![]() Unlike GTA Online, you can play Diablo 4 by yourself without spending money and never feel like you’re missing out on a significant part of the experience. So much of the praise I have for that element of the game is based on comparing it to the live service games that have given that concept a bad name. That’s the thing about praising Diablo 4’s live service elements, though. While the game’s Battle Pass hasn’t been implemented at the time of this writing, I have to say that it’s so refreshing to play a live service game where the microtransactions are not only easily ignored but remarkably unintrusive. Besides, the game already offers an extensive transmog system that offers numerous customizable outfits that often look better than their premium counterparts. However, you’re barely going to be able to see that outfit as you’re playing the game, so it’s likely not going to be a big draw to the majority of people. Yes, it’s absurd that a premium character outfit can cost as much as $20 in a game that costs (at the very least) $70. That estimate also doesn’t account for the various updates and expansions that have yet to be released.Īnd for as much as people have fretted over Diablo 4’s in-game purchase options, they are more egregious in theory than they are in practice. ![]() Of course, that’s to say nothing of the eventual temptation to level multiple characters, participate in PvP battles, or dive into the game’s Hardcore mode. It offers about a hundred hours of content for most people pushing toward Level 100, and that’s a conservative estimate. Diablo 4 is a great game, but Diablo 4 is a truly exceptional live-service game. However, you probably won’t stop there, and that’s what matters most. ![]() You can just play through its campaign and get a fantastic 30-hour-ish role-playing game out of the experience. Its core gameplay is unbelievably satisfying, its soundtrack is one of the best I’ve heard in years, and its visual design is surprisingly good for an isometric ARPG. I can easily argue that Diablo 4 is a truly great game in many of the ways that matter most. ![]() Diablo 4 is actually making the most of its lowered expectations in some surprising ways. Yet, for all the ways that those controversies and disappointments have negatively impacted Diablo 4, my many, many (too many) hours with the game have made one thing strangely clear. ![]()
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