The video: https://youtu.be/4-G3j00RQ1U
The Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/15p5v8j/devs_play_the_game/
Fat, purple-haired butch lesbian with insane vocal fry is playing Diablo 4 co-op alongside clueless younger colleague. Highlights include:
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spamming basic attacks almost the whole time while resource bar is full
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dying on the easiest difficulty level
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talking about how both women are products of university game design mills
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they are both dungeon designers (dungeons are possibly the worst designed aspect of the entire game)
It’s a complete dumpster fire of a video. Tons of people are taking it as total confirmation that diversity hiring practices are what ruined Diablo 4. There are a few detractors in the comments, but they are mostly getting roasted.
Huge mistake by Blizzard. The interviews with various diversity hire devs were bad enough, but there was some plausible deniability there. This is two clear diversity hires, with rubber-stamped credentials, struggling to competently play their own video game. They’re showing off the terrible dungeon design while boasting that their sole contribution to the game was dungeon design. It’s like every anti-woke turbo hitler’s dream come true.
To clarify, I object to paid passes, yeah. D3 had seasons, and you could choose to play them or not, but you didn't have to pay, outside of already owning D3.
Paid passes feel grabby enough in free games, but at least there the monetization makes sense. Paid season passes in purchased games can suck a dick. Especially if, like you said, they already have negative goodwill.
The thing is, Paid Season Passes make the most sense in Diablo of any game ever. Simply because of its already set up seasonal structure being the core of why people play it after the original rush.
The problem is, the price needs to be fair, it needs to provide real reason to want it, and if its in a paid game it absolutely needs to be worth it. None of which Diablo 4 can provide, and I doubt they ever could even under great circumstances without making huger problems elsewhere. So it was stupid to try.
Then they should let me play D4 for free. Or, as you say, at least have much more reasonable prices, both on the passes and the game. Fuck 'em, I'm not paying full game price and then what amounts to a subscription fee if I want to fully engage with the game content.
Isn't that what Diablo Immortal was?
Jokes aside, its honestly a bit funny because D3 mostly figured out how to make a season pass that is both reasonable in expectations and and minimal effort (so it can be free), but that apparently wasn't enough despite the D4 pass giving very little more than those.
It's amazing how they managed to take a working formula - D3 wasn't perfect, but still seemed to mostly have a positive reputation, fluid gameplay, decent enough options - and make it worse. As one of the biggest companies in the field. D4 isn't terrible, by all accounts, but it's much worse than it had any right to be.