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[Elder Legend]

Preload available on PS5 yet? Might have to do something stupid and spend $90

I believe so

 

[Umbasaborne]

Wasnt originally gonna grab it day one, but my buddy gifted me a copy of the ultimate edition so i guess im in!

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Wasnt originally gonna grab it day one, but my buddy gifted me a copy of the ultimate edition so i guess im in!

That's a good friend.

 

[LegendOfKage]

Can people still preload the 70 dollar version today, even if they can't play it until Tuesday? I wouldn't mind getting an early start on the download.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Preloading on PS5 lol. Very few games/series I'd pay early access for, can count them on one hand but Diablo is one of them and knowing how many ungodly hours I will clock makes it worth for me.

 

[Umbasaborne]

That's a good friend.

Definitely, i think he just really wanted someone to play coop with at launch lol. He makes good money, im not complaining

 

[Bridges]

Someone was saying we wouldn't be able to console share this game between systems because of the battle.net login? I should be able to share this game with one other Xbox console at launch if i bought it and set the other as my home machine etc yeah? Same as always? I hope...

I haven't heard this, but I gameshare on Xbox and the other person was able to get into the Beta using their Battle.net, so I don't imagine that'll be a problem?

The only time I've ever encountered an issue gamesharing was with Outriders Worldslayer DLC, and even then I'm not certain if that was the real cause. I wouldn't be too worried but it's possible they crack down on it somehow.

 

[Kacho]

Definitely, i think he just really wanted someone to play coop with at launch lol. He makes good money, im not complaining

Dude didn’t you buy a $5k PC lol

 

[Antwix]

Can we get GAF D4 discord as well please? Too much to ask perhaps?

You're on your own there lol. I don't do discord. I think there is a gaf discord but idk how many people actually use it.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Dude didn’t you buy a $5k PC lol

I did, thats why i dont have an extra hundo bones right now lmao

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Draugoth]

Thread updated with PS5 and XSX reviews

 

[adamsapple]

What's the install size for the final game ?

 

[Draugoth]

What's the install size for the final game ?

89 GB

 

[Joramun]

89 GB

Thank god I bought a 2TB boot drive. 4TB boot drives will become the norm soon with all these huge games and Windows install continually growing.

 

[Beastclaw Raider]

Yeah I've got the best drivers for this game, swapped the 3070 for a 6800 XT lol

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Reviewing higher than I thought really.

 

[sachos]

D2 is one of my favourite games of all time. Its hard to trust reviews on games like this, D3 also had amazing reviews... so i don't know. Lets hope they are right this time. My major concern is itemization and how fun will be hunting those items in the end game.

 

[Joramun]

I did, thats why i dont have an extra hundo bones right now lmao

Ooofft I wish I had that much to burn on a pc

 

[Joramun]

Yeah I've got the best drivers for this game, swapped the 3070 for a 6800 XT lol

I went from a GTX 1060 to a 6700 XT just so I can enjoy the game better.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Ooofft I wish I had that much to burn on a pc

I got mine through affirm and paid it off over time. Its all paid off now though. I wanted to get into high end pc gaming for years, ive been a console guy for the last 30. I made enough to comfortably make the monthly payments, so i figured why not. But i didnt drop 5k all at once

 

[sachos]

Says upgrading your stuff during the campaign is pointless. Figured D4 would be a lot like D3 in that regard. Early game is basically pointless. Just rush to the end so you can play the real game.

This was one of my biggest fears. One of the worst things they ever did to Diablo is tie itemization to your character level. This obsession with "end game" makes it so the early game is pointless. In D2 you can start getting amazing loot that you keep for long periods of time even in Nightmare...

 

[VideoHideo]

D2 is one of my favourite games of all time. Its hard to trust reviews on games like this, D3 also had amazing reviews... so i don't know. Lets hope they are right this time. My major concern is itemization and how fun will be hunting those items in the end game.

Yeah, Diablo 3 was also amazing. Played it for 7 years at least.

 

[sachos]

Yeah, Diablo 3 was also amazing. Played it for 7 years at least.

Lets agree to disagree, imo it was an Ok to Good arcade game but nowhere near the greatness of D2, they bastardized the core ARPG systems (itemization and character customization) aswell as the art design and music.

 

[Kacho]

This was one of my biggest fears. One of the worst things they ever did to Diablo is tie itemization to your character level. This obsession with "end game" makes it so the early game is pointless. In D2 you can start getting amazing loot that you keep for long periods of time even in Nightmare...

We’ll just have to wait and see how it differentiates itself from Diablo 3. One of the reasons Activision ceased development on Diablo 3 was because they didn’t have a way to monetize it after the RMAH closed. And at a glance Diablo 4 appears to be Diablo 3 with battle passes and $28 skins. It’s clearly not a back to basics approach for the series.

 

[Captain Toad]

How many gay npcs are in the game?

 

[Synless]

How many gay npcs are in the game?

must be a lot to get that high of an average score.

 

[Beastclaw Raider]

Damn, 40-50 hours for the main campaign alone and most likely 200 hours total with endgame. So it looks like I wont be playing much games besides this, ffxvi and spiderman 2 this year...

 

[bender]

89 GB

75.57GB

 

[sendit]

75.57GB

89 is for the PC master race install.

 

[bender]

89 is for the PC master race install.

You quoted someone asking about a PS5 screenshot.

 

[sachos]

And at a glance Diablo 4 appears to be Diablo 3 with battle passes and $28 skins. It’s clearly not a back to basics approach for the series.

To be fair they did improve on a lot of aspects from D3: Art design/Graphics, Story, Music, Character Customization (Skill Tree and Paragon Board). All of that is much better from what i've seen. But the core of an ARPG (Itemization) still seems to be mostly influenced by D3 style design, and that is really sad. I want to see what the Endgame looks like and what endgame itemization looks like when you get better affixes/suffixes than there were available on the open beta.

 

[dreamstation]

89 is for the PC master race install.

Those extra inches gigs make all the difference

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

The 75 GB on my PS5 seems quaint after the 148GB Jedi Survivor download lol. Also, is it Friday yet?

 

[DavidGzz]

The best diablo oh fuck off
I LOVE d2 and d3 each in their own way. But to spout shit like this i need a minimum of 200 hours

And 1 year of patches

I mean, D2 is ancient and feels so. He said D4 has the best gameplay of the 3 and he likes the end game. Pretty simple reasoning. I grew up on Diablo and D2 was my favorite game for a decade but unless you're super susceptible to nostalgia, it isn't very hard to beat.

 

[Captn]

It was actually 84.40gb download on blizzard app with a final folder install size of 76.80gb

 

[DavidGzz]

Why even have the "early game" if it is completely pointless? This is why they should allow the player to choose whatever difficulty they want and reward the player for playing on harder difficulties from the outset. Get them into the core loop faster, instead of wasting the player's time with needless/pointless filler.

Nah, every season the early game power creep is some of the most fun you can have even though it's pointless at end game.

 

[CrashNBurn_281]

Who cares what it scores. Played the beta and had a blast. I am in.

 

[Kacho]

Nah, every season the early game power creep is some of the most fun you can have even though it's pointless at end game.

Can you provide examples of the early game power creep you’re referring to?

 

[sendit]

It was actually 84.40gb download on blizzard app with a final folder install size of 76.80gb

Pre-load size. I expect enlargement of size closer to 89.

 

[DavidGzz]

Can you provide examples of the early game power creep you’re referring to?

Finding upgrades as you level with the occasional legendary that you can cube in Kanai's cube. It's fun. I'm talking about D3. And it should be similar in D4 with the aspects.

 

[Sacred]

Pre-load size. I expect enlargement of size closer to 89.

 

[Captn]

Pre-load size. I expect enlargement of size closer to 89.

Yeah most probably.

I've got to.. Loll

 

[Kacho]

Finding upgrades as you level with the occasional legendary that you can cube in Kanai's cube. It's fun. I'm talking about D3. And it should be similar in D4 with the aspects.

I wouldn’t call that some of the most fun you can have. It’s more of a convenience mechanic to bypass the boring early game.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Cant wait. I'll see how necro is. I only played the first beta, and supposedly the class got nerfed in beta 2. Hopefully not too much. I never tried necro before in a Diablo game and want to try something new.

 

[DavidGzz]

I wouldn’t call that some of the most fun you can have. It’s more of a convenience mechanic to bypass the boring early game.

I posted my opinion on early game in an ARPG. Some love it, others want to be powerleveled. You seem to be the latter. Cool.

 

[VideoHideo]

Lets agree to disagree, imo it was an Ok to Good arcade game but nowhere near the greatness of D2, they bastardized the core ARPG systems (itemization and character customization) aswell as the art design

Lets agree to disagree, imo it was an Ok to Good arcade game but nowhere near the greatness of D2, they bastardized the core ARPG systems (itemization and character customization) aswell as the art design and music.

you won’t like Diablo 4 then. It’s more 3 than 2. If they made another d2 it wouldn’t be as successful as Diablo 4 is gonna be. The key for them now is accessibility and merging the best elements of all 3 games into 4. Nobody gonna play a game like that again where you can play for 20 years and not see the piece you want drops. No a massive amount of people anyway like they want. It would be more niche . There are abunch of games out there like Diablo 2 if you wanna play more Diablo 2.

 

[noise36]

So for Australians this game costs $75 on console and $110 on PC wowee how times have changed?

I am not playing on console and I am not paying $110 for PC. Happy to wait!

 

[GenericUser]

Are we so far down the "lolz journalists" rabbit hole that we're expecting journalists to have a trouble with an ARPG's campaign on Normal difficulty?

That's not what I meant. What I mean is that you usually see a pattern in games that get very high scores from "journalists". Diablo doesn't exactly have that pattern. It's heavy emphasis on the GaaS aspect and the "endgame" usually does not lead to high 90 scores from critics. It's hard to blame them for that though. Both things are hardly (if at all) judgeable from a only few days of playing the game for a review.

 

[docmindbender]

Whew. Any less than 80 and I was only going to play ~200 hours.