Activision Blizzard is a hellhole of a workplace owned by Bobby "Satan" Kotick. They have been sued and settled multiple times for toxic work culture and serious sexual harassment allegations. Blizzard want to charge me $20 to be able to play the game one week early. The game is $70, and can go as expensive as $100 with battlepass. There will be ingame monetization. The game is MMO-lite and basically a grindy slot machine.
All I want is to go for an adventure, go dungeon crawling with my pet wolf frens, and you'd be surprised there is literally not that many games that allow us to do so.
When I played the private beta I thought I'd have to buy it but after some time I don't really feel that way anymore. It was relatively fun but my views on it have gotten less positive, like the mount is needless and clunky and the lack of an overlay map is just bad design. The skill tree is just ok, it feels like what d3 should've had and I think this game should have something more along the lines of Grim Dawn + Epoch. I also feel like they're just going to go the poe route and shit out mediocre ladders every few months until the game is a bloated, convoluted mess. It's also online only again.
I've pretty much reverted to the same stance I've had since aroud 2016: if I want to play an arpg I'll play Grim Dawn again. If you're anything like me than you just need some time to pass and you'll be fine without d4.
It feels like they just copied most of Lost Ark with a Diablo veneer.
I'm a huge fan of the original Titan Quest, but I never got the groove with Grim Dawn even though it's measurably better in every way. I had to realize I just loved the whole sunny beaches and familiar mythology that wasn't just invented for the game and not so much the gameplay. I always thought I liked gameplay but I guess I like the whole mood of a game and the story and characters more. I didn't know.