1990s web experience
- Open site in browser
- Watch framework of site gradually appear
- Start reading site text
- View images once they load
- Click a hyperlink to more information on the thing you're looking for
2020s web experience
- Open site in browser
- Wait for Cloudflare to verify you aren't a bot
- Wait for background movie to load
- Dismiss cookie popup
- Decline to subscribe to their mailing list
- Decline to speak to a chatbot that promises it's a human
- Scroll infinitely looking for the information you want that's probably not there since it's all generated text intended for other robots to read anyway
The Diablo 4 beta was fun. Corpse Explosion necro felt good. But it felt like every other time I've played corpse explosion necro.
I like Diablo. I want more Diablo. But I'm not paying 80 bucks or whatever to play it at launch since I know there will be predatory monetization tuned around shit drop rates.
So, probably wait until gets some DLC and the player base recedes and Blizzard ups the drop rates and so on. Same deal as Diablo 3... which I still play from time to time and I haven't even finished playing through Diablo 2 Resurrected yet.
Plus, fuck, loot grinds are everywhere now, I could go loot grind in Path of Exile for free.
I'm just not sure what Diablo 4 is bringing to the table except a little Payed For Polish.