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Are you holding off on any game in particular right now? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by glau@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I suppose Baldur's Gate 3 could be an example for a lot of people. Any recent or just "recent" release you are waiting for to get at the moment?

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[–] kid4today@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Diablo 4. I’m gonna wait quite a while for this one I think. Firstly I’m not willing to pay the price it is right now but mostly because the game needs to get better. It took a long time for Diablo 3 to turn in to a decent game.

Starfield. I’ll definitely be giving this one at least a year, probably more. I’m expecting it to be riddled with bugs at release, possibly even borderline unplayable.

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Diablo 4 at launch was decent. It's been downhill since. The first patch sucked. The next patch (season 1) walked back half the changes, so it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't fun. Waiting on season 2. Contemplating POE.

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally I can't wait to play Starfield so I can explore the same caves as in Fallout and Skyrim, and watch the familiar NPC animations they've used for fifteen years while paying $70 for the privilege of main quest breaking bugs

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I can't wait to find out what generalizations they've been using to lie by omission and what game mechanics don't exist as the hype train believes them to be.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Bought Diablo 4 because how impressed I was at their Stress Test.

It's okay and I go through bouts of Buyers Remorse and "Well Blizzard games rarely go on sale".

I loved Diablo 2. And thought Diablo 3 expansion was pretty fun and arcade-y, but not what I wanted. Diablo 4 is right between the two but it just doesn't suck me in for hundreds of hours. And I should have known. D2's & D3's expansion was when the game went real good. And maybe the same will happen for D4.

Hate to say it, but wait for PoE2.