Tag: plays
The dismal state of Diablo 4, Season 3 plays right into the hand of its next big competitor – Last Epoch
It seems Diablo 4’s troubles are very much not behind it. After it looked like Blizzard had learned some key lessons from the reaction to the game’s launch, and the disastrous first post-launch balance patch, the developer has seemingly – and inexplicably – reset the clock with Season 3.
Season of the Construct is a strange step backwards in both its focus, along with the mechanics and seasonal quest it introduced. It makes it appear fairly slight for what is the third major content update. You could tell that Blizzard knew it, too, having very quickly tried to make the best of the situation with wide-sweeping buffs, and other changes that lessen the effects of Season 3’s controversial mechanics. All of that is especially alarming coming off the solid Season 2, which truly made it feel like the game had started coming into its own.
As luck would have it, however, the current situation has played right into the hands of Diablo 4’s first big competitor this year: Last Epoch.
As Adam Neumann tries to win back WeWork, Dan Loeb plays down his hedge fund’s role
That movie where Russell Crowe plays an exorcist might have mixed up the Spanish and Dragon Age Inquisitions
An Englishman plays American Revolution sim Liberty or Death
SNP plays longer game in bid for Scottish independence
Chris Hemsworth plays young, presumably hot Optimus Prime in new Transformers movie
Brian Tyree Henry will be a young, also likely hot Megatron
Indiescovery Episode 8: The gang plays Dredge, Terra Nil, Storyteller & Romancelvania
My wonderful co-hosts are both away this week, leaving the responsibility of writing the podcast post to the person least capable of doing so. I am but a humble video boy! My only job is to cut out the big “ums” from the audio mix, not writing words about the things we did a chat about! Thankfully this week Indiescovery is all about change, as we’re experimenting with a brand new format. A group review! We’ve all been playing Dredge, the eldritch fishing adventure by Black Salt Games, and hoo boy do we have some thoughts about it. Spoilers: much like Katharine, we all think it’s really really good.
Elsewhere, the review bonanza continues. Rachel’s been rewriting fiction in Storyteller, I’ve been reclaiming the wasteland in Terra Nil and Rebecca has been dating hot monsters in Romancelvania. We also chat about burgers, olives and our current hyperfixations because hey, this is an episode of Indiescovery after all.