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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: FREE 5 day trial of Diablo IV Steam
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:14:40 -0700
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On 8/25/2024 1:28 AM, JAB wrote:
> On 24/08/2024 20:08, Justisaur wrote:
>> The MTX seems to be only cosmetics from what I'm reading, which 
>> doesn't bother me.
> 
> I kinda bothers me on principle that you pay a premium price for a game 
> and they stuff it with MTX to try and wrangle more money out of you. 
> Also my understanding is yes it's just cosmetics but most of the 'cool' 
> stuff is behind a paywall.

I'm having a really hard time resisting buying it. I keep thinking of it.

I tried PoE again for a little bit, but I spent hours trying to 
understand a beginner's guide, and failed, and it's apparently almost a 
requirement to do so as you can miss important bits of a build if you 
out level them.  It's also ugly, everything is muddy looking. I know 
it's old and there's a PoE 2, but it feels as much a style issue.  The 
story didn't feel particularly exciting either, just typical generic 
quests. The attacks feel clunky and unsatisfying, and I only had one for 
the hours that I played.

On D4, it felt smooth, looked cool, the style was great, the story 
intriguing, and respecing was cheap and easy (I must've did it 10 times 
trying different things.)  I think I'm just going to have to buy it as 
much as it pains me.

I suppose I could get MS Gamepass since it's on there.  I can't imagine 
playing it more than a couple months which would be cheaper than buying 
it and not reward Blizzard as much perhaps, and might be other things I 
could try with my time if I get bored of it quickly.

There's a DLC coming out soon too, so not sure if I want to wait for 
that and buy/play them together.

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-Justisaur

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