That Time Already? Diablo 4's Season of Blood Revealed at Gamescom

About half way through season 1 and i'm having a blast. The game has taken up permanent residence in the drive and its not vacating until lies of p and lords of the fallen drop. Looking forwards to season 2 and whatever the future holds for my favorite title.

I fell off in s1 and don't think I'll be back.

As someone who has no idea how 'seasons' work in these games.. do you have to play them? Can you replay previous seasons in order or can you only play the current season and the others are missed for good?

@Sequel @Northern_munkey One new trend they made is not earning enough to get anything from the premium store.

Yeah... because releasing a 2nd season will solve all the important problems the game still has 2,5 months after launch...

It was hilarious how Fergusson stated on stage at Gamescom yesterday, that millions of people are playing D4... that was maybe in June or July, but now the servers are emptying more and more each day. Ppl are getting bored with the lackluster end game activities... Aside from endlessly repeating the same few NM dungeons, there is nothing to do past lvl 70-75.
Not to mention the drag and crawl you have to get through, to get from lvl 50 to 70 in WT3...
Once you play with all 5 characters, that's about it for the excitement, only senseless grind remains. And that too is mostly for nothing... maybe for a 0.0...01% chance at a uber unique, and that too mainly just to be able to brag about it, 'cause they made sure they're useful but not actually needed for any build.

With all the epic games launching this Autumn, they'll be lucky to have a few tens of thousands of players still playing in total in all regions.

For myself I don't think I'll be returning for Season 2... As soon as I'll be done with Starfield, hopefully until 13th of October, I'll be digging hard through Lords of the Fallen of which I'm very hyped...
Then there's Whichfire (early access), then Assassin's Creed Mirage, then Spider-Man 2, then Alan Wake 2, then Alone in the Dark, etc etc...

These 'seasonal games' are rubbish for someone like me. I've finally got time to become invested in a few big games and due to time constraints, my backlog and other commitments I have missed out on the release stuff (which is to be expected) and now season 1.

It's why the likes of Baldurs Gate 3 and FF16 will always have an audience. These seasonal games are marketed at people who clearly don't work.

@Sequel The game sets up 2 'realms', one is called eternal, which is the base story and regular servers, then seasonal realms, you have to make a new character and can play through the added timely content. Think you have to beat the base game before being able to unlock seasonal realm though?
And with each new season, your 'seasonal' character gets pushed into the eternal realm, and then can be played with in the base game.

A stash filter? In arpg? Revolutionary!

@themcnoisy i think youre wrong, i dont like diablo as much as next guy, but from what i hear its more tuned to the casual player.
To the point that medium-to-hardcore players are complaining that theres no content.

As i said, i dont like diablo for multiple reasons, im just getting alergic to the argument “if you like X, you clearly have no job/wife/family”

Hate to say it, but I’ve lost interest in Diablo IV. I’ve been playing Diablo IV, Jedi: Fallen Order, and Elder Scrolls Online and the latter 2 still keep my time while Diablo no longer gets played.

I mean, if they werent going to have end game bosses, at least they should have made all realistically obtainable uniques actually worth pursuing.

@suprnova23 I agree. But it is visible why it has be done. Those Uber uniques are too great for games state atm. I am not trying to defend blizzard, I am trying to say that endgame content is too "weak" for those items and game is not ready. S2 is only small step forward, because Leaderboards are coming only Season 3 with new endgame content, which again could be something not very impressive. I have played Dianlo 4 for 300+ hrs and I am enjoying gamepley/design/atmoshphere but game is dry after reaching WT4. All balls are in one basket - Nightmare Dungeon, which is getting booring quickly

Thank God I don't have to do renown again. Just the thought of stopped me around level 54 of season 1. These are huge qol changes. Yes the game should have launched with them. But oh well. Game is moving in a positive direction. I will give blizzard that credit. But I also don't hate them like a bunch of other people.

Moved on already. Diablo IV was a full-price disappointment for me

@themcnoisy that's completely false. I work and have children. I like the seasonal games (some of them) because when I'm done with a season in about a week or two, plentiful time to play other stuff before the next season rolls around. I respect developers that respect my desire to play other games in addition to theirs.

@Northern_munkey can’t wait buddy. I got around 300 hours in total now. My 2 season characters are a 63 Druid and 39 Barbarian. Then got some 50’s from beating the game 3 times. Love it. Diablo will always be a top 3 franchise for me. I might even still go back and play season 29 on Diablo 3. Not sure there’s much coming out for PS5 or Series X that will take me off this for a few weeks. Maybe Super Mario wonder. But i can get that one done in a few days in bed in handheld mode. Keep grinding 😊

I'm hoping they will eventually learn from others and make an offline mode like Diablo 3 and Diablo 2.

I'm diehard fan of Diablo series, but even I must admit D4 is bad. Instead of improving core game they are making some temporary content and that is unacceptable. It is sad ...so sad to see Diablo in this state.

@Cutmastavictory . 'I respect developers that respect my desire to play other games in addition to theirs.'

Dude this is some marketing double speak. Developers have to respect our desire to play other games when it's not 'seasonal' updates. As we just play what we want.

@species apologies man, I went for a low blow and was rightly called out. I play more games than anyone I know. More of a personal preference. I am absolutely hating this unstoppable onward March with games as a service. To me these publishers are reaching for our wallets repeatedly shortly after we buy the games near to release. A lot of the content is temporary so if you hit a bump in the road (work commitments / kids / holidays etc) away from your usual schedule you miss a heap of stuff. I'm probably giving d4 a miss for the foreseeable which is unfortunate as I loved d3 and am currently enjoying d2 remastered.

@themcnoisy respect man, it takes a character to apologise!

I absolutelly agree tho, ive played all the diablo games, but giving 4 a pass. It doesnt need to be open world, nor a live service.
Im glad i did tho, it seems horrible from an outside view xD

@Flaming_Kaiser i already covered my disdain of the battle pass.