im waiting to see if we get a decent 4K HDR hdmi 2.1 QD-Oled then this Alienware can become a secondary movie/youtube monitor. wanna push this 3090FE with copper mods to the max,
D IV
- Thread starter sswilson
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Soooo......
First full weekend of play review.....
I'm guessing I've got about 20 hours in @ level 35 w/ acts 1 & 2 complete (still a few side quests left to complete on those).
Love the atmosphere (including the aforementioned surround audio), and the gameplay/control is relatively intuitive with very few required trips to google to figure out how something is supposed to work.
Itemization/crafting is very robust while not being difficult to figure out, and includes both item stats & what they look like.
One major deviation from earlier Diablo games is how open it is. Earlier games were pretty much a linear point A to point B even if the path was extra wide. In D IV, not only is the map completely open, the Acts appear to be open as well. (I completed the main Act II quests before I completed the Act I quests).
Definitely a keeper (in my mind) but only time will tell when it comes to end game and replayability.
First full weekend of play review.....
I'm guessing I've got about 20 hours in @ level 35 w/ acts 1 & 2 complete (still a few side quests left to complete on those).
Love the atmosphere (including the aforementioned surround audio), and the gameplay/control is relatively intuitive with very few required trips to google to figure out how something is supposed to work.
Itemization/crafting is very robust while not being difficult to figure out, and includes both item stats & what they look like.
One major deviation from earlier Diablo games is how open it is. Earlier games were pretty much a linear point A to point B even if the path was extra wide. In D IV, not only is the map completely open, the Acts appear to be open as well. (I completed the main Act II quests before I completed the Act I quests).
Definitely a keeper (in my mind) but only time will tell when it comes to end game and replayability.
Bond007
Well-known member
Nice! Keep us posted. I won’t pay the big bucks for most games, but if your take on it stays this positive I may have to go for it.
Anyone else notice the gold.you get is pitiful compared to prices of respecing or shop prices like a rare costs 78K while you might have 3k-8k but repsec costs like 3.5k oooph.
Dwayne
Well-known member
I'm not a blaster, but pretty concentrated retired guy. Sunday night, finally coming up for air. I would say I have put in between 8 to 10 hours a day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Finished the night just leveled at 58 now. The end game grind will be pretty good, I'm thinking. Lots of variety, lots of mobs to crush, and loot to check and break. And a few different systems to get into and understand. Not as many as Path of Exile, but there is more variation than D3 or D2.
The use of both skills and the paragon board looks like it will synergize nicely. You will need to either work out how to put your points in, to save gold on respec, or follow a guide. It might seem a little like cheating, but trust me, it is just another tool to get into the game without getting too frustrated. There are a number of sites to chose from, I like maxroll.gg but ymmv.
For those who wish to enjoy a casual game, it works on that level too though. I found the story to be just fine, but I have been a Diablo player since it first release. So my bar is set pretty low. In fact, I played the whole story through on World Tier 1, and I didn't feel like I was behind on leveling at all.
At the slow rate I am leveling I expect that level 100 will be a while yet. Even before Season 1 releases I will get more hours than dollars spent. And then, I expect that I will try each class through the following 4 season, getting at least 75 to 80 hours minimum per season.
As for the gold, it gradually builds. For the bulk of the story mode I just crushed everything for mats for crafting. Once I started in World Tier 3 the gold got a little better. Try not to spend any money on vendors, and only imprint the most important aspects for your build. Once you build up a good amount of crafting mats you can start to sell some of the rare 2h weapons for 10k - 20k each. I hope that gold drops are a bit higher in Tier 4, but that is a few days away I think.
Overall, if you like the genre, I think you will like what they have put together in Diablo 4. It is dark, gruesome in some parts, like slasher movie gory at times, but then people asked for it to be more D1 and D2 with blood and guts!
The use of both skills and the paragon board looks like it will synergize nicely. You will need to either work out how to put your points in, to save gold on respec, or follow a guide. It might seem a little like cheating, but trust me, it is just another tool to get into the game without getting too frustrated. There are a number of sites to chose from, I like maxroll.gg but ymmv.
For those who wish to enjoy a casual game, it works on that level too though. I found the story to be just fine, but I have been a Diablo player since it first release. So my bar is set pretty low. In fact, I played the whole story through on World Tier 1, and I didn't feel like I was behind on leveling at all.
At the slow rate I am leveling I expect that level 100 will be a while yet. Even before Season 1 releases I will get more hours than dollars spent. And then, I expect that I will try each class through the following 4 season, getting at least 75 to 80 hours minimum per season.
As for the gold, it gradually builds. For the bulk of the story mode I just crushed everything for mats for crafting. Once I started in World Tier 3 the gold got a little better. Try not to spend any money on vendors, and only imprint the most important aspects for your build. Once you build up a good amount of crafting mats you can start to sell some of the rare 2h weapons for 10k - 20k each. I hope that gold drops are a bit higher in Tier 4, but that is a few days away I think.
Overall, if you like the genre, I think you will like what they have put together in Diablo 4. It is dark, gruesome in some parts, like slasher movie gory at times, but then people asked for it to be more D1 and D2 with blood and guts!
Yeah, if you need cash, you need to consider selling some items instead of just salvaging everything you're not going to use.
It most certainly is. Lots of graphic blood dripping from dying people. Not for the squeamish, and definitely needs a parental advisory for gratuitous (and graphic) violence.
The story is quite dark in parts as well.
i was disappointed slightly lol when pressing z didnt zoom in screen
Should be live now for everybody.
Rather odd how it took like 10 minutes to determine how much space game takes + initializing before it even started downloading. Didn't want to pre-load the game as it seems most games have absolute massive patches immediately at launch.
