Diablo 4 is celebrating its release soon. The latest installment in the series has some features that have never been seen in any Diablo before. Not all of them are received positively. Especially the shop and battle pass are causing some discomfort among players, particularly veterans.
What is this idea?
- Diablo 4 will have a shop and a battle pass. Both include cosmetic items.
- The battle pass will have both a free path and a paid one with more rewards. It changes regularly. Here you can find the information about the battle pass from Season 1.
- However, the very system of the battle pass is causing disputes in the community. Fans of previous installments are having difficulties with it.
This is what the players say: Colleagues from Jeux Vidéo have discovered a thread on Reddit where a user demands the end of battle passes, citing Diablo 4 as an example. The post received over 950 upvotes and over 370 comments.
The biggest criticism from many players: in the past, you would get complete games when you bought them. Today, everything is fragmented and you constantly have to pay extra. User Leechmaster mocks:
Games were formerly developed by people who love what they do. When companies realized they could make money from it, they took control. Money is the only language that a large company speaks. Things won’t change until companies see losses.
Leechmaster on Reddit
Others agree. As long as there are people who invest money in such systems, they will not go away. One user even criticizes the free path: “How is it free if I pay $70? I will skip Diablo 4, like most games lately. I got Zelda, but at least that’s a complete game.”
By the way, even in the game and without additional costs, there are already pretty cool skins that make many things in the shop look bad. You can see the expert’s conclusion on Diablo 4 here:
“Like a tantrum in a shopping mall”
The critics receive a lot of support in the thread. However, there are a few users who are upset about the discussion itself. Such a system may be “lame” in a full-price game, but at least it only offers cosmetics.
However, as soon as there are signs of pay-to-win, he will be one of the first to join the uprising. But until then, he asks to keep it cool and use one’s brain.
Diablo is a game series that started in the 90s and therefore has many fans in the older gamer generation. Relatively new developments like a battle pass do not fit the mentality of older games and are often met with criticism.
How significant the influence of the feature on the game will actually be must ultimately be decided by each individual. In the play test, I had a really good time even without cosmetics:
Diablo 4 in testing: Purists will hate it because it is too much an MMO – But I love it
User Choice_Page takes a more offensive stance against the criticism and writes:
It has zero, absolutely ZERO impact on you whether you buy [the pass] or not. Purely cosmetic, no real world. Healing over this is like throwing a tantrum in a shopping mall at every store you walk past. You want Diablo 4? This is how you get it.
Choice_Page on Reddit
However, as soon as there are signs of pay-to-win, he will be one of the first to join the uprising. But until then, he asks to keep it cool and use one’s brain.
Diablo is a game series that started in the 90s and therefore has many fans in the older gamer generation. Relatively new developments like a battle pass do not fit the mentality of older games and are often met with criticism.
How significant the influence of the feature on the game will actually be must ultimately be decided by each individual. In the play test, I had a really good time even without cosmetics:
Diablo 4 in testing: Purists will hate it because it is too much an MMO – But I love it
