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Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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Post by tjpnz »

javajosh wrote: post #12

Immortal can be played for the mainline story without spending any money at all. So far, at least up to level 40 (about 12 hours of gameplay) I haven't felt the urge to spend money. It's a little like Path of Exile in that you can enjoy the base game and the story for free; it's only if you "get into it" that you start spending money (I never "got into it). I can't help but feel it's fair to give away a really nice g…

You can play it without paying but good luck with the end-game content. To get the most out of a single item at that stage in the game you either have to pay or wait multiple weeks.

Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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Post by colinmhayes »

tjpnz wrote: post #51
javajosh wrote: post #12

Immortal can be played for the mainline story without spending any money at all. So far, at least up to level 40 (about 12 hours of gameplay) I haven't felt the urge to spend money. It's a little like Path of Exile in that you can enjoy the base game and the story for free; it's only if you "get into it" that you start spending money (I never "got into it). I can't help but feel it's fair to give away a really nice g…

You can play it without paying but good luck with the end-game content. To get the most out of a single item at that stage in the game you either have to pay or wait multiple weeks.

If you've made it to the end maybe you should pay?

Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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Post by javajosh »

wincy wrote: post #48
lijogdfljk wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it matters _when_ it becomes predatory. Whether or not gambling should be legal aside, if gambling for minors is illegal in a jurisdiction then i'd expect any game that becomes predatory at any point to be managed as gambling. All of this is subject to the definition of gambling, predatory, etc - of which i'm not trying to argue. Just saying that befriending children with the goal of handing them drugs…

Diablo Immortal is wild too because Diablo 2 primed me 15 years ago to be a gambling addict. It took them awhile but the finally turned the casino of my teens into a real casino. I hate it, I wish I could get my teen hours back that I played Diablo 2.

Diablo Immoral!

Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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Post by tjpnz »

colinmhayes wrote: post #56
tjpnz wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can play it without paying but good luck with the end-game content. To get the most out of a single item at that stage in the game you either have to pay or wait multiple weeks.

If you've made it to the end maybe you should pay?

If it was a mainline Diablo game I might, but that's not the kind of product they're selling. If I chose to treat it as such I would be dropping significantly more than the usual 60-70 dollars. That's a bad deal, even more so for those with gambling tendencies.

Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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Post by wincy »

colinmhayes wrote: post #56
tjpnz wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can play it without paying but good luck with the end-game content. To get the most out of a single item at that stage in the game you either have to pay or wait multiple weeks.

If you've made it to the end maybe you should pay?

I got probably a thousand hours out of Diablo 2 for $100 total. Somehow I feel like the value proposition of $110,000 to have a maxed out character isn’t so great.
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