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RANT - Diablo IV : consumerism is a manufactured disorder (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is plain irrational, people are buying this game at a faster pace than ever despite this shit costing 70$, but still charging up to 28$ for one single cosmetic set exclusive to a fucking cash shop, plus a fucking battle-pass. I've never been a fan of the series in fact I never played Diablo III so I can't relate but still, Blizzard got into the brain of their clients with this shit it's just fucked up. It's not rational, consumerism at this level can't just be a trick that is played on their brains by clever marketing teams, it's deeper than that. People are being broken, their wits have been altered. There is something about impulse control that was removed from their abilities. No ableism intended, people with disorders need respect and care. I think that capitalism is responsible for damaging people mentally, those people are victims and need help.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The truly puzzling part is that it's bad. I played the beta and it was boring as fuck, with incredibly slow and clunky gameplay. Blizzard learned 0 lessons from competitors like POE, or even their own successes in D3. No idea why people are shelling out for this all things considered. But they slurped up Diablo immortal too, so I'm not surprised.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Wow, actually I was initially thinking that the game was at least really good but that the lack of backlash over monetisation was baffling... But if it's actually a slow boring game then I don't know what to say