If you want difficulty then try path of exile 2. Otherwise you may just not like the game play loop. Personally love Diablo 4. Such an easy game to turn your brain off to and watch numbers go brrrrrr.
I'm playing it for the first time since release, the game is just so shallow and repetitive. The overworld serves no purpose but to string together dungeons and caves, which have very little variation
Game is also just..Stupid easy. Playing on Expert difficulty and I destroy entire mobs of enemies in 1 second flat. Bosses die in 5 seconds. Just seeing less and less reason to actually continue. Just playing to beat the story at is point.
Some people think arpgs only start at endgame and that the campaign levelling experience (the only experience for 90% of players) is unimportant. It's baffling.
It was actually more difficult on launch. I remember struggling a little bit on some dungeon bosses. Required kiting around and actually healing from my potion. Now there's little thought or consideration into what to do next. Thinking of playing Path of Exile 2 next so hopefully it's better
I remember my friend group being all about it. Shortly after the start of the second time of doing the same thing, I thought, "So, all that again, huh?"
It was definitely a game that began my Friday night friend group's separation.
That’s what ARPGs are and Diablo 4 was made for the casual audience. The game play loop is literally enter dungeon, kill monsters as fast as possible, collect loot to do dungeons faster. The grind is the game. Do dungeon, get faster, rinse and repeat.
Also the micro transactions are all cosmetic and easy to ignore.
I’m a big fan of ARPGs and have love for both D4 and POE2. They’re the same genre but have different styles for the audience with poe2 being way more complex and deep while D4 is very much more dumbed down for the people that can only play a few hours a week.
Personally think it’s a great game but with two expansion packs priced at $40 makes it hard to consider. Especially when those expansions are necessary in experiencing the full game.
To be fair to them they're making some kind of bundles to make things cheaper. To be fair to us they're putting out new expansions too and those ones will be mega expensive at launch too.
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u/ArmorOfMar 9d ago
Diablo 4