why work for a company that pisses you off? The creatives are at the heart of the product, without you big potatoes cannot succeed

[@killaaks6165]

@@Payneonline people need money thats why.

[@kwando472]

@@Payneonline "As a game developer who has actually worked for one of the largest mobile game dev companies " Learn to read.

[@Clandenas]

Wait until you find out that most hospitals are exactly as you suggested they aren't...

[@garowsa9818]

Sure he is correct, like Jesus. At least Asmongold is real!

[@FaithfulofUltramar]

It feels like gaming executives saw Ready Player One and were like "YES! Do this and monetize all the things!". Everything is turning into slot machine gambling nonsense.

[@admiraltonydawning3847]

In case of Diablo Immortal it's "Ready Spender One".

[@dood52751]

@@tjhunter9787 except they fully aware that villain only lose in movie/tv show. In real life? That's where villain always win.

[@LethargicAthlete]

3:33 only problem with that meme… is when you use 0 crests you don’t even get the dumpster to look through 😂😂 there is no chest at the end

[@LooneyClipse]

i think its meant to represent how broke u are after spending better to be left unknown amount of money on this sht

[@macmartin86]

@@LooneyClipse in Diablo Immortal as a F2P player you're so poor, you can't afford a dumpster.

[@Ultracity6060]

The "beginning of the end" for Blizzard was the launch of Diablo III. I'm surprised how many people have forgotten what a farce it was, but that was when I jumped ship from anything Blizzard related. It made it crystal clear that any semblance of the quality from their past was no longer a goal, and they now exist only to get *all* of your money, even if that means tricking you into giving it to them.

[@rahn45]

The sad thing is, I think Diablo Immortal is probably a better game than Diablo 3 at launch. The RMAH and the complete lack of drops (and Blizzard nerfing drop rates in the first few days on top of that). I refunded Diablo 3 and never looked back.

[@AngelBattosai27]

The beginning of the end is WOTLK. What they've done since that is trying to do some necromancy shit on a finished IP

[@jdadmk]

Call me a male chauvinist pig or homogeneous but Diablo with tits is where blizzard died.

[@thewizard7099]

Diablo 3 at launch was probably more fun then it is now. I liked how you could sell items in game and make money. Now it’s just duped gear and para 400’s rushing people in rifts

[@immanuelaj]

I'd argue that the beginning of the end was actually much further back, probably some time after WoW was released and Blizzard subsequently merging with Activision. WoW gave Blizzard a real taste of what its like to make enormous amounts of money and planted the seed of desire to make even more ludicrous amounts of money. Why else would they have merged with Activision if not for seeking even more profits? Once the seed was planted, it just grew and grew but at a very slow pace. The events of recent years have shed light on the past with plenty of people just straight out leaving Blizzard to either form or join companies made up of ex-Blizzard employees. As a result, with Diablo Immortal, you can just see that there's hardly anyone left in the company with the desire to do the right thing. It is a bit ironic that the company who wrote the story of Arthas, who was corrupted, and of Leah, who was turned into Diablo, also ended up being corrupted themselves.

[@THGiNDiM]

23:53 "even a kotaku employee could have solved that puzzle" lol

[@r3zaful]

@@flawlessvic i still remember when genshin put a literal sudoku puzzle randomly lmao.

[@user.Icarus]

The death animation he was so impressed by is also from Diablo 3 act III…it’s crazy how much they just re-used. Also those yellow orbs that they use in the battle pass progression bar looks like the old Diablo 3 rift keys aswell just recolored and added something across it.

[@ph34rocious]

The beginning of the end was July 9, 2008.

[@frankenshmur3018]

Sorry if I'm missing something but what happened that day?

[@kayossangel]

@@frankenshmur3018 I'm gonna take a guess and assume this is the date when Blizzard and Activision merged. Lmao

[@frankenshmur3018]

@@kayossangel fair enough lol

[@raggo1955]

Pretty much this, I’m glad some of the blizzard vet left after wow launch right before the merge in 2008 or else we wouldn’t have games like Guild Wars 1 and 2, Torchlight and Hellgate London even thou Hellgate London was kind of a fail it was made by former blizzard vets who try something different unlike the current blizzard milking the same bs.

[@moogoopow]

I am a victim of of Immortal. Happened to be on vacation when it came out and played it everyday hardcore. By the time I realized it, I had already spent $400. I don’t even play it anymore. Big sad.

[@pineapplesmoovey7898]

'victim'

[@MrDarkcore]

I am glad I didn’t put any money into this dumpster fire, no yacht for Bobby. 😂

[@mug281]

You think your money would’ve mattered? Lmao. Asmon fans really think so highly of themselves.

[@KesshinOfficial]

no additional yacht you mean

[@KesshinOfficial]

@@mug281 $999,999 wont be a million without $1 so yeah every dollar matters so shut up and get a life

[@Indie_Kickz]

Watch out, Bobby is here on his alt account MUG. 😂

[@generalvodka5233]

@@mug281 you really taking a joke this seriously? ofc you have an anime pfp also

[@RafaMieses]

The beginning of the end was the moment they announced the blizzard Activision merger

[@videoradeon]

since 2009....

[@blakep100]

Imagine going to a movie theater and seeing a movie and realizing it’s eight hours long but if you pay an extra $20 you can cut out all the filler parts and make the movie only two hours long.

[@gdgd5194]

How about for 50$ extra you can get a short summary and not waste your time?

[@rodrigopinho6613]

This here brings the question why play it If the mindset is to rush shit

[@sienxwei]

That example implies the devs created 8 hours worth of content The more refined example is it's a 2 hour movie played at a 0.25 speed

[@leventemeszaros8664]

exactly, but instead of 20 dollars its 500 000

[@lucyboy8276]

Don't give them ideas

[@SCDarkOne]

I was at Blizzcon and in the crowd at the stage that announced Diablo Immortal, this was definitely the beginning of the end.

[@jaceb5990]

As a past p2w dolphin I can say it was the addiction for me. The gambling was so addictive for games like Raid. Especially when playing with friends and seeing them get cool new stuff. I didn't want to be left behind so I spent thousands over a couple years. It wasn't till I added it all up and realized how much I was hurting myself that I was able to quite mobile games for good.

[@deepergodeeper7618]

we need to help dsp stop wwe champions

[@realkirillkokorev]

you need better friends, doug.

[@deaconfrost796]

Glad you realized and kicked the habit

[@Nobody-hc1rw]

My god, the money RichW spend on this game gets me out of debt 10 times over.

[@force132]

I could buy a nice house here in México 😔

[@rizkimaulana4645]

@@force132 house? i can buy mansion in Indonesia

[@davenarisotto3674]

DI is bad but it shouldn't make people like Lost Ark. Remember, before DI, the main opinion was "LA is a gacha game gambling machine". DI being bad doesn't justify having 1% chance for a paid weapon upgrade or any of those other gambling systems in LA

[@eusouguriaaleatoria]

Yeah, agreed.

[@Ressu-u8c]

1% should be in 23-25+ level which is unnecessary level. +20 or maybe +21 is enough for all content even in current kr. Also remember that LoA honing has Artisan pity system so you're bound to fully upgrade that level since you can pity hone. Before that, NA doesn't have 1415-1460 Honing SH buff, however 1370-1415 SH hone buff is now implemented in last update so its a much better experience now. Global honing buff will also be implemented at some point. Punika powerpass, hyper-express are all free catch-up mechanics that will be given during class release or legion raid updates in NA. Overall, 1340-1370 is the deadzone but due to current or even upcoming events + express, it's a nicer experience than the initial release experience. Lost ark might look P2W to others, but Im inclined to say its P2L starting vykas legion raid, and next one would be kakul, and brelshaza. Even on new abyss raid. All of these modes need group coordinations and mech knowledge that's why whaling on Ilvl can't really win you all the stuff in the game. It just gives you a headstart to play higher lvl raids, but later on f2p players will catch up with mechanics and gameplay progress. There are f2p players who are 1460-1470+ level too. For now, 1460 is the highest ilvl content on the game and alot of f2p players are already on this ilvl.

[@ghosthunter0950]

the guy that insulted the bear is a legend that will never be forgotten. If he did that on the diablo immortal account on purpose he should be hailed as a hero.

[@Ninjamilk_]

"I think a metaverse game will be pay to win, but on a completely different level" Yeah, it'll be play to earn to pay to win.

[@TheArchetypes]

You have to pay money for advertisements

[@immanuelaj]

We already have a metaverse with all the Blizzard IP's, and an example of play to earn to pay to win with the guy that made almost $50k in WoW Tokens to spend it all on Diablo Immortal.

[@Legendarys12]

Wasn't that in ready player one , the meta verse movie

[@samushunter242]

I bet that 90% of Diablo immortal's dev cycle was developing the monetisation system

[@kmurphy0620]

lol 30:21 really hit home. Do you hear those people who say "omg, I hope D4 is going to be good". They know damned well it's going to be P2W. PoE 2 will come out in the next few years, and that's something to be hyped for.

[@ikikaera3402]

The best part about PoE2 is that we've been given proper early act playthroughs including showcases of changed systems like ability gems. We've seen exactly what we're going to get, and considering it's the same game rather than a separate game we can also be confident that nothing will change regarding monetization or things we're currently enjoying being cut out. As for Diablo 4, we've seen some possibly cherry picked gameplay, mostly cinematics and nothing about the actual systems. We know nothing about the monetization (but we can honestly predict how it will be like). We know nothing about the endgame loop, the gearing and character customization etc. Personally i haven't played PoE in half a year, mainly because I've already spent 3600 hours playing it since 2014 and I don't wanna burn myself out before PoE2 comes out. I expect to quickly shoot that number up past 4000 after that though.

[@skillzsquar3dgaming]

Legit going to play Poe instead of the Diablo dumpster fire. Also I recommend looking at Grim Dawn, The Last Epoch, and Wolcen

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

if plankton, minnows are dolphin and whale food, the dolphins and whales are bobby-food. bobby is the captain of the ship, standing around with a bunch of harpoons going "arrg the sea be full of treasure".

[@faznanbadri6854]

they have the whales in the tanks, all they have to do now is catch plankton, how to do that? streamers. gaming channel always preach about playing the game 1st then decide if you wanna pay. what did they do? 200 dollars in 16 hours.

[@tkismik8146]

Unfortunately, some studies suggest that the urge to "P2W" is similar to the need to buy expensive clothing in order to show off. Having low self esteem makes you a "prime cut" for such a scenario, and it is very likely that you will end up spending loads of money even if you cant actually afford it. P2W games combined with gambling mechanics are even darker than straight up gambling. They prey on multiple levels of an individuals mental state, and they can latch onto a person just by them feeling mildly unhappy about one aspect of their life. And from then on, it is 800% value and we all know the rest of the story.

[@garcipat]

19:32 Dont wish things like that. Every dollar spent in this game is supporting it and it shouldnt. Buy yourself anything else for 500k or donate it. You are double dipping with doing something good in the world.

[@skillzsquar3dgaming]

I don’t know why anyone spent a cent on this

[@maxtlion]

"How did we get here?" By a decent proportion of today's game player's being all about the competitive endgame, and not about the journey to get there.

[@TheWideMurloc]

I love how in the dungeon he’s playing along with the dodge mechanic but his party is like “lol big damage turret mode go brrr”

[@KingOfHarems]

I feel like Diablo Immortal is giving other gacha games a bad rap. Like, Arknights, Genshin and Azurlane, etc.. are gacha games where you can pay to get more characters, but you never really can pay to skip the grind. Like, waifu collectors, while they have their own predatory tactics for sure, are definitely not a pay to win system. Diablo Immortal makes you play to enjoy the high-end content, while other ones tend to front load the cost of unlocking the characters, and then you grind to use them

[@eusouguriaaleatoria]

Agreed

[@michaelh878]

Aren't you paying to upgrade their weapons as well?

[@infernodtw2423]

I played the game until level 35, got bored, and realized that I really just wanted to play Diablo 3 instead lol

[@VulcanM61]

Lol that is the same game copy pasted

[@june_o9]

D: Immortal is same as DIII, just graphic and sound seems somehow improved to be more pleasant. I don't see the point to play this mobile abomination except the fact you can carry this game whenever u want as it in your phone. Fingers crossed Blizz will not fck up DIV... But its current Blizzard so I shouldn't have any hopes I guess...

[@getoutalive852]

Asides paying for extra content (expansions, map packs, ect) I have never liked to spend money in-game. I don't care about cosmetics THAT much, and if I can't play the game at a high enough level I need to pay to win, I'd find another game. Like asmon said remember, buy a game...play a game...and progress, that's it. Screw the battle pass!

[@enzoDVL]

We may be delusional and doomed but I'm still glad to see you have so many subscribers and supporters and you share many of the opinions about good game design and how it's been consistently chipped away at from things like battle passes, mtx, etc. Not sure how millennials who value good arpg/loot/rpg game design got associated into a 'Boomer' mentality (how did we skip over GenX? lol) but I think there are many gamers of all ages that are lamenting what is rapidly happening to the integrity of games. I know you've now covered these types of topics on WoW and Diablo but the history of mtx and battlepass introduction into Destiny and subsequent degradation of design quality would be an interesting case study on this topic.

[@christerstolpe3890]

I love the fact that they placed a Diablo Immortal ad on this particular video. That’s so f*cking hilarious right there. 😆

[@MrSonnyProductions]

As someone that has been a PC gamer for most of my life, as I have become older the only time I get to spend gaming is on my phone. Diablo for me scratches that itch and helps me to relax. I get the controversy but its the only thing that helps me to escape my issues.

[@lukemartinserrano4765]

He keeps getting more and more content from Diablo immortal and I’m all for it

[@phrg]

It's addicting

[@OkayyyIGetIt]

@@phrg it's old

[@nonethelessK]

We want something like a story, where we are the main character in different world. Immersive is the word. Not mini games or minigames with microtransactions.

[@hsandev8972]

Peon has and still is my go to guy for rpg games :) p.s PoE isnt for casuals, me as one of the casual nubs am struggling alot but its currently the best ARPG out there, by miles.

[@Hateful_Bug]

Yeah, buildmaking in PoE is just get higher than any Arpgs at the moment, one of the few reasons to play PoE. just watch 10 Hour guide to understand basics ddx

[@BIueharvest]

I love the way Peon says Diablo Immortal at the beginning, you can hear the smirk.

[@m.h.w.weckseler]

11:15 I never played the game, and have no intention to do so. But from what I can see, the whole idea is for it to be fun... in 5 minute intervals. Which is why the extremely boring grinding later on is all conveniently done around things that take you 5-10 minutes. And I also think that this is why there are still people that think it's fun. Because all they do is start the game up and play 10 minutes while on lunch break or on the porcelain throne, and then close it and go back to work.

[@GuySmithSmoke]

Sad truth is that there are a lot of broken people with serious addiction problems.

[@MaskOfAgamemnon]

0:27 Back in '09 I told my friends it was over with the Activision merger and I feel that's been largely borne out. Everything since then has been zombie/mind-controlled Blizzard.

[@timbuck2406]

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[@criseist9786]

@@petertrueteller8043 shareholder interests =/= customer interests.

[@timbuck2406]

@@criseist9786 What do you think Bobby’s doing with my 80$ wow pre order right now

[@criseist9786]

@@timbuck2406 probably crack.

[@timbuck2406]

@Eduardo Mendez Angel dust for that matter ….. THATS IT !!!!! BLIZZARD SPENDS OUR MONEY ON ANGEL DUST!!

[@sirscientist1514]

21:44 funny thing about the disconnected popup, if you press the X to close it, you dont disconnect, pressing OK literally causes you to disconnect

[@pobz3750]

For regulations to happen, I think the next step is to demonstrate that these game cause harm to people. We need to gather testimony from people who have lost life savings/huge amounts that they couldn't afford to lose.

[@LiamENGL]

Good job editor filtering out that two steps from hell song! good catch and voice is still totally audible.

[@loganswalk8621]

When ever someone is like "all mobile games are like this so it's ok" I'm just like "have you ever played a non-mobile game without microtransitions?". It's like they only ever had crappy fast food so when they presented with fast food or five star gourmet food they still choose the disguised sh*t over the hand made deliciousness because they don't know better.

[@aj991]

They inhale copium so much that they even make a copium contest on reddit. Copium is a hella drug.

[@kingscrub3386]

I just restarted D3 to try and hope in hyping myself up for D4.

[@michaeldunlap1364]

I grew up with Warcraft 1 & 2 and never understood why people gave monthly to World of Warcraft and EverQuest. It began with you guys and this escalation was always coming.

[@Riclaval]

15:37 the reason why it ceases to be fun, because it gets touched by monetary incentive, of which there are many psychological examples of real events with the same downturn.

[@MoonTiger88]

17:14 good to know Asmon's gear in Lost Ark means nothing. That shit was HEAVILY paid for..

[@fankdark8946]

What he's saying is if u f2p in LA u can enjoy the content while if u not paying on diablo some of the content literally cut from you

[@jepeman]

@@fankdark8946 Im curious, what content is cut from you in diablo if not paying? I quit the game around lvl 40 (swamp zone) and there wasn't any content cut out from me from what I could tell. Just less loot/gear, like you get less loot/gear/upgrades in Lost Ark if you don't spend money. With the difference that in Lost Ark I saw tons of content cut from me for not having high enough gear.

[@fankdark8946]

@@jepeman Legendary gems(especially high ones) is literally pay required Awakening(if f2p can reach this in 2077) is literally required to pay High level pvp(since it's not balanced)

[@rodrigopinho6613]

Every accomplishment in Lost Ark that involves money is the same shit as Diablo Immortal.

[@rodrigopinho6613]

@@fankdark8946 no they are not, you can farm runes with the unpaid crests. None of the content is paywalled. The game is entirely pay to win, though.

[@trevjr]

im much older and grew up in mechanical pinball era. i tell you there is no better feeling of that loud click when you win a free game. i had owners draining my games cuz i had won the 10 max free games, he accused me of 'running the machine'. i learned the tilt factor and would slip things under the front legs without him seeing to make the game more flat. Playing for 3 hours on 1 quarter was the thing. i can't do shooting or running but i love Burnout, crashing cars and road rage. i once called in sick 3 days in a row to play Burnout 3 for hours a day. there is honor about winning your own stuff, new high score was thrill of games i have played. i cant imagine buying your way up levels, what is the point, just sucking your money. age doesnt matter when it is about getting ripped off. has any one reached the max level in diablo without paying for anything? is there such thing as pure game? level 60 or whatever without paying a dime?

[@music79075]

The reaction to Diablo Immortal has actually *given* me hope in the gaming public that maybe they aren't complete fucking whales

[@n8doggy733]

that number from that map was in millions so it was actually like 4.7 or 47 BILLION...

[@neilaldrich]

My favorite part of this video was skipping the Diablo Immortal commercials 😂

[@WarlanceX]

14:42 Me playing raid shadow legends in the background: "Amen brother!"

[@David.Dailey]

They should make a game where the spell points and action points are cash balances, so every spell you cast cost a charge to your credit card, imagine how much money blizzard would make lol

[@TheGosgosh]

*David was promoted to surpreme CEO of blizzard marketing on the spot*

[@Nico78Not]

And you can upgrade the spells you get via the cash shop as well with legendary augments! And when you have an augment 5/5, you unlock 5 augment slots for that spell so you can buy more augments!

[@Snake644]

Man! mad respect to your editors, of course the main content is spot on as always, but so are your editor(s).

[@gabrielm6912]

It's quite clear that whoever made the post on the Blizzard official Weibo account knew what he was doing and knew what was going to happen. That person is a true communist hero. He clearly did it with the intention to preserve his country and countrymen from what he/she surely must have believed to be evil and wanted to at least draw enough attention to it to warn others who may be unsuspecting of a Blizzard game.

[@kaskipa]

A true hero

[@teddyglass793]

It's always funny hearing Asmond praise POE without playing these past couple leagues that have not been so great. Hopefully they are investing their time and ideas in POE 2 and it isn't an overwatch 1.5 situation.

[@Killah107]

Thank you for continuing the Diablo Immortal reactions I truly enjoy having a phone lmao

[@xbxb]

I wish there was a separate section where it is just story mode. Without distracting purchases, battle pass, other players.

[@franklinturtleton6525]

"I don't understand how people spend real money on some bullshit collection game" Says the man who pre-ordered Dragonflight to get a new mount and who spent thousands of dollars on 2 different ARPGs, one of them being this game. Regardless on what his reasons were for spending that amount of money on them, he still did it.

[@kronicassault1374]

“He will not divide us” - Shia lacuck

[@wuldntuliktonoptb6861]

It took 2 weeks they made 30 million and it's never coming out in China along with no Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, or Dragonflight. They made 300 million off 40 dollar copies of Diablo 2 Resurrected but it's all about that EZ MOBILE GAME MONEY. 5 year development cycles on mobile games are the best idea ever!

[@RSIMaxed]

My opinion about battle passes is: With every game having them, im having to choose which games i value more/enough to buy the battlepass, then, i feel forced into playing the games i value less than the higher valued games just to get the most out of the battle pass. i played lots of Dead by daylight, sea of thieves, destiny 2, Runescape 3, and those are just off the top of my head. i felt sucked dry in the worst way. feeling like im missing out on the "rewards" from the battle passes in my favorite games if i didnt spend the money. now, i only get one battle pass, for one game. just to not help the battlepass business model more than i can help it. it is really off putting.

[@atheybee]

I know this is somewhat of a minor, minor point but, this isn't the first time I've heard someone commend the character customization for diablo immortal. It's so SHALLOW though... It's like, yeah, you have sliders. But, it doesn't change the face in any significant way and is completely unnoticeable once you are not zoomed in on the character.

[@SPHYNX99752]

Or when they are wearing a helm... 🙄

[@cannix8055]

I think it's because Blizzard character customization has been so minimal/crap for so long that sliders "feels" better.

[@eusouguriaaleatoria]

Agreed.

[@DucklingNM]

The thing that comes to mind for me when I think of a metaverse would be like a more social virtual world such as VR Chat, but with more of a controllable character. but we arent really there yet in technology. I remember watching this 1 anime that had shown a similar concept but I do not remember its name.

[@pingu6338]

I'm so lucky im poor

[@ratgrot3184]

8:58 "Yeah this is the best character creator they've ever made" Yeah because it wasn't blizzard that actually made it. NetEase basically ported that shit over from one of the other hundred games they have

[@weignerg]

37:20 Genshin Impact doesn't have PvP to my knowledge. So f2p shouldn't be considered whale food in that one.

[@weignerg]

@@lexnight8345 self control is required for these games. I fell prey to their manipulative practices and played more than I should have due to FOMO. 2-3 hours a day for a year to be able to collect all but 4 of the characters before version 2 came out. I only made use of Welkin Moon and Battle Pass.

[@weignerg]

@@lexnight8345 addictive is one way to put it. I dont feel the desire to play a game like that right now. It's more like OCD. If I see something incomplete I feel the urge to complete it. I decided to quit because I got bored of the events and I wanted to spend my time my way rather than be on their schedule with the timed events. If the content was all permanent and I could go back to it on my time, I might have kept playing.

[@weignerg]

I wish that game developers would make games for players to enjoy. Not games designed to extract money from the player. If games are really good, they can put a high price tag on them and I would be glad to pay 60 for a base game with 30 or 60 dollar version upgrades. It's the lack of respect for the player and their time I dont appreciate from game developers of titles such as these.

[@WadeAllen001]

I used to watch The Lazy Peon 4+ years ago. Wow, he works out now.

[@nuffyb9878]

whos he kidding, asmon has a secret account that he plays off stream. 100 fucking percent

[@faznanbadri6854]

secret account, dude he refuse to delete his character. no secret account, no nothing. he just play off stream. cant blame him, p2w in that game look fun.

[@littlexmanxet2858]

14:19 How badly that aged lol, if only he knew He was wrong in the worst way.

[@MrXshot]

These games are for people with zero skill, and a lot of money. The only way these people can win, is if they can pay for the advantage. It's simple. It's terrible gamers wanting to feel good, and I personally find that hilarious and pathetic. Let them. xD

[@lukasl3440]

I agree about letting p2w gamers let what they do. But same mindset have a lot of cheaters to.

[@MrXshot]

@@lukasl3440 p2w is literally the game company selling you "cheats" and saying it's ok lol. Yes, terrible gamers all share the same mindset.

[@doc1739]

I like the idea of battle passes as a substitute for a monthly sub. Implementation seems to always be the issue.

[@eusouguriaaleatoria]

Yeah. If you are going to make a free to play game, where people don't need to purchase it, well, good luck finding ways to earn cash without whale hunting on some level Try making a perfectly free game and you'll end up with some chronicles of elyria bullshit situation... So battle passes can be a good alternative. I see it as a compilation of additional milestones...with you paying to get additional rewards, of course... Thing is, it tends to be a less agressive paywall than vip systems, for example

[@Ramen10420]

Sunk cost fallacy="fun"

[@udntknw001]

17:03 exactly, that's what I tell my friends too, I don't even want others to give me stuff because it'll effectively do the same exact thing.

[@Cromonas]

What I don’t get is exactly what Asmon stated. “what you see in Diablo 3 is what you see in Diablo immortal.” Then why would you want to play it? Not only have I played it already but I also find Diablo 3 way worse than Diablo 2 in terms of the gameplay.

[@GuySmithSmoke]

Imagine paying Activision 25$ per Cod campaign episode. Imagine Bungie charging 25$ for every raid attempt.

[@StycksOfficial]

I marked the end of Blizzard the day they were merged with Activision

[@mug281]

Then why didn’t they end? Lmao

[@vulcanmemes9770]

@@mug281 why are you replying to every thread blizzard shill?

[@mug281]

@@vulcanmemes9770 only play Nintendo games right now. But good one.

[@Devoidofeyes]

Dude, Azmon...you just described the number one trigger for me! "soo...you're saying you don't like it when you get items through content??" This generalization and intentional misunderstanding just kills me haha

[@nencrows_4580]

Im the type of person that does not care as long as im haveing fun. If im haveing fun ill drop some money both to support and because I have excess money to use so why not.

[@MrXshot]

All the real gamers play real games, let the goblins enjoy their money pits with other goblins while we enjoy actually good games, and have actual competition and skill based play. They can't join us without p2w because you can't buy skill ;)

[@lucrative6477]

The beginning of the end for blizzard was Diablo 3. They haven’t came out with a single good game after that.

[@snarkytofu]

Total side note I love your interviews I would love to hear more. Thank you for making great content! I would love to hear you interview Stew and jtisallbusiness

[@cristianporumb638]

Actualy, there is a guy on my server with full gem lvl 5 on the gear, and almost full on all set items, his dmg is 10.5k and hp 111k .His name is Auslander and he's the servers godzilla.This is just insane!

[@CineGoodog]

LazyPeon on Diablo immoral ""Diablo immortal is so cool by mobile standards" LazyPeon on FFXIV This game sucks, I bough a jump potion and the history/gameplay is shit"

[@fankdark8946]

Why dont u cry on reddit cuz asmon don't play ff yesterday while you're at it

[@Fauxmadd]

"He knew" well you could see that item to ascend your legendary gems from the first week of the game being out and people already were talking about it.

[@samueldallaire2142]

Another Diablo immortal react video yeaaaaah… said no one ever

[@brendanmystery]

LOL got a Diablo immortal ad on this video

[@jdadmk]

Or the pop-ups consistently when you're trying to do something especially the one reminding you that you're trying to kill monsters that you really shouldn't try to kill and then they put this pop up on there right in the middle of your screen so you really can't kill the monsters because they're blocking it and then they have this little thing that even if you click on that little screen that's almost transparent it turns into a great big screen and tells you exactly how screwed you are while you're trying to win I mean like while you're trying to actually beat it with skill it's telling you you can't I mean the rest of the world's gone completely crazy and we forgotten about this world war that's about to pop off over there and Ukraine who would have guessed that they're the number one wheat exporters in the world and at one time had more nuclear weapons than any other country except the United States I wonder what they're really fighting about maybe this is Us just watching the old world die in real time.

[@Gorrano985]

True.There brewing another war again. So sick of this bullshit.Ordo ab chao copy paste.

[@Tyranidus7]

The phone moment may not have been the BEGINNING of the end but it was certainly the obvious sign.

[@gvlialis]

The fact that the Cheat codes we used in old games come in hefty price now..

[@Boon2Dock]

I remember Fruit Ninja and that alien jumping game that were really popular games back in grade school. They weren't p2w and we all just competed for highscores.

[@marclenraymagdaraog691]

28:30 the ultimate conclusion!

[@aretnap3653]

13:37... That's *EXACTLY* What I Was Seeing, When You Say it! (DiablO:IMMORTAL Looks Like The "Ported" Version of DiablO, We Were All Lookin' For 15 Years Ago!)

[@hamuArt]

In Asia, mobile games and pay to win are doing so well because a lot of people travel long distances to work every day and don't have much free time, and they have a very competitive drive, so they relax and get to spend their money on easy advantages while on the road.

[@MrScrawnjuan]

"I've gotten more content out of Diablo Immortal talking about it than playing it" Isn't that the standard M.O.

[@zcai2672]

Personally, It is actually a very fun game for the main story, a great game free for a solid 2 weeks of entertainment if you can hold off any spending.

[@HansWurst-gm2rx]

"Do you not have nets, exile?" - Einhar

[@kittenburger_prime]

I remember there being stories of suits going through the Bliz offices terrorizing people to cut costs to maximize profits. I'm pretty sure it was before Immortal and more around the time where Heroes of the Storm was cancelled overnight.

[@XxHybridFreakxX]

I'm still not convinced that mobile games this heavily monetized aren't just giant money laundering schemes.

[@Holkstar]

Just became a fan of u lately, I'm German and dont use a PC if I dont have to, but ur combi with honesty and irony that made me tell all my friends about u bro😁👍 what u say feel real and makes sense on top 😂💪 I'm ashamed of myself as a mobile vet to have spent money on diablo immortal, but I did... watched some of your content and just deleted it ... and so did all my friends Thanks for that Continue ur perfectly ironic and funny vids for 😊👍 we love'm ! And your facial impressions are just hilarious 😂💪

[@o2CleaR2c]

It’s like racing cars. Who ever has more money can afford better stuff to be the best of their tier. Enjoy whatever tier your ok to settle into/afford.