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Steam Deck

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While it was playable before through 3rd party tools, this will make it much more accessible to many Steam Deck players.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/

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[–] Mudface@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I hate battlepasses

Nothing demotivates me more than a game with a battlepass. Really disappointed, I played and somewhat enjoyed the campaign, then totally lost interest at around level 20 in the first season.

Haven’t picked up the game in a long time, and it’s all because having a battlepass just kills the game for me.

It turns the game into completing the battlepass instead of just playing the game as I normally would. Ignoring the battlepass doesn’t work for me, because I know it’s there.

It triggers FOMO, but instead of making me want to play to not miss out, it makes me not want to play at all because I know completing battlepasses for me is highly unlikely

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Are you against systems like Deep Rock Galactic's battle pass?

The battle pass is free, and after the season ends anything you didn't earn through the pass is added into the regular item rewards in the game, so you don't miss anything by not finishing the pass.

I used to think I was against battle passes as well, but after trying deep rock's i realized I just don't like predatory monetization and feeling punished for not playing.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I know people like to hate Halo Infinite for a number of reasons, but IMO battle passes are one thing they do fine. MP is free, while the $10 battle passes are optional and you can buy and finish them any time.

I’m still on season 2 while everyone else is on 4 (I think?) I play a few rounds once a week, maybe, but there’s no FOMO because you earn the rewards at whatever pace you want. Once you finish a battle pass you can buy the next one. Or you can buy them out of order or skip any of them.

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