'Remember how Diablo 3's real-money auction house got taken out and shot behind the shed? That dream of injecting hyper-capitalism into the big nostalgic treasure-hunting game didn't die.' Diablo 4 Season 1 - a hell of our own making:
AAA games are above all a service to the player, but the service here, at least for me, is no longer the same kind of taut, bristling multiplayer adventure that defined my childhood. Seasonal territory is a vastly different creature, and the endgame, once you've done everything you want to do, is boring as hell, and the normal thing to do would be to stop. The game simply isn't designed that way. Not long after Diablo 4 launched, the devsand do something else.
When I'm farming Whispers and gear, I'm trying to optimise my routes and hit as many objectives as possible in the same area, sort of like doing Instacart runs while also driving for Uber. There are exacting writeups on how to maximise XP gains and long detailed guides for paragon point allotments. Helltides.com is a crowdsourced fan site that helps players locate the rarest type of lootbox during Helltide, a recurring event where hell bleeds over into parts of Sanctuary.
With my two remaining brain cells, I try to refrain from logging back into the conveyor belt of junky drudgeries that has overwhelmed this lush, gorgeously gothic world. I know some parts of the map now like the back of my hand, and I feel a pleasant familiarity with the land. That I mindlessly power through my silly little video game chores against some of the most beautifully-lit landscapes in the series is a disservice to the environment artists who worked on this for years.
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