• MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Hey! Buy our 25 year old game for £36!

    It comes with a free always online requirement! Also included is the opportunity of a lifetime to open an exclusive Battlenet account to use the mandatory 3rd party launcher!

    Don’t forget the new QoL additions we’ve locked behind a new class DLC!

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      3 days ago

      I don’t actually think you need to use the third party launcher if you buy through Steam. At the very least, D4 doesn’t require it.

      Still will need a Battlenet account, but if you’re buying D2 I imagine you’d have one, even if it was 25 years old. Is there anyone who’d seriously check out this game who has never heard of Diablo before?

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        3 days ago

        If that’s the case I’d bet it’s because the 3rd party launcher is embedded which is what Ubisoft did with Assassin’s Creed.

    • Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      You can play offline, though. You can argue that $25 (the cost of the expansion) or $36 (cost of the remaster + fresh dlc equivalent to a small expansion) is too expensive, but its not just $36 for a 25 year old game. And you can just open a bnet account with a burner email if its that problematic for you. Afaik the launcher is unnecessary. Youre completely and utterly overboard here.

      Blizzard sucks, but your comment is just dumb.