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New Artbook Leak Confirms Diablo 4
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Holy fucking shit, you guys. The need to frame EVERYTHING as some sort of conspiracy damage control is ridiculous.
Like, some of you are actually insinuating that Blizzard purposely leaked D4 in a print ad for an artbook that was announced months ago. Come the fuck on.
Like, some of you are actually insinuating that Blizzard purposely leaked D4 in a print ad for an artbook that was announced months ago. Come the fuck on.
The rumors were that they scrapped the other versions and went back to a traditional view.
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I politely disagree, and will continue to try to make sure every thread about Blizzard is focused on their complicity in the human rights abuses being perpetrated by the PRC.
I blame the cider.
They won't -- you can already see in this thread it's already 50/50 "Fuck Blizzard" to "Yay Diablo 4!" and it's only been a couple weeks. By the time this actually comes out no one will care anymore.
With all this romancing of the "new direction in company culture" it's hard to ignore the shitfest that is Blizzard atm. So while people might like to speak to how bad Blizzard used to be with some titles having rough development or spotlight the mistakes they have made, the current leadership is disastrous. Blizzard's image has almost entirely eroded over the last few years and they ain't getting that back.
I'd take a few games that don't work out over a disconnected leadership that shows off a mobile game on a Blizzcon main stage and who's most headline grabbing moments are international incidents.
There is no swamping, really it’s all I or any of us can do as a consumer on a high visibility gaming forum.
I put 1,000 plus hours into D3 and have been playing Blizzard games since the WC2 days and the SNES, fuck Blizzard.
It's Blizzard, so well get a cinematic, gameplay trailer, and a playable demo on the Blizzcon floor.
Okay, I'll get on that, just give me a few minutes to gather my forces together. ;)
Blizzard, I was so waiting for D4, and then you had to go and be complete tools. Not that I'm surprised: few, if any companies (especially a big company, and ESPECIALLY Activision) stands for anything but money under capitalism... But still.
I'll still watch the stupid show to see what D4 looks like and to enjoy the trainwreck, but ugh. Hopefully I stay strong. The memory of D3's botched launch and poor handling will be enough to make me at least wait months before making a decision, during which time Blizzard might make amends in a somewhat decent way, but I'm not holding my breath.
[EDIT] Also, I support Hong-Kong, if that wasn't clear. Well, apart from the right-wing/MAGA-hat wearing plants obviously.
I'll still watch the stupid show to see what D4 looks like and to enjoy the trainwreck, but ugh. Hopefully I stay strong. The memory of D3's botched launch and poor handling will be enough to make me at least wait months before making a decision, during which time Blizzard might make amends in a somewhat decent way, but I'm not holding my breath.
[EDIT] Also, I support Hong-Kong, if that wasn't clear. Well, apart from the right-wing/MAGA-hat wearing plants obviously.
Knowing Blizzard the release is gonna be years out, maybe by that time they'll have found a spare bag of morals from which they can pull a proper apology for their recent bullshit.
More like D2 I hope. Because PoE doesn't really look like D2.
PoE has great looking environments, but that's where it ends for me. The character and enemy artstyle is pretty bland/uneven, although some of the (paid) skins do look pretty sweet. All I want is D2 style back, with the fluidity and other technical improvements of D3.
Man, Blizzcon is really going to be a shitshow, eh? Protests at the same time as D4 (and possible D2 remaster) reveal will create a lot of cognitive dissonance.
A sensible explanation is not a defense. Unless you're considering these conspiracies an attack too?
Maybe you'd prefer the old culture, but a lot of Blizzard's employees didn't, and left the company over it.
Considering they were going to show D4 last year and pulled it at the last second, I think its safe to assume people have those shiny hats on. Information for most games begin leaking right before the reveal often.
I don't understand this idea that the leaks are intentional. Blizzcon is already going to be a wreck, imagine people going into it already knowing what they're releasing. Does not sound like a strong move.
Then again, considering their other recent moves...
Also, Boycott Blizzard.
Then again, considering their other recent moves...
Also, Boycott Blizzard.
We wont be able to. It will be tied to BNet client which alone requires online connection to boot up.
yea, they mentioned that it was in development last year. This is not surprising at all.
Stating facts is not defending, it is clarifying direct fallacies no more and no less. If you are going to stand for something would not not at least want to make sure that you are using correct facts? Alot of fud is being thrown around and alot of people spouting things without a thought as if they are true or not, that does not help any cause. Hate Blizzard if you want that is fine but at least make sure it is for real reasons and not just knee jerk memes and assumptions.
I love Diablo III. Sunk thousands of hours into it across three different platforms. But unless something big changes RE: Hong Kong and Blizzard's policies, fuck this noise.
Plenty have left and been fired under the "new culture" and based on stories from last year and currently, morale is pretty low there right now. The culture there now is basically just greed.
That's fair.
But to be honest, if you're reading that much into my first comment, then you're probably taking it too seriously to begin with.
You would think Blizzard decided to just announce Diablo 4 2 weeks ago or something by what people are saying about this shit. I mean fuck Blizzard and all that but this game was being announced at Blizzcon with or without the China bullshit.
Can't wait for another Blizzard game that will feature a story about standing up for what is right in the face of tyranny.
Even without their recent sympathy for genocidal dictatorships, I would be hard pressed to muster any excitement for Diablo 4 considering their output in recent years.
Even without their recent sympathy for genocidal dictatorships, I would be hard pressed to muster any excitement for Diablo 4 considering their output in recent years.
I see Pooh while the gif is loading, and then the image breaks and it disappears.
Xi strikes again.