sirgog's video: Bleh I Played Diablo 4 So You Don t Have To - Flawed And Not The Competitor Path Of Exile Needs

Diablo 4 ran a free stress test event last weekend and... it was not good. Excellent boss designs can't make up for poor fundamental systems - a boring loot system, terrible pacing issues and a storyline that relies upon multiple characters - including your own - doing things that just seem wrong. The fatal flaw that if not addressed will actually kill the game is your character becoming weaker every time you level up, and by a lot. Getting a level up is a punishment in D4, not a reward. I had low expectations as this is the work of 2023 Blizzard, not the skilled game devs of 1997-era Blizzard North, and they certainly were not exceeded. 0:00 Intro 1:10 Scope of what was testable 1:25 Current Balance Issues - Druid Is Bad, But That's Fixable 1:39 How Was Difficulty? Actually Pretty Reasonable On The Weak Class 2:02 The Good: Boss Design 3:26 The Bad: Navigation 4:16 The Bad: Fetch Quests 5:50 The Bad: Pacing 7:40 The Bad: Impact Of Mounts And How They Changed Pacing For The Worse 8:15 The Bad: Impact of Backtracking On Pacing 8:28 The Not So Bad: Your Lack Of Agency Over Who You Play With 9:48 The Fatal Flaw: How Levelling Nerfs Your Character & Why You Have Little Agency Over Challenge Faced 11:13 What D4 Is Trying To Achieve - Agency Over Zone Choice - And Why It Fails So Badly 13:02 Comparison to how World of Warcraft Handles Character Power 14:54 The Ugly: The Storyline & Characters With Inconsistent Motivations 16:38 The Bad: Gear Is Dull 18:18 The Ugly: Monetization - No Red Flags, But A Few Yellow Ones, Paid Headstart, Paid Battlepass Skipping 21:57 Final Thoughts This video is published in accordance with Blizzard Entertainment's Video Policy, which allows for the use of gameplay footage from the game. This policy can be reviewed at https://www.blizzard.com/en-gb/legal/dd76b654-f2c4-4aaa-ba49-ca3122de2376/blizzard-video-policy Join as a channel member to get access to perks (this helps fund the channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1SoHjGhDqK6h980sYsXjhg/join I've started streaming on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/sirgog will take you there. You can buy some POE microtransactions and/or games from my Nexus store, and I'll get a cut. Link: https://www.nexus.gg/sirgog I also have a merch store at https://merch.streamelements.com/sirgog if you want to buy anything there and can take tips at https://streamelements.com/sirgog/tip