![]() ![]() And it’s very hard for the scenery to be spectacular in top-down perspective land. On the other hand, “massive open world” to me implies spectacle. It’s weirdly fixated on sending us out to collect specific numbers of severed werewolf willies. Here’s a debate question for you: is Diablo IV an MMORPG? It’s one big seamless open world, now. To dwell on questions like if Diablo IV gains anything from forcing me to play alongside a bunch of other knobheads who keep ganking the skeletons I’m trying to farm is apparently to miss the point. ![]() I mean, Blizzard probably already have my data ‘cos their parent company now owns a sandwich shop I bought a ham roll from six years ago. Guess this is just another inverse shit pipe to the face we’re too exhausted to do anything but accept. Or do we not care about that so much these days now that having an internet connection is considered a basic necessity, like electricity and a pipe that funnels sewage away from your house? An apt comparison, because the internet basically does the same thing, in reverse. Feel free to start burning down cities whenever’s convenient for you, general public. Hey, remember when Diablo 3 came out and it was always online even if you only wanted single player and everyone got really mad? Well, Diablo 4 is also always online. Want to watch Zero Punctuation ad-free? Sign-up for The Escapist + today and support your favorite content creators! We have a merch store as well: Visit the store for ZP merch.
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