Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by thih9 on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @07:43PM
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Diablo 3 got bad press mostly because of its auction house. That has been removed, the game received a lot of patches and it's said to be significantly better in its latest version. People who worked on these improvements did a great job. Also, Diablo 3 port to Nintendo Switch is done well too.
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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by nilkn on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @01:39AM
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It's significantly improved, but D3 lost almost the entire PC ARPG market to Path of Exile, which had its initial release around the same time. Blizzard also failed to come up with any ongoing monetization of D3 after removing the auction house, whereas my understanding is that Path of Exile is essentially printing money.
Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by baud147258 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @05:32AM
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> Diablo 3 got bad press mostly because of its auction house
But it was all balanced and designed around that auction house, so it still impact the whole game, even after a bunch of patches.
Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by maccio92 on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @07:46PM
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It's not a game true to the diablo franchise. released under any name it would've been a great game, but it didn't stay true to what made diablo diablo.
Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by seattle_spring on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @07:54PM
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This is exactly why I hate it so much. We didn't get Diablo 3, we got some other game with Diablo branding.
Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
by xigency on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @10:51PM
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As someone who never played Diablo 1 & 2, I feel that too. I saw people play Diablo 2 and it felt awesome. Playing through Diablo 3 to the end felt... like something was missing.