Diablo 4 Somehow Got WORSE... And So Did Blizzard

[@TheActMan]

Is anybody honestly surprised this keeps happening? It's like clockwork lmao

[@HellxFire98]

Nope lmfao

[@MrDroolBuckets]

the cycle that keeps happening

[@thebrownbanana7863]

They've become the new EA or some shit

[@RuthlessMets]

In not really surprising at this time at age lol.

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

Expecting Blizzard to make a good game nowadays is like expecting a crack addict to stop without therapy. It’s borderline impossible.

[@buckshot5096]

You gotta admit Blizzard really nailed the immersion because it really makes you feel like your in hell.

[@Valen-mh9fh]

😂

[@HastyThots]

Comment of the year right here! where is everyone??

[@Pachi_Fuda]

try working at Blizzard, 10 times hotter.

[@YoutuberAnalyst123]

Lmao

[@mon0theist_tv]

Pack it up boys this is the best comment

[@JackedSunBeare]

Blizzard’s ability to become worse and worse while never becoming the worst they can be reminds me of a mathematical curve that is consistently approaching zero but never reaches it.

[@Nolaris3]

They did the impossible...they made EA look good

[@Senzuballs]

They be looking at 343i like ‘here hold my beer’

[@hawkeyedsentinel4648]

@@Nolaris3 EA published one of the best games in the 20's with It Takes Two and is willing to support Hazelight Studios to make a better game, meanwhile blizzard hasn't made a good game since 2016.

[@FlyingGospel]

Asymptotically bad

[@wilsonjonah]

Would you say that they've surpassed EA and totally trounced them for being a terrible company, or they not quite there yet?

[@CyberSonic-V3.0]

Blizzard is literally the definition of “but wait there’s more” to how terrible they can be

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

Blizzard be like "but wait, there's always more consumers"

[@tromar5758]

Except for their content, there’s no waiting cause there is no more

[@EGGPLAYUH420j9]

@@tromar5758when it comes to content they be like “but wait there’s less”

[@Flesh_Wizard]

It's like an exponential, but instead of the curve going exponentially higher, blizzard gets exponentially worse

[@KopperNeoman]

@mariolecarre Halo oldfags get real annoyed when I point out that Bungie would have ruined Halo too.

[@shortdork]

Telling the customer "You think you want it, but you don't" has never ended well for any company.

[@nikoszervo]

Rule number one in selling business: The client is always right.

[@bladedude40]

​@@nikoszervo the whole saying is "Customer is always right in taste' no way in hell I'm defending these fucks but still.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

@@nikoszervo ehhhhhh no. If you come into my store and try and tell me a cup of coffee is 0.50 when it's priced at .99 you are wrong. period. If you bring in a product and demand a refund from me, but I never sold that product nor ever plan to, you are wrong. If you want blue sprockets and I only sell red gizmos and you demand I sell you a red gizmo at the price of a blue sprocket, you're wrong. If you tell me you don't want an ADA ramp in front of your business even though it is required by law, I'm building the ramp and you're paying for the ramp. You are wrong. Will I lose business? From you, a single drop in the ocean, but if I suddenly give up every time a customer complains my losses will be far far far greater. A better quote is "The customer is not a moron". It solves both the issue of giving far too much power to overentitled people who think that they can get whatever they want if they scream loud enough as well as telling companies to stop treating customers like idiots.

[@Christina_Cage]

@@WalkerRileyMC You don't even have a job do you?

[@Eaon69]

You will never own a store. It would fail immediately. I know ramen shops close because they had your stupid ass attitude that they were better than everyone else and they dictate how much noodles to put, how much the sides should be, people said it was too much and that is why they only want double noodles but the place (like you) were r e t a r d e d and refused to listen to the customer. Now a pork sandwhich shop exists there and I laugh everytime I see ramen. I am glad that shop closed and now they have to start all over. @@WalkerRileyMC

[@astrealove1]

Blizzard: "We've hit rock bottom." Also Blizzard: "But we can dig deeper."

[@benstanfill363]

"We've hit rock bottom, luckily we have a jack hammer"

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

And dig all the way down to helll

[@Tiltigo]

"Time to grab the pickaxe!"

[@greenunbidden9867]

"But they dug too greedily to deeply"

[@dragonmaster7984]

Just set it to W for Wombo!

[@redcottage]

I hate how AAA game developers are talking about how baldur’s gate 3 sets an “unrealistic expectation for video games” basically saying you should be happy if a game is incomplete at launch

[@crowsenpai5625]

The “Unrealistic Expectations” that is Balder’s Gate 3 was “Industry Standard” 10 years ago. If Skyrim released for the first time tomorrow, with all the content it has, it would be condemned by the modern gaming industry for being “Overachieving and Unrealistic”. All the AAA industries have all apparently come together with the idea of “let’s only make low effort, wallet draining garbage and we call all profit like hell!” And vilify anyone who shows people today that “Good engaging games without tons of payed DLC are possible.” And they hate it because it makes all the others look bad…because they are.

[@OmegaZyion]

@@crowsenpai5625 Ah, the good old days, when cheat codes were a fun secret to discover rather than being stamped onto everyone's credit card.

[@Finraen]

People are still discovering new builds in Diablo 2. In 2023. Good core game design is like lost technology from Atlantis at this point.

[@InvadeNormandy]

The irony also being... BG3 is just more of the same. It's like... 2023's standards (Asscreeds and shit) balk at BG3 which is post 2007 standard (Thanks for the PAID 3 YEAR BETA suckers and having optimization/plot oddity things) Which in turn would balk at pre-1999 standard. (The game CAN'T have breaking bugs, period, one launch only.) So it's fucking pitiful where the industry has gotten now.

[@TheNetRiper]

@@Finraen Yes. And try Diablo II LoD + Median XL mod...

[@ViViDG]

If the battle pass unintentionally screwed you over, it would be quite a mistake and a simple "oh oops, sorry, let us fix that" would remedy the situation. But the fact that the pass is perfectly designed to screw you, is so disgusting, I have no words. Shame on Blizzard, but honestly, if you still buy Blizzard games, you have nobody to blame but yourself.

[@TheActMan]

and also that it's not a simple hotfix that gets fixed in 1-3 days is also pretty telling

[@CatManOfTaste]

​@@TheActManwait for the road map for fixing this 😂

[@alejandroaguilar9850]

I would not be surprised if this gets to happen on OW2. Oh wait! They screwed the so called story missions!

[@D3ROMOFD3R12]

Try world of warships legend battle pass

[@OrionDawn15]

@@alejandroaguilar9850 *15$* for what amounts to three archives missions that in a better game would've been free(and better), thanks Blizzard.

[@AxisDimension]

that Steve Jobs clip is pure gold, and applies to so many problems with so many companies. It takes a certain kind of hubris for the new corporate owner to take something that isn't broke, think they can fix it, AND make more money

[@thundershadow]

Steve Jobs is the consummate salesman. I wonder if he personalized the dynamic of Steve Wozniak when he was talking about sales decisions driving out innovative people?

[@buca9696]

That asshole took credit for someone else's work, like a true business man.

[@larrylindgren9484]

Yet he did the same thing. Did things to make sure you had to spend money on his products. Jobs invented greed. He stole everything on an Apple phone from every other company. Put it all on his phone and told you, "Look at all these new things on this phone." They weren't new. He was just smart enough to steal everything and lump on of an apple phone.

[@AtomSquirrel]

Too bad Apple wants you to regard Steve Jobs as a inspiration for their products, like no calculator for the iPad, but they throw all of it out the window with their predatory decision making, like making it to where you can't fix the damn things. I think Android companies would love to do the same thing, but it would be harder for them since they don't have as much control over the hardware and software. They don't make their own chips, they use Qualcomm or Mediatek. They build their skins on top of the AOSP. If they had their own locked down chips and OS, there would be a lot of Apples out there to pick

[@Mr.Hermick]

Funny thing is when you uninstall D4 (which everyone should do at this point) you get a safety mechanism: Battlenet asks you if you really want to do that and suggests deleting hi res assets to regain some disk space instead. Clown company.

[@chloemarlowe3817]

That is hilarious, actually. They'll "forget" to make a safeguard to prevent people from accidentally redeeming something (while also "conveniently" moving the highlighter for you) but when you want to delete the game, that's when it'll ask you if you're sure.

[@MattyMcCritic]

Delete your other stuff first 😂

[@BatJeff]

@@MattyMcCritic No. Have to make space for Baldur's Gate 3.

[@petrsvancara8785]

@@BatJeff Good one!

[@SchmergDergen]

Amazing

[@Bthakilla4rilla]

This is pretty much spot on, and I've been saying it for years now. The Blizzard that folks like you and me look back to in the memories of our childhood; the Blizzard of old who wanted to be your cool gamer bros, who wanted to be your friend, who just wanted to make awesome games that like minded people would enjoy- that Blizzard is gone. It's long been dead. All that remains is the money pit. Do not feed the money pit.

[@nocturneuh]

Amen to this 🙏

[@demoulius1529]

This. So much this.

[@robertschwalb4469]

I saw that battle pass UI thing and thought "if that happened to me, I'd uninstall immediately".

[@germandragon8136]

That Blizz died somewhere around D3, post WOL SC2 and so on

[@nightmareTomek]

@@germandragon8136 Nope, that Blizzard died in 2008 when Activision bought it. Both teams from Diablo 2 and Starcraft 1 left Blizzard to nearly the last man before D3 and SC2 released. The latter two games were produced by copycats that were trying to replicate the creativity of others. And Blizzards marketing is exceptionally good since then, too. Before Diablo 3 released, the beta was also more used as a teaser than an actual test, just like in D4.

[@HelloChief117]

The other day, I watched a review of Myth 2 by MandaloreGaming. In that review, he pointed out that while the game was being shipped to the stores, a third-party translator discovered a bug that could delete folders and files around the game files when uninstalling the game. The developers (which just happens to be Bungie) recalled the game because they thought that while they were going to lose money doing so, it was the right thing to do. This was during the Christmas sales in December. Mandy said that "It's a level of integrity you just cannot imagine from the AAA space nowadays." Then Activision proves him right.

[@sheshin]

Yeah he discovered because thats that happened to him, he uninstalled the game, and for some reason he installed it in the root folder of his drive, and basically wiped the whole drive

[@pablo4yu]

Mandawhore gaming is absolutely perfect to sleep to

[@nickllama5296]

Blizzard would leave that bug in and put out a tweet saying "We'll fix that around season 7." OMG SHAKO IS DROPPING NERF IT NOW EVERYBODY WORK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. Fuck these clowns.

[@MLemonT4]

What’s the alternative for Bungie in that situation? Ship it anyways and taint their reputation forever? I think it doesn’t have anything to do with integrity, and everything to do with money. Dangerous to appropriate morality with business

[@SquaulDuNeant]

Yeah correction : OLD BUNGIE . More accurately was like any old studio in the past now it's not the same heads leading the "name" so of course it sucks while at the same time they were the best.

[@baconshreds1772]

I think that we should give our power to indie studios. In an ideal world, nobody ever buys bad games and the lack of profit puts blizzard in their place.

[@vaporwave2339]

Unfortunately our world has fans who will shill for any company, give them money and defend them like their lives depend on it 😂

[@BombasticBoser]

But then the indie studios just turn into lifeless mega-corporations

[@blitheringrando1410]

To me, Blizzard started falling off when they focused on WOW so much, then Diablo 3 didn't have the same feel as 2 to me and I gave up on it quickly. These days seeing these videos about Blizzard is sad, but to me they've been dead for years.

[@FellowSunBro]

​@@blitheringrando1410Facts. Besides a couple months of HotS, D3 was the last blizzard game I played. Although it was fun, it never peaked like D2 did and it has just been a downward spiral into greed and creative bankruptcy since.

[@blitheringrando1410]

@FellowSunBro it's so sad. Not just Blizzard, but Bethesda has fallen off too. It feels like so much attention is given to getting micro transactions that nobody just wants to make a good game anymore. As soon as I see microtransactions in a 70 dollar game I ask myself "did I download a free mobile game? I did not. So why am I seeing this shit?" It's just an instant indicator that the makers don't care about my experience being the best it can be.

[@AhamkaraMommy]

"Give devs the same respect they give you" is a fuckin' statement to live by.

[@chillbizz74]

It's the higher ups who screw over the game

[@AhamkaraMommy]

@@chillbizz74 It's both, story writers for Destiny 2 were leaked to be responsible for shit work-place culture and gatekeeping the newer devs. Meanwhile some of the higher ups keep stuffing more monetization into the game. It's never black or white.

[@chillbizz74]

@@AhamkaraMommy True it's always usually a grey

[@ManiX207]

the devs are amazing - but the as said in the vid marketing and pr are at fault

[@buttlesstwigg1634]

it s not the game devs tbh, it s the suits drainning everyone for mooouuullllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@abocephus]

Damage vs Cold and Damage vs Frost being seperate stats is absolutely abominable.

[@matkosmat8890]

If they have different names, they should at least be separate multipliers, but no. It's amazing.

[@Haggysack2k8]

They should add a third one and call that "Damage vs Snow" and if they feel really funny, they'll also add "Damage vs Blizzard" and call it the "Brace yourselves, Winter is coming" But i guess, since this is Blizzard we're talking about, they'll only change the icons of "Damage vs Cold" and "Frost" to fruitbaskets.

[@widchaponjearaphunt5452]

I lile when Act man said in hus previous video about Damage while tap dance on tuesday LOL

[@Armoredcompany]

"They're the same Sir" "Oh really? Or is one a Cold and the other a Slightly Colder Cold?"

[@KoiKoy56]

Cold is a damage type and frost is a skill type. Just like necromancer bone skills do physical damage. Physical damage is a damage type, bone is a skill type. It's really not too problematic. It's a way to add more attributes to items, and also gives, for example sorcerers, the possibility of getting % to frost skills and % to cold damage to increase your damage by more. I'd say this is welcome, especially with how fucking weak sorcerers have been thus far.

[@Jirius]

"It is Man, so in love with Greed, that he has lost himself, and found only appetites." - Dutch Van Der Linde, 1899

[@clarkestomps]

And thats not an insult that is just a fact of life YEAH!

[@Smitty19966]

The fact that we celebrate games not having battle passes or storefronts is sad in itself…

[@verguco6051]

what game dont have a battle pass nowadays?

[@bearwitty9690]

​@@verguco6051most games, but he's probably refering to the big ones that have a battlepass fetish.

[@Smitty19966]

@@verguco6051 BG3 just released, it has no battle pass or storefront. Devs have also announced single purchase dlc when it comes out to. Just like the good old days.

[@kasperbolding18]

@@verguco6051 tarkov, battlebit, bg3, dark & darker, terraria, just to name a few. Just stop paying to get fucked, easy fix.

[@Bobodododo]

I think battlepasses are usually good. The majority of games do them properly, and if you don’t like the items for a pass, you can skip it. Not like this though

[@simon1084]

I was going to buy this game when it first came out, but my wife told me to wait because of Blizzard's track record. I'm so glad I listened to her.

[@FreedomHero4]

I hope you went and bought her a gift with the money you saved from that decision

[@mr.s9783]

Your wife is best wife

[@fraymakerfan3628]

You're a lucky man, you know that?

[@Banana_Cognac]

I'm jealous you saved the money. I would have rather burned the $60. I played it for 3 weeks, and it was the same shit over, and over, and over. I found myself sitting in game, watching youtube videos about nothing, and had more fun.

[@sheshin]

Man you better treat her well with those 60 buckos she saved you

[@specialagent1868]

The statements by Steve Jobs about Marketing and Sales departments killing their companies is 100% accurate. You will never find a group of people so convinced that they're good at business while simultaneously being so hilariously bad at it.

[@Katya_Lastochka]

And yet, theyre bringing in the $ cause people keep falling for the dream.

[@corbin_4738]

​@@Katya_Lastochka They're bringing in the money for themselves. I doubt many of the workers share that profit, especially while the company degrades into humiliation then into an utter failure. Good marketing is like have confidence. It helps sell the product. But people aren't that stupid. Neither good marketing or confidence are worth anything without good follow through.

[@DerXavia]

@@corbin_4738 exactly, D4 was really the last hope that remained for blizzard to turn around their recent track record of fuck ups and they didn't use it. This might very well be the last Blizzard game I have ever bought and I regret spending 70 bugs on this.

[@yuukimasamura5143]

Look at bud light for example

[@Dice-Z]

Oh they are bringing in money alright. A huge ammount of short term money, then boom. The product dies off as they run away with the profits far inferior to what it would have brought in over time.

[@DubbleTee]

Stuff like this makes me respect IO Interactive so much. The amount of content they've released after Hitman 3, and are STILL releasing... FOR FREE, is awesome. Their patches are mostly QOL and player feedback updates. When the community disagrees with a certain change and become vocal about it, IO reverts the change to please their fans. I will FOREVER be faithful to IO Interactive. They know their fanbase and they respect them.

[@tungnse]

Dont forget larian studio and their Baldur Gate 3, the true last beacon of quality still exist.

[@rajivpaul9122]

​@@tungnseIf nobody got me. I know Larian and BG3 got me 😔

[@DubbleTee]

@@tungnse True true... that game is a Masterpiece.

[@flyinggoat2581]

As someone who regularly hires UI/UX professionals in tech, the lack of safeguards on the battle pass activation button is absolutely intentional. UX teams at a company as elite as Blizzard A/B tests the effect that their flows have on things like, let's say, BATTLE PASS CONVERSION RATES. I promise you that was the metric they were tasked with improving. Look at it. It's literally the most colorful button on screen--complete with a "shimmering" visual effect--against a black and charcoal background. It's designed to grab your attention, and then snag you if you ever touch it.

[@wtf17727]

Yeah, we A/B test everything at our company. It's also not a small company but not nearly as big as Activision Blizzard. If something on our Store-Front changes believe me that stuff was tested 2 weeks+. Although we're not nearly as scummy as Activision Blizzard, but we also operate under German law where as a big company you don't get away with that much scummery.

[@Anldiot69]

Not having experience with video games, but in the automotive industry there are a lot of tests and often studies with different UI/UX designs. I don't think any industry branch and company would release an UI that wasn't tested in the first place. Love or hate it, the developers achieved what they wanted when they released it.

[@mandragorius9637]

I'm still surprised about what things are legal in a digital space Buying without a safeguard and no refunds is the digital equivalent of having a sign in a shop that says 'if you touch the box you are obligated to buy it' How... is that even legal

[@nucphyschem1]

@@mandragorius9637 because most of the freaking lawmakers are our grand parents who to this day don't understand email and why they shouldn't send 1000$ to someone in africa.

[@ferinzz]

​@@mandragorius9637like said, it's not legal if its determined that it's a dark pattern. Though since this isn't directly a cash event, it's spending a token bought with money, they might weasel out of culpability. This kind of thing is why there's 3 currencies in gacha games.

[@firstreality3867]

Whoopi Goldberg being a Diablo fan is the strangest discovery this year

[@beefnacos6258]

She isn't bro.

[@Bongodog08]

​@@beefnacos6258she was upset that she couldn't play on her laptop so yes she is

[@Tattootin]

She had no clue what it was bro.

[@Tattootin]

@@beefnacos6258thanks, was looking for this. She has no clue what it is. She tried to tie in familiar details…. But she called Diablo “her game”…. She probably has a difficult time playing candy crush because…. She’s a fuckin old celebrity that doesn’t give a shit

[@Bongodog08]

@@Tattootin yeah probably bc she's old and isn't chronically online

[@masonfletcher1241]

Damn it's really depressing when you have a former developer telling you that the company they worked at is now void of all dreams and magic it once held

[@mrjohnnyk]

Heck I could have told you that.

[@NeverLucky1765]

As much as I agree with him do bare in mind he’s also the guy who developed firefall and fucked that game into the ground, so he’s not quite as innocent.

[@desox123]

@@NeverLucky1765Bro the suits ruined that not him his hand was forced

[@TheActMan]

Funny how he was brought back to work on War craft 3 Reforged after working on the original like 20 years prior. What a kick in the dick

[@KMDxD]

Yea i remember the good days when a Blizzard game was something to look forward to, now that company is just a carcass with a "Blizzard" sticker on it.

[@ianclancy5742]

feel free to just turn this into a monthly series on the status of Diablo 4 & I will watch each episode at least 10 times

[@reagansido5823]

It's honestly really cool of bliz to go out of their way to reenforce Act's points about D4. Not many people would do that.

[@wow-effect]

True fan 💪

[@Matanumi]

Now they need to be really cooler and go out of business Fuck this company

[@lancegoldsborough5678]

Reinforce*

[@Driftingsiax]

My dad worked for a major company for over 30 years, and he talked about people there that would put so much effort into avoiding work, that it became harder than the work they were avoiding. That’s blizzard. They are putting so much effort into forcing, tricking, and disguising their bad game, they probably could have just made a good game by now.

[@nilac1987]

While I agree with you on the effort they put into such actions, fixing the game takes: 1. Admiring you fucked up in the first place, can’t do that, will not do that. They will wait, till they stop making money then fix it and people will come back 🤦🏻 why fix it when it makes money

[@derpmann2615]

This. When will they realize. Lol.

[@sammicopor]

​@@nilac1987 go back to grade school before daring to criticize anyone

[@Katya_Lastochka]

​@@sammicoporLearn what autocorrect is before you get judgmental.

[@Proranis]

they just dont have good devs anymore and beeing a publicly traded company makes numbers more important than quality

[@_Tzer]

i still find it hillarious how these buisiness people think baldur's gate shouldn't be treated like it's a standard you can't meet. Just make a good game don't shove microtransactions down our throat and maybe you can actually get people enjoying stuff for once and buying the damn game.

[@jakenguyen1150]

Like seriously, and there are actual players who stand with them too. Like dude, it is not even a high f*cking standard. We aren't expecting something big. We just only expect a finished game, without....oh you know, tons of DLCs and microtransactions in it. Bro, is that too much to ask ? Is that too "high" standard that these million dollar triple A studios cannot follow ?

[@MrSqurk]

The bar is touching the floor and their solution is to lower the floor. It is unbelievable.

[@Wolf-fighter]

why tf do people worship that shit? baldurs gate sucks

[@BDCMatt]

Its disgusting that these out of touch mother fers are trying to tell us what the standards for games should be.

[@bookfish]

@@jakenguyen1150 Not to even mention, that how the hell BG3 is a high standard? Games used to be like this couple of years ago... Hell even nowadays you can see examples to a good-no strings attached-single player games. No... the truth is that it's not high standard. It's just the money people at blizzard know well that a single buy game, doesn't matter how good it is, will never bring as much money as an alright game with microtansactions. If they can make Diablo 4 into a solid 6.5/10 game, just good enough so the players who bought it will come back to it every now and then, it'll bring back more money, than a 15/10 pay-to-play game would.

[@HowToChangeName]

I love no matter how broken the game, how unstable the server, how slow the fix, the microtransaction and store are always working

[@traverse006]

Baldur's Gate 3 made me realize how good we had it from 2000-2013ish. Just a complete game with a focus on fun first and I can't put it down. These parasites at the top that see the gaming industry (every industry) as money printing machines are driving us collectively insane. Steve Jobs was right: the product suffers when management prioritizes profits over their product quality. *Edit: I DID NOT BUY DIABLO 4

[@reelement8032]

Back when a games replayability involved starting a new game maybe with a different class.

[@vancodling4223]

Lol his cancer would get cancer if he saw Apple today

[@TheBloodshotFilms]

Bet it won't stop you from buying diablo 5..... Exactly what they're counting on.

[@traverse006]

@@TheBloodshotFilms I didn't even buy the DLC for Diablo 3 let alone 4. Blizzard has not gotten a dime from me since 2012.

[@kosmosfan01]

It's nice to be able to still go back and play some of those games. It really is harder to see games do something that used to be a standard which is tragic. I get live service games gotta keep the train going but when you can't even play the single player part without being connected to the Internet, that's some BS that has you tether to the servers. If they go down or are shut down, you can't play squat.

[@spoogerenko]

The "No preorders" rule is slowly evolving into "No buying for at least half a year after release" rule. Like, how do you change a 70$ game to be WORSE than it was on release holy shit my dudes

[@shafta2010]

Full Refunds need to be enforced when a game gets worse

[@swaggadash9017]

I don't anymore. I can't rationalize paying £70 for a game, especially a single player game. Imagine spending £70 for something with a 15 hour playtime at the high end 😂

[@rastafari2k3]

Actually true. I think I'm waiting at least 1 year to play Star field

[@anonimus370]

@@swaggadash9017 Dunno, I'd gladly pay 70$ for 10 hours of good, solid single player game. At 7$ per hour it's better than movies. Thankfully I can easily get my fix from indies for cheaper.

[@LG1ikLx]

It's like game Devs noticed that pre orders were dropping cos their shitty practices so they wait a few months to do the malicious crap now

[@Ghalta_The_Unknowable]

"I feel like I spend more time looking at loot than I do playing the game" I literally looked over my shoulder when Act Man said this and my dad had been spending the last ten minutes looking at his D4 loot.

[@CorporalPT]

it's so cool that you play next to your dad

[@agentnukaz1715]

Sometimes my brain just can't process all the numbers anymore but u have to if u wanna clear your inventory and keep killing

[@Ghalta_The_Unknowable]

@@CorporalPT Ngl it's pretty sweet

[@SkidogMedia]

when you first are learning what stats to take ya, but after a bit if you taking 10min to look at look you are doing somthing wrong

[@TheMusicolophile]

@@agentnukaz1715It’s called an ARPG. Managing the loot is part of what lover’s of the genre enjoy.

[@solrinin]

22:16 TF2 might be a better example. That game is like 20 years old, hasn't had a major update in like 8 years and it's still gaining players.

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

Many of those players are bots But yeah that game is rock solid

[@mecburnablasta6811]

“Have you ever thought about making a good video game? And the game is so much fun I want to keep playing it?” As someone who just finished Tears Of The Kingdom after playing it for two months straight, I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment

[@anafu-sankanashi8933]

Fallout New Vegas too. A game that keeps me coming back after countless playthroughs.

[@badasscrusader]

Monster hunter world and rise has taken unironically over 300 hours of my time this year and I'm still playing it

[@MikeLikesBikes095]

Ghost of Tsushima took all my free time. No breaks until we rid the land of all the mongols!

[@JLind854]

Tears did that for me too! And now baldurs gate is doing it again

[@gregnog8119]

Remnant 2 is the same game as remnant 1 but with more content to play and explore in, exactly the kind of sequel you want for a game like that and I'm still finding new procedurally generated builds to work with

[@JoeyFrancis02]

My favorite part of D4’s UI is that redeeming your pass is a 1 click but if you try and play eternal instead of seasonal you get a pop up making you acknowledge that you can’t play seasonal activities on the eternal realm before it lets you play.

[@nox22119]

Because they did have it they just removed it which shows it was completely intentional basic UI design don't get forgotten.

[@raeraeella6426]

My favorite part is not buying the damn game/cash grab in the first place

[@Spearra]

​@@raeraeella6426This right here! Seriously! If a company keeps outputting nonsense, STOP BUYING FROM THEM!

[@FunkyBaconArts]

I want this to be released on Steam so I can watch the Overwhelmingly Negative score sink Blizzard even deeper into the abyss.

[@JustapErson]

I'm curious if they'll put more games onto steam. OW2 got 50k players on day 1 and probably genuinely did bring in a lot of new players. Even though it's the worst reviewed game in steam history.

[@strider029]

if they release both starcraft on steam i will give blizzard positive reviews in a heartbeat

[@isuckatusernames4297]

unlikely, ow2 was f2p. diable 4 costs money

[@PopcornMax179]

​@@strider029no you wouldn't

[@Shadowlet]

Doesn't matter, it'll still get a ton of players like OW2

[@dawidkocewa1238]

Act Man says how it is. Without sugar-coating. We need this. We need in-your-face truth. More than ever we need videos like this.

[@FlashmanVC]

That clip of Steve Jobs is a really good insight into how Apple became Apple. Despite his reputation as an a-hole, the man recognized that the best way to build a brand was to make things that customers genuinely wanted to purchase and would be happy with. For him it wasn’t about fooling people into spending money on the bare minimum for short term gain. That is pretty much lost in every industry now, including at modern Apple.

[@bobbyfischer9927]

Ya that’s why Apple is a 2.9 trillion dollar company and Blizzard is a fart lol

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

Works in modern dating too lmao

[@fiercelypolygons3696]

I can only imagine how dissapointed Jobs would be in Cook. Sure, Apple is now a trillion dollar Corp. They went from being pretty tiny to now towering over companies like Microsoft. But so much of their decisions feel like only further increasing their profits. No charger in the box? Yeah, sure it's environment issues, totally environment friendly when you package the same charger with double plastic wrapping in a seperate plastic box.

[@Hk7762Tube]

Ah yes, buy only our stuff or you are fukced, Apple number 1!

[@karebushmarebu233]

@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq no, no it doesn't lol. If thats what your dates are like its more likely you are the problem than anyone else.

[@braf7349]

If Blizzard tried to build a house, you'd get a shed with a note in it saying that it wasn't possible to add plumbing or electrical because shed's can't have those things due to code violations. My brother in Christ, you built it as a shed!

[@LightTrack-]

I never thought a gaming company could become worse than EA without resorting to severe criminal abuse.

[@timmyreobed5043]

I mean... You remember the sexual assault lawsuit, don't you?

[@gamer65688]

​@@timmyreobed5043they clearly dont, luckly for blizz

[@HeseliqMikav]

the fact that the most problematic thing that happened with EA recently was releasing a game too early is shocking.

[@mrzest6356]

Funny enuff, Blizzard managed to become worse when EA's crimes are mostly in the games but hardly at the main company(well except the Bioware fiasco)

[@LightTrack-]

@@timmyreobed5043 Well yeah. However, if that didn't take place, my point would still stand on it's own.

[@mathaijacob1345]

My dad used to work for Activision. He said that everyone working there used to say that Bobby Kodick took the fun out of video games.

[@ianAEF]

Whoopi Goldberg sueing Blizzard because she couldn’t play Diablo on a Mac is the greatest thing I never thought would be real

[@Cyromantik]

At the same time I'm mourning one of my favorite franchise, I'm learning one of my favorite actors is super into playing it. Worlds I could never have guessed colliding is a nice silver lining here.😊

[@chrism2502]

She should just play d2r for a good experience

[@weakneerose7614]

@@chrism2502you really think she plays Diablo? She’s just saying that because one of her staff probably tell her to say this to give her some attention

[@theoutsider8745]

I was convinced that it was an AI using Whoopi's face for a bit until I read a few articles online...still not completely convinced honestly it feels so surreal.

[@ThePandaSupreme]

I mean it’s only for attention… she doesn’t play Diablo lol

[@patrickbateman181]

Never underestimate Blizzard's ability to disappoint.

[@joshuacox5817]

I want to see a video that compares Blizzard to Riot/Tencent

[@matthewcaimbeul8722]

This video is so late though? He makes this after Blizzard actually made a good patch…? Like where was the weeks ago when the patches were bad?

[@tsukune5267]

​@matthewcaimbeul8722 you're brain is as smooth as cement

[@Odinarcade00]

Disappoint? This is far beyond a disappointment. It’s a disaster

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Disappoint? I was expecting this. They were gonna turn it into Diablo Immortal, but only after all the reviewers have praised the game.

[@MrArbaras]

When I started playing in Beta and began looking at the odd assortment of affixes, it became quite apparent that whoever was developing the itemization system was not optimizing it for the sake of the player's enjoyment. Seemed more they were trying to meet a required word count on a book report.

[@MasterGhostf]

Agreed. Bought the game and the affixes seemed... boring. The only cool thing was the aspects as there were some cool ones.

[@TravisH-nm9fy]

Wait until you see the new affixes they are adding in the expansion pack. Preorder now for only 79.99. -Damage while standing in the shadows -Damage while wearing socks -Damage to enemies with one eye -Damage to enemies who have a tail

[@Astares9]

@@TravisH-nm9fy all in an attempt to make the loot pool larger so you take longer to get anything with relevant stats >:(

[@praetorian3902]

Honestly, I don't understand you people. You heard how Blizzard screwed people with past titles, they have already shown you who they are, yet you still give them money. Honestly, you deserve to get screwed. It's because of people that don't have principles and self-respect (not giving money to people who screw other people) that they keep getting away with this and as a result the industry will never change. Expect more shit titles in the future and guess who's to blame. Was I too direct ?

[@milordo]

​@TravisH-nm9fy but wait, there's more! + 6% damage to enemies that haven't taken damage (-5% if they have)

[@verandream6675]

"What? You mean good graphics are not enough for you to enjoy our game? What do you mean we can't use predatory tatics and boring gameplay? Look at the level of details of the graphics, why don't you spend 3 hours looking at the cracks in the wall?"

[@cloyddowling1088]

Whoopi Goldberg being a diablo gamer is the twist I was not expecting

[@scarface8806]

She just want to play her Apple 4 😂

[@Larimuss]

Yeah but bitching about playing it on your mac when a $10,000 brand new pc gaming laptop is the equivalent of us buying less than a coffee, is like boohoo go buy a pc bitch.

[@RealKeetz]

Ayo...they pissed off WHOOPI. WHOOPI!!!!!! These guys are HEARTLESS. 😤

[@frontmanguitars8276]

Might be a cameo

[@askdrten]

what's blizzard's response to Whoopi Goldberg?

[@humanversion3163]

As a product designer, I can guarantee you there is a Figma file that has the confirmation dialog for activating premium. Also as a product designer, I’ve been in conversations where the powers that be instruct you to remove it. It’s also in these meetings where you’re referred to as “not being built for this” when you push back. Crazy to see it so blatant in gaming as well :/

[@chrisadams1438]

"figma balls lmao" -Blizzard

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

Bro I feel this in my soul. I've ragequit jobs over this exact instance lol

[@toasty8432]

Bad UX is one thing, but intentionally deceptive is a whole nother level of rotten

[@Toshiro_Mifune]

@@chrisadams1438 tee hee hee

[@jakehero95]

There's only been one time I experienced this, and oh did they make their greed known literally laughing when I explained the issue with it. Once that was said I simply responded with "You're d**n right I'm not, and won't be associated with anyone that is" and walked out. Took all my work with me (which I made sure I kept the rights to) and left them to basically start over since everything left was built around my code. Felt good but I know I only slowed them down in the end, and that's the worst part.

[@massengsle8779]

Always sad to see. My cousins dream was to work for blizzard and when he finally achieved it he left in a year as he realized it was not the company he loved as a kid.

[@kirosaki8897]

Sad man

[@kingzalut9639]

Feminist woke crappy place for sure..

[@jean-francoisduval1907]

Same.

[@antihumorplayz9800]

:/

[@augustosampaio8579]

@TheDreamArena sometimes, they are.

[@Genesis-fc8we]

24:18 this has 20k comments. How is my phone loading this????

[@grimassassin9722]

That’s what I was thinking

[@IAmLowkey]

The UI really did make me feel a negative emotion i’ve never felt before. I have nerve damage that impacts my right side (mostly my left forearm to my hand) from a car accident a few years back when I was 18. Some lady blew a red light and t-boned the car on my side. My hand is still functional, but sometimes it locks up or spasms. I went to click on the “Season Blessings” to read them more in-depth and ended up with a battle pass that I never wanted to begin with… not to mention the “dismantle junk” and “dismantle all” being so close… its really disheartening that there aren’t safeguards where there need to be for me.

[@ThatHitman47]

Thats bad. the ui in games is whats very important.

[@Armoredcompany]

But if you complain you'll just get the appropriate equivalent of "What? Do you not have a cell phone?"

[@TheActMan]

Thats fucking crazy, man. I'm sorry to hear that. Blizzard does not deserve your time or money

[@Sorain1]

This is why you need a confirmation on things like dismantle all buttons, and a toggle to skip that in the options menu. Those who don't like clicking through can play dangerously with it off, for everyone else, including you, there's a stopper in place.

[@TheMikitower]

@@TheActMan oh brother revisit destiny 2 and see all their recent community controversies and will find another company that doesn't deserve the money 💀

[@monky999monkey]

I passed over this game after your first video. My condolences to anyone who had hope. “Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment”

[@Armoredcompany]

I bought it, but I 100% didn't pre-order it. I finally learned that lesson after 2042. Friends gave me the whole "no its actually really good" speech. I have yet to finish the original campaign, then they nerfed sorcerers into the dust and I haven't touched the game since the day after the season 1 patch.

[@EngieMak]

@@Armoredcompanyyou should give your friend "you're an idiot" speech

[@Armoredcompany]

@@EngieMak For sure. After like a week he was asking "hey when are you getting on? I haven't seen you on?" I said "yeah, I got better things to waste my time and money on, this just sucks, its not fun"

[@Kanoog]

​@@EngieMakWhy? Finishing the campaign and quitting is the only way fun way to play this game. Playing it to max level, season 1 whatever is where the problems are.

[@guyincognito959]

Arr!! Burn the Heretic!

[@somedudewithakeyboard5388]

I find it absolutely perfect that two games released in the same year, both having 6 years of development time, one being developed by a previously small scale developer, one being produced by one of the largest game devs on the planet, and both being on complete and utter opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of quality, engagement, polish, etc

[@Fxrrxt2x]

The "Duality of gaming" right now.

[@Birdzlitlehelpr]

I honestly don't think Baldur's Gate 3 would have done nearly this well had it not been for Diablo 4 pissing on its player base the way they did. Would've been successful I'm sure, just don't think it would have blown up as fast as it did.

[@kaseyfiive]

@@Birdzlitlehelprdiablo is for 30 year olds who can’t let go of their past, BG3 would’ve blown up either way. The fact any of you actually thought Diablo was going to be good considering it’s developer is just pure Stockholm syndrome.

[@jokerledger5400]

@@Birdzlitlehelpr The devs coming out of the wood work trying to "temper" players expectation for them also help. BG3 is so blessed to have so many people come out to help, free PR

[@Birdzlitlehelpr]

@@kaseyfiive As a 31 year old, I agree lol But in my defense, I planned to skip D4 just like I skipped D3 and D2R, the only reason I didn't was because a lot of my friends got it and I decided to jump on and play with them. Had my fun, might come back even in a year or 2 when hopefully the problems are hammered out, and will enjoy BG3 in the meantime.

[@Alpha23TV]

They didn’t want to create a FUN game… they wanted to sell an ADDICTIVE game… they spend millions on behavioural psychologists in order to understand how to implement the most repetitive, sticky, grindy, time absorbing practices… the massive list of damage modifiers is designed to create a min/max black hole 🕳️

[@caiomartires8214]

Blizzard's business strategy is to add new, bigger problems to their games so that the old ones don't seem so bad in comparison.

[@BardiXOfficial]

That’s how the lootboxes worked in Overwatch 1, just replace them with a battlepass and people will beg for the lootboxes back

[@KiafryKyle]

I just had a cool new legendary sword drop for me last time I played! It does 51% more damage during a full moon Thursday against enemies who have an O- blood type and an immediate relative named Keith. Its really been changing up my playstyle!

[@keithclarke83]

I wouldn't mind so much, but that was the only day I could get on to play.

[@ShisuiIsHim]

So I'm mid video is this a actual thing? If it is i don't know weather to be extremely worried or impressed at the detail

[@cryotherapy7557]

☠️

[@Diccolo91]

Oh shit the sword of Keith’s Cousin dropped for you?? Lucky, I need it for my build.

[@KiafryKyle]

@@ShisuiIsHim Oh absolutely! In fact, I just rerolled one of the stats on the sword that now lets me do an extra 17% damage to enemies who are currently watching the 1993 film Dazed and Confused.

[@Xeonerable]

That Steve Job's clip is completely right on the dot with what he was saying. This is why small studios always make good stuff, they HAVE to in order for it to sell since they don't have the big reputation. Then the established AAA vampires that chase sales numbers and have zero creativity move to buyout said smaller developers to steal that new popular IP. Then they milk and run that shit into the ground until a new "chosen one" small dev appears. And the cruel soulless capitalistic cycle continues.

[@TheActMan]

It was so on point I had to include it. Dude really knew business and what can happen when companies get too big and lose sight of their origins

[@Lexion95]

We all witnessed that in real time with the release run up with Cyberpunk.

[@LordVader1094]

@@Lexion95 Yep. It was literally the shortest pipeline example of the process. From industry darling for Witcher 3 to completely loathed for Cyberpunk.

[@tugboat6940]

Most small studios just make shittier versions of already shitty AAA game. You guys just think it makes you look cool to stan indie games. You also act like they're not also trying to turn a proft.

[@Xeonerable]

@@LordVader1094 The first symptoms of "AAA disease" over-promising and under-delivering. But I guess in CDPR's defense they did offer refunds, whereas I imagine Blizzard in that situation would be like "lol. fuck you. actually we're going to make it worse and add in more microtransactions.... bitch."

[@jeremyf1901]

“You are a factory of sadness!!!” LOL that guy in the intro is amazing lol

[@DeanToledano]

Act Man, as a guy working in the industry right now, fucking god bless you man. You're doing God's work. Genuinely, videos like this make me keep going.

[@VAFranky]

I believe there is hope for the industry and more and more people are waking up to this crap. There are so many talented people making amazing art, characters, armor sets, music, textures, landscapes etc. for these games and I believe most people sincerely appreciate their hard work and know all of the terrible ideas ruining these games are coming from the top of these companies.

[@armandoalvarado5840]

you must have some spicy stories to share with Act Man anonymously...

[@IKilledYourDude]

20+ year vet here as well. Truth that sales and marketing run everything nowadays for everything larger than indie. Innovation in gameplay rests with the indies. Larger publishers are more interested in innovating around commerce.

[@snakebutts2000]

Just wait till Path of Exile 2 comes out I'm sure more Diablo fans will lean that way.

[@tgreaux5027]

They would have almost no executives then.@jaz4742

[@timmyt1717]

Someone give Act Man a break from carrying all this weight of this epic video slamming Blizzard into the ground. That clip of Steve Jobs is INSANELY scary when looking at a company like Blizzard now. Gotdamn Act Man, you absolute chad. *biggest tip of the hat here*

[@headkicked]

THANK YOU! I've done a UI boot camp and they literally teach you to NOT implement dark patterns. They even shared a link to a website that logs a history of dark patterns that major companies have used, it's called the Dark Pattern Hall of Shame. Also, as a Destiny player, the implementation of the longer dismantling time for legendaries was an awesome move and great UI. This is why I love you, Act. You know your shit!

[@Maastickore]

What really pisses me off is that people comes to videos like this and act all smart and then keep buying blizzard's garbage

[@JoshuaA1307]

Tbh I never played Diablo, only Ratchet & Clank… that where from my step brother….. 😅 Im kind of glad that I don’t. Don’t get me wrong i love Diablo 4’s storyline and all….. but the game seems way to complex and horrible then GENSHIN IMPACT…. At least Genshin has proper item sorting and reasonably made stats

[@Neomadra]

The funny thing is when you go to the merchant to sell or dismantle rare or legendary items, the game will ask for confirmation. So protecting virtual items is more important to Diablo 4 devs than protecting players' real purse. Hmm...

[@joeyzukas1]

I already hadn't launched D4 since day 1 of season 1 because the patch notes made me that sad, this video helped remind me I hadn't uninstalled yet. Thank you for helping me free up inventory space in my computer's hard drive, now I can store more gems!

[@Parvus_Symmachus]

I didint even bought this s*** Game but thats the problem with all the complainer, they complain and show no consequences. Blizzard is bad, so i don't buy any products from Blizzard anymore, ever again because they lost all trust they once had, simple. Not just complaining like toddlers when they screw you over... again...

[@marcusjones3961]

​@@Parvus_SymmachusYeah, I should have saved my 80 bucks.

[@Parvus_Symmachus]

@@marcusjones3961 See the 80 bucks as some sort of a education fee, they are gone now, but you earned a lesson, take this lesson and learn from it so youre not make the same mistake with the same company... again... This is what i would do. Don't beat yourself up to much about it, move on.

[@SLVYER1]

You morons literally had this exact same thing happening on Diablo 3, and then a second time with the mobile game. If you're young it's not your fault but if your old it's definitely your fault.

[@Daniel_Schmaniel]

Hey same man, I immediately went and uninstalled during the video.

[@Lucchese18]

Wow the creators of Diablo immortal implemented horrible, money hungry changes to Diablo IV?! Who wouldve thought?!?!

[@GeraltofRivia22]

I don't know what these gullible fools expected. How can you seriously NOT expect it after seeing Blizzard's track record over the last 5 years?

[@davidpeterson5647]

I’m STILL having a hard time conceptualizing how a renowned actor from Sister Act, Ghost, The Color Purple, and a host of The View would be a huge fan of Diablo.

[@KarazolaX]

Not gonna lie Act Man, I've disagreed with some of your takes in the past, but I am actually really grateful that you're hammering home the stuff about the UI tricking people into activating their battle pass. A lot of people don't realize how insidious it is, and companies will get away with it because defenders will just blame the person who got tricked, giving an added smokescreen where to absolve them of responsibility. It's gaslighting. MW2 Does this too in their battlepass, where you can accidentally purchase tier rewards for battle coins with no authorization for the equivalent of $1.50. You can accidentally buy a reward of $1 in currency for $1.50. And a lot of people are so dumb, that they'll just believe that 2 decades of UI design was just randomly thrown out, in a way that lets them nickle and dime you. Crazy how that works, isn't it?

[@ambds1975]

Yeah, they've got players doing their dirty justification work for them. It's horrible.

[@KarazolaX]

@@ambds1975 Yeah I'm a fullstack dev that does a lot of UI work and I know immediately what kind of stuff they're trying to pull with this. It's second nature for any UI designer to add in a confirmation dialog. Being a game designer isn't just being good at coding, it isn't just being good at storytelling. It's also all about psychology. Games aren't infinite experiences. They need to be padded out in certain ways that the player doesn't notice. They need to be shortened in places so it doesn't feel tedious. There needs to be a sense of progression so players feel like they're building something, but it can't be so daunting that they feel like they're grinding for days and days. When something like this in a game happens, never assume it was just your own fault. It probably wasn't.

[@ambds1975]

@@KarazolaX Thank you for confirming that I'm not going crazy.

[@leeartlee915]

The really sad thing is that people think Blizzard won’t disappoint them again. Have people not been paying attention the last decade? Blizzard hasn’t been making A+ products in years.

[@sauriel596]

They already did many years back, but at least starcraft, diablo 1 and 2 was pretty nice games, though world of warcraft was a sad affair even if it were successful. Unbalanced classes, and one side always staying one step ahead in advantage by either racial or something else. Even kalimdor areas had small subtle advantages, like easier to get ore deposits or more conveniently placed things. And assholes loved it, which theres alot of, which made it become successful. All that did was fueling peoples power complexes. Some classes, like the paladin were even outright hated by one of the devs called hazzikostaz, hes probably the one that made them into horde fodder too, i would've liked to do something to him in a alleyway, purely because he's probably an asshole born with a silver spoon in his mouth and not cause of the game, but of course that would be abuse of power by information, and waste of money to clear that bill. Its also more complicated than just simply reducing their building to a pile of rocks. One of them though called metzen who drew art in warcraft 2 did like the alliance side as paladin, but all the other just liked horde, so naturally they put more effort into it. Dont forget some employers harassed some female workers there too, so they're no longer decent in our books

[@leeartlee915]

@@sauriel596 I mean hell, I was playing Blizzard games back on the SNES. Lost Vikings and Rock ‘N Roll Racing were some of my favorite games on that console. So, obviously, they both had and have talent. But when they were acquired by Activision, everything changed. My hope is that once MS acquires them, maybe they can disentangle some of the bs cooperate systems they got from the big A.

[@cogahan]

A+? Hell, they haven't even made C- products in the past years

[@leeartlee915]

@@cogahan Ehh, Overwatch was a pretty well made game. It wasn’t my kind of thing but I could see it was a well made game. And Hearthstone, well now getting a little long in the tooth, was pretty frickin’ awesome. They basically invented the CCG scene in the digital arena.

[@SpriteGod0]

@@leeartlee915overwatch is not a well made game. Everything they’ve done with overwatch is fucking awful. Overwatch league is no longer a thing now because of how awful the game is

[@cosmicneko7225]

An opposite customer support interaction I had once I was playing Warframe, and wanted to buy a Warframe deluxe skin bundle, these bundles give you a really cool skin for one specific Warframe, and a weapon skin to match. I accidentally bought the skin solo, so I went to support and explained my problem. They refunded me the platinum I spent on just the skin without any questions, and gave me a valuable lesson. Thank you, Digital Extremes! :D

[@ArDeeMee]

👏👏👏

[@TheActMan]

That little interaction had you spend more money in the end!!

[@walidislemramdane2198]

A fairly common Digitale Extremes W

[@marcJoel]

@@TheActManright but it’s what he wanted lol

[@DumbArse]

Had this happen to me too yeaaaars ago, they are good about this sort of stuff

[@maksimslhernault4042]

Same thing happened with me and OW. I used to jump on and play for hours on end even throught the massive 3 year drought but when OW2 came out it just felt like a chose to play the game and not entertainment. I dropped it after season one and tried to come back just now and holy crap it has not changes since i dropped it.

[@rebelmouth9349]

Just sitting here, laughing. Anyone upset only has themselves to blame. You've gotten exactly what you deserved for continuing to feed these practices.

[@rubberplunger24]

I've been saying this exact same thing for a few years now. Gamers are simply reaping what they sowed. Really cannot feel sorry for anyone having gripes about these games. And guess what? Come the next Blizzard game launch and the cycle will simply repeat itself.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

The dad with 50 kids finally reached end game so now everyone agrees on the state of the game :D:D:D:D

[@whiskizyo2067]

i keep saying its because gamers are the biggest addicts out, but this extreme addiction is legal. who are to blame though, the addicts or the dealers exploiting said addicts? cutting their stuff so much its beyond unrecognizable. and you don't just expect a smoker of 20 years to be able to just up and quit smoking, so why would you expect and then blame gamers for not being able to do the same?

[@fabien2430]

indeed, smart ones moved to PoE already, but other guys can continue to pay for this crap and cry, yes :) it's a tax on intelligence ^^

[@alihorda]

@@fabien2430 noone forces you to purchase shit tho, people can only blame themselves

[@Otharal]

I tried playing the new patch. They said they'd add an inventory tab for the gems so half our inventory isn't taken up by them all the time, forcing us to towns that are purposefully laid out in a way to make you waste time in there. But instead, they didn't add this gem tab, and added a whole new class of gems to take up even more inventory space. Superb design.

[@TheMusicolophile]

If you’re having issues with inventory space, that’s on you.

[@newax_productions2069]

Gem tab isn't until like season 2 or 3 dude. They said they were adding a 5th stash tab nothing else.

[@DedAlexFive]

@@TheMusicolophile Damn dude you destroyed him with facts

[@blowmonkey51]

Imagine defending this dogshit ass game

[@nidhogg00]

Where did they say they were adding a gem tab this patch?

[@TNCONF2005]

Glad to see Blizzard carry on Billy Mays quote “But I’m not done yet” when it comes to messing up games and upsetting the community

[@cavemantero]

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!!!

[@WafflezDay]

A year after this video was uploaded and almost 2, 000 people are still in denial about this. Blizzard will always have it's fanboys, just like Bethesda or EA.

[@krzysztofpaszkiewicz1274]

"You are a factory of sadness!" that is one awesome line and a great summary of blizzard.

[@solaroid4442]

It's Blizztard now.

[@Revolver6Ocelot]

The accidentally buying something thing is wild especially the people defending it imagine walking into a shop and accidentally buying something it shouldn't be possible if the clerk threw a pack of gum on your purchase and charged you for it they'd be in so much trouble same thing should apply online

[@manoflead643]

Ah, but see, it's just redeeming a token! The purchase has already been made, and surely this isn't why everything ever separates things into a premium currency so they can get away with such things. Nooo no no. That couldn't be it.

[@Purity14]

watched this video and uninstalled Diablo 4 - BG3 instead for me

[@Revolver6Ocelot]

@@manoflead643 that's like if you drop a coupon at the checkout and go ohh I don't want to scan that just yet but the cashier is like ohhh no I've seen it now too late then

[@jakobebroke]

i've been thinking about this a lot lately. game devs get away with a lot of BS because we buy games online. If you went to a local restaurant and they treated you the way that Blizzard treats their customers, you'd never go back and they'd probably be out of business.

[@stevenzwiesler8085]

you can clearly see the second streamer saw what he was getting ready to click on and did it anyway. Dude is playing damage control acting like he did something accidentally when he didnt. The first streamer he showed 100% was accidental. he rushed the menu's and started clicking, which resulted in a misclick. Almost nothing actman is talking about has any real evidence behind it as being bad design other than accidental misclicks.

[@mightymobthesecondchannel5017]

Fun fact blizzards other game overwatch 2 also has a battle pass that doesn’t have in game currency to buy the next battle pass, and the worst part is that after the backlash they got they added “currency” but it was the free overwatch points that they colored yellow to trick people into thinking they were getting the premium currency

[@OutruntheWind]

Another fun fact: Holocure, a completely free to play game created by a vtuber fan, has more active players than Overwatch 2.

[@DmpstrPirate]

Was it actually not normal currency? I had stopped caring but that's still so e shit

[@DmpstrPirate]

​@@OutruntheWindfun fact world of tanks still has a higher player count than overwatch

[@deusex9731]

wait but you can buy another battle pass with the in battlepass currency. its not enough after one bp but it is the same currency

[@clubsnake4133]

⁠@@deusex9731no, it isn’t. It’s called “legacy credits” and you can only buy overwatch 1 stuff with them. No battlepass, no new things, only old ones. So yeah, in the premium battlepass they give you currency that you CAN’T even use to buy next season pass or anything new

[@xSurvivor7x]

Bro literally said at the very end "Blizzard is Arthas" pretty much. Damn that hit and it hit hard.

[@ThatGSguy]

As a life long gamer, watching company after company, intellectual property after intellectual property gradually become more and more anti-consumer is depressing. This course will never reverse as long as people continue buying into these systems. Support small developers you have vetted.

[@Elenrai]

Speaking of; Bloodlines 2, fuck me man that game got me worried, Paradox employing the inventor of the walking simulator and their statements about "new gameplay experiences" while working on a sequel of a game built upon the fking half life 2 engine....like...if these motherfuckers do not comprehend that a seminal first person shooter RPG with magical powers and a wide cast of interesting exaggerated characters, and that we JUST want a SEQUEL of that...like... Any recommendations? I am unironically struggling to even trust the steam store page these days

[@RuFi0000000]

I'm waiting for this to happen with Digital Extremes and Warframe. It's the best free-to-play MMO space ninja looter shooter ever made, and it's just too good. The devs are great and the game is always expanding and improving. Things are just too good with them right now. Something's got to give. I feel like any day now they're going to start becoming scumbags like all the rest of the game companies out there. Edit: It happened lmao. I just learned they released 2 skins for their 10 year anniversary. It's only for a limited time to pressure you to buy them. The price for these 2 skins: $90. RIP

[@caret_shell]

Also maybe crackdown on white collar crime? Business owners are acting like criminals because they're criminals. Crackdown on their crimes and CEOs might become less anti-consumer overnight.

[@Gwyndolin-hk4ql]

Among big companies Capcom is still pretty consistent in my opinion.

[@juliankohler5086]

All good things must come to an end, don't people say this? I think there's a quote from Chris Metzen from back when he retired "we had a good run", which is undeniable, probably the most legendary good run in the history of good runs. The only part that is legit sad is the fact that they keep dragging these corpses of all the legendary stuff. Feels like a violation. Except Starcraft. They don't desecrate that one IP, I think because they don't see any money in doing so.

[@lockemyastan6276]

My dad and I played through Diablo III together, splitscreen, for a whole year, grinding out missions together, swapping up our builds and doing hardcore playthroughs. Those were some core memories what I associated with Diablo, and I went back to play through D1 and D2 solely because the game was fun. We refunded Diablo IV two days after getting it. We were so excited until we sat down to play it. To think that the people that established themselves as THE ARPG once has devolved down to the point where even my optimistic dad went "Sorry, I cannot play this anymore." Is horrifying to me. Why are games getting so terrible now?

[@I-hear-voices]

Blizzard and most other AAA games are terrible now because they are immune to failure. There are suckers born everyday and they fuel these giants. Just like the fact that casinos don't go out of business unless they over-saturate an area. The AAA game space is not even close to saturation yet and the evidence is that the mobile game revenues are magnitudes greater.

[@Dante999000]

​@@I-hear-voicesyup, so far the only companies that I know that make decent games are Capcom with Devil may cry 5 and Street Fighter 6 as well as Square Enix with Final Fantasy 16 but I could be wrong

[@katman2192]

Nah the game is good you just sheep recycle what youtube influencers tell you

[@Oathiel]

@@katman2192 🤡

[@daedalus6433]

Try and play Path of Exile with him

[@travisahhs11]

Couple this with what happened with OverWatch 2's launch on Steam, and it is clear that Blizzard is in a state of collapse. Absolutely unbelievable. I'm speaking it somebody at 37 years old who spent almost every afternoon of ninth grade playing Diablo dialed up over battlenet. The year 2000 was absolutely magical.

[@Masonicon]

Year 2000: when Pokemon beats Digimon in even anime department

[@shahrbanooShadpoori]

i wasnt even able to finish the main campaign. it was really stupid for us that played diablo 1 and 2. i also cant understand why on earth would you release a battle pass for a 70 $ game😐

[@KingOskar4]

Agreed. I remember playing WarCraft III , in 2009, over an artificial LAN at Tunngle... Sure the fandom was toxic but the game modes were fun, like, Hide and seek versions (Farmers vs wolves, and Elves vs. Trolls), Tower Defense, Alterative MOBAs... Just wow. And that was 2009 and it was an amazing experience over the "not so Battlenet"

[@j4kyboi13]

Even Bungie knows how to not be a fucking dick and actually put in proper UI options for their game lmao

[@DSTYYT]

It's crazy that game companies can see companies like fromsoft who just make crazy money by making good games

[@kennyevilmonkey]

You see, the problem is that making good games takes effort and creativity.

[@Gamer_Girl_Noire]

The thing is it's good money but it's not all the money possible to be made. Instead of having good will with people who will most likely support future projects and probably tell others about the games they just look at the short term of rinse them like pigs

[@strayyato1773]

I will fellate Fromsoft forever. Best company

[@Faceless_one_]

The incredibly sad part is they actually are able to make money close to what games like that get because of these marketing tactics. If more players actually stopped playing the game after realizing this instead of logging back into a game that is actually bad, this wouldn’t happen or work as well as it dors

[@MatsYoo]

trust me most devs are capable of making stuff like fromsofts game or at least very close but the fabled sales and marketing teams have them in a chokehold: make what we say or enjoy finding another job bitch. @@kennyevilmonkey

[@durdlewanger]

Alledgedly, the Blizzard game developer who added the wardrobe feature in Diablo 3, allowing you to collect & swap out entire armour sets/trinkets did it for free in their lunch break. Ah, the good old days...

[@kupokitten]

Well thats nice and passionate of them. But developers shouldn't be doing work for free...let's have respect and fairness on both ends

[@wtfisthishandleshit]

​@@kupokitteni think the point is that games nowadays dont have basic features that would take a lunch break to make

[@kupokitten]

@senorbeligator8048 ahhhh I see! Ok yeah I do totally agree with that. It's so sad games nowadays are missing alot of stuff whether it be missing on release, locked behind pay walls or never there at all :(

[@TheKillaShow]

@@kupokitten its not free, he was clocked in. he just did it casually during his break. The point is how simple so many quality of life things are, but the devs pretend its a monumental task. And by devs I mean dev leads. The guys in charge who need to make everything a value proposition.

[@GlitzPixie]

​@@kupokittenI agree, the point shows how developers with honest intentions still have their work exploited so that their company can further exploit players

[@Navonex]

I swear modern gaming is like watching people in abusive relationships. But when you tell them they can do better, YOUR the enemy, and not the company. I hate this timeline.

[@V1K1NG_11]

You’re

[@lightkira4119]

People always talk about not giving blizzard another chance until they fix their release problems but they always come back. I stopped playing WoW after legion. Didn't play hearthstone after 4 patches, stopped playing Diablo 3. When you actually follow through with your plans then blizzard can change. Plenty of people will pay $100s of dollars every season for pets, cosmetics that they don't care about players anymore. They can make the same money with less people but they lose millions of people that try other games or stop playing all together. Short term profits vs long term profits.

[@Seoul_Soldier]

@@lightkira4119 Gaming was screwed the second it went mainstream. The average consumer is a stupid fuck.

[@youtubedrifter5594]

Dude that’s the FIFA fan base as well 😂 they are literally being bled dry. Actually any EA fan base 😂

[@perdanielsorensen7775]

You didn't mention that in addition to the 50 tabs of tabs of personal storage in the Belzebub mod, you also get 10 tabs of storage that is shared between your characters. That way if your barbarian gets an item that would be perfect for your necromancer, you can just put it in the shared storage and the necromancer can pick it up later. Each tab is 10x10 squares, so you could potentially store 6000 potions or scrolls, or 900 suits of armour plus 300 belts

[@PaladinLarec]

That thing about loading other player's inventory items and that's why it runs poorly reminds me of 2007's Hellgate London, which many years after its demise, hackers dug into the game and found out why it ran like crap: The inventory icons were the full poly models of their in-game equivalent. When modders went in and changed all inventory icons to be scaled down versions, the game instantly became playable. Heh...

[@jwlafferty]

Lol, that's crazy.

[@cobraregala4571]

Wait. What mods they used?

[@iamthetanner4380]

My dad worked for flagship when they were making this game and I remember the company going belly up. Kinda crazy that such a small oversight cost a lot of people their jobs.

[@jwlafferty]

@@iamthetanner4380 you have to wonder if the person/people responsible for that mistake ever came to realize it.

[@arkosilaura]

@@iamthetanner4380 I still have my original Hellgate London disc and have it installed right now. I play it a little every few years. It was a game with a lot of potential that it never fully realized.

[@dashaw3255]

It's not surprising to see this keep happening. It's surprising to see gamers keep coming back to diablo

[@gstvntt]

Diablo 2 is awesome and actually got a lot of improvements and new stuff. Don't sully the name of diablo even further when you refer to diablo 3, 4 or immortal. That's blizzard's job, our job is to know better.

[@gstvntt]

@@Lilmikey-dh8cd my brother in christ, you don't get into a burning house and say "eh that's not bad I've seen worse fires" do you? This is a diablo discussion, a lot of people are talking about destiny, you just have to use the search bar and read some titles.

[@marxman6896]

Hey, Diablo 3 still exists, still has no MTX, and is actually fucking awesome these days. New season coming soon!

[@mewberthildimew9037]

"Every gamer boycott is one 3-minute cinematic away from being over." The vast majority of the people who bought Diablo 4 have no fucking clue what's going on with Activision Blizzard, or even the gaming industry at large. People are blissfully unaware of the scourge of MTX and unwittingly feed the beast. Thank the gods there's a whole market of indie games or I'd be miserable.

[@bigisrick]

Look at how many people buy remakes and remaster. Its not surprising

[@jamescrook9600]

I'll give you another reason they don't want offline play, it's cause the incredible modding community will fix this game so fast it'll blow the devs out of the water. Another great video actman it's what's wrong with modern gaming now.

[@komiks42]

At this point, any game that force me to be constant onlline, that isn't multiplayer only, i won't buy it. Thats scumy tactic.

[@psycropticqc]

Certified anti-piracy protection measure...Because Activision/Blizzard will never tolerate that you can test the quality of one of their products illegally and then potentially buy it legitimately if it keeps its promises. Who would buy something mediocre or at most passably bad that isn't worth its asking price!? You don't scam a scammer weighing 62.29B$ so easily...

[@TheActMan]

Yeah thats a really good point. Can't have the community fix this game for them

[@Challennn]

I never played Diablo while growing up. I just bought Diablo 2 yesterday, after researching which was rated the highest by the community, and have already put over 12 hours into the game. I'm truly appreciating the fact that I get to experience this game for the first time, back when companies made games with passion and to be fun.

[@j.a.velarde5901]

THANK YOU ACT: you stand up for us and alert the community. We need people like you, because when we stand up for ourselves we improve the market and our lives.

[@kuoyulu6714]

The epic journey those developers have to go through to collect enough resources in order to craft one inventory space on our UI must be crazy. They can make a survival game about that. In a zombie apocalypse, you, the developer of a game most go through the savage wild to collect resource to craft the UI bag space, one slot at a time!

[@brubels7905]

More like a survival horror where the deveopers have to escape investors and the marketing team before there creativity get's drained away to nothing but dollar signs😂

[@kuoyulu6714]

And the more you got drain, the better the graphic looks!

[@Esty568]

I am so happy I managed to resist the hype to buy this game and kept my money to buy Remnant 2. I really loved what I experienced in the beta, but there was that voice in my head “do not trust Blizzard!” I am a bit sad my feeling was right. This could have been a really good arpg 😢

[@nottomclancy2439]

Yeah, that's the saddest part: It could've been GREAT...but we all know why it wasn't.

[@Niko253]

Beta was dope. But I was already butthurt when it closed like 12 hours before I expected.

[@kreimsnta]

I will try the game once the price is below 20$

[@dislikebutton2462]

i must admit, i sinned and bought a blizzard product and i must repent by missing out on remnant 2 :,c

[@TheDetroit147]

I thought the beta was already bad. I saved my money for Baldurs Gate 3. Best money spend on a game since Elden Ring.

[@latonbks11]

Diablo ended on Diablo 2

[@SArthur221]

the irony being that what Steve Jobs is describing is exactly what happened to Steve Wozniak at Apple (the engineer behind the Apple 2), and the Apple 3 that came after that, with Jobs' modifications was far far worse of a product.

[@Momoka7]

Exactly. Made me chuckle when I seen that spot, glad I am not the only one having seen that!

[@ohwell1832]

maybe that's why he said it because of that realization.. those interviews are from 90's and a couple years later ipod comes out

[@streamofthesky]

Yup. Apple products are the FIRST THING I think of when someone says, "the triumph of marketing over engineering".

[@Dice-Z]

@@Momoka7 Same, that was some god damn irony if i ever seen any

[@MattyMcCritic]

The fact that a game like diablo even has a battle pass should tell you everything you need to know about the game.

[@jomahawk7488]

Seriously. Battle Passes turn any game into a chore. Something you HAVE to invest your time into, otherwise you aren’t getting your full investment. I play games to escape the reality of doing chores, not to do more of them.

[@kvachu2397]

exactly

[@larsreissberg]

true, but also industry norm by now

[@lightninggaming016]

​@@larsreissbergya but larian hasn't done that to baldur gate 3 and look at em they shitting on all games now

[@kvachu2397]

@@lightninggaming016 and rightfully so

[@nyyfandan]

The fact that their OWN GAMES from years ago have a better inventory system than this game is the funniest part of the whole thing. Maybe if they drink more breast milk it'll help their brains develop enough to think of a solution.

[@daanabbring5409]

Don't give them ideas

[@MangosharkMDk]

oof.

[@vespi57]

When I heard about Diablo IV, I told myself I'm not gonna buy it until I know exactly, how it is going to be received by playerbase. Why? Because I had lost my faith in Blizzard. And my fears came true: Diablo IV is not worthy of my time. Thank god I didn't buy it, and now I never will. One of the best decisions I have made in the year 2023.

[@UltimateEnd0]

Me too waited 6 years in anticipation as a hail mary for Blizzard. Been playing Diablo since I was still in diapers so I was pretty hyped for it. However, when beta dropped, so did my anticipation. Level scaling & lack of intricate itemization was a huge turn off for me. I just don't care for D4. AAA gaming has gone to shit.

[@Lyanlolz]

Blizzard had all the potential in the Universe to make Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 work out well, yet their greed is so much that they destroyed it. I don't see them making a comeback anytime soon. R.I.P Blizzard

[@Boris82]

The old Blizzard is ripped for a long time now. But on another note, i see a lot of people being happy with Diablo 3 right now, which is years old. Diablo 3 was garbage when it launched. So my point is, Blizzard as scummy as they are, have plenty of years left to make Diablo 4 a good game. It ain't over untill the fat lady sings?

[@henkhenkste6076]

lol no, blizz hasnt been good in over a decade. There was 0 potential, 0 hope

[@henkhenkste6076]

they never made d3 a good game, its still garbage@@Boris82

[@Boris82]

@@henkhenkste6076 Well that's subjective. Personally i uninstalled D3 years ago and im not looking back. However i watched Rhykkers video about the final D3 season and everybody seems to absolutely praise the hell out of it.

[@Boris82]

@@henkhenkste6076 Ahh.. wrong again. I understand you're being a pessimist but truth is there was some hope and some potential. Diablo 4 was looking good before it's official release. Maybe you shouldn't push your personal feelings as being some kind of facts.

[@MrDavehathaway]

As a professional programmer, I could fix the tab issue in a few days, possibly a week or two if their code is as bad as I think it is. This tells me they don’t want to fix it, they might be delaying so they can ‘accidentally’ forget about it or to give them time to make up more excuses why it can’t be done.

[@harlequin2614]

Do you think it’s a cost saving measure for them to avoid doing it to begin with or just garden variety incompetence and they forgot? I’m honestly curious what an actual programmers take on this is?

[@T0asty-]

Oh buddy that's exactly what it is. Look at call of dutys ui, they either purposefully make it awful, or just don't care about their code. Blizzard somehow became that one Unity indie Dev guy on steam trying to scam people's money lol

[@bagusprayogo7025]

isn't this common in western devs? like Digital Extreme on Warframe or Starbreeze Studio with Payday 2? but at least Starbreeze let modders fix their game (PD2) n they try not to make the same mistake in PD3 not like Digital Extreme with Warframe, the game having a bug, they tried to fix it, another bug came out, fixed it, the old bug came out again, repeat... then they just let the bug as a feature, it's been like this for years, but eh DE only care selling their skin bundles n ok rime warframe packs anyway don't get me wrong, I've been playing warframe since 2016 (6,5 years) but I'm tired with their bs n just stop playing, sure the game is still playable n such, until... u lose 6hr of grind progression because of a single bug, wow...

[@Av8r0214]

As a non-professional programmer, I’m pretty sure I could create a tab system in a week or two as well. But unfortunately it seems the Diablo Dev team is working off of Raptor or something because basic code seems to be dark magic to them.

[@thepunisherxxx6804]

As a programmer myself, I doubt you're as professional as you say to make a blind assumption like that without seeing the code base or realizing there might be other reasons why it's setup like that the tweet didn't include. It could be part of a anti-cheat/duping as many have suggested. If its code issue it means someone designed your character to load and work in a specific way in a local PC context, but that code was later used and put into multiplayer as is. This would suggest many objects and database schema designs would need to be reworked completely, which are core parts of a game touched by tons of other functions in the game, so yeah it would be a lot of work, but more importantly a lot of QA required across all functions in the base game to certify for production.

[@insanty69]

You have to make sure that you, as a customer and not a consumer, have the power ,and remember "We are gamers we are a family" It's hard when a beloved franchise is destroyed, but at some point you have to come to the point where you have to let go.

[@misfortunecookie]

Letting go is just something that people in general, let alone gamers, really struggle with

[@BelchingBeaver69]

Cringe

[@BlueJayz474]

I'm right there with Call of Duty. Its like an abusive relationship yet it hurts so good.

[@fullstackweebdev]

Unfortunately people gleefully refer to themselves as a “consumer” these days, so I don’t think those people will listen to you. They’re too busy getting excited for “new thing”

[@Xharon82]

20 year Diablo player here -> I haven't buy / play diablo 4 because of this battle pass thing.