A father has spent over 960 hours in Diablo 4 and has managed to bring all classes to level 100 in Season 1 alone. This led to a discussion about how even a “Gamer-Dad” can actually spend so much time on the game.
This is the current state of Diablo 4:
- After a strong start, the Diablo 4 community is currently experiencing a fatigue. Many players want to quit or have already left. One of the biggest streamers, for example, wants to switch to Last Epoch.
- Critics point out that Diablo 4 does not offer enough content. In particular, the endgame is boring and even before reaching the maximum level, the character feels “complete.”
- However, the game is not dead; only hardcore gamers currently do not find enough to do. Casuals are still enthusiastic, as a Gamer-Dad now shows.
What’s the deal with the “Dad Meme”? Diablo 4 has quickly earned a reputation for being the optimal game for fathers who have little time. Those who have a family, a job, and generally little time to play are exactly right here.
The weaknesses that hardcore players see in Diablo 4 do not really apply here. Gamer-Dads only encounter the points where the game becomes boring once new content is already available.
One of these Gamer-Dads has now taken his hobby to the extreme. On Reddit, a son shows a screenshot of his father’s characters. Six heroes are visible at level 100 – five of them seasonal. This means he has only been able to play them since July 20th. That’s when Season 1 started.
While other players do not even have one character at level 100, this dad can showcase all classes in Season 1 alone. For this, he earns respect and sparks a discussion about whether so much time is already wasted.
Season 2 is expected to bring fresh wind into Diablo 4:
“I asked him. He has played for 960 hours.”
Unlike most Gamer-Dads, the user’s father apparently has more time, likely because he is already retired. According to the creator, the dad has invested 960 hours in Diablo 4. Many are happy that he is having fun and say:
If you really are the Diablo-Dad-Meme and have been a fan of Diablo for decades with more money to buy games than time to play them, then the game is really great. […]
When the itemization and grind really kick in and you have to compare yellow items until your eyes bleed, because otherwise you won’t make the DPS check in a nightmare dungeon in the endgame or against Uber-Lilith – then it’s time to start something new or play something else for a while.
Sometimes I do not understand all the complaints. Different generation, I think.
The dispute between exactly these generations and play styles has been ongoing in the community for a while now. While hardcore players do not have enough to do and criticize Diablo 4, casuals simply play as long as they are having fun and are happy about the hours they spend. If it is no longer fun, they just turn their attention to something else.
Blizzard is already planning the next steps. The upcoming Season 2 is expected to offer so much content that 4 hours of stream content for explanation are planned. This time the theme will be vampires.
The comparison with Diablo 3 keeps coming up. Here, fans are comparing a game that has undergone several years of development with a relatively new one. Nevertheless, they hope that Diablo 4 will remain similarly entertaining in the long term as its predecessor. Just more content may not be the right way:
Diablo 4 is set to receive a lot of new content, but some fans say: It doesn’t need it
